Christmas is a magical time of year to visit a local church, regardless of your beliefs. Many will have special services for children and families, such as Christingles, carol services, nativity services, and more.
Here’s a list of some of the Christmas week services taking place in churches across Farnham, Alton, Bordon, Haslemere, Liphook and Petersfield over the festive season:
FARNHAM
All Saints, Crondall
- Friday, December 22 – carol singing, 6pm
- Christmas Eve – crib service, 4pm; midnight mass 11.30pm
- Christmas Day – Holy communion 8am
- Christmas Day – Toy service, 11am
St Andrew’s Parish Church
- Christmas Eve – Christingle service, 4pm; late night communion, 11pm
- Christmas Day – Holy communion, 9am; celebration and communion, 10am.
Bethel Baptist Church
- Christmas Eve – ‘Lights, Candle, Action’: A Christmas Eve family special, 4pm.
Farnham Baptist Church
- Christmas Eve – carol service, 4pm
- Christmas Day – Christmas service, 10am.
Jubilee Church, Farnham
- Christmas Eve – Christmas Eve cafe, 9am.
St James’, Rowledge
- Christmas Eve – nativity, 3.30pm; family carol service, 6.30pm; midnight communion, 11.30pm.
- Christmas Day – Christmas morning service, 10am
St Joan of Arc, Farnham (RC)
- Christmas Eve – children’s vigil mass, 3pm; youth mass, 6pm; midnight mass, 11pm.
- Christmas Day – family mass, 9.15am; Christmas morning mass, 11.15am
St Mary’s, Ewshot
- Christmas Eve – first mass of Christmas, 8pm
- Christmas Day – toy service, 9.30am
Rowledge Methodist Church
- Christmas Eve – Morning service, 10am
The Spire Church
- Christmas Eve – Christingle service, 4.30pm
- Christmas Day – celebration service, 10.30am
St Thomas-on-The Bourne
- Christmas Eve – crib Christingle service, 4pm and 5pm; midnight mass, 11.15pm
- Christmas Day – Holy communion, 8am and 10am
St Martin’s Church, Lower Bourne
- Christmas Eve – family crib service, 3pm; Holy communion, 9pm
- Christmas Day – Christmas praise, 10.30am
ALTON
All Saints Church
- Christmas Day – Christmas family communion, 11am
Alton Methodist Church
- Christmas Eve – Holy communion, 10am; Christingle service, 4pm
- Christmas Day – Christmas service, 10am
Church of the Holy Rood, Holybourne
- Christmas Eve – crib service, 3pm; midnight communion, 11.30pm
- Christmas Day – Christmas communion, 9.30am
St Lawrence Church
- Thursday, December 21 – nine carols and lessons 7pm
- Christmas Eve – crib service, 4pm; midnight communion, 11.30pm
- Christmas Day – Holy communion, 8am; Christmas family communion, 10.30am
St Marys, RC
- Christmas Eve – mass, 11am; family mass, 5pm; carols, 8pm; first mass of Christmas, 8.30pm
- Christmas Day – mass, 10am
St Mary’s Church, Lasham
- Christmas Day – Christmas communion, 10am
St Peter’s Church, Beech
- Christmas Day – Christmas communion, 9.15am
BORDON
All Saints, Headley
- Christmas Eve – crib service, 4pm; midnight mass, 11pm
- Christmas Day – Christmas morning parish communion, 10am
St Marks Church, Bordon
- Christmas Eve – Christmas ‘Together @ 10’, 10am
St Matthew’s, Blackmoor
- Christmas Eve – Holy communion, 10am
- Christmas Day – Christmas Day service, 10am
HASLEMERE
All Saints, Grayswood
- Friday, December 22 – Making Christingles, 9am
- Christmas Eve – Holy communion, 8am
St Anselm’s Hindhead (RC)
- Saturday, December 23 – mass, 6pm
St Christopher’s
- Christmas Day – family celebration, 11am
St Bartholomew’s
- Christmas Eve – Nativity and Christingle service, 3pm and 4.30pm; midnight mass, 11.30pm
- Christmas Day – family celebration, 9.30am
St Mary’s Church, Chiddingfold
- Christmas Eve – crib service, 4pm; midnight mass, 11pm
- Christmas Day – parish communion with activities for children, 10am
Our Lady of Lourdes, Haslemere
- Christmas Eve – mass, 11am
St Teresa’s, Chiddingfold (RC)
- Christmas Eve – mass, 9am
St Michael’s Church, Northchapel
- Christmas Eve – nine lessons and carols, 6pm
Holy Trinity Church, Ebernoe
- Christmas Day – Christmas morning service, 11am
LIPHOOK
Liphook Church Centre
- Christmas Eve – Christingle, 4pm
St Mary’s, Bramshott
- Christmas Eve – midnight communion, 11pm
- Christmas Day – Holy communion, 8am; joint family communion, 9.30am
PETERSFIELD
St Peter’s
- Friday, December 22 – morning prayer, 9am; communion, 11am
- Saturday, December 23 23 – morning prayer, 9am; communion, 9.30am
- Christmas Eve – communion, 8am; parish communion, 9.30am; nativity service, 3pm and 4.30pm; midnight mass, 11.15pm
- Christmas Day – communion 8am; all age Christmas communion service, 9.30am.
Catholic Parish of St Laurence
- Thursday, December 21 – mass in St Laurence Church, Petersfield, 11.30.
- Friday, December 22 – mass in St Laurence Church, Petersfield, 11.30am.
- Saturday, December 23 – mass in St Laurence Church, 10am
- Christmas Eve – mass in St Agnes Church, Liss, 9am; mass in St Laurence Church, Petersfield, 10.45am; mass in St Laurence Church, Petersfield, 7pm; carols followed by mass, 11.30pm
- Christmas Day – mass in St Agnes Liss, 9am; mass in St Laurence Church, Petersfield, 10.45am.
St Mary Magdalene, Sheet
- Christmas Eve – communion, 8am; carols round the crib, 3pm and 4.30pm; midnight communion, 11.30pm
- Christmas Day – communion, 8pm; Christmas worship, 10am
Churches of Steep and Froxfield with Privett
- Saturday, December 23 – a service of nine lessons and carols at Holy Trinity, Privett, 6.30pm.
- Christmas Eve – benefice crib service at High Cross, 4pm; Holy communion at Stroud, 6pm; midnight communion at Steep, 11.30pm.
- Christmas Day – all age Christmas service at Steep, 10am; all age Christmas communion at High Cross, 10am.
St Mary’s, Liss
- Christmas Eve – Holy communion, 8.30am and 10.15am; Exalt, 6.30pm