The Church Of The Holy Rood -- Wool, Dorset, U.K.

Christmas Services 2005

CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT HOLY ROOD, 2005

13th DECEMBER: 5:00pm CHRISTINGLE SERVICE

18th DECEMBER : 8:00am HOLY COMMUNION

10:00am PRE-CHRISTMAS SERVICE -

- WITH THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

6:30pm CANDLELIGHT CAROL SERVICE

24th DECEMBER: 11:30pm MIDNIGHT COMMUNION

25th DECEMBER: 8:00am HOLY COMMUNION

10:00am PARISH COMMUNION

Christingle Service - Tuesday 13th December at 5pm

AT HOLY ROOD CHURCH - ALL WELCOME

Why celebrate Christingle?

The Children’s Society hold its special Christingle appeal each year to raise vital funds for the children facing life’s harshest challenges. Children, who, this winter, find themselves sleeping rough in parks, bus shelters and shop doorways. The funds raised from Christingle help us to shine a light into the darkness of their lives.

The history of Christingle

Christingle was established by the Moravian Church in 1747 as a symbol of Christ’s light and love. The Children’s Society introduced it to the Church of England in 1968 and it has since become a popular family and community event.

What is a Christingle?

The Christingle itself is made up of a lighted candle (symbolising Jesus, the light of the world), mounted n an orange (representing the world), and a red ribbon around the middle of the orange (indicating the blood of Christ). Four cocktail sticks bearing dried fruit or sweets are stuck into the orange to represent the four seasons and the fruits of the earth.

CAROL SERVICE BY CANDLELIGHT

Sunday 18th December, 6.30pm

HOLY ROOD CHURCH, WOOL

SATURDAY 24th DECEMBER AT 11:30pm - MIDNIGHT COMMUNION

The Church is usually full for this service, the first Communion of Christmas

SUNDAY 25th DECEMBER - CHRISTMAS DAY

8:00am HOLY COMMUNION

10:00am PARISH COMMUNION

Two challenges (fast becoming Holy Rood traditions) for the Christmas Morning service! -

1. If you have opened any presents yet today, bring one to Church at 10 am and you might have today's first chance to wear it / wave it / show it off / blush!

2. Try and remember the tune to "On Ilkley Moor baht 'at" ! (If that looks like a foreign language it isn't - but it goes very well with a famous carol about the nocturnal activities of some itinerant Middle Eastern ovine technicians.)

Whatever your tradition, and however you celebrate today -

Everyone at Holy Rood wishes you all the joy and happiness of Christmas !