This Sunday is Gaudete Sunday, a day when Advent brightens with joy. As part of our service, we will light the Third Advent Candle, the Joy Candle, reminding us that God’s light is drawing near and inviting us to rejoice in His presence.
Today we join the congregation of St Giles for a a joyful Communion Service led by The Reverend Hilda Isaacson,
With hymns, sung responses, and a sermon, this service offers the opportunity to receive Holy Communion and reflect on the meaning of Advent together. The music is led by our four-part robed choir, a traditional choir with soprano, alto, tenor, and bass parts, the choristers wear robes to symbolize unity and reverence during worship services

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is one of those moments in the year when story and song meet in something quietly profound. Through nine short readings, we travel from the world’s first glimpse of light and promise to the birth of Jesus—the Word made flesh. Each carol answers the reading like a heartbeat of faith and hope. It’s not a performance, but a shared act of worship—a time to listen, to sing, and to be reminded that God’s story of love still speaks into our own lives and into the waiting world around us.
A after the service please join us for the traditional mulled wine and mince pies!

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Join us today for a a joyful Communion Service led by Rev'd Canon Nigel Johnson as we light The Fourth Advent Candle - Love (Angel’s Candle): The final purple candle symbolizes love, particularly God’s love revealed through the angels’ message at Christ’s birth of “Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.” It reminds us of the love God has for humanity and the call to love one another as Christmas approaches.
With hymns, sung responses, and a sermon, this service offers the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of Advent together. The music is led by our four-part robed choir, a traditional choir with soprano, alto, tenor, and bass parts, the choristers wear robes to symbolize unity and reverence during worship services

Join us on Christmas Eve at 4.00pm for our family Crib Service – a short, relaxed and very child-friendly time of worship that helps us all, whatever our age, to pause and remember what Christmas is really about.
During the service we gather around the crib and tell the Nativity story in simple, accessible language. As the story unfolds, children are invited to help place the figures into the manger scene – Mary and Joseph, the shepherds, the angels, and of course the baby Jesus. It’s a lovely way for little ones to take part and for grown-ups to see the story afresh through their eyes.

Join us at Holy Trinity on Christmas Day. We’re especially delighted to be joined this morning by the Bishop of Derby, who is leading our Sung Eucharist.
This is the heart of our Christmas celebrations — a service filled with carols, warmth, and thanksgiving as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, the light of the world.
Come and share in the wonder of Christmas morning — the hope, the peace, and the love that Christ brings to us all