Christingle Service

for 1 hour
St Paul's Monk Bretton
St. Paul the Apostle Burton Road Monk Bretton Barnsley, S71 2HQ, United Kingdom

A Christingle is a symbolic object used in the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services of many Protestant denominations. It symbolises the birth of Christ, the Light of the World. A modern Christingle is made from a candle in an orange (representing the light and the world respectively) which is typically decorated with a red ribbon and sweets or dried fruit. It originated in Moravian Church in the middle of the 18th century and has been a feature in Moravian churches across the United Kingdom since before the World Wars. As members of Moravian churches moved away from their home congregations, they took the custom of Christingles with them and introduced it to other denominations. In the 1960s John Pensom adopted it as a fundraising tool for the Children's Society of the Church of England.

St Paul's Monk Bretton

A very warm welcome to the website of Saint Paul's Monk Bretton which we hope you will find a useful resource as you browse through its contents which include details of contacts, personnel, activities and the general history and  faith life of our Christian community.

Our Sunday services are generally traditional in nature with hymns accompanied on the organ. Weekday services are usually spoken. Children are welcome at our services and we have activity packs available.

Refreshments are available in the Parish Centre following our Sunday and Thursday services.

We are always looking for new congregation members as well as volunteers able to help on a regular or occasional basis. We have a regular Men's Working Group which perform maintenance tasks around the church every Wednesday between 10:30 and 12:30. We would also welcome new members for our choir and bell-ringing team 

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Mrs Daphne Woffinden

Saint Paul's Church
Burton Road
Monk Bretton
Barnsley

S71 2HQ
Lynda Brown, Churchwarden
07958155616
Gavin Logan, Churchwarden
07901229251

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Christingle Service

for 1 hour
St Paul's Monk Bretton
St. Paul the Apostle Burton Road Monk Bretton Barnsley, S71 2HQ, United Kingdom

A Christingle is a symbolic object used in the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services of many Protestant denominations. It symbolises the birth of Christ, the Light of the World. A modern Christingle is made from a candle in an orange (representing the light and the world respectively) which is typically decorated with a red ribbon and sweets or dried fruit. It originated in Moravian Church in the middle of the 18th century and has been a feature in Moravian churches across the United Kingdom since before the World Wars. As members of Moravian churches moved away from their home congregations, they took the custom of Christingles with them and introduced it to other denominations. In the 1960s John Pensom adopted it as a fundraising tool for the Children's Society of the Church of England.

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