You’re invited to church this Christmas!

You are very welcome at our Advent and Christmas services and events – bring your family and friends or come along on your own. Whether it will be your first time at church or you have been before, we look forward to welcoming you!

All events Calendar Advent & Christmas

Crafty Christmas

for 2 hours
St Mark's Church
St Mark's Church, Franklyn Road Godalming, GU7 2LD, United Kingdom
A new Event to celebrate Christmas through Craft!
Wreaths, decorations and festive makes. Crafting joy kids, teens and grown-ups alike!
Please sign up!
Kick off Christmas with a relaxed, family-friendly afternoon for everyone in the community. We'll have simple, fun, high quality Christmas crafts for adults and kids (with an adult helping). There'll be easy makes for grown-ups, and a couple of non-crafty activities, including a kids christmas movie too, if glue sticks aren't your thing. Expect a warm, welcoming space, plenty of festive cheer, and some free seasonal refreshments.
Whether you're brilliant at crafts or can't even wrap a present straight – you'll fit right in.
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Hambledon Carol Service

for 1 hour
Godalming Minster - Hambledon
Godalming Minster - Hambledon, Church Lane Hambledon Godalming, GU8 4DS, United Kingdom
Join us for the village carol service with the pop up choir.

The service will also be broadcast live on YouTube for those who wish to worship at home.
Go to: https://www.bhcgodalming.org/online-services
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Busbridge Carol Service

for 1 hour
Godalming Minster - Brighton Road
Godalming Minster - Brighton Road, Brighton Road Godalming Guildford, GU7 1XA, United Kingdom
Get in the Christmas spirit by joining us to sing some of your favourite Christmas Carols, at this traditional Carol Service.
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Sherry with the Minster Vicars

for 2 hours
Godalming Minster - Brighton Road
Godalming Minster - Brighton Road, Brighton Road Godalming Guildford, GU7 1XA, United Kingdom
Members of the Minster Clergy team invite you for a glass of sherry or cup of tea and mince pie. Those willing will also be preparing the Christingle kits for Christmas eve.
Hosted by Prime Time.
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Carols at The Merry Harriers Pub

for 1 hour
The Merry Harriers
The Merry Harriers, Hambledon Road, GU8 4DR, United Kingdom
Join us at the Merry Harriers for a great sing-along of carols and Christmas songs led by musicians from the church and the village. This is an outdoor event, taking place in the front of the pub. Drinks available from the inside bar, or outside for beer and mulled wine.

Additional parking is available in the Hambledon Nursery School carpark, next door to the pub carpark on the opposite side of the road.
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Blue Christmas

for 1 hour
Busbridge Church
Busbridge Church, Brighton Road Godalming Guildford, GU7 1XA, United Kingdom
Blue Christmas is a special seasonal service that recognises that Christmas with all its merriment and jollity can be a difficult time for many.

It is a service for those who experience recent or ongoing personal loss; such as the death of a loved one, relationship breakdown, divorce, illness, job loss and uncertainty, or loneliness.

The service seeks to offer comfort by acknowledging and honouring feelings of sadness and pain.

Our service will have a mixture of carols and readings to tell the Christmas story; prayers which acknowledge pain and emptiness alongside the Christian hope;

a reflection which gently speaks of light in darkness.

We keep the length to no more than 40 minutes, and leave times of silence. We also stay seated throughout the whole service, to avoid any embarrassment of knowing when to stand.

Refreshments will be served at the end if you’d like to stay.
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Family Carol Service & Nativity

for 1 hour
St Peter and St Paul Church (Parking available at Mint Street or Crown Court carparks)
St Peter and St Paul Church (Parking available at Mint Street or Crown Court carparks), Church Street Godalming, GU7 1EW, United Kingdom
A Full Scale enactment of the nativity with carols led by the band, for all the family!
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Nine Lessons and Carols

for 1 hour
Godalming Minster - Church Street
Godalming Minster - Church Street, Church Street Godalming Guildford, GU7 1EW, United Kingdom
Experience the Minster Choir in full song at this traditional service which dates back to the late 19th century in Cornwall, and today is most commonly associated with King's College, Cambridge.

Often sung in cathedrals, you can experience the beauty and power of this service, which draws everyone into the heart of the Christmas story, right here in Godalming!

Some background
Nine Lessons and Carols is a service of Christian worship traditionally celebrated on or near Christmas Eve in Anglican churches. The story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus is told in nine short Bible readings or lessons from Genesis, the prophetic books and the Gospels, interspersed with the singing of Christmas carols, hymns and choir anthems.
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Big Christmas Sing-along

for 1 hour
St Mark's Church
St Mark's Church, Franklyn Road Ockford Ridge Godalming, GU7 2LD
Join us at St Mark's Church Franklyn Road for a great Big Sing-along of Rowdy! carols and Christmas songs.
Including food and drinks.
Bratwurst, Beer, and a heap of festive cheer!! Bring your friends, your nan, and your best singing voice.!!
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Carols at the Village Shop

for 45 mins
Hambledon Village Shop
Hambledon Village Shop, The Green Hambledon, GU8 4HF
Christmas Eve Carols in the Shop at noon!
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Carols at the Village Shop

for 45 mins
Hambledon Village Shop
Hambledon Village Shop, The Green Hambledon, GU8 4HF
Christmas Eve Carols in the Shop at noon!
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Candlelit Christingle 1 at St Peter and St Paul's please sign up on the Link below .

for 1 hour
St Peter and St Paul Church
St Peter and St Paul Church, Church Street Godalming, GU7 1ER
Same service repeated at 4.30.

A big service for all the family.

We are really excited to be celebrating Christmas Eve at St Peter and St Paul's Church again this year.

This is a very popular service, so please sign up to this event if you want to be sure of getting a seat, and arrive in plenty of time to park, walk and find a space in church.
Parking available in Crown Court or Mint Street Carparks.(payment for parking needed)
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Candlelit Christingle 2 at St Peter and St Paul's please sign up on the Link below .

for 1 hour
St Peter and St Paul Church
St Peter and St Paul Church, Church Street Godalming, GU7 1ER
Same service repeated at 3pm

A big service for all the family.

We are really excited to be celebrating Christmas Eve at St Peter and St Paul's Church again this year.

This is a very popular service, so please sign up to this event if you want to be sure of getting a seat, and arrive in plenty of time to park, walk and find a space in church.
Parking available in Crown Court or Mint Street Carparks.(payment for parking needed)
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Franklyn Road Dress Up Crib Service

for 1 hour
Godalming Minster - Franklyn Road - St Mark's Church
Godalming Minster - Franklyn Road - St Mark's Church, Franklyn Road Godalming, GU7 2LD, United Kingdom
Wear a costume and hear the story of the Nativity

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Midnight Communion

for 1 hour, 15 mins
Godalming Minster - Hambledon
Godalming Minster - Hambledon, Church Lane Hambledon Godalming, GU8 4DS, United Kingdom
at Hambledon Church
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Midnight Communion

for 1 hour, 15 mins
Godalming Minster - Brighton Road
Godalming Minster - Brighton Road, Brighton Road Godalming Guildford, GU7 1XA, United Kingdom
Christmas Eve
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Midnight Communion with Choir and Organ

for 1 hour, 15 mins
SS Peter & Paul Church
SS Peter & Paul Church, Church Street Godalming, GU7 1EW, United Kingdom
Christmas Eve
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Christmas Day Choral Eucharist

for 1 hour
St Peter and St Paul Church
St Peter and St Paul Church, Church Street Godalming, GU7 1ER
Parking available in Crown Court or Mint Street Carparks.
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Family Christmas Service

for 1 hour
Godalming Minster - Hambledon
Godalming Minster - Hambledon, Church Lane Hambledon Godalming, GU8 4DS, United Kingdom
Family Christmas Celebration
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Family Christmas Communion Service

for 1 hour
Franklyn Road - St Mark's Church
Franklyn Road - St Mark's Church, Franklyn Road Godalming, GU7 2LD
All welcome.
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Contemporary Family Christmas Service

for 45 mins
St Peter and St Paul Church
St Peter and St Paul Church, Church Street Godalming, GU7 1EW
Come and join us for a short, contemporary Christmas Day Service, where the worship band will lead us as adults and children all join together to celebrate Jesus' birth!

All Ages welcome
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Epiphany Carol Service

for 1 hour
Godalming Minster - Church Street
Godalming Minster - Church Street, Borough Road Godalming Guildford, GU7 1ET, United Kingdom
All are most warmly welcome to this Minster-wide service to celebrate Epiphany Carol Service.. Take time out to enjoy this traditional and reflective service with glorious choral music in the splendour of a much-loved ancient building in the heart of Godalming. .
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