Christmas 2025

Church services through Advent to Christmas

Page launched August 2024, listing Christmas services, concerts and events advised or published by churches across the area, in addition to their usual service times and diary events for November and December. You may wish to check with individual churches to confirm events, book or reserve tickets or for any late changes and availability of seats/space, some churches advise that services are subject to change.

Please see our Church Listings pages and Googlemap for church locations and websites, where available.  Further events and services via Churches Together in Stamford (FB). Corrections, edits, further details welcome to web@.  See also our News pages and Facebook page 'Hope4Spalding'.

Italics/light grey text = awaiting confirmation; all due apologies for errors and omissions - please let us know; Bold = ecumenical events supported or organised by churches working together

Many church posters and a selection of snapshots from Christmas Tree festivals available on Facebook

Use: ⋮ / Find in page / CTRL+F / ⌘+F to search for individual churches

🎄- Christmas tree, arts and crafts festivals; ☕ Coffee mornings; ♫ Music/Entertainment; 🎶 Carol service; 👑 Crib and Nativity services; 🔴 Messy Church, Jelly Church and more; 🍊Christingle

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First Sunday in Advent, 30 November

Second Sunday in Advent, 7 December

Third Sunday in Advent, 14 December

Fourth Sunday in Advent, 21 December

Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24 December

Christmas Day, Thursday 25 December

Thursday 1 January 2026, New Year's Day

Wednesday 31 December, New Year's Eve

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

Tuesday 30 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

Monday 29 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

Sunday 28 December, Holy Innocents

10:00am: Holy Communion joint service, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

☕10:15am: Café Church in Swayfield village hall; more info via St Nicholas, Swayfield in the Corby Glen group / Link (Corby Glen ACNY)

10:30am: Boston Methodist Circuit service at Centenary Methodist, Boston (FB)

10:30am: South Holland Methodist Circuit  service at Gosberton Methodist (FB)

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

11:00am: Holy Communion, St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group)

Satutrday 27 December

☕🎶10:30am: Emporium sales and 11:30am: Carols, Gosberton Methodist (FB)

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day, Friday 26 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

Christmas Day, Thursday 25 December

A selection of services; apologies for errors or omissions; italics = details awaiting confirmation

9:00am: Sung Eucharist,  Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY  

9:15am: All Age Communion, St George's, Stamford (FB) ACNY 

9:30am: Christmas morning, St Swithun's, Bicker (FB) ACNY (Haven Group)

10:00am: All Age service, Bourne Baptist (FB)

10:00am: Christmas Morning service, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

10:00am: Christmas morning, Gosberton Baptist (FB)

10:00am: Christmas morning, Gosberton Methodist (FB)

10:00am: Christmas morning at Kirton Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:00am: Christmas morning at Swineshead Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:00am: Holy Communion, St Gilbert & St Hugh, Gosberton Clough (FB) ACNY

10:00am: Christmas morning Communion, St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft (FB) - The Ness Group (FB) ACNY

10:00am: Christmas morning at Zion Methodist, Boston (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:30am: Christmas morning at Holbeach Methodist (FB)

10:30am: Christmas Celebration, St George's, Stamford (FB) ACNY 

10:30am: Morning Prayer, St Peter's, Lenton ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

Tuesday 23 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

3:00pm: Lincoln Mystery Plays Medieval Nativity (FB / Group FB) St Mary Magdalene's, Bailgate, Lincoln (FB) tbc

🎶6:00pm: Christmas carol service, St Andrew's, Scredington (ACNY); more info via Living Stones congregation (FB) Heckington Group

7:00pm: Lincoln Mystery Plays Medieval Nativity Lincoln Mystery Plays (FB / Group FB), St Mary Magdalene's, Bailgate, Lincoln (FB)

7:00pm: When Christmas hurts, St George's, Stamford (FB) ACNY 

🎶🕯️7:00pm: Carols by Candlelight, St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft (FB) - The Ness Group (FB) ACNY

Monday 22 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

7:00pm: Carol service, St George's, Stamford (FB) ACNY 

7:30pm: Lincoln Mystery Plays Medieval Nativity (FB / Group FB) further details awaited

Fourth Sunday in Advent, 21 December

A selection of services; apologies for errors or omissions; italics = details awaiting confirmation

9:15am: Informal service, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

9:30am: Holy Communion, St Peter's, Ropsley (FB) ACNY(North Beltisloe Group)

10:00am: Morning worship, St Gilbert & St Hugh, Gosberton Clough (FB) ACNY - subject to change or cancellation

🎄10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, St Mary's, Frampton (FB) ACNY

🎶10:30am: Carol service, Bicker Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

👑10:30am: Nativity service together, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

👑10:30am: Interactive Nativity, Bourne Baptist (FB)

🎶10:30am: Carol service, Centenary Methodist, Boston (FB)

10:30am: Morning worship, Gosberton Baptist (FB)

☕10:30am: Café Church Christmas Celebration, Harvest Church (FB) 

10:30am: Holy Communion, Holbeach Methodist (FB)

🎶10:30am: Carol service, Kirton Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:30am: Holy Communion, Moulton Chapel Methodist (FB)

10:30am: Morning worship, Sutterton Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

🎶10:30am: Carol service, Swineshead Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

🎶10:30am: Carol service, Zion Methodist, Boston (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:45am: Holy Communion, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

🎶2:30pm: Holy Communion, Carols, Gipsey Bridge Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

🎶3:00pm: Carol service, St Margaret's, Braceby ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

🎶3:00pm: Carol service, St Peter's, Lenton ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

🕯️🎶3:00pm: Candlelight Carol service, St Swithun's, Bicker (FB) ACNY (Haven Group)

🎶4:00pm: Carol service at Gosberton Methodist (FB)

☕🍰🎶4:00pm: Afternoon Tea followed by 6:00pm: Carols, Hospital Bridge Methodist (Boston Methodist Circuit) (FB); poster

🎶4:00pm: Carol service, St George's, Stamford (FB) ACNY 

🍊4:30pm: Christingle, St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group)

🎶tba: Carol service, Boston Salvation Army (FB)

6:00pm: Lincoln Mystery Plays Medieval Nativity (FB / Group FB), Lincoln Cathedral (FB)

🎶6:00pm: Holy Communion, Carols, Hospital Bridge Methodist (Boston Methodist Circuit) (FB) see also 4:00pm; poster

🎶6:00pm: Carol service, St Mary Magdalene, Old Somerby ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

🎶6:30pm: Service of Lessons and Carols, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY  

🎶6:30pm: Carol service, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

🎶🕯️6:30pm: Christmas Carols by Candlelight, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)

🎶🕯️💙 7:00pm: Longest Night service, Bourne Baptist (FB)

🎶🕯️7:00pm: Carols by candlelight, St Margaret's, Quadring (FB) ACNY

Saturday 20 December

🎄10:00am: Christmas Table decoration Workshop, £25, booking required via St James the Great, Aslackby, Gilbertine Benefice (Village FB) ACNY

🎄10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, St Mary's, Frampton (FB) ACNY

🎄🥪🥣10:30am: Festive trees and Treats, bacon butties, soup, St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft (FB) - The Ness Group (FB) ACNY

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

🎶6:00pm: Carol service, Humby chapel ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

🎵7:00pm: Spalding Community Choir concert at Broad Street Methodist (FB)

🎵7:00pm: Cathedral Choir Christmas Concert, £10-£25, Peterborough Cathedral (FB)

Friday 19 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

🎶🍷🥧7:00pm: Village carol service, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone Benefice), mulled wine and mince pies

🎶7:00pm: Carol service, St Nicholas, Sapperton ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

🎵7:30pm: Christmas Concert, Holbeach Methodist (FB)

Thursday 18 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

🎶6:30pm: Carol service, St Andrew's, Boothby Pagnell ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

🎶🕯️7:00pm: Carols by candlelight, Gosberton Baptist (FB)

Wednesday 17 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

🎶🥣6:30pm tba: Casual Carols and soup, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY (Elloe Fen group)

7:00pm: Advent Course, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY  (also 3/12)

Tuesday 16 December

10:00am: Advent Course, Osbournby village hall; more info via St Peter & St Paul, Osbournby, South Lafford Group ACNY also 25/11, 2, & 9/12

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

2:00pm: Still Point and 2:30pm Church Community Café, St John's, Baston (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) 

Monday 15 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

Third Sunday in Advent, 14 December

A selection of services; apologies for errors or omissions; italics = details awaiting confirmation

🎄Christmas Tree Festival Thorney Abbey (FB)  

8:00am: Holy Communion, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

🍴9:00am: Breakfast Fellowship, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

10:00am: Fami;y service, St Margaret's, Quadring (FB) ACNY - subject to change or cancellation

🎄10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, St Mary's, Frampton (FB) ACNY

10:00am: Morning worship, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB) ACNY - subject to change or cancellation

10:30am: Morning worship, Bicker Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

🍊10:30am: Christingle, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

10:30am: Morning service, Centenary Methodist, Boston (FB)

10:30am: Morning worship, Gosberton Baptist (FB)

10:30am: Morning worship, Gosberton Methodist (FB)

10:30am: Curious Questions, Harvest Church (FB) 

10:30am: Morning service, Holbeach Methodist (FB)

🍊10:30am: Christingle, Kirton Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

🎶10:30am: Carol service, Moulton Chapel Methodist (FB)

10:30am: Morning worship, Sutterton Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

10:30am: Morning worship, Swineshead Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:30am: Holy Communion, Zion Methodist, Boston (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:45am: Holy Communion, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

11:00am: Holy Communion, St Bartholomew's, Ingoldsby ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

11:00am: Holy Communion, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY (Elloe Fen group)

2:00pm: Messy Church Christmas Party in the church hall at Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY  

🎄☕2:00pm: Refresh Café (FB) Wreath Making, £20 donation suppporting Don't Lose Hope (FB), St Firmin's, Thurlby (FB) in The Ness Group (FB)

🎵2:00pm: Christmas Carol Concert with Kirton Brass Band, St Mary's, Frampton (FB) ACNY

🎵2:30pm: Celebrating 800 years: Eddie Seales Big Band Christmas Concert, £10 - £25; pre-booking required, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)

🎶2:30pm: Pre-school carol service at Gipsey Bridge Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

3:00pm: Concert in aid of Alzheimer's Society at Broad Street Methodist (FB)

🍊3:00pm: Christingle, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

🎶3:00pm: Village Carol Service; more info via  St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group)

🎶👑3:00pm: Carol service and Nativity, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY 

🎶3:00pm: Carol service, St Paul's (FB) ACNY

🎶4:00pm: All Age Carol service, Bourne Baptist (FB)

🎵📽️5:30pm, 7:00pm and 8:30pm: The Snowman in Lincoln Cathedral (FB)

6:00pm: Evening worship, Hospital Bridge Methodist (Boston Methodist Circuit) (FB)

🎶6:00pm: Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB)

🎶6:00pm: Carol service, St Peter's, Ropsley (FB) ACNY(North Beltisloe Group)

🎶6:00pm: Boston Town Carol service with the Boston Salvation Army (FB) and Commuity Choir at Centenary Methodist, Boston (FB)   

🎶7:00pm: Carol service, Bourne Baptist (FB)

Saturday 13 December

🎄Christmas Tree Festival, Thorney Abbey (FB)  

🎄🎵Christmas Concert; more details via St John's, Parson Drove, PE13 4LF (FB) (Murrow FB) (CCTSt John's)

10:00am: Messy Church, St Bartholomew's, Ingoldsby ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

🎄10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, St Mary's, Frampton (FB) ACNY

10:00am: Christmas Fayre in the Project St Thomas Centre (FB); more info via  The Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham, South Holland (FB)

☕🍰10:00am: Community Coffee Morning, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) (Elloe Stone Benefice)

🎄10:30am: Christmas Wreath Making, £25, Cowbit Village Hall; more info via St Mary's, Cowbit ACNY (FB)

🎵📽️11:30am, 1:30pm, 3:00pm, 7:00pm and 8:30pm: The Snowman in Lincoln Cathedral (FB)

🎄☕🌭12:00pm: Christmas Celebration, illuminations, craft stalls, Art exhibition, refreshments, burgers, hot dogs, mince pies, St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group) 

🎶🕯️💙3:00pm: Blue Christmas, St Matthew's, Eye (FB) 

3:00pm: Messy Church in Uffington Village Hall; more info via the Uffington Group ACNY (FB) Group (FB) 

3:30pm: West End Has Faith (FB) Christmas Show, £5 and 7:30pm £10, St Anne's, Grantham (FB)

4:00pm: Messy Church in Crowland (FB) at Crowland Methodist (FB) (Peterborough Circuit)

7:30pm: West End Has Faith (FB) Christmas Show, £10, St Anne's, Grantham (FB) matinée at 3:30pm

Friday 12 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

🎵1:00pm: Lunchtime Concert, Bourne Grammar School at Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

🎶🎺6:00pm: Salvation Army Carol service, Sutterton Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

🎄🎺🍷🥧6:30pm: Christmas Lights switch on, Thorney Abbey (FB)  

🎵7:00pm: Christmas Concert with SADOS, St Margaret's church hall, St Margaret's, Quadring (FB) ACNY

Thursday 11 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

🍊5:00pm: Christingle, St Peter's, Ropsley (FB) ACNY(North Beltisloe Group)

🎵7:00pm: Christmas Concert, Bourne Grammar School at Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

Wednesday 10 December

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

Tuesday 9 December

10:00am: Advent Course, Osbournby village hall; more info via St Peter & St Paul, Osbournby, South Lafford Group ACNY also 25/11, 2 & 16/12

🎄11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

🍊2:30pm: School Christingle at Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY (Elloe Fen group)

Monday 8 December

🎄Monday 8 - Wednesday 31 December, 11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN

Second Sunday in Advent, 7 December

A selection of services; apologies for errors or omissions; italics = details awaiting confirmation

9:00am: Informal worship, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

9:15am: Informal service, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

9:30am: Patronal Festival and North Beltisloe Benefice Holy Communion, St Nicholas, Sapperton ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

🍊10:00am: Christingle, St Bartholomew's, Ingoldsby ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

10:00am: Holy Communion, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB) ACNY - subject to change or cancellation

🎄10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft PE20 2NJ; more info via ACNY - also 1, 7 & 8 December

10:30am: Morning worship, Bicker Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

10:30am: Holy Communion, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

10:30am: Holy Communion, Centenary Methodist, Boston (FB)

10:30am: Morning worship, Gosberton Baptist (FB)

10:30am: Morning worship, Gosberton Methodist (FB)

10:30am: Communion and Curious Questions, Harvest Church (FB) 

🎶10:30am: Carol service, Holbeach Methodist (FB)

10:30am: Holy Communion, Kirton Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:30am: Morning worship, Moulton Chapel Methodist (FB)

10:30am: Holy Communion, Swineshead Methodist (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:30am: Morning worship, Sutterton Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

10:30am: Morning worship, Zion Methodist, Boston (FB) (Boston Methodist Circuit)

10:45am: Holy Communion, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

🎄11:00am: Christmas Wreath Festival St Matthew's, Eye (FB) PE6 7UU

11:00am: Morning Prayer, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY (Elloe Fen group)

11:00am: Holy Communion, St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group)

🎶3:30pm: Carol service, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft PE20 2NJ; more info via ACNY (also advertised as 6:00pm)

🎶6:00pm: Carol service, Hospital Bridge Methodist (Boston Methodist Circuit) (FB)

🎵7:00pm: Just Sing! Ladies choir, £tba, St Andrew's, Witham on the Hill ACNY (FB)

Saturday 6 December

🎄10:00am: Christmas tree festival, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

🎄10:00am: Christmas Wreath Festival St Matthew's, Eye (FB) PE6 7UU

🎄10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival and Christmas Fayre, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

☕🍰🎶10:00am: Christmas Fayre, Deepings Methodist (Circuit) (FB)

🎄10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft PE20 2NJ; more info via ACNY - also 29/11 & 30/11 7 December

🎄10:00am: Christmas Craft Fayre, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN poster

🎄11:00am: Christmas Fair, Sacred Heart & St Gilbert, Bourne (FB)

🎵☕🍰🎶4:00pm: Christmas Concert with Elaine Huckle, poetry and carols, £12/£6, All Saints, South Kyme ACNY (Carr Dyke Group)

🎵🎄7:00pm: A Very Ukulele Christmas with Spalding Ukulele Orchestra (FB) and Pavanotti, £7.50 at Broad Street Methodist (FB)

🎵🕯️7:00pm and 9:00pm: Vivaldi and Mozart Candlelight Experience with Lumos (FB) at St Denys, Sleaford (FB) ACNY 

🎵🎄🥧7:30pm: The Christmas Story with Mirinesse (FB), St Swithun's, Bicker (FB) ACNY (Haven Group)

🎵🎄🥧7:30pm: Christmas is a Comin' with Bourne Choral Society (FB), £10/£5; more info via St John the Baptist, Morton (FB) Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB)

🎵🇸🇪🎄🥧7:30pm: Snowing me, snowing you Christmas party featuring the music of Abba, Swedish supper included, £15/£12.50; more details via St John's, Parson Drove, PE13 4LF (FB) (Murrow FB) (CCTSt John's)

🎵🎄7:30pm: The Chapel Hill Duo, St Peter's, Ropsley (FB) ACNY (North Beltisloe Group)

Friday 5 December

6:30pm: Quiz Night and Tombola, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY 

🎶🥣7:30pm: Christmas Concert with Holbeach Town Band, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY (Elloe Fen group)

Thursday 4 December

🎄Wednesday 19 November - Thursday 4 December: The Wonder of Christmas immersive light and sound display; more info and tickets via  Peterborough Cathedral (FB)

🎄Wednesday 19 November: Christmas Tree Festival; timed tickets and more info via  Peterborough Cathedral (FB)

🥣12:00pm: Lunch, £6.50, St John's, Baston (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) 

Wednesday 3 December

6:00pm: Wreath making evening, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone Benefice) sold out 3/11

7:00pm: Advent Course, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY 

Tuesday 2 December

10:00am: Advent Course, Osbournby village hall; more info via St Peter & St Paul, Osbournby, South Lafford Group ACNY also 25/11, 9, & 16/12

2:00pm: Still Point and 2:30pm Church Community Café, St John's, Baston (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) 

Monday 1 December