Get into the Christmas spirit with our popular Gilpin Singers Christmas Concert – a selection of songs old and new in the beautiful setting of St Michael and All Angels church. Entry is £3.
Wednesday 14th December, 7.00pm
See you there!
Tuesday 13th December, 7.00pm
Christmas can sometimes be difficult for those of us who have lost loved ones, especially recently. Every year we have our Light of Life service near the beginning of the season. This is a carol service with a moment’s quiet as we remember loved ones and dedicate lights on our Christmas tree in their memory.
It’s a service suitable for all ages and gives us the opportunity to remember those we love at this time of year when families and friends gather together.
After the service, each time you come along to church for our other Christmas services, the first thing you see as you walk into church is our Christmas tree with all the lights shining, reminding us of our loved ones.
Join us in celebrating the greatest news of all this Christmas – God with us!
These are our Christmas Services and Events:
Tuesday 13th December, 7.00pm – Light of Life Service
A service to remember loved ones and dedicate a light on our Christmas tree
Wednesday 14th December, 7.00pm – Gilpin Singers Christmas Concert
£3 entry, enjoy a varied concert of music old and new, get in the Christmas spirit!
Saturday 17th December, 11.00am – Carol Singing in the Wild Boar Pub
Meet us in the Wild Boar for some carol singing – wear a Christmas jumper!
Sunday 18th December, 3.00pm – Christingle
A magical family service – all proceeds to Children’s Society
Christmas Eve
3.00pm Interactive Family Crib Service – a chance to take part in a nativity play and sing some carols
7.00pm Our Traditional 9 Lessons and Carols Service
11.30pm Midnight Mass
Christmas Day
8.30am Eucharist
10.00am Festival Eucharist
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Portuguese pianist Artur Pereira joins us for a recital on Wednesday 7th December at 1pm. His programme will include works by Beethoven, Fernandez & Rzewsky. Come along and enjoy our wonderful acoustics. £7 entry fee.
Join us for our annual Christmas Market on Saturday 26th November from 10am, there is all the usual local produce, crafts, tea, coffee, hot soup and cakes, tombola, raffle and of course, our free Santa’s Grotto!
See you there!
Enjoy the amazing acoustics in our historic church for another fantastic piano concert this Wednesday 16th November at 1pm.
The next performer in our concert series is Konstantinos Destounis, from Greece. He will play works by Chopin, Liszt, Antoniou and Psathas.
Entry £7
Our All Souls Eucharist at which we remember those that have died in the faith of Christ will be held at 6.00pm on Sunday 30th October.
Please add names of loved ones to the list at the back of church (this will be available on the evening) to be read out during the service. Please note that only the names on this list will be read out.
Our Field of Remembrance will be opened in a short ceremony on Wednesday 26th October at 11am in St Michael’s churchyard. Tea and coffee will be served in the Kepier Hall following the service.
Our Remembrance Sunday service is at 10.15am on 13th November.
Get online with Get Online Week!
Get Online Week is coming back to Space4 in Houghton-le-Spring from 17th – 21st October. Co-ordinator Bryony Taylor said “the 2016 campaign is the tenth Get Online Week, last time we ran it in Houghton one woman said that she felt like she ‘had wings’ after been shown how to skype and email her family abroad”.
Whether you’re looking for help making better use of the internet to find work or save money, or if you’d like support getting a friend or family member online, go down to Space4, on the ground floor of Houghton Library and you’ll be given a helping hand.
The team can always help you to get online during normal opening hours (10am-2pm, Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri) but in Get Online Week Space4 is running these special free sessions:
Monday 16th October: 11am-12noon Getting the most from your Tablet or Smartphone
Bring your tablet, ipad, iphone or smartphone along with you and we’ll give you some hints and tips on taking and saving photos, sharing them on Facebook and email and much more!
Friday 21st October: 11am-12noon Get an email address and learn to use email
These days you need an email address for a lot of things – come along to this free session and get your own email address and learn how to use email. No need to bring a computer – you can use ours.
If you can’t make these dates but would still like some help please ring Space4 on 0191 5120676 to book an appointment.
Unfortunately the planned piano concert for this Friday 14th October at 1pm has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. There is alternatively a Brass Band Concert on Saturday night at 7pm.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
