Christmas Services 2025
Dear friend,
As we enter the season of Advent and Christmas, I warmly invite you to join us for our services and events across the Western Dales this year. You’ll find all the details on the reverse of this Christmas card.
Our congratulations go to Lucy, the winner of this year’s Christmas card competition. Her beautiful drawing of the Holy Family overflows with joy – even the animals seem to share in the wonder of the Christ Child’s arrival. It captures both the simplicity and the depth of the Christmas story: a child born in humble surroundings, far from wealth or status, and yet in this moment God comes to dwell among us. What a beautiful scene to ponder and treasure.
On behalf of all the churches of the Western Dales Mission Community, may I wish you peace, hope, and joy this Christmas, and every blessing for 2026.
Revd Andy Burgess
Western Dales Mission Community Leader
andy.burgess@westerndales.org.uk
Sunday, 14 December
2.30pm, Carols by Candlelight, Hawes Junction Chapel
4pm, Messy Church Christmas Party, Cornerstone Church, Sedbergh
6pm, Carol Service, Holy Trinity, Howgill
Monday, 15 December
7pm, Carol Service with Dentdale Choir, St Andrew’s, Dent
Thursday, 18 December
7pm, Carol Service with Dentdale Choir, St John’s, Cowgill
Friday, 19 December
7pm, Carol Service, St John’s, Firbank
Sunday, 21 December
10.30am, Meeting for Worship, Brigflatts Quaker Meeting House
10.30am, All Age Christmas Celebration, Dentdale Methodist Church
2.30pm, Carol Service, St Mark’s, Cautley
6pm, Sedbergh Town Carol Service, St Andrew’s, Sedbergh
Monday, 22 December
7pm, Carol Service, St John’s, Garsdale
Christmas Eve, Wednesday, 24 December
2pm, Carol Service, All Saints, Killington
4.30pm, Nativity Play with Carols, St Andrew’s, Sedbergh
4.30pm, Blessing of the Crib, St Andrew’s, Dent
6pm, Christingle Service, Cornerstone Church, Sedbergh
6.30pm, Roman Catholic Mass, St Andrew’s, Sedbergh
7pm, Carols by Lantern, St John’s, Cowgill
11.30pm, Christmas Night Holy Communion, St Andrew’s, Sedbergh
Christmas Day, Thursday, 25 December
9am, Christmas Day Holy Communion, St John’s, Cowgill
9.30am, Christmas Day Holy Communion, St Mark’s, Cautley
10am, Christmas Day Service, Low Smithy Chapel, Garsdale
10.30am, Christmas Day Service, Cornerstone Church, Sedbergh
10.30am, Christmas Day Holy Communion, St Andrew’s, Sedbergh
10.30am, Christmas Day Holy Communion, St Andrew’s, Dent