Please join us as we celebrate the birth of our saviour Jesus Christ, and look forward to him coming again. There are lots of Christmas services and activities happening all over the Armidale Diocese this December and everyone is welcome. To make it easy to find services and events near you, they are listed under the central town in each parish.

St Peter’s Cathedral

Dec 4th

  • 10:30am, St Nicholas’ Community Christmas service
  • 5pm, Advent Evensong at the Cathedral

Dec 17th

  • 7pm, traditional carols with the choir at the Cathedral

Dec 18th

  • 5pm, Community Carols at St Mary’s, West Armidale

Dec 24th

  • 5pm, Christmas Service, All Saints Thalgarrah
  • 6pm, Family Christmas Eve service on the Cathedral lawns (or inside if it rains)
  • 11pm, Christmas Eve holy communion service

Dec 25th

  • 7:30am, Christmas Day holy communion service at the Cathedral. Bishop to preach.
  • 8am, Christmas Day holy communion service at St Mary’s, West Armidale.
  • 9:30am, Christmas Day holy communion service at the Cathedral. Bishop to preach.

For St Pete’s website, click here.

St Mark’s UNE Church

Dec 18th

  • 10am, Kid’s Church Christmas Celebration
  • 5pm, Outdoor Carols Concert

Dec 24th

  • 6:30pm, Christmas Eve service

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service

For St Mark’s website, click here.

St Andrew’s Baradine

St Laurence’s Barraba

Dec 11th

  • 11am, Woodsreef Christmas service
  • 5pm, Bereen Christmas service

Dec 24th

  • 11pm, Christmas Eve service, Barraba

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service, Barraba

To visit St Laurence’s website, click here.

St John’s Bingara

Dec 18th

  • 9:30am, Carols and readings.

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Carols and communion.

To visit St John’s Facebook page, click here. 

Boggabilla/ North Star/ Yetman/ Croppa Creek

Dec 11th

  • 7pm, Community carol service at Crooble Hall

Dec 18th

  • 10am, Special thanksgiving service at North Star. Bishop to lead, Rev Darrell Parker to preach.

Dec 24th

  • 12:30pm, Christmas service at Croppa Creek Hall

Dec 25th

  • 10am, Christmas service at Yetman

St Barnabas’ Boggabri

Dec 10th

  • 7pm, Carols in the Park, Vickery Park

Dec 24th

  • 6pm, Christmas Eve service

Dec 25th

  • 9am, traditional Christmas Day service

To visit St Barnabas’ website, click here.

St Mary’s Bundarra

Dec 25th

  • 9:30am, Christmas Day service

St Paul’s Emmaville and St John’s Deepwater

Dec 24th

  • 8pm, Christmas Eve service, Emmaville

Dec 25th

  • 8am, Christmas Day service, Deepwater

Holy Trinity Glen Innes

Dec 24th

  • 6:30pm Christmas Eve family service
  • 11pm, 1662 book of common prayer communion service

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day communion service

*There will be no service on Sunday January 1st. Regular services will resume from January 8th.

To visit Holy Trinity’s website, click here.

Christ Church Gunnedah

Dec 2nd

  • 6:30pm, Carols in the park

Dec 20th

  • 10:30am, Apex Road Aged Care, carols and Christmas service

Dec 21st

  • 3:30pm, Alkira (campus), carols and Christmas service

Dec 24th

  • 6pm, Christmas Eve service

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service

*For January, regular services will be replaced with a single service at 9am each Sunday.

To visit Christ Church’s website, click here.

St James’ Guyra

Dec 10th

  • Community carols. Free BBQ from 6pm, carols from 7pm.

Dec 12th

  • 7:30pm, Ben Lomond carols, Ben Lomond Community Hall

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service

To visit St James’ website, click here.

St Augustine’s Inverell

Dec 18th

  • 7pm, carols and sentences

Dec 24th

  • 6pm, Christmas Eve service

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service

To visit St Augustine’s website, click here.

St Mark’s Ashford and St Columba’s Delungra

Dec 8th

  • Sunhaven Christmas service and party

Dec 17th

  • 6:30pm, Ashford Community Christmas Carols, St Mark’s church grounds.

Dec 23rd

  • 6pm, Christmas service, Ashford Presbyterian Church

Dec 24th

  • 6:30pm, Christmas Eve service, St Columba’s Delungra

Dec 25th

  • Sunhaven Christmas Day lunch

Lightning Ridge Community Church

Dec 9th

  • 6pm, lessons and carols, Lightning Ridge Community Church

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service, Lightning Ridge Community Church
  • 11:30am, Orphan’s Christmas Lunch at the Bowling Club

Holy Trinity Manilla

Dec 22nd

  • 7pm, family Christmas service, Halls Creek

Dec 23rd

  • 7pm, family Christmas service, Attunga

Dec 24th

  • 7pm, family Christmas service, Somerton

Dec 25th

  • 9am, family Christmas service, Manilla

To visit Holy Trinity’s website, click here.

St Andrew’s Kootingal/ St Peter’s Moonbi

Dec 24th

  • 7pm, Christmas Eve service at Kootingal

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service at Moonbi

To visit the Kootingal Moonbi church website, click here.

All Saints Moree

Dec 21st

  • 7pm, Christmas Service at Terry Hie Hie

Dec 23rd

  • 7pm, Christmas Service at Pallamallawa

Dec 24th

  • 6:30pm, Christmas Eve family service
  • 9pm, Christmas Eve holy communion service

Dec 25th

  • 8:30am, Christmas Day holy communion service

To visit All Saints’ website, click here.

St James’ Mungindi

St Cyprian’s Narrabri

Dec 11th

  • Carols on the lawn, 6pm BYO dinner, 7pm carols.

Dec 24th

  • 6pm, Christmas Eve communion service

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day communion service

*For all of January, regular services will be replaced by a single service at 9am.

To visit St Cyprian’s website, click here.

All Saints Nundle

Dec 24th

  • 8pm, Carols and readings

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day family service

St Alban’s Quirindi

Dec 23rd

  • 7pm, Christmas service at Wallabadah (combined with Willow Tree)

Dec 24th

  • 6pm, Christmas Eve family service at Quirindi

Dec 25th

  • 8am, Christmas Day service at Werris Creek
  • 10am, Christmas Day service at Quirindi

To visit St Alban’s website, click here.

St Mark’s Tambar Springs and St Philip’s Mullaley

North Tamworth Anglican Church

Dec 24th

  • 7:30pm, Christmas Eve service

Dec 25th

  • 9:30am, Christmas Day service

To visit North Tamworth Anglican’s website, click here.

Oxley Vale Anglican Community Church

Dec 24th

  • 5:30pm, carols, nativity play and dinner, Oxley Vale Public School Hall
  • 7pm, Nine lessons and carols at Tamworth Gardens

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service, Oxley Vale Public School Hall

To visit Oxley Vale Anglican’s website, click here.

St Peter’s South Tamworth

Dec 10th

  • 6pm-8:30pm, Christmas Carnival and carols

Dec 24th

  • 7pm, Christmas Eve service

Dec 25th

  • 9:30am, Christmas Day service

To visit St Pete’s website, click here.

St John the Evangelist, Tamworth

Dec 18th

  • 5pm, Lessons and carols

Dec 24th

  • 5pm, Christmas Eve family service
  • 11pm, Christmas Eve communion service

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day family service with communion

To visit St John’s website, click here.

St Paul’s West Tamworth

Dec 10th

  • 5:30pm-8pm, Community Carols at West Tamworth Public School

Dec 17th

  • 5:30pm, Loomberah Carols at ‘Glenwood’ Old Sports Ground, Duri-Dungowan Rd, Loomberah

Dec 24th

  • 7pm, Christmas Eve service, St Paul’s
  • 11pm, Christmas Eve service, St Paul’s

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service, St Paul’s
  • 9am, Christmas Day service, St Luke’s Loomberah

To visit St Paul’s website, click here.

Christ Church Tenterfield

Dec 4th

  • 5:30pm, Carols service and BBQ

Dec 16th

  • 6pm, Community Carols at Bruxner Park

Dec 24th

  • 7pm, Christmas Eve family service

Dec 25th

  • 8:30am, Christmas Day traditional service

St Andrew’s Tingha

Dec 24th

  • 7pm, Christmas service

St John’s Uralla

To visit St John’s website, click here. 

St Andrew’s Walcha

Dec 24th

  • 7pm, Christmas Eve service

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service

To visit St Andrew’s Facebook page, click here.

Barwon Special District Anglican Church

St Peter’s Walgett and St John the Evangelist Collarenebri

Dec 24th

  • 3:30pm, Christmas Eve service at Collarenebri

Dec 25th

  • 9am, Christmas Day service at Walgett

To visit the Barwon Special District Facebook page, click here.

St Simon and St Jude’s Warialda

Dec 18th

  • 7pm, Carols in the Park, Captain Cook Park

Dec 21st

  • 7pm, Coolatai family carols and lessons

Dec 24th

  • 6pm, Christmas Eve family service
  • 11pm, Christmas Eve traditional ‘midnight’ service

Dec 25th

  • 9:30am, Christmas Day holy communion service. Followed by Community Christmas Lunch in the Parish Hall.

To visit St Simon & St Jude’s Facebook page, click here.

St Augustine’s Wee Waa

Dec 25th

  • 9:30am, Christmas Day service, Wee Waa

To visit St Augustine’s website, click here.