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.
