Churches across York are hosting a range of special services or events around Christmas.
One Voice York, the umbrella organisation for York churches, invited its members to provide details for inclusion here.
If your church’s events have not been included here, email us and we can add them to the list online.
See also: York Minster: Christmas events and services guide 2017
Sunday, December 17
8.45am, St Paul’s, Holgate
Carol service
10am, St Stephen’s in York Road, Acomb
Nativity service
10.30am, Southlands Methodist Church in Bishopthorpe Road
Including children’s nativity
4pm, Gateway Church, Front Street, Acomb
Family carol service
4pm, Holgate Community Garden, Upper St Paul’s Terrace
Carol service
4pm, Acomb Methodist Church
Family carol service
4pm, Heworth Christ Church in Stockton Lane
Messy Church – Scratch Nativity: Fun, Food and Faith: Carols and the Christmas Story
6pm, St Michael le Belfrey, Minster Yard
Contemporary carols
6.30pm, St Oswald’s, Fulford
Lesson and carols
6.30pm, All Saints & St Andrew’s in Huntington
Carols by candlelight
6.30pm, St Stephen’s in York Road, Acomb
Community carol service then mulled wine and mince pies
7pm, St Paul’s, Holgate
Candlelit carol service
Monday, December 18
2.30pm, Southlands Methodist Church in BishopthoRpe Road
Monday Fellowship carol service
Saturday, December 23
4pm, Heworth Christ Church, Stockton Lane
Carols on the lawn with York RI Band and refreshments
5pm, Acomb Methodist Church
Christmas Family Film Time
Christmas Eve
9am, St Michael le Belfrey, Minster Yard
Morning worship with communion
10.30am, Southlands Methodist Church, Bishopthorpe Road
Morning worship.
10.30am, Acomb Methodist Church
Scratch Nativity service
10.30am, Heworth Christ Church, Stockton Lane
Service of lessons and carols
2pm, St Michael le Belfrey, Minster Yard
Christmas Eve all age service
3pm, Gateway Church in Front Street, Acomb
Children’s nativity
3.30pm, All Saints in Huntington
Christingle service
3.30pm, St Andrew’s in Huntington
Christingle service
4pm, Southlands Methodist Church
Carols by Candlelight
4pm, Heworth Christ Church, Stockton Lane
Christingle service with refreshments
4pm and 6pm, St Oswald’s in Fulford
Christingle services
4pm, St Paul’s in Holgate
Tea Towels and Carols interactive service for families with young children
5pm, All Saints in Huntington
Christingle service
5pm, St Andrew’s in Huntington
Christingle service
5pm, St Aidan’s Church, Ridgeway, Acomb
Family crib service for the young and young at heart
6pm, English Martyrs RC Church, Dalton Terrace, Holgate
First Mass of Christmas, with carols from 5.30pm
7pm, The Ark Church in Monkgate
Carol service with hot chocolate and Thomas’s mince pies
8pm, English Martyrs RC Church, Dalton Terrace, Holgate
Midnight Mass of Christmas, with carols from 7.30pm
11pm, St Oswald’s in Fulford
Christmas Holy Communion
11.15pm, St Paul’s in Holgate
Midnight Communion
11.30pm, Acomb Methodist Church
Midnight Communion
11.30pm, Heworth Christ Church, Stockton Lane
Midnight Communion
11.30pm, All Saints in Huntington
Midnight Communion
11.30pm, St Aidan’s Church, Ridgeway, Acomb
Midnight Communion by Candlelight
Christmas Day
8.30am, St Andrew’s in Huntington
Holy Communion
9.15am, St Stephen’s in York Road, Acomb
Said Holy Communion, perhaps with a carol or two
10am, The Ark Church in Monkgate
Joint service with Trinity Methodist Church
10am, St Oswald’s in Fulford
Family service
10am, Acomb Methodist Church
Family service
10am, St Stephen’s in York Road, Acomb
Family Christmas Day celebration (bring a present or card that is special to you)
10.30am, St Michael le Belfrey, Minster Yard
Christmas Day communion service
10.30am, All Saints in Huntington
Family communion (bring your favourite present)
10.30am, Heworth Christ Church, Stockton Lane
Christmas day service (bring a present to show)
10.30am, Gateway Church in Front Street, Acomb
Christmas morning celebration
10.30am, English Martyrs RC Church, Dalton Terrace, Holgate
Mass of Christmas Day
10.30am, St Paul’s in Holgate
Christmas Day Service
10.30am, Trinity Church in St Anthony’s Hall, Peasholme Green
Christmas Day service
11am, Southlands Methodist Church, Bishopthorpe Road
Christmas Family Worship in the round