Advent and Christmas
Here is a list of the different Advent and Christmas events around the diocese.
Christ Church – Grande Prairie
Advent 1: Sunday December 1st @ 10:00 am.
Advent 2: Sunday December 8th @ 10:00am.
Advent 3: Sunday December 15th @ 10:00am.
Lessons and Carols: Sunday December 22nd @ 10:00 am.
Christmas Eve (Intergenerational service with pageant): Tuesday December 24th @ 7:00 pm.
All Saints’ – Fort McMurray
First Sunday of Advent – December 1 @ 10:30 am.
Second Sunday of Advent – December 8 @ 10:30 am.
Third Sunday of Advent – December 15 @ 10:30 am.
Christmas Lessons and Carols Service – December 15 @ 6:30 pm.
Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 22 @ 10:30 am.
Christ Eve Holy Eucharist – December 24 @ 6:30 pm.
Parish of Northern Lights
Advent Services (December 1, 8, 15, & 22) – St. Thomas’, Perryvale @ 9:00 am.
Advent Services (December 1, 8, 15, & 22) – St. Andrew’s Zion, Colinton @ 11:00 am.
Camp Fire and Carol Sing Along – St. Andrew’s Zion – December 13 @ 6:30 pm. We will be having a campfire for roasting hot dogs. There will be hot chocolate and coffee to drink, and lots of singing traditional Christmas songs including some secular Christmas songs. Come and join us. It’s all free!
Lessons and Carols Service – St. Andrew’s Zion, Colinton – December 15 @ 11:00 am. Potluck lunch to follow.
Christmas Eve Family Eucharist Service – St. Andrew’s Zion, Colinton – December 24 @ 7:00 pm.
St. Luke’s – Beaverlodge
Ecumenical Nine Lessons and Carols – December 1 @ 6:00 pm at the Alliance Church in Beaverlodge
Holy Communion Christ Eve Service – December 24 @ 7:00 pm
St. Mark’s – High Prairie
Live Nativity – Friday, December 6 @ 7:00 pm
Christmas Eve Service (Reserved Sacrament) – December 24 @ 7:30 pm
Service of Lessons and Carols – Sunday, December 29 @ 11:00 am
All Saints’ – Athabasca
Pot Luck and Singalong – Sunday, December 1 @ 10:30 am
Parish Lessons and Carols & White Sunday Service with donations going to Athabasca Community Cares Program – Sunday, December 16 @ 10:30 am
Christmas Service - Extendicare - Monday, December 17 @ 10:00 am
Christmas Service - Pleasant Valley Lodge - Tuesday, December 18 @ 1:30 pm
Community Lessons and Carols, with free will offering with proceeds going to the School Lunch Program – Thursday, December 19 @ 7:00 pm
Blue Christmas Service - with the United Church - Saturday, December 21 @ 7:00 pm
Christmas Pot Luck following the Sunday Service – Sunday, December 22 @ 10:30 am
Christmas Eve Service with coffee & treats following – December 24 @ 7:00 pm
St. James Cathedral – Peace River
Potluck supper – Sunday, December 22 @ 5:00 pm
Lessons and Carols Service – Sunday, December 22 @ 7:00 pm
Christmas Eve Service – December 24 @ 7:00 pm
St. Helen's, Fairview
Christmas Eve Eucharist Service (Bishop presiding) - Tuesday, December 24 @ 3:00 pm
St. Paul's, Fort Chipewyan
There will be a Christmas Eve service at St. Paul's, Fort Chipewyan - date and time will not be set until the Winter Road is open.
St. Thomas', Fort McMurray
Advent 1: Morning Prayer Service - Sunday, December 1 @ 9:00 am
Advent 2: Eucharist Service - Sunday, December 8 @ 9:00 am
Advent 3: Morning Prayer Service - Sunday, December 15 @ 9:00 am
Advent 4: Eucharist Service - Sunday, December 22 @ 9:00 am
Nine Lessons & Carols Service at All Saints', Anglican - December 15 @ 6:30 pm
St. Andrew's, Lac La Biche
Advent 1: 150th Celebration & Rededication Eucharist Service - December 1 @1:00 pm (Bishop leading)
Advent 2: December 8 @ 1:00 pm
Advent 3: Lessons & Carols Service - December 15 @ 1:00 pm
Advent 4: December 22 @ 1:00 pm
Christmas Eve Service - time to be set
St. John's United Anglican, Manning
Blue Christmas Service - Thursday, December 19 @ 7:00 pm
Christmas Eve Service - Monday, December 23 @ 3:00 pm
St. Peter's Ecumenical, Slave Lake
JESSE'S TREET - Exploration Nov 31- Dec 24 ( Daily reading selection of Jesus' Genealogy Narrative and creating a craft to hang on the tree- Stump of Jesse)
December 8 - Advent 2 @ 10:30 am - Bishop David Greenwood Visit & 150 Celebrationb Potluck after the service
December 22 @ 10:30 am - Christmas Readings and Carols Service
December 27 @ 8:00 pm - Family Christmas Eve Service with Candle Lights
December 29 @ 10:30 am - First Sunday after Christmas
St. Paul's, Faust
December 22 @ 1:30 pm - Christmas Readings and Carols Service
St. Bartholomew's, Grimshaw & Christ Church, Berwyn
Parish Christmas Eve Service at St. Bartholomew’s @ 7:00 p.m. (Bishop John Clarke, celebrant)
Prayer & Praise Service - December 29 @ 11:15 am - at St. Bartholomew's in Grimshaw