{"id":34758,"date":"2025-12-23T22:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34758"},"modified":"2025-12-23T22:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T22:32:20","slug":"christingles-and-other-christmas-church-services-across-abingdon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34758","title":{"rendered":"Christingles and other Christmas Church Services Across Abingdon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025122301.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThis morning volunteers were assembling Christingles at St Helen&#8217;s Church. A Christingle is a Christian symbol used at Christmas. An orange represents the world, a candle Christ the light, red ribbon God\u2019s love, and sweets or dried fruit creation\u2019s gifts<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag25\/2025122302.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAt St Helens they were making 300 Christingles.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a list of all the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services in Abingdon that I could find online. They include 7 Christingle Services &#8211; a lot of oranges. (Please check individual church websites or face book pages before attending, in case I made an error.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abbey Baptist Church<\/strong> (Checker Walk)<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 10:30 am \u2013 Christmas Day Service<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abingdon Baptist Church<\/strong> (Ock Street)<br \/>\nChristmas Eve<br \/>\n* 11:30 pm \u2013 Midnight Communion<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 10:00 am \u2013 Christmas Day Celebration<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Saints<\/strong> (Appleford Drive)<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 10:00 am \u2013 Morning Worship<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christ Church Abingdon<\/strong><br \/>\nChristmas Eve<br \/>\n* 3:00 pm \u2013 Christingle Service (Northcourt Road)<br \/>\n* 4:00 pm \u2013 Christingle Service (Long Furlong)<br \/>\n* 4:30 pm \u2013 Christingle Service (Northcourt Road)<br \/>\n* 11:00 pm \u2013 Midnight Communion (Northcourt Road)<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 10:00 am \u2013 Christmas Family Worship (Long Furlong)<br \/>\n* 10:30 am \u2013 Christmas Family Worship (Northcourt Road)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Lady &amp; St Edmund (<\/strong>Radley Road)<br \/>\nChristmas Eve<br \/>\n* 6:00 pm \u2013 First Mass of Christmas<br \/>\n* 8:30 pm \u2013 Christmas Vigil with Carols<br \/>\n* 9:00 pm \u2013 Christmas Mass<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 8:00 am \u2013 Christmas Day Mass<br \/>\n* 9:30 am \u2013 Christmas Day Mass<br \/>\n* 11:30 am \u2013 Christmas Day Mass<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peachcroft Christian Centre<\/strong> (Peachcroft Shopping Centre)<br \/>\nChristmas Eve<br \/>\n* 3:00 pm \u2013 Christingle Service<br \/>\n* 5:00 pm \u2013 Christingle Service<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 10:00 am \u2013 Christmas Day Celebration<\/p>\n<p><strong>St Helen\u2019s Church <\/strong>(West St Helen Street)<br \/>\nChristmas Eve<br \/>\n* 4:00 pm \u2013 Christingle Service<br \/>\n* 11:00 pm \u2013 Midnight Mass<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 8:00 am &#8211; Holy Communion<br \/>\n* 10:30 am \u2013 Family Service with Eucharist<\/p>\n<p><strong>St Michael &amp; All Angels<\/strong> (Park Road)<br \/>\nChristmas Eve<br \/>\n* 3:00 pm \u2013 Crib Service<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 9:30 am \u2013 Sung Mass<\/p>\n<p><strong>St Nicolas\u2019 Church<\/strong> (Market Place)<br \/>\nChristmas Eve<br \/>\n* 4:00 pm \u2013 Crib Service<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 10:00 am \u2013 Holy Communion with Carols<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trinity Church<\/strong> (Conduit Road)<br \/>\nChristmas Eve<br \/>\n* 4:00 pm \u2013 Christingle Service<br \/>\nChristmas Day<br \/>\n* 10:00 am \u2013 Morning Worship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning volunteers were assembling Christingles at St Helen&#8217;s Church. A Christingle is a Christian symbol used at Christmas. An orange represents the world, a candle Christ the light, red ribbon God\u2019s love, and sweets or dried fruit creation\u2019s gifts At St Helens they were making 300 Christingles. 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