What’s On
November | December
November
- Friday 2nd
- Requiem Mass for All Souls, 1.00 p.m.
- Saturday 3rd
- Coffee Morning – Abbey Church Mothers’ Union. 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. in the Abbey Church Centre.
- St Lawrence Church Winter Fayre, 11 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
- Music for Lunch. 12.30 p.m. Luca Luciano (clarinet).
- Sunday 4th
- Choral Communion – Fauré Requiem sung by the Abbey Church Choir, 6.30 p.m.
- Saturday 10th
- Music for Lunch. 12.30 p.m. Montagu Singers – a programme to mark the Centenary of the Armistice in 1918.
- 12-bell Peal to commemorate the Centenary of the Armistice, 4.00 p.m.
- Sunday 11th – Remembrance Sunday
- Parish Eucharist of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for Peace, 10.45 a.m.
- Service to commemorate the end the First World War, 6.00 p.m., followed by the lighting of a beacon in the cloisters and ringing of the bells.
- Saturday 17th
- St Lawrence Church “Advent-ure”, 10 a.m. to 12.00 noon.
- “A Warm Up to Christmas” – Christmas Bazaar. 11.30 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. in the Abbey Church Centre.
- Music for Lunch, 12.30 p.m. Ian Kelleher (guitar).
- Sunday 18th
- All-Age Eucharist – Benefice Service, 10.30 a.m. Preacher: The Venerable Vanessa Herrick, Archdeacon of Harlow.
- Saturday 24th
- Music for Lunch. 12.30 p.m. Diversions (soprano, flute and piano).
- Friday 30th
- Church open for the Cavalcade of Light, 6.00 p.m. Mince pies, tea, coffee, mulled wine.
December
- Saturday 1st
- ‘Songs of the Nativity’ – a Christmas Concert by Felicitas. 7.30 p.m. in the Abbey Church.
- Sunday 2nd – Advent Sunday
- All Age Eucharist and Christingle, 10.30 a.m.
- Music and Readings for Advent, 6.30 p.m.
- Thursday 6th
- St Clare Hospice: "Light Up a Life". 7.00 p.m. in the Abbey Church, followed by refreshments.
- Saturday 8th
- The Friends of Waltham Abbey Church – Coffee Morning. 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon in the Lady Chapel. Come and browse the Friends’ shop over a cup of coffee or tea.
- Messy Abbey, 2.00 to 3.30 p.m. – for 11 years and under with parent/guardian supervision. Story, crafts, songs, lots of fun, followed by food! Free event.
- Tuesday 11th
- Mothers’ Union Christmas Service, 7.30 p.m.
- Thursday 13th
- Epping Forest District/Waltham Abbey Town Council Carol Service, 7.30 p.m.
- Friday 14th
- Enfield Brass Band Carol Concert. 8.00 p.m. at St. Lawrence Church, Ninefields (Hillhouse School).
- Saturday 15th
- Music for Lunch. 12.30 p.m. Waltham Abbey Choir.
- Sunday 16th
- All Age Eucharist and Nativity, 10.30 a.m.
- Sunday 23th
- Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, 6.30 p.m.
- Monday 24th – Christmas Eve
- Crib Service, 3.00 p.m.
- Midnight Mass, 11.00 p.m.
- Tuesday 25th – Christmas Day
- Parish Eucharist, 10.30 a.m.
- Monday 31st – New Year’s Eve
- Watchnight Service. 11.30 p.m. at at St Lawrence Church, Ninefields (Hillhouse School).
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