Waltham Abbey Church

What’s On

November | December

Saturday 2nd: Music for Lunch. 12.00 noon. Colin Eldred (clarinet), Jane Eldred (viola), Barbara Manning (piano).
Saturday 9th: Music for Lunch. 12.00 noon. Royston Priory Singers.
Saturday 16th: Reinstallation of the Cockerel on the top of the church tower, 10.00 a.m. The Cockerel has been at the top of the church tower since the second half of the 18th century and has recently been beautifully repaired and regilded by PAD contracts of Brooker Road funded by a member of the church congregation. There are two bullet holes in the Cockerel and evidence of shrapnel, all of which have been retained in the restoration. Weather permitting, the church’s lighting conductor consultants will return the Cockerel to its former position with the help of a mobile elevating work platform. There will be no parking outside the church whilst the work is taking place.; Music for Lunch. 12.00 noon. Yu Zhou Zhang (violin), Naixin Li (piano).
Saturday 23rd: Music for Lunch. 12.00 noon. Gloria Choi (soprano), Sin Iong Li (piano).
Tuesday 26th: Mothers Union craft evening led by Dorothy Perkins. 7.30 p.m. in the Abbey Church.
Friday 29th: Church open for the Cavalcade of Light, 6.00 p.m. Mince pies, tea, coffee.
Saturday 30th: Music for Lunch. 12.00 noon. James Davy (organ).

Tuesday 3rd: St Clare Hospice: "Light Up a Life". 7.00 p.m. in the Abbey Church.
Saturday 7th: Felicitas Chamber Choir, 7.30 p.m. The concert will feature choruses from Handel's Messiah, a traditional pre-Christmas favourite, together with motets by Bruckner and pieces by contemporary composers celebrating the Christmas season. Tickets £12.50 in advance from www.ticketsource.co.uk/felicitas, or £15 on the door. Children & full-time students under 25: Free.
Saturday 14th: Music for Lunch. 12.00 noon. Britten A Ceremony of Carols, for upper voices and harp, conducted by David Boarder.
Tuesday 17th: 7.00 p.m. Mothers' Union Christmas Service
Saturday 21st: Songbirds by Candlelight, 7.00 p.m. An evening of festive music and carols. Tickets, £15 (includes seasonal refreshments) Under 16s free. Tickets from Waltham Abbey Tourist Information Office or Ticket Source on: www.ticketsource.co.uk/songbirdsessex.
Sunday 22nd: Service of Nine Lessons and Carols, 6.30 p.m.
Tuesday 24th – Christmas Eve: Midnight Mass, 11.00 p.m.
Wednesday 25th – Christmas Day: Eucharist for Christmas Day, 10.30 a.m.

Further information from the Parish Office.
For more information about services at the Abbey Church, see Services.