Christmas Services

Christmas services and events at St. Christopher’s and Awali

Christmas comes particularly early in Bahrain but perhaps commercially not as early as in the UK. We need to get our Christmas events in before the great exodus for ‘home’ at the end of the school term. Therefore our Christmas programme begins at the beginning of December, although we will do our best to give due weight to Advent.

Christmas Services

Celebrate with us the Incarnation of our Lord
You will find a warm welcome at the Cathedral

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on
his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor,
Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
~Isaiah 9:6~

Sunday, 7th December

6 pm - Sunday School children's Nativity Play to include
a simple celebration of Holy Communion
Some adults look upon this occasion as “not for them. It’s for the children”. Our children are as important as every other person in our congregations and need our support and encouragement

Sunday 14th December

6 pm Carols by Candlelight
hopefully outside in the compound (last year it rained!) We shall be led in our singing of carols by children from St Christopher’s School.

Sunday, 21st December

6 pm - Traditional Service of 9 Lessons and Carols
to include items by the St. Christopher’s Cathedral Chorale.

Christmas Eve
Wednesday, 24th December

5 pm - Christingle Service

11.30 pm - Midnight Mass

Christmas Day
Thursday, 25th

9.30 am - Holy Communion and Carols (at Awali)

11 am - Holy Communion and Carols in the Cathedral

6pm - Evening Prayer (said)

"An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around
them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them "Do not be afraid.
I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is
Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby
wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
~Luke 2: 9-12~

St. Stephen's Day

Friday, 26th December

9.30 am - Family Service and Communion

New Year's Day

Thursday, 1st January 2004

8 am - Holy Communion

All other services at the usual times.
Please do not forget that there is daily morning prayer and Holy Communion from
Monday to Thursday and on Saturday each week to which everyone is always welcome.

Mary's Song

Blue homespun and the bend of my breast
keep warm this small hot naked star
fallen to my arms. (Rest …
you who have had so far to come.)
Now nearness satisfies
the body of God sweetly. Quiet he lies
whose vigor hurled a universe. He sleeps
whose eyelids have not closed before.

His breath (so slight it seems
no breath at all) once ruffled the dark deeps
to sprout a world. Charmed by doves' voices,
the whisper of straw, he dreams,
hearing no music from his other spheres.
Breath, mouth, ears, eyes
he is curtailed who overflowed all skies,
all years. Older than eternity, now he
is new. Now native to earth as I am, nailed
to my poor planet, caught
that I might be free, blind in my womb
to know my darkness ended,
brought to this birth for me to be new-born,
and for him to see me mended
I must see him torn.

Luci Shaw