Tidings of Comfort & Joy

The Feast Days of Christmas:

 (Our normal service schedule of Daily Eucharist and Evening Prayer continues through the holiday)

21 December: Carols in the Churchyard, at 3pm

24 December (Christmas Eve)

  • 9.30am: Greening of the Church

  • 12.30pm: Eucharist

  • 4pm: Journey to Bethlehem, an All-Age Christmas Service

  • 6pm: Evening Prayer

  • 11.30pm: The First Eucharist of the Feast of the Nativity, with carols and incense

 

25 December(Christmas Day)

  • 8am: Eucharist (Spoken, traditional-language)

  • 10am: Festal Sung Eucharist

  • (There will be no 12.30pm service)

  • 6pm: Evening Prayer

 

26 December (Festival of Stephen, Deacon, Protomartyr)

  • 8am: Eucharist 

  • 6pm: Evening Prayer

 

27 December (Festival of John, Apostle and Evangelist)

  • 9am: Eucharist 

  • 6pm: Evening Prayer 

28 December (Festival of the Holy Innocents)

  • 8am: Eucharist

  • 10am: Sung Eucharist

  • 6pm: Evening Prayer

Regular weekday services continue as normal. Upcoming feast days include:

1 January (Festival of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus [‘Holy Name Day’])

  • 12.30pm: Eucharist 

  • 6pm: Evening Prayer 

4 January (Feast of the Epiphany, trans.)

  • 8am: Eucharist

  • 10am: Sung Eucharist

  • 6pm: Evening Prayer

11 January (The Baptism of Christ)

  • 8am: Eucharist

  • 10am: Sung Eucharist and Holy Baptism

  • 6pm: Evening Prayer

Advent & Christmas

Christmas started with love, at the manger where everyone is welcome. A time to break down walls and make room for everyone.

For over a thousand years, St Bene’t’s has been a beacon of hope and a refuge of peace in the heart of Cambridge. Join us at St Bene’t’s for services, book groups, music and more, as we celebrate the light that shines in the darkness!

Advent Book Group

Starting on 27 November, join us as we read"Listening to the Music of the Soul" by the Rt Rev'd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, chosen as the Archbishop of York’s Advent Book. We have two groups, meeting 7pm Thursdays by Zoom, 2pm Fridays in church. Contact the vicar for the Zoom details!

Charles Dickens & Faith

There’s more to Dickens than holiday-season productions of A Christmas Tale! Our LLM, Mel Eyeons (PhD, University of Nottingham) leads a ‘Resourcing Faith’ talk on 6 December at 10.30am on the Christian faith of Charles Dickens. Tickets available at this link.

Advent Sundays

At our 10am Eucharist service on Sundays, members of the St Bene’t’s team will be preaching on the themes of Advent, and our calling as a people of hope in troubled times. Our first Sunday of Advent also includes a baptism, at the start of the new Church year. You can see our whole service schedule at this link.

Taizé

A meditative candlelit service of song and silence, Sunday, 7 Dec. at 8pm, for Advent and the eve of the Feast of the Conception of our Lady Mary. We hold Taizé services on the first Sunday of the month at 8pm.

Winter Sing

Saturday, 13 December at 2pm, a WinterComfort charity concert with ReSound followed by carolling at 3pm

Waterbeach Brass Carols

Come sing with us on Sunday, 21 December at 3pm, at our annual Community Carolling with Waterbeach Brass. Mince pies and mulled juice follow, and everyone is welcome!

Journey to Bethlehem

Families are warmly welcome to our Children’s Christmas Service, Christmas Eve at 4pm

‘Midnight Mass’

A traditional Christmas Eve at 11.30pm, a sung Eucharist with incense and tidings of Joy

Christmas Day

Join us for a joyful Christmas Day Eucharist, with a spoken traditional service at 8am and a Festal Sung Eucharist at 10am with carols and more.