Christmas is nearly upon and ‘tis the season to be jolly! If you’re wondering where in the East London area you can go to sing carols and celebrate mass, you can find services at the following Churches.
Hackney
St John at Hackney
December 11, 6pm: Carols by candlelight
December 18, 6pm: Alternative carols, featuring artists Daunt, Sheyi Martins and Zerbin
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 10am: Christmas Day service
St John at Hackney Church , Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0PD, U
St Luke’s Church
December 18, 6.30pm: Carols by candlelight
December 24, 3pm: Christmas crib service
December 24, 11pm: Midnight Communion
December 25, 11am: Holy Communion
St Luke’s Hackney St Luke’s Church Homerton Terrace London E9 6RT
St Anne’s Hoxton
December 10, 11am: Carols at Hoxton Street Market
December 18, 6pm: Carols and readings by candlelight
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 11am: Christmas Day Family Mass
St Anne’s Church, Hoxton, Hemsworth Street, London, N1 5LF
St John’s Hoxton
December 15, 8.30pm: Beer and carols at George & Vulture pub
December 18, 6pm: Carols by candlelight
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 10.30am: Christmas Day service
St John’s Church, Pitfield St, London, N1 6NP
Tower Hamlets
St George-in-the-East
December 16, 5pm: Community carol singing
December 16, 6pm: Community carol singing (outside Shadwell stations)
December 18, 6pm: Christmas carols by candlelight
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 10.15am: All-age Eucharist for Christmas Day
St George-in-the-East Church, 14 Cannon Street Road, London E1 0BH
St Peter’s, Bethnal Green
December 11, 10.30am: Advent/folk carols
December 11, 5pm: Carols by candlelight
December 14, 7pm: Pop-up carols at Columbia Road Christmas Market
December 18, 10.30am: Christmas carols at Jesus Green
December 21, 7pm: Pop-up carols at Columbia Road Christmas Market
December 24, 11pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 10.30am: Family celebration on Christmas Day
St Peter’s Bethnal Green, St Peter’s Close, London E2 7AE
Bow Church
December 10, 3pm: Christingle service for children
December 18, 6.30pm: Christmas carols
December 24, 4pm: Christmas service for children
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 10.30am: Christmas Day Communion
St Mary’s Church, 230 Bow Road, Bow, London E3 3AH
St Barnabas’s, Bethnal Green
December 14, 7pm: Christmas carols
December 18, 4pm: Christingle and Nativity service
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 10.30am: Solemn Mass, Christmas Day
St Barnabas Bethnal Green, Grove Road, Bow, London, E3 5TG
St Paul’s, Shadwell
December 11, 11am: Christingle service
December 16, 4pm: Nativity service
December 18, 6pm: Christmas carols
December 25, 10.30am: Christmas Day service
St Pauls Church, 302 The Highway, London E1W 3DH
St Anne’s, Limehouse
December 11, 10.30am: Family carols and children’s lunch
December 12, 2pm: Carols in the crypt with Cyril Jackson School choir
December 18, 6pm: Carols by candlelight
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 10.30am: Family celebration with Holy Communion
St Anne’s Church, Three Colt Street, London E14 7HP
Christ Church, Spitalfields
December 11, 10.30am: Service with Christingles
December 11, 5pm: Alternative carol service
December 18, 10.30am: Nativity service
December 18, 6pm: Carols by candlelight
December 24, 5pm: Carols around the Christmas Tree
December 25, 10.30am: Christmas Day service
Christ Church, Spitalfields, Commercial Street, London, E1 6LY
Lewisham
St Mary the Virgin
December 18, 10am: Mass and dressing of the Christmas Tree by children
December 24, 5pm: Christmas crib service with Christingles
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass with candlelight
December 25, 10am: Christmas Day Mass
St Mary the Virgin Church, 346 Lewisham High St, London SE13 6LE
St Stephen’s Church
December 14, 6.30pm: Borough commander’s carol service
December 17, 6pm: Carol service
December 18, 10am: Nativity service
December 24, 4pm: Christingle service
December 24, 11.30m: Midnight Mass
December 25, 10am: Christmas Day Mass
St Stephen’s Church, Cressingham Rd, London SE13 5AF
Croydon
Croydon Minster
December 11, 6.30pm: Town carol service
December 18, 6.30pm: Carols by candlelight
December 24, 11,30pm: Midnight Mass
Croydon Minster, Church St, Croydon CR0 1RN
St Mildred, Addiscombe
December 11, 10am: Christingle service
December 15, 8pm: Christmas Anthology – a celebration of Christmas in music and readings
December 18, 11.45am: Christmas Café Church – come share coffee and mince pies to the strains of a worship band
December 18, 6.30pm: Festival of Nine Lessons and carols
December 24, 11.30pm: Midnight Mass
December 25, 8am: Holy Communion
St Mildred’s Church, Bingham Road, Croydon, CR0 7EB