Christmas

Welcome to the St Andrew’s Christmas Story trail. You can download both the story-telling videos and the Christmas carols from this page.

1. The Angel Gabriel tells Mary she is going to have a baby

Listen to the story of the angel on this audio file

Listen to a Christmas Carol

2. The angels tell the shepherds the good news that Jesus is born

Listen to the story of the shepherds on this audio file

Listen to a Christmas Carol

3. The Three Kings visit the new born baby.

Listen to the story of the Magi on this audio file

Listen to a Christmas Carol

4. The Holy Family in Bethlehem

Listen to the story of Jesus, Mary and Joseph on this audio file

Listen to a Christmas Carol

A Christmas Prayer

Loving God,
in the stillness of the Christmas night
you sent Jesus to bring the light of your love to the whole world. give us and all people the peace that we long for, bless our families and our friends, and fill our hearts with the joy of heaven
We ask this through our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Listen to a Christmas Carol

We hope you have enjoyed the Christmas Trail. If you can, please donate a small Christmas gift by text message on your phone.   

Text  Andrew to 70085     Andrew 2 gives £2,   Andrew 5 gives £5,   Andrew 10 gives £10

We will divide gifts between the Children’s Society, a UK charity working for children threatened by abuse, exploitation and neglect, and the outreach work of St Andrew’s with local seniors and teenagers.

Have a very Happy Christmas, from all at St Andrew’s.

Do join us for Midnight Mass at 11pm on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day in the morning at 10am. Social distancing rules will apply, and currently we are not able to sing Christmas Carols indoors.