Christmas Services 2024

Christmas Services 2024

celebrate with us the wonder of Christmas!

We’d love to welcome you to this year’s special Christmas services. Click or scroll down to find details of the services taking place at each of our churches:


All Saints’ Cyncoed

Sunday 15th December

  • 6.00pm Nine Lessons and Carols
    A festival of readings, carols and anthems, which tell the story of salvation and invite us to share in the wonder of Christ’s birth.

Tuesday 24th December

  • 9.00pm Midnight Mass
    The First Eucharist of Christmas – a moving service accompanied by carols.

Wednesday 25th December

  • 10.00am Christmas Day Eucharist
    A joyful family-friendly celebration of Christmas, accompanied by carols.

All Saints’ Llanedeyrn

Sunday 8th December

  • 10.30am Christmas Appeal Thanksgiving
    A united service of thanksgiving to mark the culmination of the Christmas Appeal for local families, joined by friends from Christchurch Llanedeyrn.

Saturday 15th December

  • 11.00am Junior Church Service with Children’s Choir
    A service particularly suitable for families, taking place at Christchurch Llanedeyrn, accompanied by our joint children’s choir.

Tuesday 24th December

  • 4.30pm All Age Carol Service
    An informal service of readings and carols for all ages, to celebrate the birth of Christ.

St Augustine’s Rumney

Sunday 1st December

  • 4.00pm Advent Carols by Candlelight
    A service of readings, carols and anthems to mark the beginning of Advent – a season of preparation and anticipation.

Sunday 22nd December

  • 4.00pm Nine Lessons and Carols by Candlelight
    A festival of readings, carols and anthems which tell the story of salvation and invite us to share in the wonder of Christ’s birth.

Tuesday 24th December

  • 4.00pm Crib Service by Candlelight
    A service suitable for all ages, telling the Nativity story as we bring together the characters for the Crib.
  • 9.00pm Choral Mass of Christmas Night by Candlelight
    A moving ‘Midnight Mass’, accompanied by the choir.

Wednesday 25th December

  • 8.00am Said Mass of Christmas Dawn
    A celebration of the Mass in traditional language, accompanied by carols.
  • 10.00am Choral Mass of Christmas Morn
    A joyful family-friendly celebration of Christmas, accompanied by carols and choral music.

St Dyfrig’s Llanrumney

Thursday 19th December

  • 7.00pm Blue Christmas Service
    A gentle and comforting service for those who are grieving, or find Christmas to be a difficult time of year.

Tuesday 24th December

  • 6.00pm Candles, Crib, Carols and Communion
    A little bit of everything to mark Christmas Eve! Twinkling candlelight, the singing of carols and sharing of the Nativity story, all within a celebration of the Eucharist.

St Edeyrn’s Church

Tuesday 24th December

  • 6.00pm Carols by Candlelight
    An uplifting service, accompanied by some of our favourite carols, and bathed in twinkling candlelight.

Wednesday 25th December

  • 9.30am Christmas Day Eucharist
    A joyful family-friendly celebration of Christmas, accompanied by carols.

St Mellons

Friday 13th December

  • 6.00pm Village Carol Singing at the Ty’r Winch
    Come along and sing some of your favourite Christmas Carols to help spread good cheer in the community.

Sunday 22nd December

  • 11.00am All Age Carol Service with Nativity
    A family-friendly service telling the story of the birth of Jesus, through an ad hoc nativity play and the singing of carols.

Tuesday 24th December

  • 8.30pm Carols by Candlelight, followed by
  • 9.00pm Midnight Mass
    Carol singing by candlelight, followed by a traditional Midnight Mass.

Wednesday 25th December

  • 10.00am Christmas Day Eucharist
    A joyful family-friendly celebration of Christmas, accompanied by carols.