Happy Christmas 2025 from all of us at St Luke's! We are a lively and informal Church of England church in the Cell Barnes area of St Albans, and you can find us here.
You’re invited to join us to celebrate the birth of Jesus, God’s gift of love to each and every one of us.
For more information about any of our Christmas activities in 2025, please don’t hesitate to email us.
Wishing you a blessed and joyful Christmas!
Blue Christmas
3pm, Sunday 7th December
A reflective service of remembrance and hope where there will be time to remember those we’ve lost. Everyone welcome. Let us know if you’d like to have the names of your loved ones read out during the service.
Community Christmas Choir
This year we’re forming a one-off Christmas choir to lead the singing at Carols in Highfield Park. If you like to sing, we’d love you to join us - all abilities welcome and no experience required.
Rehearsals - 7.30pm on 2 & 9 December at St Luke’s
Carols in the Park is on Saturday 13th December at 4pm at the Visitors Centre in Highfield Park
Sign up here to join in.
Carols in the Park
4pm, Saturday 13th December
at Highfield Park Visitors’ Centre
We’re doing another Carols in the Park event in Highfield Park. It's a joint event with our friends at Highfield Park Trust, an opportunity to sing a bunch of the best known carols, followed by mulled wine and mince pies. With a collection for Emmaus
To see the words for the carols click here.
Candlelit Carols at St Luke’s
6pm, Sunday 14th December
An informal service of carols and readings telling the Christmas story, lit by candlelight. Followed by mulled wine and mince pies.
Christingle Service -
4pm, Thursday 18th December
Join us on Tuesday afternoon after school for a Christmas Christingle service to tell the Christmas story together and to get us all in the mood for the Christmas holidays.
All-Age Nativity Service
10am, Sunday 21st December
Our Sunday-morning All-Age Nativity service will take place at 10am on Sunday 22nd December. This is a service for everyone, young and old.
All children (and parents/carers!) who would like to participate should come to the Cabin (just behind the church) at 9.15am on the day to get their costumes and props. There are no rehearsals and no lines to learn – and everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in! If you would like to be a sheep or an angel, please come with white tights if at all possible.
Midnight Communion -
11.30pm, Christmas Eve
Come and see in Christmas at our midnight communion service (Midnight Mass). It will be a quiet and chilled communion service with carols and a short reflection.
It will start promptly at 11.15pm and finish just after midnight.
Christmas Day at St Luke’s
10am, Christmas Day
A Christmas morning communion service for all the family.
Bring along your favourite present to show us!
WATCH ONLINE
All our services apart from Christingle will be live streamed, and also available to watch later.