Christmas church services in Wanstead, 2015

Christmas Eve

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4pm Nativity Service

St Gabriel’s
4pm Crib Service

Christ Church
4.30pm Crib Service

Grace Church Wanstead
4.30pm Children’s Carol Service

Our Lady of Lourdes
5pm Mass

Christ Church
6pm Family Eucharist with carols

Our Lady of Lourdes
7pm Mass

Wanstead URC
11.30pm Midnight Communion

St Gabriel’s
11.30pm Midnight Mass

Christ Church
11.30pm Midnight Mass with carols

Our Lady of Lourdes
Midnight: Mass

Christmas Day

Our Lady of Lourdes
9.30am Mass

Wanstead URC
10am Christmas Family Worship

St Gabriel’s
10am Christmas Family Eucharist

Wanstead Methodist Church
United service at Lighthouse Methodist Church, Walthamstow

Aldersbrook Baptist Church
10.30am Christmas Day service

St Mary’s
11am Family Eucharist with carols

Grace Church Wanstead
11.15am Christmas Day Service

Our Lady of Lourdes
11.30am Mass

PS. If we’ve missed any services out, please email wansteadium@gmail.com asap for them to be included.

Go Wanstead Village!

 Some people think the idea that Wanstead should be considered “a village” is a bit twee.  Others defend it affectionately, and sometimes even passionately.

Either way, the village-ness gets an almighty backing in Friday’s Times property supplement. These are the key paragraphs…

 The paper mentions the local sporting facilities – golf, cricket, riding – and the good ratings for Wanstead Church School and Wanstead High School.

It then goes on to talk about community spirit, giving due credit to the playground fundraising, but unavoidably missing out a mention either of local blogs or annual fringe festivals. Weird.  

Slice of the East End

Wansteadium had no idea about the provenance of High Street undertaker Francis J Walter, so this post from the fascinating East-End.co.uk blog on Twitter is fascinating. There are dozens more photos on its Twitter feed worth looking at.

Cakes and carols in Wanstead

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There’s still time for any events/services taking place in the week before and after Christmas to be added to the definitive Wanstead Social Diary, which we will email out this weekend. Send details to the Wanstead Social Secretary, Stephanie Pettigrew, via the form on this page.

But before then, the above event taking place on 19 December should be noted, either if you are over 65 and would like to go along, or if you of any age and can volunteer with baking, helping out, setting up, clearing up, or indeed singing. You can find more details of how to take part here or at this Facebook event page.