WELCOME to the TRING TEAM this
ADVENT and CHRISTMAS
God loves you. Whatever your age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, ability, job, financial or social status, God loves you. We are God’s church, and we welcome you.
WELCOME!
Who we are
The Tring Team Parish is the Church of England in Tring, Aldbury, Long Marston, Wilstone and Puttenham. We are a community celebrating and working out our faith through many different styles of prayer and worship. We do our best to live and share God’s love in this modern world through services, social events and service to the community around us. We try and do a lot together so please explore this site or give us a call.
Carol Services
Tidings of comfort and joy
Thank you
To everyone who has supported the Carol services which we have had so far. In particular the Ridgeway Chorale for singing in Puttenham, the students & staff choirs at Tring School along with our Church Choir for singing in Tring along with our amazing organist. The Salvation Army band for the carols at Tring Station, the brass band for the carols on the Green in Aldbury and Tring Brewery for the support with our community carols around the crib. We still have two more carol serivces to come... .
Aldbury
Sunday 22nd December 6pm
Lessons and Carols by candlelight in Aldbury Church.
Hear the Christmas story and join in singing your favourite carols followed by mulled wine and mince pies.
Wilstone
Christmas Eve 7pm - Carol Service.
We sing carols and hear the Christmas story through bible readings. Seasonal refreshments will follow.
Crib Services
O come let us adore him
All our crib services in the parish are suitable for all ages, but especially for the younger children.
They last around half an hour and the children hear and take part in the Christmas story.
Tring
Christmas Eve at 2pm and 4pm
The service at 2pm is usually quieter.
Aldbury
Christmas Eve at 4pm
Long Marston
Christmas Eve at 4pm
Midnight Mass
It came upon a midnight clear
Come along at the end of Christmas Eve to experience the wonder and mystery of Christmas.
Everyone is welcome.
Puttenham
9 pm An early Midnight Mass
Tring
11.30 pm Candlelit Midnight Mass
Aldbury
11.30 pm Candlelit Midnight Mass
Christmas Morning
Joy to the World!
Come along on Christmas Day. Everyone is welcome.
Come and greet the Christ Child.
Tring
8 am Traditional language Holy Communion
10 am Christmas Morning Communion
The 10 am service will be live streamed
Aldbury
10 am Christmas Morning Communion
Wilstone
10 am Christmas Morning Communion
Christmas Concerts in our churches
Join us as we celebrate Christmas through music, song and verse.
Sunday 1st December 7pm in Aldbury Church
A Merry Evening of Music and Readings
including the Aldbury Morris Dancers,
The Aldbury Quarter and much, much more .
Mulled wine and mince pies, In aid of Dens
Sunday 8th December 3pm in Tring Church
Piano and More Concert
An Advent concert featuring musicians from local families. Seasonal refreshments follow. Donations for church and piano expenses.
Saturday 21st December 7.30pm in Tring Church
Tring Choral Society and Orchestra
Christmas Concert
Handel's "Messiah"
www.tringchoral.org.uk for booking arrangements.
Help decorate our Christmas tree in Tring Church
Come and add your messages of love and prayers to our tree in Tring Church, arriving during the first weekend of December.
Thanks to Dunsley Farm Shop for our tree.
We have stars available to write your message or prayer on, your can take one home to decorate and return it when the church is open: daily usually 10am - 3pm or bring it to a service.
Follow The Star
Calm and Bright
December can feel like chaos – lots of social events, services, Christmas presents to buy, never-ending to-do lists and the pressure to create the perfect Christmas. But in the midst of this chaos, our churches can offer an opportunity to find peace during this busy time.
The Church of England's theme for Advent and Christmas 2024, Follow the Star: Calm and Bright, draws on the world-famous carol, Silent Night:
“Silent Night! Holy Night!
All is calm, all is bright...”
One of the reasons that this carol is so universally loved is the way it invites us into the still centre of the Christmas story, to contemplate Mary holding the new-born Jesus, the Light of the World.
The angelic messages we encounter in the biblical story of Jesus’ birth typically hold together the need for calm in the present (“Do not be afraid” … “Fear not”) with the hope of a bright future (“for you have found favour with God” … “for behold I bring you tidings of great joy”).
Throughout Advent, The Church of England will focus primarily on how to find Calm during this busy period, with reflections offering people a chance to pause during the busy season and tips on how to prepare for a calm Christmas.
Then through Christmas, they will focus particularly on Bright, with a series of daily reflections from Christmas Day to the Eve of Epiphany (5 January) by Sammi Tooze, Discipleship Adviser for the Diocese of York, both in digital form and as a full-colour booklet to share locally.
We will also share reflective content throughout Advent and Christmas for those who find this time of year difficult, with some Blue Christmas resources.