Christmas 2021

UPDATE 16 December 2021

Our Christmas Eve Nativity and Christingle services are now full, and we have reached venue capacity in light of our COVID safety risk assessments. However you can add yourself to the waiting list here. And if a place comes available we will let you know.

However you can still join us, without booking for our other services on the
19th December at 4pm for our ‘so, you can’t make Christmas day service of carols and reflection’ and 6.30pm Longest night service for those who will find Christmas difficult due to the loss of a loved on, both at Valley Invicta Primary.
At Discovery School on
Christmas Eve at 11.15pm for mid-night communion
Christmas Day at 10am for Communion

With the spread of the new Omicron Covid strain, we are continuing with our COVID protocols with in church and asking a little more.

Our protocols, include, all services being socially distanced, mandatory mask wearing (unless valid exception, it’s the law!), sanitiser stations on the entrance and ventilation. Holy Communion is taken in one kind and distributed by the priest with no public movement.

However we would also request, if you are able to take a lateral flow test before coming to a service please do, also please also don’t attend if you or any of your party have any covid or omicron symptoms, however mild. Or if any of your household are self isolating.

There will be online Christmas Day and boxing day services as normal.

St Gabriel’s is once again at the Heart of Christmas on Kings Hill with a range of services and activities across the festive period.

Please note the you will need to book our very popular Christmas Eve service, and we have expanded to two services at 2pm and 4pm.

You can also book for the Little Angels explores the Christmas story – however please note this is aimed at Reception aged Children and below, and is in place of our Little Angels stay and play that would normally take place on that day and time.