Church services tomorrow

Third Sunday of Advent

ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL: 8 HC; 10.15 Mattins, Canon Tricia Hills; 11.30 Sung Eucharist, Canon Mark Poulson; 3.15 Light in the Darkness: Readings and Music for Advent with the Lighting of the Christmas Trees and Blessing of the Crib, Archbishop Angaelos, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London; 6 Organ Recital, Simon Johnson. WESTMINSTER ABBEY: 8 HC; 10 Mattins; 11.15 Sung Eucharist, Precentor; 3 Evensong, Rev Anthony Ball; 5.45 Christmas Meditation, Benjamin Britten, A Ceremony of Carols. SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL: 9 Eucharist and 11 Choral Eucharist, Sub Dean; 3 Choral Evensong, Dean; 6 Service of Wholeness and Healing.

ALL HALLOWS BY THE TOWER: 11 Sung Eucharist with Baptism, Preb Dr Neil Evans; 4 A Festival of Lessons and Carols.

ALL SAINTS, Margaret St: 11 High Mass, Preb Alan Moses; 6 Choral Evensong and Benediction, Rev Simon Cuff.

ALL SOULS, Langham Pl: 8 HC; 9.30 Carol Service, Mr Trevor Pearce; 11.30 Carol Service, Rev Steve Nichols; 4 and 6 Carol Service, Rev Rico Tice. GROSVENOR CHAPEL, South Audley St: 11 Sung Eucharist with Nativity Play. HTB Brompton Rd: 9.30 and 11.30 Family Christingle Service; 5 and 7 Informal Service, Preach Mania.

HTB Onslow Square: 10.30 Informal Service, Sam Haigh; 4.30 and 6.30 Alternative Carol Service.

HOLY TRINITY, Sloane Square: 8.30 HC; 11 All Age Christingle Mass and Nativity Play, Rev Grant Bolton Debbage; 6 Parish Christmas Carol Service by Candlelight.

ST BRIDE’S, Fleet St: 11 Choral Eucharist, Rev Dr David Standen; 3 Children’s Crib Service; 6.30 Plainsong Evensong and Britten, Ceremony of Carols, Rector. ST CLEMENT DANES, Strand: 11 Choral Eucharist with Baptisms, Rev David Osborn.

ST GEORGE’S, Windsor: 8.30 HC; 10.45 Mattins, Dean; 12 Sung Eucharist; 5.15 Evensong.

ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS: 11 Sung Eucharist, Curate; 6.30 Service of Lessons and Carols, Rector and Curate. ST JAMES GARLICKHYTHE, Garlick Hill: 10.30 Said Eucharist and 10.30 Parish Carols, Rev Tim Handley. ST JAMES’S, Piccadilly: 9.15 Eucharist; 11 Parish Eucharist, Rev Lindsay Meader; 6 Festival of Lessons and Carols, Rev Lucy Winkett.

ST JAMES’S, Sussex Gardens: 10.30 High Mass and Nativity Pageant; 6 Candlelit Festival of Lessons and Carols for Christmas.

ST MARGARET’S, Westminster: 11 Sung Eucharist, Rev Neil Bunker; 6 St Margaret’s Lessons and Carols. ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS: 10 Parish Eucharist, Rev Richard Carter; 1.30 Joint Service in Mandarin and Cantonese; 5 Nine Lessons and Carols. ST MARYLEBONE, Marylebone Rd: 8.30 HC, Rev Stephen Evans; 11 Choral Eucharist with Young Church Nativity Play, Rev Jack Noble; 6 St Marylebone Village Nine Lessons and Carols by Candlelight, Rev Stephen Evans. ST PAUL’S, Covent Gdn: 11 Sung Eucharist; 3 Nine Lessons and Carols, The Friends Musick.

ST PAUL’S, Knightsbridge: 9 Family Mass and 11 Solemn High Mass, Ven Nick Mercer.

TEMPLE CHURCH, Fleet St: 8.30 HC; 11.15 Christmas Carol Service. QUEEN’S CHAPEL, Savoy Hill: 11 Sung Eucharist, The Chaplain. CHAPEL ROYAL, Hampton Court Palace: 8.30 HC; 11 Choral Mattins; 3.30 Choral Evensong.

CHAPEL ROYAL, St James’s Palace: 11.15 Choral Holy Communion, Preb Jonathan Osborne.

CHAPEL ROYAL of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London: 11 State Carol Service; 5 Carols by Candlelight, Canon Roger Hall.

CHAPEL ROYAL of St John the Evangelist, The White Tower, Tower of London: 9.15 HC, Canon Roger Hall. GUARDS CHAPEL, Wellington Barracks: 11 Choral HC, The Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra, The Chaplain.

OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE CHAPEL, Greenwich: 11 Choral Eucharist, Chaplain.

GRAY’S INN CHAPEL: 3 Annual Service of Nine Lessons and Carols. CROWN COURT (C-O-S), Covent Gdn: 11.15 Morning Service, Rev Philip Majcher; 6.30 Nine Lessons and Carols. ST COLUMBA’S (C-O-S), Pont St: 5 Service of Lessons and Carols with Reception in Aid of Borderline, Rev Angus Macleod. WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL: Masses: 8, 9, 12, 5.30, 7; 10 Morning Prayer; 10.30 Solemn Mass; 3.30 Solemn Vespers and Benediction; 5.45 Organ Recital, Michael Butterfield.

THE ORATORY, Brompton Rd: Masses: 8, 9; 10; 11; 12.30, 4.30, 7; 3.30 Sung Vespers and Benediction.

GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL, Moscow Rd: 9.30 Mattins; 10.45 Divine Liturgy. SALVATION ARMY, Oxford St: 11 Light Service, Major Richard Mingay and Major Caroline Mingay; 3 Candlelight Service, Major Richard Mingay and Major Caroline Mingay. WESLEY’S CHAPEL, City Rd: 9.45 HC and 11 Morning Service, Rev Dr John Lampard. WESTMINSTER CHAPEL, Buckingham Gate: 11 Morning Service; 5.30 Carol Service. WESTMINSTER METHODIST CENTRAL HALL: 11 All Age Christingle and HC, Deacon Kina Saunders and Rev Tony Miles; 5.30 Jazz Carols, Rev Dr Martyn Atkins with Dan Forshaw Quintet.

BIRMINGHAM: 9 HC; 11 Choral Eucharist; 3.30 Choral Evensong. BRISTOL: 8 HC and 10 Eucharist, Canon Nicola Stanley; 3.30 Family Carol Service and Blessing of the Crib. CANTERBURY: 8 HC; 9.30 Morning Prayer (said); 11 Sung Eucharist, Vice Dean; 3.15 Evensong; 5 Nativity Play; 6.30 Sermon and Compline, Vice Dean. CHELMSFORD: 8 HC, 9.30 Parish Eucharist and 11.15 Choral Eucharist, Canon Ivor Moody; 3.30 Evening Prayer; 6 Ceremony of Carols with the Cathedral Girls’ Choir and Essex Dance Theatre. CHICHESTER: 8 HC; 10 Mattins, Linda Barratt; 11 Sung Eucharist, Canon Derek Tansill; 3.30 Evening Prayer; 4 BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey Carol Service. COVENTRY: 8 HC; 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist, Rev Dr Sarah Hills; 6.30 Carols by Candlelight, Dean. DERBY: 8 HC; 9.15 Sung Eucharist; 10.45 Cathedral Eucharist with Ark Nativity Play, Rev Richard Andrews; 6 Mayor’s Carol Service, Dean.

ELY: 8.15 HC; 10.30 Sung Eucharist, Canon Jessica Martin; 4 Evensong; 6.30 Advent Taizé.

EXETER: 8 HC; 9.15 Morning Prayer; 10 Choral Eucharist; 3 Service for the Exeter Nativity; 4 Evening Prayer; 7 Sundays@7. GLOUCESTER: 7.40 Morning Prayer; 8 HC; 10.15 Eucharist, Canon Nikki Arthy; 3 Evensong, Canon Celia Thomson; 5 Compline; 6 Messiaen, Lanativité du Seigneur, Jonathan Hope. GUILDFORD: 8 HC; 9.45 Cathedral Eucharist, Canon Dr Paul Smith; 11.30 Mattins (said with hymns); 6 Evensong, Very Rev Dianna Gwilliams. HEREFORD: 8 HC; 10 Cathedral Eucharist, Precentor; 11.30 Morning Prayer; 3.30 Evening Prayer; 5.30 St Michael’s Hospice “Light up a Life” Service.

LINCOLN: 7.45 Litany; 8 HC; 9.30 Sung Eucharist, Chancellor; 11.15 Mattins; 12.30 HC; 3.45 Evensong, Canon Jeffrey Heskins; 7 Sacred Space, Encountering Angels.

LLANDAFF: 7.30 Mattins (said); 8 Holy Eucharist and 9 Parish Eucharist, Rev Edward Le Brun Powell; 11 Choral Eucharist, Canon Graham Holcombe; 12.30 Holy Eucharist; 3.30 Choral Evensong.

NORWICH: 7.30 Morning Prayer; 8 HC; 10.30 Sung Eucharist, Dean; 3.30 Carols and Readings for Christmas; 6.30 Evening Prayer.

OXFORD: 8 HC; 9.45 Choral Mattins, Precentor; 11 Choral Eucharist, Archdeacon; 6 Choral Evensong. PETERBOROUGH: 8 HC; 9.15 Mattins; 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist; 3.30 Choral Evensong; 6 Sue Ryder Lights of Love. PORTSMOUTH: 8 HC; 10.30 Eucharist, Acting Dean and Chancellor; 6 Choral Evensong, Rev Dr Ruth Tuschling. ROCHESTER: 8 HC; 9.45 Choral Mattins; 10.30 Cathedral Eucharist, Canon for Mission and Growth; 3.15 Choral Evensong.

ST ALBAN: 8 Eucharist; 9.30 Parish Eucharist with Nativity Play; 11.15 Choral Eucharist, Precentor; 3 Concert: Hospice of St Francis; 6.30 Evensong, Chancellor. ST DAVIDS: 8 HC; 9.30 Bilingual Parish Communion, Sub Dean; 11.15 Choral Mattins; 4 Choral Evensong. ST EDMUNDSBURY and IPSWICH: 8 Eucharist; 10 Sung Eucharist, Precentor; 11.30 Mattins; 3.30 Evensong. SALISBURY: 8 HC; 9.15 Choral Mattins; 10.30 Eucharist, Treasurer; 4.30 Choral Evensong, Chancellor. SOUTHWELL: 7.30 Morning Prayer and Litany; 8 HC; 9.30 Family Eucharist, Canon Dr Alison Milbank; 11.15 Sung Eucharist, Canon Tony Evans; 3.30 Evensong, 5 Messy Minster Worship; 6.30 Organ Meditation.

TRURO: 7.30 Morning Prayer; 8 HC; 10 Solemn Eucharist, Chancellor; 4 Evensong, Precentor.

WELLS: 8 HC; 9.45 Cathedral Eucharist, Rev David Wilcox; 11.30 Mattins; 3 Evensong, Archdeacon. WINCHESTER: 8 HC; 9.45 Mattins, Canon Roland Riem; 11 Sung Eucharist, Canon Nick Fennemore; 3.30 Family Carol Service; 4.30 Evening Prayer. WORCESTER: 7.30 Morning Prayer; 8 HC; 10.30 Sung Eucharist, Canon Dr Michael Brierley; 3.30 Evening Prayer; 4 A Service of Music and Readings for Christmas.

YORK: 8 HC; 10 Sung Eucharist, Canon Michael Smith; 11.30 Mattins, Succentor; 2.30 Christingle; 4 Evensong, Canon David Mann.