As the festive season approaches, you might want to come to a Carol Service – and we have many, many Carol Services here in Stokesley Deanery, from homely get togethers to grand concerts. What better way to celebrate the season?

CAROL SERVICES  

Monday, 1^st December, 2:00 pm, Coffee Lounge Carol Service with refreshments at Great Ayton. 

Saturday, 6^th December, Christmas Choir Concert at St. Francis, Ingleby Barwick. 

Thursday December 11th 2pm WI Carol Service at St Andrew’s Ingleby Greenhow . 

Friday, 12^th December, 7:00 pm, Carol Service, Hilton Church 

Sunday, 14^th December, 3:00 pm, Nine Lessons and Carols, Hutton Rudby. 

Sunday 14^th December,  6.00 pm 9 lessons and Carols at Stokesley Parish Church.  

Monday 15^th December, 7.00 pm. Carols around the tree on West Green, Stokesley, with the Bilsdale Silver Band, organised by Churches Together for all the residents of Stokesley. 

Tuesday 16^th December, 6:30 pm. Christmas sing-along at St. Cuthbert’s, Kildale, with mulled wine. 

Tuesday, 16^th December, 7:00 pm, Carol Service at Stainton Village Memorial Hall. 

Tuesday, 16^th December, 7:30 pm. Candlelit Carol Service in All Saints, Great Ayton. 

Wednesday 17th December: Carol Service, 7.00 pm, All Saints, Worsall.   

Thursday 18th December: Carol Service, 7 pm, St. Martin and St. Hilary, Kirklevington . 

Thursday, 18^th December, 7:30 pm, Carol Service at St. Oswald’s, Newton-under-Roseberry, with refreshments 

Friday, 19^th December, 7:00 pm, Carols on High Green, Great Ayton. 

Saturday 20th December: St. Mary Magdalene, Yarm, Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols,  7:00 pm  . 

Sunday, 21^st December:11:00 am, All age Nativity Service at St. Oswald’s, Newton-under-Roseberry. 

Sunday, 21^st December, 11:00 am, Coffee and Carols at Stainton Church – you are invited to wear Christmas jumpers. 

Sunday 21st December, 5.30 pm, Carol Service St. Mary’s, Nunthorpe.  

Sunday, 21^st December, 6:00 pm Carol Service with mulled wine and mince pies, Christ Church, Great Ayton. 

Sunday 21^st December, 6:00 pm, Lessons and Carols at Crathorne Church. 

Sunday December 21st 7.30pm in St Augustine’s Kirkby in Cleveland nine lessons and Carols followed by refreshments in the Church Hall . 

Monday December 22^nd, 6:00 pm, Nine Lessons and Carols at Faceby Church. 

Monday December 22nd 7pm Carol Service at St Andrew’s Church Ingleby Greenhow followed by refreshments . 

Monday, December 22^nd, 7:00 pm, Village Carols at Swainby Church. 

This list doesn’t include any services for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, which are so numerous they need to be listed separately!

A service beloved by many, there are Christingle services taking place throughout Stokesley Deanery over the Christmas period. You would be welcome at any of them.

Sunday 30^th November, Great Ayton Parish Church, Christingle Service and Posada at 4:00 pm in Church. 

Sunday 30^th November 4.00 at Stokesley Parish Church, including a preview of the Christmas Trees for the festival.  

Sunday 7^th December 4.00 St. Mary’s Nunthorpe.  

Sunday 14th December at 4pm at St. Mary Magdalene, Yarm.   

Sunday December 14th 5pm at Chop Gate Village Hall Christingle for St Hilda’s Church with Bilsdale Silver Band . 

Sunday, 21^st December, 4:00 pm, Christingle service at Brookfield Church. 

Tuesday, 23^rd December, 4:00 pm, Christingle service at Hilton Church. 

Christmas Eve, 3:00 and 5:00, Christingle services at St. Francis, Ingleby Barwick. 

Christmas Eve, 5:00 pm, Christingle at Crathorne Church. 

Sunday 5th January (Epiphany): Christingle, 10 am at St. Martin and St. Hilary, Kirklevington. 

As we move into the season of Advent there are lots of events to look forward to Christmas throughout Stokesley Deanery. These are some of the special events and services for the next week.

Friday 28^th November – Sunday 30^th November, Nativity Festival, Brookfield. Open to the public to vote for their favourite nativity, Friday 28^th November, 3:30-5:30, Saturday 29^th 2:00-4:00 and Sunday 30^th 4:30-5:30, when the festival will close, the winner will be announced and carols will be sung. For more information please contact Revd. Vanessa Kirby on 07804 234388 or rev.vanessakirby@gmail.com 

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Saturday 29^th November (10 am – 4 pm) –Sunday 30^th November (12 noon – 4 pm) Churches Together Christmas Tree Festival at St. Francis, Ingleby Barwick. 

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Saturday 29^th November Yarm Parish Church Christmas Fair, 10 am – 2 pm in the church. Free entry, open to everyone. 

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Sunday 30^thNovember, at Christ Church, Great Ayton there will be a Christingle Service at 4:00 pm in Church. 

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Sunday 30^th November 4.00 at there will be a Christingle service at Stokesley Parish Church, including a preview of the Christmas Trees for the festival. 

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Sunday, 30^thNovember 10:30 am, at St. Mary Magdalene, Yarm, it’s Christmas jumper day, in aid of The Children’s Society 

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Monday, 1^st December, 2:00 pm. Coffee Lounge Carol Service will take place with refreshments at Christ Church, Great Ayton. 

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Monday, 1st December and following weeks – an Advent Study ‘An Unlikely Advent’ runs Mondays 2-3pm at St Margaret’s, Brookfield, from 1st December

Saturday, 6^th December, Christmas Choir Concert at St. Francis, Ingleby Barwick. 

It’s a quiet (ish!) weekend as we move towards Advent which starts next week, but there are a few things to tell you about.

There is an exhibition taking place at Ingleby Barwick, ‘Souls of our Shoes’ which tells the stories of victims and survivors of domestic violence. The exhibition is open to all (for free) on Friday November 21st 12-4 pm and Saturday November 22nd 2-5 pm at St. Francis, Ingleby Barwick. Everyone is welcome.

On Saturday, 22^nd November, Stokesley Parish Church will be holding their Autumn Fair with afternoon tea, jazz, crafts, cakes, toys, prizes and refreshments. In the Parish Church from 10 am – 4pm.  

St. Mary’s, Nunthorpe are having their annual Toy Service on Sunday morning at the Church Hall at 10 am, collecting toys for the Salvation Army to distribute to children throughout Middlesbrough.

For the week beginning with Sunday16th November 2025

It’s Safeguarding Sunday this Sunday, and the Diocese of York invite you to join in from 17th to 21st November 2025 for Safeguarding Week — a rich programme of online sessions designed to help us grow in understanding, confidence, and care as we seek to be a Church where everyone feels safe and valued. You can find more information at https://dioceseofyork.org.uk/our-diocese/safeguarding/safeguarding-week-2025/

In our own Deanery this weekend there will be a Christmas Fair at St. Mary’s Church Hall, Nunthorpe, 10:00 am – 12 noon with stalls, prizes and refreshments.

Next Friday and Saturday (Friday 21^st November 12-4 pm  and Saturday 22^nd November 2-5 pm) the ‘Souls of our Shoes’ exhibition will take place at St. Francis of Assisi, Ingleby Barwick. A free exhibition where shoes tell the stories of victims and survivors of domestic violence.