{"id":46270,"date":"2020-12-08T17:05:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=46270"},"modified":"2020-12-08T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:05:05","slug":"joy-of-christmas-services-is-saved-for-churchgoers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/12\/08\/joy-of-christmas-services-is-saved-for-churchgoers\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy of Christmas services is saved for churchgoers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Socially-distanced services will be held at Whitchurch and Llandaff churches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CHURCHGOERS in Llandaff North and Whitchurch will still be able to enjoy Christmas services this year despite new Covid restrictions put in place by the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Whitchurch Benefice this week published an itinerary of Covid-safe services and family activities taking place through Llandaff All Saints\u2019 Church and St Mary&#8217;s Parish Church in Whitchurch over the festive period, kicking off with a &#8220;pop-up&#8221; nativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father Nicholas of Llandaff All Saints\u2019 said: \u201cWe wanted something that families could get involved with, but restrictions mean that nothing can be rehearsed. For the nativity, there\u2019ll be a service, families can come and the children can get involved. There\u2019ll be a projector, so everyone can see what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As physical services will need to abide by strict social distancing measures, space will be very limited, and attendees will need to book their places in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside the services, the Diocese of Llandaff is inviting residents to sing carols on their doorsteps from 6pm every Sunday until Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the full schedule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday and Sunday, December<\/strong> <strong>19 and 20, from 4pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pop-up nativity service in Llandaff All Saints\u2019 Church, Gabalfa Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday<\/strong>, <strong>December 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Benefice has made two virtual services available via Youtube in preparation for the fourth Sunday of Advent.  The first, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dJ3C0S7zaOI&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR23tR-DLr-h_FqlUVftM1MA6H2WHHKMrCmAqHaO6rOf2xPHe6VpuL0tXTc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> is a traditional Nine Lessons service with carol singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FeWiy-cMtWQ&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR23tR-DLr-h_FqlUVftM1MA6H2WHHKMrCmAqHaO6rOf2xPHe6VpuL0tXTc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, is the Family-Friendly Song and Story Celebration, a sing-along animated telling of the Christmas story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christmas Eve<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The usual Midnight Mass service will take place at the altered time of <strong>2pm <\/strong>on Christmas Eve at Llandaff All Saints\u2019 Church, and <strong>8pm <\/strong>at St Mary\u2019s Parish Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christmas Day, 10am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holy Communion will be held at both Llandaff All Saints\u2019 and St Mary\u2019s churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boxing Day, 10am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A prayer service will be held via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rector\/photos\/pcb.683520859020189\/683519669020308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook <\/a>and Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday,  December 27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A prayer service and homily will take place via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rector\/photos\/pcb.683520859020189\/683519655686976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook <\/a>and Zoom to mark the first Sunday of Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday to Thursday, December 28 to 31, 10am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily prayer services held via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Rector\/photos\/pcb.683520859020189\/683519655686976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, January 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holy Communion will be held to mark the Epiphany at 10am, Llandaff All Saints\u2019 Church, and at both 2pm and 4pm in St Mary\u2019s Parish Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>To book a place at a Llandaff All Saints\u2019 event, contact Janet Jones on 02920 624780<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>For St Mary\u2019s, contact Geoff Foot on 07780990847<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHURCHGOERS in Llandaff North and Whitchurch will still be able to enjoy Christmas services this year despite new Covid restrictions put in place by the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":46275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,166,1,89],"tags":[],"coauthors":[6724],"class_list":["post-46270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-lead","category-llandaff-city","category-outabout","category-whitchurch"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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