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
Tring
Sunday 17th December 4pm -
Candlelit Lessons and Carols in Tring Church with
Tring School choir & musicians and Tring Church choir
After the service we will serve mulled wine, and mince pies. Thanks to Tring Brewery for their generosity.
Wednesday 20th December 6pm - Outdoor Carol Service
In Tring Churchyard. Come and hear the Christmas story through lessons and Carols. Tring Brewery will be selling mulled wine for church funds. Come dressed for the weather!
Aldbury
Tuesday 12th December 6pm
Tring Station Carol Service at the Iron Room
Sunday 17th 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.
Friday 22nd December 7pm - Carols on the Village Green,
An outdoor service in Aldbury with brass band and refreshments
Puttenham
Sunday 17th December 3.30pm - Lessons and Carols
We hear the Christmas story through readings and song with the Ridgeway Chorale. After the service we enjoy Puttenham punch and refreshments
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
Long Marston
10 am Christmas Morning Communion
Christmas Concerts in our churches
Join us as we celebrate Christmas through music, song and verse.
Sunday 3rd December 7pm in Aldbury Church
Christmas is coming!
Words and Music for Advent
including the Aldbury Morris Men,
The Aldbury Quinter and much more .
Mulled wine and mince pies, In aid of Dens
Sunday 12th 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 16th December 7.30pm in Tring Church
Tring Choral Society and Orchestra
Christmas Concert
Bach - Magnificat,
Charpentier - Messe De Minuit
Vivaldi - Dixit Dominus
, see poster on our news page 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 Phil Marks of Dunsley Farm 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
Join the Song
Last December, thousands of churches extended ‘The Great Invitation’ from the Church of England to Follow the Star to their local church in person once again. Helped, of course, by a return to a more normal Christmas, 2022’s Follow the Star saw significant growth in engagement across a wide range of indicators.
This year’s theme – Follow the Star: Join the Song – highlights how singing can help draw us closer to God and each other through the journey from Advent to Epiphany.
"The shepherds were astonished to find the night sky filled with angels singing God’s praise. And before long they were singing, too. Centuries later, singing is still central to how many of us celebrate Christmas.
"We invite you this Christmas to follow the star, journey to the manger, join the song and come into the presence of Jesus Christ."Archbishops Justin Welby and Stephen Cottrell.