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Jesus is born! The Son of God, born as a human baby.
Come celebrate with us on Christmas Day, with a short service from 10am.
Join us for a Christmas service suitable for all ages, at The Durham Centre on Sunday 17th December from 10.30am.
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a brass band and carols singalong.
We’re very pleased to once again be welcoming back Aycliffe and Brancepeth Brass Band for a carols concert at The Durham Centre on Sunday 10th December, 5-6pm. Join us for fun, songs and Christmas refreshments.
Entry is free. There will be a collection for a good cause.
Our Christmas Family Fun Day returns on Saturday 2nd December, with free Christmas fun for the whole family.
From a Christmas trail to inflatables; a rodeo reindeer to Christmas crafts; with Santa’s Grotto, refreshments, food crafts and face painting too. The remedy to all those expensive Christmas events - everything is free.
We’d love to welcome you to The Durham Centre between 1pm and 4pm. If transport is an issue, we don’t want you to miss out: please get in touch.
Join us on Christmas Day to celebrate Jesus’ birth.
Our service will be at The Durham Centre from 10am.
Fun and laughs for the whole family at our Christmas Family Service, at The Durham Centre from 10.30am.
We’re delighted to be welcoming back Aycliffe and Brancepeth Brass Band for a Christmas themed-concert, with mulled wine, mince pies, Christmas music and plenty of chances to sing along.
Join us at The Durham Centre from 5pm. Entry is free.
Our Christmas programme begins with a free Christmas Family Fun Day. One of our most popular events of the year, this features Santa’s Grotto, crafts, rodeo reindeer, inflatables, Switch, the Christmas story, refreshments and much more.
We’d love you to join us at The Durham Centre on Saturday 3rd December between 1pm and 4pm. Follow the Facebook event.
Transport may be available locally by request. Please get in touch.
Join us on Christmas Day to celebrate the birth of Jesus into the world.
We’ll be meeting at The Durham Centre at the slightly earlier time of 10am, for a short celebration service.
Refreshments will be served from 9.30am.
Please note: there will be no service on Sunday 26th December.
Children and young people are an important part of our church family, and we’re proud of the children’s and youth ministry we offer - both within our church family and in our local communities.
At regular intervals through the year, our fantastic children and youth work team, or sometimes the young people themselves, take over the main meeting for a Family Service, suitable for all ages.
These are always times of great fun, exploring Jesus together.
When Covid-19 restrictions allow, meetings are held at The Durham Centre. Details of specific meetings will be published as the date approaches.
We’re delighted to be welcoming back Aycliffe and Brancepeth Brass Band for a Christmas themed-concert, with mulled wine, mince pies, Christmas music and plenty of chances to sing along.
Join us at The Durham Centre from 5pm. Entry is free.
From the Durham Burn 24/7 team…
Our final burn event of the year will be shorter than normal - but it's going to be filled to the brim.
Two hours of praise and adoration as we offer up our love to the Jesus we worship, as God and Saviour.
As we draw near to Him His Presence is going to fill our hearts to overflowing.
We're going to meet Him face to face... Hope you can join us!
Note we are not meeting at Sanctuary 21 this month, but rather at Emmanuel Church's home near Belmont.
We're grateful to the elders of Emmanuel church who have given us this space, this busy month.
love from
The Durham Burn24/7 team
P.S. HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!
We loved having regular quiz nights during lockdown earlier in 2020. Now the Emmanuel Church Quiz is returning for a bumper Christmas edition, with seven rounds of questions on everything Christmassy.
Join us on Zoom from 6.30pm to 8pm. Enter as individuals, households or team up using social media. The Zoom link is here. The meeting ID is 825 1019 3939 and the passcode is Quiz.
Join us at TDC on the first Sunday at 10.30am after Christmas for a time of worship and testimonies, as we reflect on the goodness of God over the past year - even during the pandemic - and look to Jesus for our hope for the year ahead.
Book your ticket here.
Please note: there will be no online meeting on Sunday 27th December.
On Christmas Day, join us at 10am (note earlier time) on YouTube for a short, informal celebration of Jesus’ birth, with carols, readings, a short message and some fun sketches.
Please note: there will be no in-person meeting at TDC on Christmas Day.
Here at Emmanuel, we love Christmas - when we celebrate Jesus' birth as a baby, 2,000 years ago. As Christians, we believe Jesus was fully God and fully man, lived on earth, was crucified and rose again, to eternal life - and now offers that eternal life to us.
We'd love it if you would join us for Christmas 2020. This year’s programme will look quite different to normal years, but there are still lots of opportunities to get involved and celebrate.
Since Sunday 6th December, we’ve been able to meet in-person at The Durham Centre. Tickets should be pre-booked. Please see here for more information on our Covid-19 precautions and procedures.
Our Christmas programme kicks off on Sunday 20th December, when we have two in-person, Christmas-themed meetings:
9.30am: A Family Service, celebrating Jesus as the light of the world. Book your ticket here.
11.15am: A Carols Service, with carols sung by a choir plus an uplifting Christmas message. Book your ticket here.
There will also be an online service at 10.30am, on our YouTube channel. This will be a pre-recorded version of the 9.30am Family Service, plus the Christmas message from the 11.15am service. And afterwards there will be the chance to meet people from the church on Zoom at a ‘virtual coffee’ session.
For full details of our Christmas programme, click here.
Here at Emmanuel, we love Christmas - when we celebrate Jesus' birth as a baby, 2,000 years ago. As Christians, we believe Jesus was fully God and fully man, lived on earth, was crucified and rose again, to eternal life - and now offers that eternal life to us.
We'd love it if you would join us for Christmas 2020. This year’s programme will look quite different to normal years, but there are still lots of opportunities to get involved and celebrate.
Since Sunday 6th December, we’ve been able to meet in-person at The Durham Centre. Tickets should be pre-booked. Please see here for more information on our Covid-19 precautions and procedures.
On Christmas Day, join us at 10am (note earlier time) on YouTube for a short, informal celebration of Jesus’ birth, with carols, readings, a short message and some fun sketches.
Please note: there will be no in-person meeting at TDC on Christmas Day.
For full details of our Christmas programme, click here.
On Christmas Day, join us a short, informal celebration of Jesus’ birth.
The one-hour service will be suitable for all the family, and a great way to mark the Lord’s arrival on earth as a baby.
At The Durham Centre on Wednesday 25th December from 10:00am to 11:00am. Refreshments will be available beforehand.
*There will be no separate children and youth provision during the service.
Join our wonderful children’s and youth team for a family service with a festive feel on Sunday 22nd December, at The Durham Centre from 10:30am.
You can be assured of fun, festivities and fantastic entertainment as we excitedly await Christmas together.
This will be a short, one-hour service suitable for all ages.
Get into the Christmas spirit with a good, old-fashioned singalong!
We’re delighted to be welcoming back our friends from Aycliffe and Brancepeth Brass Band to lead us in a Christmas concert with carols, mulled wine, mince pies and lots of fun.
At The Durham Centre on Sunday 15th December from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Entry is free.
A charity collection will be made in support of Durham Winter Night Shelter.
Join us as we take to the streets of Chester-le-Street to do some Christmas carol singing!
No experience required - just turn up ready to have some fun (in your most creative Christmas attire of course!)
We’ll also be handing out flyers and looking to chat to people.
Saturday 14th December. Meet at 9:45am outside of Coffee Bank on Front Street (near the market place) for a 10:00am start.
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without our phenomenally popular Christmas Family Fun Day!
Join us for inflatables, a bouncy castle, games, crafts, face painting, Santa’s Grotto, refreshments and much more - all free!
At The Durham Centre on Saturday 7th December from 1pm to 4pm.
Free transport will be available locally. Keep an eye out here for details.
It’s Christmas!
Join us as we celebrate Jesus’ birth, into the world - fully God, fully man. A baby born in a stable, sent to save the world.
We’ll be together for a short, one-hour family celebration. We’d love you to join us.
We're handing over the (reindeer's) reigns to our fantastic children and youth work team, led by Pete and Ali Gray, for a Christmas Family Service at Emmanuel Church Durham on Sunday 11th March.
This will be a shorter service, starting at 10:30am and lasting one hour.
Join for lots of fun and surprises! All ages welcome.
Everyone is invited to attend dressed as characters from the Nativity story (optional!).
Please note that there will also be no separate kids or youth provision on this date.
Get into the Christmas spirit with a good, old-fashioned singalong!
We’re delighted to be welcoming back our friends from Aycliffe and Brancepeth Brass Band to lead us in a Christmas concert with carols, mulled wine, mince pies and lots of fun.
At The Durham Centre on Sunday 16th December from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Entry is free.
Our Chester-le-Street congregation will host a Christmas Fun Day at Bullion Hall, Chester-le-Street, on Sunday 16th December, from 3:30-5:30pm.
There will be a fun bus, carols, games, crafts, refreshments and more.
All activities are free, and all are welcome.
We’re throwing a Christmas meal - and everyone’s invited!
If you live in the Gilesgate area of Durham, we’d love you to join us for a FREE two-course Christmas dinner, at Durham City Baptist Church, Sunderland Road, on Saturday 15th December, from 5pm.
If you’d like to come, get in touch with us at: info@emmanuel.org.uk
We’d also like to hear from you if you’re able to help out on the day.
Join our students and 20s for The Hub Carols: Sunday 9th December, Shakespeare Hall, 7pm.
For all the details, click here.
Join us for inflatables, a rodeo reindeer, face painting, crafts, Santa’s Grotto and much more!
At The Durham Centre on Saturday 8th December, from 1:30pm to 4:30pm.
Free transport will be provided to and from local pick-up points. Visit this page nearer the time for locations and times.
Our students and 20s Christmas Meal will be held at The Durham Centre on Sunday 2nd December at 1pm.
For all the details, click here.
