Rearranged Pateley Bridge Christingle service will support children’s charity

The Children’s Society is going to receive a late Christmas present from the people of Pateley Bridge.

A Christmas Eve Christingle service has raised money for the charity for more than 30 years. It was postponed last year due to covid but has been rearranged for Wednesday evening, to coincide with the feast of Candlemas.

Organiser Joyce Liggins told the Stray Ferret:

“We were determined that the society, which does incredible work to help young people, would not miss out and holding the Christingle on Candlemas seemed highly appropriate.”

The 6pm service at the Parish Church of St Cuthbert will not include Christmas carols, but there will be a Christingle song and attendees will be given a Christingle kit as they arrive, which will be made up during the service and the candles lit.

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Ms Liggins added:

“We hope that people will come along and support this service and the society, which will benefit from donations.”

Those unable to attend can still donate through a JustGiving page.

Since 1968, Christingle services have been held across the UK to raise money for the society, which helps vulnerable young people.

The Christingle tradition has, like the bringing of an evergreen tree into a house, its roots in Germany and dates back to the 18th century, when it was introduced by Moravian Bishop Johannes de Watteville.