WHAT'S ON IN MATLOCK: CHRISTMAS 2008

Enjoy Christmas! Special seasonal events with Steep Turnpike Church
Steep Turnpike Church, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 3DP (map / directions)

PRE-CHRISTMAS EVENTS

We have a new venue for this year's Christmas Events! We just don't have enough space at the Steep Turnpike Church building for thes popular activities, so we are using County Hall instead . . .

Sunday 14th December 2008

'CHALLENGE 4 CHRISTMAS' FOR CHILDREN

Sunday 14th December 2008
3pm, at Members' Room, County Hall
'Challenge 4 Christmas' is a "Champion's Challenge" Holiday Club Reunion with "12 Challenges for Children" (and some for the leaders!)

'CHALLENGE 4 CHRISTMAS'
A FAMILY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION EVENING
- for everyone

Sunday 14th December 2008
6.30pm, at Members' Room, County Hall
Watch the special children's Christmas challenges, sing christmas carols and have fun!

Monday 15th December 2008

FAMILY PANTOMIME:

"ROBIN HOOD
Merry Christmas, Merry Men"

7pm, Monday 15th December 2008
at County Hall, Matlock

Tickets Now On Sale:
£5 / family ticket
(2 adults + 2 children)
(single tickets and concessions also available)

REQUEST TICKETS for the best pantomime in Matlock - HERE

"ROBIN HOOD - Merry Christmas, Merry Men"
by Amy Harris, performed by Red Balloon Theatre Company

King Richard is away. The sheriff of Nottingham is angry. The people are starving and Robin Hood has stolen a reindeer!! An act punishable by death, Robin is forced into the forest where he and his band of trusty followers must steal to survive.

Can Robin endure the winter? Can the sheriff catch up with Robin and where is King Richard anyway? It looks like it is going to be a sad sorry Christmas in Sherwood this year unless somebody does something! Never fear . . . with Robin Hood on the case, it should still be a merry Christmas, merry men!

Don't miss ROBIN HOOD — the best pantomime in Matlock!

Red Balloon Theatre Company is part of the Saltmine Theatre Company

Sunday 21st December 2008

FAMILY CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE

10.30am, Sunday 21st December 2008
at Steep Turnpike Evangelical Church, Matlock
see map / directions

You're welcome to join us for coffee at 10.30am, and a special celebration with carols, readings and special features.

Getting ready for Christmas in Matlock . . .

Are you busy?

Daft question — especially if you're a mum — Christmas is coming!

You feel the urgent need to 'make Christmas special' — so you shop, you decorate, you do extra kindnesses. Will you go to the Victorian Christmas Market in Matlock? A pantomime? The Highfields Christmas Concert? Are you looking for some 'Christmas Spirit'?

Sadly, if you're going through a tough time, you may be finding a spirit of despair instead - you wouldn't be the first, and it isn't surprising. We know The Nativity Story - all those school plays! - and perhaps it gave us a glimmer of something special. But somehow the 'real thing' just . . . eluded us . . . or faded over the years.

Why don't we just 'give up' on Christmas?

Because it's about a power and purpose stronger and more incredible than any pantomime or film (yes, even "Harry Potter") - and it's not fiction.

The story 'beyond the school nativity play' is where the true hope of Christmas lies - in a baby who's more than a baby. He came to rescue a people at war with God - that's why the angels declared "PEACE!'

So don't kill yourself in 'making Christmas special' - it already is. Give yourself a break - take time out to discover the rest of the plot. It could transform your celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, Emmanuel - "God with us".

You're welcome to drop in!

CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE 2008

25th December
11am

A SPECIAL TIME . . .
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY — FOR ANYONE WHO IS ALONE

Give your Christmas Day a real lift!

GETTING IN THE 'CHRISTMAS MOOD:

WHILE WE WAIT . . .

Visit Bethlehem . . .

"Bethlehem Experience" Photo Gallery

Try 'The Bethlehem Experience' Jigsaw

A Jigsaw to make online! (click the picture to play)

'Bethlehem Activities' to do straight away:

Read the whole amazing Bethlehem story (for children)
or the Bethlehem story (for adults)
Watch the Bethlehem story video (Click on "part 3")
Discover the carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and how it came to be written!
Visit our Bethlehem Experience Photo Gallery

"TREASURES OF THE SNOW"
If you still have a video player, why not borrow the Treasures of the Snow video from the church library during your Christmas preparations? Set in snowy winter Switzerland, this classic tale will captivate the whole family. It's perfect for a wintery day!
CHRISTMAS FUN IDEAS FOR KIDS
Visit our Kids Christmas Fun Ideas page for free fun activities to get you ready for Christmas!

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