There are a number of churches serving Sherborne and its surrounding villages. Where available we have included information on special services. These include:
Castleton Church – Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Castleton
25 December/ Christmas Day/8.00 am/ Said Holy Communion BCP
25 December/11.00 am/Lessons and Carols followed by Holy Communion BCP
Sherborne Abbey – The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin, Sherborne

Sunday 1 December/1.30 pm, 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm/ Shoppers’ Carols
Sunday 1 December/5.00 pm/Advent Carol Service
Monday 2 December/2.30 pm/ Dorset WI Carol Service
Thursday 5 December/6.00 pm/Sherborne Primary School Carol Service
Friday 6 December/10.00 am/Mothers’ Union Carol Service
Sunday 8 December/ 2.45 pm/Dorset Freemasons’ Carol Service
Sunday 8 December/5.00pm/Christingle Service
Monday 9 December/7.30 pm/Concert “The Abbey’s Gift to the Town”
Thursday 12 December/4.00pm/Leweston Carol Service
Thursday 12 December/7.00 pm/ ‘A Quieter Christmas’ Service
Friday 13 December /2.00 pm/Sherborne Preparatory School Carol Service
Saturday 14 December/11.00 am/Sherborne Girls Carol Service
Saturday 14 December/2.30 pm/Sherborne School Carol Service
Tuesday 17 December/4.30 pm/Steam Dreams Carol Service
Tuesday 17 December/7.00 pm/Gryphon School Carol Service
Thursday 19 December/2.00 pm/Abbey Primary School Carol Service
Saturday 21 December/12 noon, 1.00, 2.00 and 3.00 pm/ Shoppers’ Carols
Sunday 22 December/3.00 pm/Sherborne Abbey Carol Service
24 December/Christmas Eve/3.00 pm & 5.00 pm/Blessing of the Crib & Lighting of the Tree
24 December/11.30 pm/The First Eucharist of Christmas
25 December/ Christmas Day/8.00 am/Said Holy Communion BCP
25 December/9.30 am/Parish Eucharist for Christmas Day
25 December/11.15 am/Festal Mattins
St Johns’ Almshouse Chapel
Friday 20 December/5.00 pm/Carol Service
St Pauls@The Gryphon – Evangelical Anglican Church
Sunday 15 December/3.00 – 5.00pm/ Craft and Carols at St Paul’s Church
Sunday 22 December/10.30am/All Age Nativity at the Gryphon
25 December/Christmas Day/10.am/All Age Holy Communion at the Gryphon
Cheap Street Church (joint Methodist and United Reformed)
Sacred Heart and St Aldhelm Roman Catholic Church
Baptist Church, North Road
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