Advent Windows 2020 concludes at St. Alfege Church, the organisers of this annual event.
Christmas Services at St. Alfege Church
Due to restrictions in place due to COVID-19, Christmas services at St. Alfege will be ticketed this year. For more information, go to the church website here. If you’re unable to secure a ticket, you can watch the services via YouTube.
December 23
4 p.m. – Christingle A service especially for families with young children.
Christmas Eve
4 p.m. – Christingle and Crib service. A service especially for families with young children.
11 p.m. – Midnight Mass (Candlelit) Due to COVID restrictions, the church will not be having the usual choir concert before the service.
This year’s Advent Windows by Richard the First Pub asks you to think about togetherness. Our 2020 window represents the communication between families, friends and loved ones near and far during the festive period. This year, we may all need to come together in new ways. We wanted to highlight some of the wonderful ways we can show our love from our homes this holiday season throughout the pub.
Our window can be seen at the Presbytery of the church on 68 Crooms Hill. The artwork was completed by the school’s art department with assistance from the St. Ursula’s students.
Cutty Sark Gardens, King William Walk, Greenwich, SE10 9HT
Cutty Sark has travelled across the world, sailing under both the Red Ensign and the Portugese flag. She visited every major port in the world through the course of her working life and carried many different cargos all around the world, including wool, coal, shark bones, pianos, mail and rice. She brought the world to London.
Artist Joel Sydenham created the mural and worked with students from the Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit to complete it. In a year when the many international tourists have not been able to visit Greenwich, we like to remember the time when the Cutty Sark and ships like it brought goods and cultures from around the world into our city.
The Advent Window can be found in the tower next to the ship and can be seen at any time.