Busy Christmas For Churches.

Many churches in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have held additional carol services this year as thousands of worshippers squeezed into packed churches this Christmas to celebrate the birth of Christ.

Churches across the two counties have put on special events with candlelit services proving especially popular to cope with the demand.

On Sunday 23rd December in Newport a real life journey took place with a Live Nativity. Crowds followed Mary and Joseph on their travels ’Journeying’ with a real donkey up through Quay Street and towards Newport Methodist Church. Newport Methodist Church.

According to Christian Today:  the experience fits in with the national picture the latest statistics show Christmas attendance figures up by seven per cent since 2001.

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