Christ Church, West Didsbury

28/08/2026

Join us for our Church Open Day on Saturday, 12th September 2026 between 11.30 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. There will be:

Refreshments
Home-made cakes
Stalls and games
Raffle and Tombola
Church tours
Organ demonstrations

Come along to find out more about the history of the church and that of the local community.

Free admission. No tickets required.

All welcome.

Christ Church, Darley Avenue, West Didsbury, M20 2ZD.

18/02/2026

We have a number of services taking place during Holy Week and Easter. Come and join us at Christ Church, West Didsbury, or St. Christopher's, Withington. Details below. All welcome.

+ 29 March – Palm Sunday:
Eucharist with Palm Sunday Procession, blessing of the palms and reading of the Passion
9.30 am at St. Christopher's
11.00 am at Christ Church

+ 30 March – Monday of Holy Week:
Agape – a simple meal with a liturgy from Iona
7 pm at St Christopher’s

+ 31 March – Tuesday of Holy Week:
Eucharist with prayers for healing
7.30 pm at Christ Church

+ 1 April – Spy Wednesday:
Stations of the Cross
7.30 pm at Christ Church

+ 2 April – Maundy Thursday:
12 noon Eucharist at St Christopher’s
7.30 pm Eucharist at Christ Church with foot washing, stripping of the altar and Watch of the Passion until 10.00 pm

+ 3 April – Good Friday at Christ Church:
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm – church open for quiet prayer
2.00 pm – Good Friday service – An hour at the Cross

+ 4 April – Holy Saturday:
Easter Vigil Mass (with incense)
8.00 pm at Christ Church

+ 5 April – Easter Day:
Festal Eucharist with renewal of baptismal vows (with incense)
9.30 at St Christopher’s
11.00 at Christ Church

Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

09/02/2026

We will be holding a Silent Auction on Saturday, 21st February. Tickets are £5 per person, including lunch, available online at https://christchurchdidsbury.lemonbooking.com/events/71/details

10/12/2025

Join us this Thursday, 11th December at 7pm for a wander through folk song around the world. Manchester Troubadour will be performing Wayfaring Songs for a Starry Night.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/troubadour-presents-wayfaring-songs-for-a-starry-night-tickets-1953957452339
For more details of this concert, and other upcoming events, please visit our website here: https://christchurchdidsbury.lemonbooking.com/page/upcoming-events

08/12/2025

Join us this evening at 6pm for The Cosmo Quartet Concert.
Refreshments available to purchase.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/christmas-evening-with-the-cosmo-quartet-tickets-1968545992054e.
or cash on the door.

19/11/2025

🎄🎄Christmas Services at Christ Church 2025​​🎄🎄

✨Sunday 14 December
16:30 - Parish Carol Service - a traditional Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

✨Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24 December
14:30 - Christingle*
16:30 - Christingle*
23:30 - Midnight Mass (incense will be used)

✨Christmas Day, Thursday 25 December
10:30 - Joint Parish Eucharist of Christmas at St Christopher, Withington (NO SERVICE AT CHRIST CHURCH)

✨Sunday 28 December
10:30 - A Christmas Celebration in Words and Music

Those marked with an asterisk (*) are ticketed events. For further details of events and regular worship times, please visit our website: https://christchurchdidsbury.org.uk/

18/10/2025

To round off our weekend of Harvest celebrations, on Sunday 19 October at 5.30 pm come to our Festal Choral Evensong for Harvest with the Knutsford Deanery Choir.

Music:
• Stanford’s setting of “Let us with a gladsome mind”
• Ayleward Responses
• Psalm 67
• Gibbons’ Short Service Canticles
• Eric Thiman’s “For the beauty of the earth”

11/10/2025

Manchester Chamber Choir is a fantastic choral ensemble that performs regularly with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall and fairly regularly on BBc Radio 3. This Saturday we have a fantastic concert for you at Christ Church, West Didsbury at 7.30pm Do come and join us; you will love it! 🥰 🎶🎼🎵

Music from Renaissance Spain, with cornetts and sackbuts - including the Morales Missa Mille regretz and motets by Josquin, Rogier, Gombert and Crecquillon. Principal Conductor: Vicente Chavarría Instrumental Ensemble Leader: Gawain Glenton

11/10/2025