This service is an adaptation for the Advent season of the beloved Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, which originated at Truro Cathedral on Christmas Eve, 1878, and was popularized by the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, through their annual Christmas Eve broadcasts.

In the service, nine scriptural lessons take us from Adam’s Fall, through the Prophets who foretold of the Messiah’s coming, and conclude with the Incarnation of Christ from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. Each lesson is then followed by carols and hymns that reflect on the reading.

This service will be followed by sticky toffee pudding.