The 2023 Christmas Tree Festival will take place as follows:
Thursday 7th December
Church open for viewing from 10.00am to 5.00pm.
Christmas Concert by children from Stow Primary School at 2.00pm. Guest soloist Emily Campbell.
Friday 8th December
Church open for viewing from 10.00am to 5.00pm.
Festival Lunch in St Edward’s Hall from 12 noon - three course lunch with wine £30.00.
Guest speaker Tom Knight "From Usain Bolt to the Pope - Forty Years in Journalism".
Saturday 9th December
Church open for viewing from 10.00am to 5.00pm.
North Cotswold Youth Wind Band will entertain from 10.15am.
Sunday 10th December
Church open for viewing from 10.00am to 5.00pm.
St Edward's Christmas Tree Festival Raffle will be drawn at 3.00 pm.
6.00pm Celebration Service led by Rev Karen Wellman and including the presentation of prizes.
Prizes will be awarded to the overall winner, the celebrity tree and the winners of each category i.e. Children, Organisations, and Businesses. Edward Gillespie OBE, the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire will choose the celebrity tree at some time during the festival.
If you would like to support the Festival in advance please use the link below:
https://bit.ly/GivetoStEdwards
Festival gifts (tea towels, Festival books and cookery books) are still available for sale (at a cost of £6.00 each) in church or by contacting secretary@stedwardsstow.org.uk.
Click here to see the video of the 2021 Christmas Tree Festival and remind yourself of how wonderful the trees looked.