A STOURBRIDGE Church has been spruced up for Christmas with a celebratory Christmas Tree Festival.
St Thomas’s Church in Market Street is holding its annual Christmas Tree Festival from today (Friday December 8) to Sunday December 10.
The church has been packed out with more than 30 Christmas trees, both big and small, adorned with hundreds of decorations and thousands of lights – decorated businesses, charities, schools including Gig Mill Primary School and groups including Stourbridge Fair Trade, Christian Aid and Pedmore WI.
The event, which is free to attend, will raise money for SODA (survivors of domestic abuse) and Dudley MIND - one of the Mayor of Dudley’s charities this year.
Event organiser Val Homer said: “The St Thomas’s Church Christmas Tree festival has become a social fixture on the festive calendar in Stourbridge.
“The festival is a great way to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of St Thomas’s while getting into the festival spirit and ultimately to raise vital funds for local charities.”
The festival runs until 4pm today, with a recorder ensemble at 2pm, and from 6pm to 8pm when the church hall will be filled with various stalls for Christmas gifts and free crafts for children to make their own small gifts, plus live music, hot dogs and hot chocolate.
On Saturday the festival is open from 10 am to 4pm with a carol service from 2pm to 3pm and on Sunday December 10 it will run from 11.30am to 4pm - with normal church services taking place at 10am and 6.30pm.
Admission is free.
Refreshments and mince pies will be available and children can take part in craft activities to make tree decorations.
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