Welcome to Holy Nativity Church

Welcome to Holy Nativity Church, a friendly and inclusive Christian community serving Mixenden and Illingworth in North Halifax! Our community accepts and welcomes everyone. We would love to see you!

Please have a look around the website and find out more about the Christian Community here!

Sunday Service at 10am every week.

Events

Palm Sunday 2026

  • 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Holy Nativity beginning in the Church Park at 10am (weather permitting) Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week as the church celebrates Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem!  We gather with the expectant crowds of 2000 years ago awaiting the coming messiah! Everyone is welcome to come as we sing songs old and new to mark the occasion!  This service is especially popular with children so why not bring any horse or Donkey toys along with you?

Traditional Stations of the Cross

  • 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
On Palm Sunday we have a traditional reflective service of Stations of the Cross.  Come and make the journey with Christ towards the crucifixion with reflective readings and music. Everyone is welcome!

Taizé for Holy Week

  • 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Holy Nativity will be filled with candle light and simple chants as we journey towards the cross of Good Friday.

Taizé During Lent

  • 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
On Monday Evenings during lent we will be holding quiet reflective services using the chants of the Taizé Community. This is an way to slow down the pace of life and bring ourselves into the presence of God in the still of the evening. It will last roughly half an hour and is followed by the Lent Course, “Worship in the Wilderness”. Whether you are dipping your toe into the ancient faith or have been walking the path for many…

Giving

There are lots of ways to support the work of Holy Nativity. You may give a financial gift to the church online by clicking below.

If you would like to find out more about volunteering with us, click here.

News

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Check out our Arts Retreat!

Take a look at this short video of all the creative fun we had at our last Arts Retreat day. We are always amazed at the creativity that comes out at these days, especially from people who tell us ‘I didn’t know what to expect and I don’t think I’m creative’. Just look at the beautiful work that was produced! If you like what you see and would like to get involved our next arts retreat is in October and…
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Fantastic Funding Update!

National Lottery Funding Helping Us Grow as a 7-Day-a-Week Community Hub We’re delighted to share that we’ve been awarded funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to help us continue and expand our work here in the heart of the community. This grant allows us to expand the role of our Caretaker Lee to recognise the amazing work he does with our growing community of volunteers as well as all he does to ensure that we can keep our doors…

Help us design a community church for the future

On the 5th of April we will be launching the next stage of our plan to develop Holy Nativity Church Building for the next 70 years of Life with God here in Mixenden. We want as many people as possible to have their say about how they’d like their church to look as well as what they’d like their church to be and so we are inviting children in school years 0 – 6 to join in and design us…