A CHURCH is celebrating the countdown to Christmas with activities inside and out.

Elvet Methodist Church, on Old Elvet, Durham City, is running an Animal Trail and holding Stations of the Crib windows displays.

Under the Animal Trail, animals are being displayed in shop windows throughout Durham.

Children are invited to find as many as they can.

For Stations of the Crib, there will be window displays in the church and there will be seasonal storytelling.

These sessions will take place on December 7, 14 and 21, from 10.30am to 1pm – with storytelling from 11.30am to noon.

Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.