20th July 2025 5th Sunday after Trinity Parish Communion for the Patronal Festival Organ: Messe des Couvents (extract) – François Couperin [FC]Introit: Aeterna Christi munera (vv1-4) – Plainchant hymnHymns: Op: 214 Let the round world with songs rejoice; G: 396 Let saints on earth in concert sing[IA: Aeterna Christi munera (v5)] Of: 295 Let all …
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Music 2025-07-13
13th July 2025 4th Sunday after Trinity Choral Evensong 6:30pm Organ: Messe des Couvents (extract) – François Couperin [FC]Introit: Before the ending of the day – Plainchant hymnHymns: Op: 378 Immortal love (omit vv 5&6); aP: 357 Father, hear the prayer we offer; F: 252 The day thou gavestPsalm: 29 (BCPp171)Canticles: Gibbons/Forbes L’Estrange Anthem: Let …
Music 2025-07-06
6th July 2025 3rd Sunday after Trinity Parish Communion 10:30am Organ Messe des Couvents (extract) – François Couperin [FC] Introit Hymn to the Trinity – Elaine Sproule/Anon./DH Words Rev’d J VenusHymns Op: 461 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy; G: 481 (t113) Jesus, Lord, we look to thee; [IA: O pater sancte] Of:420 O …
Sermon 2025-06-08
8th June 2025 – Evensong 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, The Wisdom of God Today the church celebrates Pentecost or Whitsunday; the birth of the church when the Holy Spirit was let loose among us mere mortals. As a point of interest the term Whitsunday is derived from the middle English Whitsonday, literally meaning White Sunday; probably from …
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Sermon 2025-06-01
1st June 2025 – 7th Sunday of Easter Across our readings this morning and our focus on the Ascension we have a common theme; one of love and unity. Indeed a recurring theme and message through the whole of the biblical story! But nowhere is it put so poetically and repetitively than in John’s Gospel. …
Reflection 2025-06-01
Reflections from the Rectory – June 2025 It may seem strange to some to see an Anglian Priest quoting words from the Catholic Pope but we are all part of the same universal church (catholic with a small ‘c’) and are all disciples of Jesus. These words from Pope Leo are so special that I …
Sermon 2025-05-11
11th May 2025 Choral Evensong – Dedication Service John 10:22-30 Is there a more frequently reoccurring metaphor than that of the shepherd in the Bible? To be honest I don’t know – there are other contenders, the vine, perhaps, or ‘light’. But in any case the shepherd is up there, naturally enough, one might say, …
VE Day – a poem
A Poem for VE Day At last, at last the war could ceaseAnd Europe could enjoy real peace,May the Eighth was VE DayAnd little girls could shout hooray. Children who’d known ruined streetsChildren used to rationed meat.Children whose fathers left to fightAnd now will never say ‘Good Night’ But then as costly fighting endsPeace called …
Sermon 2025-05-04
4th May 2025 – Parish Communion Acts 9:1-20 and John 21:1-19. Today blesses us with two of the greatest calling stories in the Bible. Those of Peter and of Paul, or Saul as he was known then. Stories so familiar that we have read, listened, reflected and heard sermons on them many times in our …
