Sermon – 12th July 2026 – 6th Sunday after Trinity – Choral Evensong Isaiah 55: 10-13, Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 As some of you know I have recently been on holiday for a week and in my absence my lovely neighbour had been watering all my pots. However, she also went off on holiday before …
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Sermon 2026-07-05
Sermon – 5th July 2026 – 5th Sunday after Trinity Matthew 11:16-19 and 25-30/Romans 7:15-25a. Feeling frustrated is a very human emotion. I am sure we can all remember feeling frustration at some point with something or someone in the last couple of weeks. Last Saturday morning, I chose the slowest self-scanning till at the …
Reflection June 2026
Reflection – June 2026 Reflections from the Rectory I write this as I am busy packing for our family holiday to France. We are blessed that our three children, now in their 20’s, still want to come with us (nothing to do with the fact that it is all expenses paid!). Our family holidays have …
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Sermon 2026-06-28
Sermon – 28th June 2026-Fourth Sunday after Trinity A Joint Service of Sung Mattins I’m sure I’m not the only one who is happily transported by that beautiful anthem of Howard Goodall’s to the very funny television series ‘The Vicar of Dibley’; familiarly set in a rural parish, with a full-of-love-and-faith female vicar juggling the …
Matins 2026-06-28
Joint Service of Matins 28th June Next Sunday 28th June will be a joint service of sung matins with the Leith Hill choirs. Christ Church, Coldharbour at 10:00am. Music will include pieces by Benjamin Britten and Howard Goodall as well as beautiful Hymns. No Sideways at St James’ this week.
Sermon 2026-06-07
Sermon – 7th June 2026 1st Sunday after Trinity Mathew 9:9-13 There is so much that I could focus on in our readings this morning – I was spoilt for choice! But these words struck me as I read Matthew – “Go and learn what this means,” Jesus says in today’s gospel reading, “‘I desire …
Music 2026-07-19
19th July 2026 – 7th Sunday after Trinity 10:30 Parish Communion for the Patronal Festival Organ Prelude in G (BWV 541i) – J S BachIntroit Fanfare for all saints – David HansellHymns Op: NEH345 Christ is the King G: sheet James, who fished Lake Galilee [IA: Exultet caelum]; Of: NEH255 Ye watchers and …
Music 2026-07-12
12th July 2026 – 6th Sunday after Trinity 6:00pm Choral Evensong Organ Fantasia in C minor (BWV 537i) – J S Bach Introit Come my way, my truth, my life – Vaughan WilliamsHymns O: NEH486 We have a gospel to proclaim; aP: NEH357 Father hear the prayer we offer; F: NEH235 Forth in …
Music 2026-07-05
5th July 2026 – 5th Sunday after Trinity 10:30 Parish Communion Organ Prelude in G minor (BWV 904)Introit O filii at filiae (St Thomas version) – ?16th/17th century FrenchHymns Op: NEH401 (omit 3&4) Light’s abode, celestial Salem; G: NEH374 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds [IA: Primo dierum] Of: NEH461 There’s a …
