Reflections from the Rectory – February 2026 Reflections from the Rectory February for me is the beginning of hope and a reminder to lean into gratitude. Hope, as the early spring bulbs wrestle their way through the sodden earth, and gratitude that January is finished! In the church year we are starting to look towards …
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Music 2026-03-08
8th March 2026 – 3rd Sunday of Lent 6pm Choral Evensong (celebrating the music of S S Wesley, who died in April 1876) Organ Andante in E flat – S S WesleyIntroit Lead me, Lord – S S Wesley Hymns O: 61 O Christ, who art the light and day; aP: 64 Be …
Music 2026-02-22
1st March 2026 – 2nd Sunday of Lent 10.30am Parish Communion Organ Idylle – VierneIntroit Lent Prose (vv 1,3,4,5) – PlainchantHymns Op: 67 Forty days and forty nights; G: 339 Be thou my vision; Of: 400 Light of the minds that know him; [IA: Lent Prose (v. 2)]; F: 368 Guide me, O thou great …
Quiz Night
All-age quiz night 30th January 2026 6-8pm
Sermon 2026-01-04
4th January 2026 – Epiphany Isaiah 60: 1-6, Matthew 2: 1-12 All are called and welcomed and accepted Evelyn Underhill Today we come to what I see as the third chapter in the story of the Nativity. A story with which we are all so familiar and yet it never loses its power to …
Music 2026-02-08
8th February 2026 – 2nd Sunday before Lent/Sexagesima 6pm Choral Evensong Organ Prelude in A minor (BWV 543i) – J S BachIntroit O Lord, increase our faith – LoosemoreHymns Op: 414 O for a closer walk with God; aP: 467 Through all the changing scenes of life; F: 244 Glory to thee, my …
Music 2026-02-01
1st February 2026 – The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) 10.30am Parish Communion Organ Magnificat (BWV 648) – J S Bach Introit I sing of a maiden – Lennox BerkeleyHymns Op: 336 Angel voices, ever singing; G: 393 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us; Of: 295 Let all mortal flesh keep silence; [IA: …
Sermon 2025-12-28
28th December 2025 – Benefice service Matthew 2:13-18. Today’s lectionary readings bring us firmly back to earth with a bump after Christmas. As I read them I began to question why on earth I had volunteered to preach today! Just 3 days ago, we gathered in church to worship together and joyfully celebrate Jesus’s birth. …
Sermon 2025-12-18
18th December 2025 – Lessons & Carols Already we have joined with the choirs of angels praising God and singing ‘Glory to God in the Highest.’ Now in this short space of time ‘Come let us go’ and join with the shepherds and go down from the hillside to Bethlehem. Come let us go Come …
Music 2025-12-18
18th December 2025 – Lessons & Carols 19:00pm Carols Choir Carols Advent Wreath Prayer IV – Malcom ArcherOf a Rose – John RutterThe Oxen – David HansellAdam lay y’boundenPast Three o’clockLove came down at Christmas – John RutterGaudete Congregational Carols Once in royal David’s city – CfC2 or 100 Of the Father’s sing – in unison from …
