20th April 2025 – Easter Day Parish Communion 11:30am Lighting and Procession of the Paschal Candle: O filii et filiae – ?French,?16th centuryHymns: NEH110 Jesus Christ is risen today; Gloria Beethoven; NEH105 Christ the Lord is risen again (omit 4&5); NEH117 The Day of Resurrection; NEH120 Thine be the gloryAnthem: Love is come again – …
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Music 2025-04-18
18th April 2025 – Good Friday A Service of Reflection for the Benefice 1:00pm Organ: No 5 from Six Fugues – Handel [MK]Hymns: NEH92 There is a green hill; NEH95 When I survey the wondrous cross; NEH439 Praise to the Holiest in the height (omit*)Organ: Passion Chorale – J S Bach [MK]
Music 2025-04-13
13th April 2025 – Palm Sunday Joint St James/Christ Church Parish Communion with Palm Sunday Procession and reading of the Passion according to Luke 10:30am Organ: Sonata no. 6 (BWV 530, 2nd mov’t) – J S Bach [MK]Introit: The royal banners forward go – PlainchantHymns: NEH75 Lord of the Dance; NEH86 My song is love …
Music 2025-04-06
April 6th 2025 – 5th Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins) Parish Communion 10:30am Organ: Toccata in D minor (BWV 538i) – J S Bach [MK]Introit: Lent Prose (vv1-4)Hymns: NEH94 We sing the praise of him who died; NEH198 The Church triumphant in thy love; NEH 400 Light of the minds that know him; [IA: Lent Prose v5 …
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Easter Egg Hunt 21st April 2025
Sermon 2025-03-09
9th March 2025 Evensong Luke 4:1-13 It will not have escaped your notice that today is the first Sunday of Lent. Although the Easter eggs seem to have been in the shops since about Boxing Day! The lectionary readings today remind us both of the temptations of Adam in the Garden of Eden and of …
Sermon 2025-03-02
2nd March 2025 Homily Exodus 34; 29-end, Luke 9: 28-36 Whoever decided on the lectionary readings for the year was, I felt inspired to include the account of Jesus’ miraculous transfiguration for this the Sunday before Lent. To me it is the sort of uplifting spiritual treat similar in its way to the culinary …
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Music 2025-04-13
13th April 2025 – Palm Sunday Joint SJ/CC Parish Communion 10:30am Reading of the Passion according to LukeIntroit: The royal banners forward go – PlainchantAnthem: Behold the Lamb of God – HandelOrgan: Fugue in A minor – Handel [MK] & Fantasia in G minor (BWV 542i) – J S Bach [MK]
