3rd April 2026 – Good Friday 10am A service of reflection for the Benefice Organ Toccata cromatica – FrescobaldiHymns 92 There is a green hill; 95 When I survey the wondrous cross; 439 Praise to the Holiest in the height (omit*)Organ Passion Chorale – J S Bach
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Music 2026-03-29
29th March 2026 – Palm Sunday 10am Parish Communion (Coldharbour) Organ Toccata cromatica – FrescobaldiIntroit The royal banners forward go – PlainchantHymns Op: 375 Lord of the Dance; G: 86 My song is love unknown; Of: 90 O sacred head, sore wounded; F: The Servant King (sheet)Anthem God so loved the world – StainerOrgan …
Sermon 2026-03-01
8th March 2026 Evensong – Sermon Exodus 17:1-7, John 4:7-15 How much have you complained or had a good grumble this week? At a guess if you are anything like me you have had something uncomplimentary to say about the weather, muttered about all the potholes flourishing in just about every road we travel and …
Sermon 2026-02-08
18th February 2026 – Sermon Proverbs 8: 1, 22-31, Matthew 6: 25-end Worry! Worry is a very human characteristic of our lives; and I am sure we can all testify to times both past and present when we have really worried about both our personal future and the future of God’s world as a whole, Worry …
Sermon 2026-02-01
1st February 2026 – Sermon Candlemas I can’t wait to be a grandparent! I think I’m just about ready! You may or may not be a baby person. I’ve always been a bit of a baby person. To hold a young baby in your arms and look into its eyes – into that wide-eyed, penetrating …
Reflection February 2025
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 …
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 …
