21st July 2024 – 8th after Trinity 10.30 Parish Communion for the Patronal Festival Organ Fanfare – LeightonIntroit NEH 286Hymns NEH214 Let the round world with songs rejoice; NEH396 Let saints on earth in concert sing [IA: NEH 213 v1]; NEH295 Let all mortal flesh keep silence; NEH286 From glory to glory advancingAnthem: The eternal gifts …
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Music 2024-07-14
14th July 2024 – 7th Sunday after Trinity 6pm Choral Evensong Organ: Messe pour les Couvents (extracts) – François CouperinIntroit: O Lord, increase our faith – Henry LoosemoreHymns NEH210 (vv 1,6,7,8) Only begotten, Word of God eternal; NEH: 461 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy; NEH252 The day thou gavestPsalm: 66 (vv1-8) Canticles: Dyson in …
Music 2024-07-07
7th July 2024 – 6th Sunday after Trinity 10:30am Parish Communion Organ: Messe pour les Couvents (extracts) – François CouperinIntroit: Ye sons and daughters of the King (St Thomas version)Hymns NEH466 Thou whose almighty word; NEH357 Father hear the prayer we offer; [IA: NEH 144]; NEH376 I heard the voice of Jesus; NEH372 He who …
Sermon 2024-06-02
2nd June 2024 Sermon 1 Samuel 3:1-20 Have you ever been in bed, just dropping off when you think you hear a noise? A banging, a cry – something that jolts you out of your slumber? I know when I bought my first daughter home from hospital, I imagined all sorts of noises – the …
Music 2024-06-09
9th June 2024 – 2nd after Trinity: 6.00 Choral Evensong with a medieval flavour Prelude: Méditation (from Thaïs) – Massenet played by Laura Steele violinIntroit: Before the ending of the day – PlainchantHymns: NEH364 God is love, let heaven adore him; NEH390 (t493) Jesus, wher’er thy people meet; NEH361 Forth in the peace of Christ …
Music 2024-06-02
2nd June 2024 – 1st after Trinity 10.30 Parish Communion Organ: A Fancy for Double Orgaine – Orlando GibbonsIntroit: O Lord, increase our faith – Henry LoosemoreHymns: NEH377 Immortal, invisible; NEH456 Teach me, my God and King ; [IA: NEH 144]; NEH239 Lord of all hopefulness; NEH420 O Jesus, I have promised.Anthem Ye choirs of …
Amber Wood LLM
Amber Wood – New lay Minister My name is Amber Wood and I will be licensed as a Lay Minister to the Leith Hill Benefice on June 22nd this year. I have been training part-time with the Guildford Diocese Local Ministry Programme for the last 3 years. I have worshipped in Surrey village churches throughout …
Eco Church
St James’ Abinger, A BRONZE Awarded Eco-Church Sustainable, ecologically-conscious and regenerative living will mean different things to different members of our community, but essentially, we want to all live in a way that restores the planet’s health. We know we all have an important responsibility to live in a way that helps our natural world …
Sermon 2024-05-12
12th May 2024 Sermon- Evensong – Dedication of St. James Acts 1:15-17, 21 – end, John 17: 6-19 What is this building to you? What memories, what sounds, what smells does it conjure up? Many of you here have grown up with this church as a part of your lives – it is literally part of the …
Dedication Weekend
DEDICATION FESTIVAL WEEKEND Concert Saturday 11th MayMarc-Antoine Charpentier – The Four Seasons of the Year: The best music you’ve never heard!Miranda Johnson & Jenny Hansell sopranos with David Hansell harpsichord & organRefreshments 11.30, Concert 12.00 (ends 12.50 approx.)Repeated 3.30/4.00 (ends 4.50 approx.) Choral Evensong Sunday 12th May – At 6.00 pm, led by The Rector, Rev’d Kia PakenhamIncluding …
