1 January 2023, 2nd Sunday of Christmas 10:30am Benefice Communion Organ: Noël Etranger – Daquin. Hymns: Good King Wenceslas looked out; Good Christians all, rejoice!; NEH40 What child is this; NEH21 A great and mighty wonder; Angels from the realms of glory. Anthem: The Coventry Carol (Lully, Lullay) – Anon. 16th century. Organ: …
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Music 2023-01-08
8 January 2023, The Baptism Of Christ/1st Sunday Of Epiphany 6pm Choral Evensong Organ: Suite du 2eme Ton (extract) – Louis-Nicolas Clérambault. Pretroit: Personent hodie – Anon. 14th century, arr. Holst. Hymns: NEH47 As with gladness; NEH50 From the eastern mountains; NEH36 The First Nowell. Psalm: 72. Canticles: Dyson in F. Anthem: From the rising of …
Music 2023-02-05
5 February 2023 Candlemas/3rd Sunday Before Lent, 10.30am Parish Communion Organ Voluntary – Thomas TomkinsPretroit: O nata lux de lumine – TallisHymns NEH52 O worship the Lord; NEH28 In the bleak midwinter (vv 1,2,5)NEH295 Let all mortal flesh keep silence; NEH401 Light’s abode, celestial Salem (vv 1,2,3,6)Anthem Nunc dimittis – Grayston IvesOrgan Prelude in C …
Lent Lunch
On Sunday 26th St. James, Abinger we will be hosting a Lent Lunch at 12pm – a simple meal to mark the beginning of Lent.
Sermon 5th February 2023
Malachi 3:1-5 Luke 2:22-40 Have you ever made sandcastles on the beach? I remember as a child trying to dig a massive hole in the sand in an attempt to get to Australia. If I just dig deep enough and long enough I will eventually emerge upside down in Oz. With my childlike understanding I …
Music 2023-02-12
12 February 2023, 2nd Sunday Before Lent 6.00pm Choral Evensong Organ Voluntary – Benjamin CosynPretroit: BenediciteHymns: NEH377 Immortal, invisible; NEH357 Father, hear the prayer we offer; NEH403 Lord of all being, throned afar. Psalm: 135 Canticles: Stanford in B flatAnthem Jubilate Deo – BrittenOrgan Scherzo – Ridout
Failure
If reading is your thing, then how about joining me to read and discuss this book? ‘Failure’ by Emma Ineson is a book about what Jesus said about sin, mistakes and messing things up. Meeting at the Rectory on Monday 27th February February at 7pm for an initial get together then again on completion of the …
TakeTime
Starting on Tuesday 28th February at 7pm at St. James, Abinger then alternating with Coldharbour for 6 weeks Rev’d Kia Pakenham will be running a Taketime Lent Course. This is an opportunity to enter the Easter story using our imaginations. You will be guided through a meditation using one of the Gospel readings where we …
Ash Wednesday
There will be a Benefice Ash Wednesday service at St. Mary’s Holmbury on the 22nd February at 7pm to which we are all warmly invited.
Lent
What is lent all about? Lent is the period of 40 days which comes before Easter in the Christian calendar. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, this year falling on February 22nd. Lent is a season of reflection and preparation before the celebrations of Easter. By observing the 40 days of Lent, Christians replicate Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and withdrawal …
