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 …
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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 …
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 …
Music 2024-05-12
12th May 2024, 7th Sunday of Easter, Sunday after the Ascension, St James Dedication Festival Choral Evensong 6pm Organ: Prince of Denmark’s March – Jeremiah Clarke (b1674)Introit: I was glad – ParryHymns: NEH205 Christ is made the sure foundation (omit v4); NEH134 The head that once was crowned with thorns; NEH132 (t185) See the Conqueror …
Sermon 2024-05-05
Sermon 5th May 2024 Acts 10:44-end, John 15:9-17 The desire for certainty goes very deep, and all of todays readings look at that longing with sympathy, though the answers they give are as challenging as they are reassuring. In the Gospel, Jesus is at last giving his disciples ‘commandments’. If the disciples have been listening to …
