8th March 2026 - 3nd 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 Wesley
Introit    Lead me, Lord – S S Wesley Hymns   O 61 O Christ, who art the light and day; aP: 64 Be thou my guardian and my guide;              F: 383 Jesu, lover of my soul
Psalm    46 (BCPp193) 
Canticles Plainchant/Beach 
Anthem Wash me throughly – S S Wesley
Organ    Choral Song – S S Wesley

1st March 2026 - 2nd Sunday of Lent

10.30am Parish Communion

Organ    Idylle – Vierne
Introit    Lent Prose (vv 1,3,4,5) – Plainchant
Hymns   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 Redeemer
Anthem Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake – Richard Farrant
Organ    Litanies – Jehan Alain

8th February 2026 - 2nd Sunday before Lent/Sexagesima

10.30am Parish Communion

Organ    Prelude in A minor (BWV 543i) – J S Bach
Introit    O Lord, increase our faith – Loosemore
Hymns   Op: 414 O for a closer walk with God; aP: 467 Through all the changing scenes of life;  F: 244 Glory to thee, my God, this night
Psalm    136 selected verses (BCPp299)
Canticles Dyson in F             
Anthem Like as the hart – Herbert Howells
Organ    Prelude and Fugue in A minor (BWV 559) – attrib. J S Bach

1st February 2026 - The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)

10.30am Parish Communion

Organ    Magnificat (BWV 648) – J S Bach
Introit    I sing of a maiden – Lennox Berkeley
Hymns   Op: 336 Angel voices, ever singing; G: 393 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us; Of: 295 Let all mortal flesh keep silence; [IA: The Lord is my light] F: 408 Love divine, all loves excelling
Anthem Of a Rose, a lovely Rose – John Rutter
Organ    Magnificat (BWV 733) – J S Bach

11th January 2026 - 1st Sunday of Epiphany

16:00pm Choral Evensong

Organ         Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 610) – J S Bach
Introit          A New Year Carol – Benjamin Britten
Hymns        Op: 49 (1st tune) Brightest and best; aP: Behold, a tiny tender babe (tKingsfold NEH 376) F: 30 O come, all ye faithful (omit vv 2&3) 
Psalm         72 (selected verses BCPp221)
Canticles    Forbes L’Estrange
Anthem      Where is this stupendous stranger? – David Hansell
Conclusion  Choir Sir Christemas – William Mathias    
Organ        In dulci jubilo (BWV 729) – J  S Bach

                                    After the service seasonal refreshments will be served, to which all are invited

4th January 2026 - The Epiphany/2nd Sunday of Christmas:

10:30am Parish Communion

 Organ        A Fancy – Thomas Tomkins
 Introit         Personent hodie – Anonymous, arr. Holst
 Hymns        Op: 49 (2nd tune) Brightest and best; G: 28 In the bleak midwinter (vv 1,2&5) [IA: A solis ortus];  Of: 40 What child is this; F: 36                        The First Nowell 
Anthem       Past three a clock – Traditional Carol
Organ         Praeludium in G minor (BuvWV 149) – Diderik Buxtehude

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