6th April 2025 - 5th Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins)

Parish Communion 10:30am

Introit & IA: Lent Prose – Plainchant
Anthem: O Saviour of the world – Ouseley
Organ Toccata & Fugue in D minor (BWV 538) – J S Bach [MK]

April 6th 2025 - 5th Sunday of Lent (Passiontide begins)

Parish Communion 10:30am

Organ: Toccata in D minor (BWV 538i) – J S Bach [MK]
Introit: Lent Prose (vv1-4)
Hymns: NEH94 We sing the praise of him who died; NEH198 The Church triumphant in thy love; NEH 400 Light of the minds that know him; [IA: Lent Prose v5 & Chorus]; And can it be
Anthem: O Saviour of the World – Ouseley
Organ:    Fugue in D minor (BWV 538ii) – J S Bach [MK]

30th March 2025 4th Sunday of Lent & Mothering Sunday

A Mothering Sunday Service for the Leith Hill Benefice 10:30am

Organ: Voluntary in D minor Op.V/8 – John Stanley [MK]
Hymns: Tell out, my soul; How great thou art; To God be the glory
Organ: Fugue in G minor (BWV 542ii) – J S Bach [MK]

9th March 2025 1st Sunday of Lent

Choral Evensong 6:00pm

Organ: Sonata in G minor (opening) – Handel played by Laura Steele
Introit: Wash me throughly – S S Wesley
Hymns: NEH64 Be thou my guardian and my guide; NEH61 (tune NEH80) O Christ, who art the Light and Day; NEH383 (tune ii) Jesu, lover of my soul
Psalm: 119 vv81-88 (BCPp284)
Canticles: Dyson in F
Anthem: Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes – Byrd
Organ: Sonata in G minor (conclusion) – Handel

2nd March 2025 The Sunday next before Lent/Quinquagesima

Parish Communion 10:30am
Organ: Voluntary in C major – William Boyce [Byrd to the Wesleys voluntary series concludes]
Introit: Call to Worship – William Byrd
Hymns: NEH473 (tune ii) When morning gilds the skies (omit*); NEH178 ‘Tis good, Lord, to be here; NEH343 Bright the vision that delighted; [IA: The Lord is my light]; NEH413 Now thank we all our God 
Anthem: O nata lux – Thomas Tallis
Organ: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C (BuxWV 137) – Diderik Buxtehude

2nd February 2025 - The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)

Parish Communion 10:30am

Organ: Voluntary in D minor Op.VI/1 – John Stanley
Introit: Ps 122
Hymns NEH401 (omit v5) Light’s abode, celestial Salem; NEH (t312) Lift up your heads; NEH408 Love divine, all loves excelling; [IA: The Lord is my light]; NEH 286 From glory to glory advancing
Anthem: Nunc Dimittis – Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Organ: Voluntary in F major Op.VI/4 – John Stanley

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