Michaelmas is always an exciting cause for celebration in the life of St Michael’s. This year is the 150th anniversary of the church and all are very warmly invited to join us in a festive series of special services and wonderful events. • Michaelmas High Mass, Saturday 29th September This magnificent celebratory service…
Tuesday, 18th September at 6pm. Vespers for the Departed will be sung in Memory of Tim Hampshire, a much-loved Tenor in our choir who tragically died recently. Sunday, 23rd September, Trinity XVII. 11am Sung Mass. Hymns: 332 : 103 : 433. Setting: Mass in Phrygian Mode, Wood. Motet: Blessed are the…
As we approach our 150th Anniversary, the church will be open to visitors for the following special events, offering a warm welcome and light refreshments to everyone. • Sunday 16th September 10am-1.30pm 11am Sung Mass 12.30-1.30pm Talk on St Michael’s Pipe Organ by Neil Page, and a chance to play it. We celebrate the…
We scale back a little over August. with the holiday season; Tuesday & Thursday Vespers take a break. Tuesday 7pm Choir Practices continue as we have important music in September for Nativity of BVM and Michaelmas to prepare, but will be shorter and more social. The Choir will also meet at…
Ordinary Time rolls on, or Sundays after Trinity in old money for the Plainsong Propers that choir and congregation sing at the Introit, Gradual, Offertory & Communion in the Mass. Here are the dates and music for Sundays VI – X after Trinity this year, 2018. We hope you can join…
Sunday 1st July, Trinity V, 6pm Choral Evensong and Benediction. First Sunday of the month, please support our service of BCP Evensong with Benediction. Competent singers are welcome to join us to rehearse the music at 4.45pm. Choral Evensong led by Rev Alison Whiting. Responses: Byrd. Psalm 53. Office Hymn 253.…
The Liturgical Year enters Ordinary Time. At St Michael’s we use Sundays after Trinity to keep in step with the Plainsong Propers that choir and congregation sing at the Introit, Gradual, Offertory and Communion points in the Mass. Here are the dates and music for the first five Sundays after Trinity…
Sunday 17th June is designated by the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) as Music Sunday, and our 11am Mass will feature music a little more elaborate than usual. Hymns 336 : 420 : 368. Introit: Cantate Domino, Pitoni. Setting: Missa Brevis in D, Mozart. Motet: Insanae et Vanae Curae, Haydn. We…
Please join us on Sunday 3rd June at 6pm for Choral Evensong & Benediction. Reading Responses; Psalm 35; Hymn 247; Gibbons Short Service Mag & Nunc; Anthem, Almighty & everlasting God, also by Orlando Gibbons. Led by Rev Alison Whiting. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be led by Fr Christopher…
Thursday 31st May, the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, we celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi with Sung Mass at 7.30pm and a joyful Procession with the Monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament under an ornate Canopy around Mount Dinham (weather permitting) accompanied by Hymns and the scattering of flower petals. Hymns: 302…
Sunday 27th May at 11am, we celebrate the core Christian insight into the nature of God, the Holy Trinity; Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Creator, Redeemer, & Inspirer. Our Celebrant is Fr Nigel Guthrie and Preacher is Rev Alison Whiting. Three Persons, One God – not a logical or mathematical puzzle…