Church Services
First Sunday of the month: 8am BCP Service(Book of Common Prayer), 10am Cafe Church service* and 6.30pm Evensong.
2nd, 3rd, 4th (and 5th) Sunday at 9.30am: Parish Eucharist in church.
Fourth Sunday of the month at 2.30pm: Wild Worship in the churchyard (except July and August, December and January). Activities for all ages, adults and children, to enjoy our outside space, relating to the season. Dress appropriately for the weather. All children must have adult supervision. No need to book, just come along! Click HERE to see the calendar to check when it's happening next.
Special Services
(see Christmas service descriptions below)
Christingle Service
3pm on Sunday 14th December
Christingle is a joyful celebration that brings families and communities together to share the light of Jesus and spread a message of hope. Christingle celebrations are named after the Christingles that are lit during the ceremony. Christingles are oranges wrapped in red tape, decorated with dried fruit or sweets, with a candle on the top.
Crib Service
3pm on Saturday 20th December
The Crib service is a short but very interactive service where children will re-enact the story of the 1st Christmas. They are welcome to either arrive dressed as a character from the Nativity story (shepherd, angel, wise person, Mary, Joseph, donkey, inn-keeper, sheep) or they are welcome to borrow our gorgeous costumes. Parents too are welcome to dress up.
Carols by Candlelight
6.30pm on Sunday 21st December
Carols by candlelight - a beautifully calm service where surrounded by a candlelit church we will sing a selection of popular Christmas carols , with short Bible readings in between to hear the story of Christmas.
Midnight Mass
11pm on Wednesday 24th December
As we head towards Christmas Day, we prepare ourselves to welcome the Christ Child by singing carols, hearing the Christmas Story and then sharing Communion together as we approach midnight on this holy night.
Christmas Day Service
10am on Thursday 25th December
A lovely gentle start to a busy day when we thank Jesus for being God Incarnate, the one who left the glory of heaven & came to dwell among us. Please bring along a present you have received and already opened, so we can see the variety of gifts
*Cafe Church
Over the last few months, we have been trying out a new style of worship at our All-age services which are held on the first Sunday of each month. Café Churches are springing up all over thecountry as people enjoy an alternative and more informal way to discover something about God and to engage with Bible stories, as well as pray for others and ourselves.
Our Café Church starts from 9.30am in our Parish Room: St Michael’s Room where we provide free tea, coffee and donuts or pastries, and there is lots of chatting, laughing and catching up on the week. The Service then begins at 10am with the songs we sing and the spoken responses projected onto a screen. The service style is informal and we use recordings of the songs to sing along to.