Services at St Mary the Virgin

Sunday

8.00am Holy Communion First Sunday Book of Common Prayer (BCP) (4th Sunday no 8am at St Mary's - service held at our sister church of Holy Trinity - BCP)

11.00am Parish Communion Common Worship (All Age Worship on 1st Sunday in the month) Service is followed by refreshments in the parish hall

6:30pm (4:30 November to February inclusive) First in month said BCP Holy Communion, second, third and fifth Sundays offer various styles of non Eucharistic worship, fourth Sunday BCP Evening Prayer

Wednesday

10.30am Said Holy Communion – Common Worship followed by refreshments in the parish hall

5:00pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: Said Evening Prayer (entrance through east-end of church via red door by park wall)

Said Morning Prayer 9am Monday, Wednesday and Friday at our sister parish of Holy Trinity

Saints Days as announced

About our orders of service

As a Church of the Church of England we are authorised to use the following service material

Book of Common Prayer 'The BCP' is the original service book of the Church of England and generally the version from 1662 is used in conjunction with the King James Version (or Authorised Version) of the Bible. Although the language used is from another era using 'thees' and 'thous', the BCP is nonetheless a rich and poetic service book and is still much loved. Services from the BCP offer a meditative and calming dimension to the worship. The BCP is authorised for use 'in perpetuity' and unlike the ASB (see below) will never be withdrawn from authorised usage.

Common Worship (CW) is the contemporary service material which replaced the 1980 Alternative Service Book (ASB) in 2000. CW enhances the liturgy of the BCP with a wide range of options which offers material to suit all occasions from our regular services outlined above to weddings, baptisms and funerals and civic services.

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