The next parish coffee morning will take place in the Linney Room of the Parish Centre on Tuesday, January 20th from 10am-12 noon.  Do drop in for a cuppa and a chat.  All are most welcome.

On the first Sunday of 2026, we will be back to our usual schedule of three services: 8.15am Holy Communion; 10.30am A Service of the Word for the Epiphany (which will also be livestreamed); 7pm Holy Communion. Everybody is most welcome to join us for any of these.

We have two services this Sunday, December 28th: the 8.15am Holy Communion and 10.30am Parish Communion with carols.

All are very welcome to our First Eucharist of Christmas, starting at 11.30pm on Christmas Eve. This is a quiet, reflective service in contrast to the fun and giddiness of the Family Service at 10.30am on Christmas Day – come early to that one, to get a seat. There is also a service of Holy Communion at 8.15am on Christmas morning,

All are invited to our traditional Nine Lessons and Carols by candlelight this Sunday, December 21st at 7pm. Come early to get a seat! Retiring collection for the Capuchin Day Care Centre, Bow Street. The service can also be watched on this link: https://youtube.com/live/Hci_CZq6egU?feature=share

No one is too sure what the word Christingle means, possibly Christ light, Christ fire or Christ child.  Its origins lie in the Moravian Church, which has its roots in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic, and the first recorded use of a Christingle in worship was in 1747.  Each aspect of a Christingle has a special meaning, pointing to an important truth about Christ. This very “hands on” service next Sunday, December 14th at 5.30pm in the parish centre is suitable for all the family.  Participants are invited to make their own Christingle using an orange, red sticker tape, cocktail sticks, fruit and sweets all topped off with a candle.  Everyone can bring their Christingle home after the service.

There will be a Move4Parkinson’s Concert Songs of Peace concert, featuring the Voice of Hope Choir, St Nicholas Montessori School and the Stedfast Band, in St Paul’s on Saturday, December 6th, starting at 5.30pm.

Our monthly, all-age informal service on Sunday, November 16th at 5.30pm in the main hall of the parish centre is followed by refreshments. All are welcome.

All are welcome to participate in a time of quiet reflection at our Annual Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for loved ones next Sunday, November 2nd, at 7pm. If you would like the name of a family member or friend to be read out at this service, please email the name(s) to garydowd51@gmail.com.

In the run-up to November, the month of remembering, the visiting speaker at the 10.30 am service in St Paul’s on Sunday, October 19th will be the journalist and writer, Kevin Myers . The theme for his address is Remembrance and its significance at this time.  Thank you to Robbie Grier for arranging this.