Often a reflective service of Holy Communion in contemporary language, gathered around the Lord's Table in the nave of our beautiful church. We sometimes hold alternative services for special occasions, or simply to vary our worship. We meet together afterwards in the Church Cottage next door for coffee.

A time of reflection led by different members of our congregations; ending with a short time of shared prayer using the Northumbria Community's version of Compline. Please check the current Parish Magazine to see whether we are online or in church. You can download the words from this website (click the link)

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A reflective, said service following the Church of England's traditional pattern, in contemporary language. A short talk is normally included in this service.

This is our main Sunday worship service. It may be a Service of the Word, or Holy Communion - please refer to our website Calendar page for the latest details.

We will start at 7.30pm, the better to accommodate those involved with family meals.

We come together in Riding Mill to listen, to pray and to sing reflectively, in the Taizé Community style.
The community in France includes people and traditions from around the world, with an emphasis on youth. The music and prayers are sung in many languages, and include chants from the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions. The music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms or other pieces of Scripture, repeated and sometimes also sung in canon. You can find out more about the ecumenical Taizé community and their style of worship at www.taize.fr/en.
Come early to help set up the candles...

(Image by Surfnico - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25243958)

The annual Riding Mill Harvest festival service will be shared with our Methodist friends. There will be a separate service for the School, in Church.

Lots of churches in England have run what have been called ‘light parties’ where people celebrate All Saints by dressing up as well-known Christian saints (like St James!) as an alternative to ‘traditional’ Hallowe’en costumes.
We are doing this, too, in Riding Mill, to tell about Jesus and how he is like a Light that the darkness cannot overcome.
That’s why we will come out tonight in the Light, and why your sweets are in ‘Bags of Hope’.
Look for us in the new graveyard...
...Treats...
...no Tricks.

There will be silence, reflective music, prayer, and the chance to light a candle or simply remember. People are encouraged to drop in, and out, as they would like. If you miss this, and would have appreciated the time, might I suggest something? Our church building is open now, for all, every day. It serves as a place of Stillness, Calm and Quiet to reflect and remember. To curate the memories you shared with a soul friend. There is even the means to light a candle.

Our services on Remembrance Sunday start with a civic service in Church at the normal time for Parish Worship, 10am. From there we shall move outside to join other churches and the whole Riding Mill community at the War Memorial in the New Graveyard in Church Lane. There, community wreaths will be laid before a time of silence at 11am.

You are invited to join us for a time of silence and a prayer at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of eleventh month. This is less a service than an assembling to pay respect. Our main service will be on Remembrance Sunday.