Choral Evensong

for 45 mins
Welcome to St Helen's Church, Berrick Salome
Church Lane Berrick Salome Wallingford Oxfordshire, OX10 6JP, United Kingdom
On Sunday 30 July 2023 there will be a Benefice Choral Evensong held at St Helen's Church. The service will start at 4 pm and will last for approximately 45 minutes, followed by refreshments.

The service is essentially that composed by Archbishop Cranmer in the sixteenth century, but contains texts which are much earlier.

At our service the choir will sing an Introit 'Day by Day' by Martin How (1931-2022) and the anthem 'O for a Closer Walk with God' by C V Stanford (1852-1924). You are very welcome to join in the singing of three hymns, the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, and Psalm 150 (set to a chant by C V Stanford).

We hope that you will find prayerful reflection on what is said and sung a worthy offering to God. We live in a busy world; it is our prayer that this act of worship may both glorify God and provide an opportunity for the recharging of spiritual batteries.

Welcome to St Helen's Church, Berrick Salome

Wednesday 24 December 2025 - Christmas Eve Carol Service - 18h30

This year we continue with our traditional service of Carols by Candlelight including the Blessing of the Crib. We invite you to:

· walk up the candle-lit Church Lane (limited parking is available)

· gather in the candle-lit church

· sing some lovely well-known carols (from a carol booklet), each linked by a line of the Christmas Story

· hear the children singing around the crib.

The service will last about 60 minutes. Everyone is welcome!

This year’s collection will be donated to The Chiltern Centre, which provides specialist care for 16 - 30 year olds with disabilities, so please give generously, by cash, or online .

Thursday 25 December 2025 - Christmas Day Holy Communion - 11h00

We will be holding our traditional Service of Holy Communion for Christmas Day in St Helen's Church at 11h00.


Walking Nativity - Saturday 20 December 2025

Thank YOU to everyone who came! It's so great to have such wonderful support. 

Special thanks to all who helped organise and do stuff and to our star turn, Basil Bagel Burger the ponkey (sic), our hilarious thespian innkeeper at the pub and of course Kirsty and Michael for the wonderful costumes and activity👏🌲🫏

Berrick & Roke Christmas Fair 2025

The Christmas Fair raised a magnificent £2765.60 towards maintaining and running our beautiful historic village church.

A massive 'Thank You' to everybody who came, and to those who cooked, served, poured, decorated, set trails, sold, operated competitions and so generously allocated an enormous amount of energy and expertise.

And a particular thanks to the terrific village children who got stuck in with running events, Christingles, and competitions.

What a wonderful village we live in – such bonhomie…

No wonder Santa and his Elf were delighted to fit Berrick into their very busy schedule!


Prayers for peace and hope

Please see here for the Church of England's prayers for peace and hope in the midst of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict and here for the Church of England's response to the conflict in Ukraine.

Regular Services at St Helen's

For the current pattern of weekly services at St Helen's please see here.

Online Worship

The Benefice YouTube channel is available at:

 https://www.youtube.com/c/stmaryschalgrovewithsthelensberricksalome .

Enquiries about Marriage and Baptism etc

These should be directed to Father Michael Lakey on 01865 890392 (not available on Mondays).

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Get in touch

Reverend Dr Michael Lakey

The Vicarage
58 Brickfield Road
Chalgrove

(01865) 890392
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Choral Evensong

for 45 mins
Welcome to St Helen's Church, Berrick Salome
Church Lane Berrick Salome Wallingford Oxfordshire, OX10 6JP, United Kingdom

On Sunday 30 July 2023 there will be a Benefice Choral Evensong held at St Helen's Church. The service will start at 4 pm and will last for approximately 45 minutes, followed by refreshments.

The service is essentially that composed by Archbishop Cranmer in the sixteenth century, but contains texts which are much earlier.

At our service the choir will sing an Introit 'Day by Day' by Martin How (1931-2022) and the anthem 'O for a Closer Walk with God' by C V Stanford (1852-1924). You are very welcome to join in the singing of three hymns, the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, and Psalm 150 (set to a chant by C V Stanford).

We hope that you will find prayerful reflection on what is said and sung a worthy offering to God. We live in a busy world; it is our prayer that this act of worship may both glorify God and provide an opportunity for the recharging of spiritual batteries.

Safeguarding

Our parish of Berrick Salome is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies.

If you are concerned that someone is at risk, but not immediate harm, or have any safeguarding concerns then contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer:

Naomi Jolliffe
email [email protected]

or

Fr Michael
email [email protected], phone 01865 890392

or the Diocesan Safeguarding Casework Officer for Oxford and Dorchester:

Erica Hegg
email [email protected]
Tel: 07341 866832

If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services.

For additional contacts please see the link below.

For more detailed information and contact details please follow this link

Welcome to St Helen's Church, Berrick Salome Charity No. 627103