Services
Please click on the links below or at the bottom of the page for the monthly combined diary of Services for Shiplake, Dunsden and Harpsden. If you have any questions, please email the Benefice office.Also shown is the Regular Service Pattern (during the interregnum), which gives information on the usual service pattern, time and location of our worship. Any variations to this regular pattern, seasonal or otherwise, will feature on the monthly services lists and the "What's On This Week" page.
Please see the menu items "Services and Events", "News and notices", "What's on this Week" and "Social Events" for more information on the services and other events.
General Information:
- Holy Communion services are led by a member of the clergy. These services are:
- Every Wednesday at Harpsden at 10am
- 1st Sunday of each month at Harpsden at 9.30am and Shiplake at 11am.
- 2nd Sunday of the month at Shiplake and Dunsden at 11am.
- 3rd Sunday of the month at at Harpsden at 9.30am and Dunsden at 11am
- 4th Sunday of the month, a benefice service at 10am rotating round the three churches.
- Service of the Word / Morning Praise / 3rd Sunday at 3 services are led by commissioned lay leaders and will offer a reflection from a recognised teacher. These services are:
- 1st Sunday of each month at Dunsden at 11am.
- 2nd Sunday of the month at Harpsden at 9.30am.
- 3rd Sunday of the month at Shiplake at 3pm (also known as 3rd Sunday at 3)
- 5th Sunday of the month at Harpsden at 9.30am and at 11am alternating between Shiplake and Dunsden.
- Most services have an organist, except the 3rd Sunday at 3pm at Shiplake, which has a keyboard.
- Each church offers hospitality after worship.
- If you have any dietary requirements please let the priest and catering team know.
- There is Sunday School every Sunday at Harpsden at 9.30am, even when there isn't a service. See here for more information on Sunday School.
This page previously contained the dates of our outreach of visiting the resident care homes within the benefice, which happens on a regular basis. Further information can be found on the Anna Chaplaincy page.