Weekly Service of medication

10 am Mattins in Church followed by coffee in the Hall

10 am Parish Eucharist in Church. On the first Sunday of the month we plan a special service headed by the Norbury Choir. For details see the current Pew sheet via our Web site at stmarysstokedabernon.org.uk/our-church/pew-sheets

Sung Evensong at 6 pm in Church

Chair Yoga in the Church Hall at 10:15 am. Suitable for all ages. If you want further information please contact the PArish Office on 01932 866005.

Said Communion BCP

A solemn Christian observance marking the start of Lent, where worshippers receive ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead as a symbol of repentance, mortality, and spiritual renewal, often accompanied by prayers, scripture readings, fasting, and reflection on preparing for Easter

A solemn Christian observance marking the start of Lent, where worshippers receive ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead as a symbol of repentance, mortality, and spiritual renewal, often accompanied by prayers, scripture readings, fasting, and reflection on preparing for Easter

Held on the first Sunday of each month at 10am. The worship includes congregational hymns and a thought-provoking address and is enhanced by the wide-ranging choral repertoire sung by our choir.

On the first Monday of each month (except April, August and December) we hold a regular programme of weekday ‘spud suppers’, entertainment and fellowship. These are open to everyone and is a great chance to catch up with old friends or make new ones. Please register in advance- see our Web site for details. https://www.stmarysstokedabernon.org.uk/

An euchmenical service for all followed by a light soup lunch in the hall

Family friendly eucharist honouring mothers and our Mother Church. Coffee served in the hall afterwards

A service to commemorates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, beginning Holy Week, featuring blessing and processing with palm branches, hymns of praise, and readings of the Gospel of the Passion, reflecting on Jesus' impending suffering and death before Easter.

Compline is the final Christian prayer service of the day, a quiet, contemplative night prayer recited before sleep, marking the end of the daily cycle of Liturgy of the Hours. It involves psalms, scripture, a short reading, prayers for protection, and the Nunc Dimittis, serving as a time for reflection, asking for forgiveness, and committing oneself to God's care overnight, often leading into the "Great Silence" in monasterie

This service commemorates the Last Supper, Jesus's new commandment to love, and leads into the solemnity of Good Friday by symbolically stripping the church bare, removing all decoration, candles, and linens to mirror Christ's humiliation and abandonment, leaving the space stark and empty in preparation for the crucifixion. This ancient tradition, often done after the Eucharist and foot washing, symbolizes Jesus being stripped of His garments before the crucifixion and leaves the church dark and silent

The Stations of the Cross is a Christian devotion, that commemorates Jesus' suffering and crucifixion through 14 images or carved stations, guiding participants on a spiritual pilgrimage to meditate on his final hours, from his condemnation to his burial, often performed during Lent. Devotees move from station to station, pausing at each to pray and reflect on specific moments of Jesus' Passion, often following a path of pictures or reliefs on church wall

Tenebrae (Latin for "darkness") refers to a Christian Holy Week service characterized by the gradual extinguishing of candles while reading scripture about Christ's Passion, symbolizing his death and burial, and ending in total darkness with a loud noise representing the earthquake at the crucifixion, creating a powerful meditation on suffering before the hope of Easter.

A special sunrise Christian worship service held on Easter Sunday morning, celebrating Jesus' resurrection as the first light appears, symbolizing new life breaking from darkness, often featuring an Easter fire, Paschal candle, scripture readings about salvation, hymns, and communion, connecting worshippers to the empty tomb and Christ's victory over death.

A Festal Eucharist for Easter is a grand, joyous Christian church service celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection, featuring elaborate music , special readings , liturgical elements like lighting candles from the Easter candle, and special prayers, all centered on the Holy Communion (Eucharist) as a joyful remembrance of the new life and hope brought by the Resurrection, unlike standard Sunday services.