Holy Week for ChildrenWe have an informal worship at St Mark’s at 9.15am on Palm Sunday (2 April), followed by Palm Sunday fun activities including pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, and a bouncy castle. Then at 10.45am, we process through Surbiton down to St Andrew’s, remembering Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. You can stay for that service too or just peel off for your coffee/ home time!On Good Friday, at 10am at St Mark’s, we have a short act of worship specially designed for children, interacting with the Easter story. This is followed by a craft activity and hot cross buns to eat. Come at 10am. All done by about 11.30am. The worship itself lasts about 20 minutes.On Easter Day, at 9.15am, we have worship with the blessing of the Easter candle, an action song and informal delights, at St Mark’s; then our first choral eucharist will be at 11am on Easter Day including Sunday Club.
A simple lunch of soup, bread, cheese and salad will be provided at a cost of £5. Money raised will go to the Charity of the Month. The lunch will take place each month on the last Wednesday at St Mark's Church from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. All are welcome. During Lent we have the Wednesday lunch every Wednesday from 1st March to 29th March 2023. Please come along to St Mark's Church St Mark's Hill.
Though a noted performer of contemporary and lesser-known repertoire, Andrew enjoys performing a wide range of music spanning several musical periods. His concerto repertoire includes Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin and Barber, he has performed these composers with major orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Concert Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lorraine.Tickets are available at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/315383138457 and will be on sale on the door from 6:45pm.Andrew is professor of piano at the Royal College of Music, London, and at Goldsmiths, University of LondonThe programme at St Andrew's Church on Saturday 14th May will include Scarlatti, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Liszt and Valentin Silvestrov.
If your child would like to try the choir out please turn up at 4:30pm on a Friday afternoon at St Mark's Church. The choir is for school aged children from 7 – 13 years old.For more information contact the Parish Office at sasms@btinternet.com or the Director of Music Simon Harvey at simonharvey2017@gmail.com
