Morning Prayer via Zoom (except Wed). Please send an email to [email protected] for details and a link

The evening Eucharist recalls Jesus’ last supper with his disciples – and the washing of the disciples’ feet. This service, beginning with a mood of intimacy, ends with the stripping of the altar and a procession to the Garden of Repose (in the Lady Chapel) which recalls the Garden of Gethsemane. The Watch, where Christians keep vigil as did Christ the night before his crucifixion, takes place until 9.30pm.

Our Walk of Witness on Good Friday morning, from Sacred Heart Church to the Town Hall, during which a large cross is carried, reminds us of Jesus’ journey from his trial before Pilate to the place of his crucifixion.

In the Liturgy of Good Friday symbols, words, and music enable us to accompany Jesus from his trial, to his death on the cross, and his burial in the tomb.
A solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.

In Jewish and Christian liturgical tradition the day starts not at midnight but at sundown. So we start to celebrate Easter on Saturday evening.
The Easter Vigil marks the first official celebration of the resurrection of Jesus – powerful scripture readings and beautiful liturgical traditions. The service begins outside with the kindling of the Easter fire and the lighting of the new Easter/Paschal candle, symbolizing the light of the risen Christ coming into the world.

1st Communion of Easter

A quieter said service
On the 1st Sunday of the month, we use the Book of Common Prayer

The 1st Sunday is All age Eucharist, other Sundays Parish Eucharist

During the School term, our wonderful Church Children leaders invite our St Bart’s Church Families for -
1st Sunday of the month – the All-Age Service, meeting in the children’s area and Lady Chapel in church;
2nd Sunday – in the Croft to learn more about God and have fun crafting;
3rd Sunday – in the Croft for singing and music-making;
4th Sunday – in the Croft for Lego Church … enjoying a Bible story and play with Lego!;
5th Sunday (when there is one!) – in church for the Sunday service.

In our Euchatists the Easter Garden is blessed, and we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and the empty tomb.

Baby/Toddler, Parent/Carer Group
A snack is provbided for the children, please bring a drink for the children and a cup or mug for the grown ups

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We meet the first Tuesday of the month in the Croft. A friendly group of like minds.

Service of Worship including Holy Communion

Thursday 12 March 2026 -Francis Spufford - Unapologetic (2012)

Thursday 9 April 2026 - Karen Armstrong - The Case for God (2009)

Thursday 7 May 2026 - C.S. Lewis - Mere Christianity (1952)

Christian history is full of thinkers and writers wrestling with the human condition and their understanding of god. Francis Spufford is a celebrated novelist for works like Golden Hill but is also a practising Christian and wrote a defence of faith with the subtitle, ‘why, in spite of everything, Christianity still makes surprising emotional sense’. Karen Armstrong is a former Roman Catholic sister who left her convent as a young woman and became a popular writer on religion writing books on Muhammad, Buddha, and the commonalities between faiths. She sets out her later more mystical Christian Faith in The Case for God. C.S. Lewis may be the most well-loved and influential Christian thinker in the modern Church of England. He argues that the experience of the Second World War persuades us that there really is good and evil in the world and that means there is God.

Everyone is Welcome – No Charge

A service of informal “cafe style”  worship and prayer
About 30-40 minutes of worship songs interspersed with prayer with time for relationship-building
and sharing too! Come and be blessed and bless others.

The season of Easter offers rich pickings for choral programme creators. The AVE spring concert at the church of St. Bartholomew and All Saints in Royal Wotton Bassett on Saturday April 25th at 7.00pm will include special pieces by Byrd, Rutter, Scheidt, Stanford and Weelkes which reflect the joy of the Resurrection.

Our main work will be the motet BWV229 “Komm, Jesu, komm” by J.S.Bach and we will also feature various Spring-related partsongs such as “All in the April Evening” and “We’ll gather lilacs in the spring again” together with a handful of Jazz standards. The organist and pianist Simon Dinsdale will be performing with us and we are sure that there will be something to suit all tastes.
We hope that you are able to join us for what promises to be a rousing evening of beautiful music.

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This is your chance to come and find out what we have been up to over the last 12 months, and a chance to look ahead and see what we might like to do in the future. Our churchwardens and Parochial Church Council (PCC) members are all elected at this meeting – so please consider whether you would like to come on to the PCC this time round. All are welcome to attend – and those on the Electoral Roll get to vote.

Evensong