As we advance through Lent, this week’s Liturgy of the Word includes music from Singapore and from the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. We open our worship with hymn 74, O for a heart to praise my God …
The Liturgy of the Word – the Lessons, Creed and Intercessions plus a sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland – enhanced by resources from around the internet. There are links to the text of the Lessons at the Bible Gateway website where you can hear the chapters read by the actor David Suchet, famous for portraying Hercule Poirot on TV. Thanks to YouTube, the Psalms and hymns for the day are sung by excellent choirs from around the world, as well as organ voluntaries. In addition, there are links to the words of the Psalms at the Episcopal.net website and hymns at Hymnary.org.
Sunday worship for 21 February 2021, Lent 1
As Lent begins we ask God to give us grace to discipline ourselves in submission to His Spirit, that as He knows our weakness so we may know his power to save. We open our worship with hymn 67, Forty days and forty nights …
Sunday worship for 14 February 2021, Transfiguration
This week our Liturgy of the Word reminds us that in our own ordinary lives, each of us is part of the unfinished task of the Mount of the Transfiguration. We open our worship with hymn 178, Tis good Lord, to be here …
Sunday worship for 7 February 2021, Presentation of Christ
Today’s Liturgy of the Word is complemented by videos of really uplifting choral and congregational singing, as well as moving organ music from the church of Saint Séverin in Paris. Please remember especially in your prayers today Jessie Bradshaw, who passed away this week at the age of 101, her daughter Janet and son Ian. We open our worship with hymn 408, Love Divine, all loves excelling …
Sunday worship for 31 January 2021, Epiphany 4
We still cannot worship together in church! However, it’s hoped that this Liturgy of the Word will help with personal devotions.
Sunday worship for 24 January 2021, Epiphany 3
Since we still cannot worship together in church, it’s hoped that this Liturgy of the Word will help with personal devotions, this week supported by music from two cathedrals, Westminster Abbey and Groningen in Holland. We open our worship with hymn 284, Father we thank thee who hast planted …
Sunday worship for 17 January 2021, Epiphany 2
Once more we’re unable to worship together in church so we hope that this Liturgy of the Word will help with your personal devotions, this week supported by music from Gloucester, Paisley, Asaba in Nigeria and Denver, Colorado. We open our worship with hymn 53, This day, the first of days was made…
Sunday worship for 10 January 2021, Baptism of the Lord
Once more we’re unable to worship in church so we hope that this Liturgy of the Word will help with your personal devotions, this week supported by music from New York, Lincoln, Chester, Sheffield … and Kalamazoo.
Sunday worship for 3 January 2021, Epiphany
‘Eternal God, who by a star led wise men to the worship of your Son, guide by your light the nations of the earth, that the whole world may know your glory’. Choral music this week comes from Ipswich, Chester – and Accra. We open with hymn 47, As with gladness men of old …
Sunday worship for 27 December 2020, Christmas 1
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy wonderful renditions of Chrustmas music, opening with hymn 21, A great and mighty wonder …
Worship for 25 December 2020, Christmas Day
Christ, who by his incarnation gathered into one all things earthly and heavenly, fill us with his joy and peace! Our online Liturgy of the Word for Christmas Day includes the music which we would love to sing in church, presented through video by fellow Christians who have shared their gifts with the world. Do join them in song wherever you are! We open our worship with hymn 42, While Shepherds Watched – and end it with it too …
Sunday worship for 20 December 2020, Advent 4
As we approach Christmas, this week’s Liturgy of the Word features choral music from two other All Saints churches – in London and Northampton – as well as organ music from Hamburg. We open our worship with hymn 186, Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord …
Sunday worship for 13 December 2020, Advent 3
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from Michigan, Ohio, Huddersfield, Cambridge and Epsom. We open our worship with hymn 12, On Jordan’s bank …
Sunday worship for 6 December 2020, Advent 2
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week’s music comes from a wide range of sources, including a parish church in Southampton, a Catholic community in Minnesota, and St Paul’s Cathedral. We open our worship with hymn 388, Jesus shall reign …
Sunday worship for 29 November 2020, Advent 1
This week we enjoy singing from the cathedrals of Ely, Lichfield, Lincoln and Sheffield, concluding with an organ voluntary from St Catherine’s Church in Hamburg, where JS Bach himself once played. We open our Liturgy of the Word with hymn 9, Lo He comes with clouds descending …
Sunday worship for 22 November 2020, Christ the King
As we enter a new phase of restrictions on our Sunday worship in church, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. On this Sunday of Christ the King there is, appropriately, some rousing music and we open our worship with hymn 352, Crown Him with many crowns …
Sunday worship for 15 November 2020, Second before Advent
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. We open our worship with hymn 139, Come, thou Holy Spirit, come …
Sunday worship for 8 November 2020, Remembrance
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. Please remember especially in your prayers Kenneth McCreadie, who passed away this week, and Brenda, and their family.
Sunday worship for 1 November 2020, All Saints
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. Our musical journey today takes us to Salisbury Cathedral, the Royal Albert Hall, Enschede-Oost in Holland and Old St Paul’s in Edinburgh. We open our worship with hymn 197, For all the Saints …
Sunday worship for 18 October 2020, Trinity 19
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. Please remember in your prayers Mary Marshall, whose ashes will be interred today at All Saints. We open our worship with hymn 146 – Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty …
Sunday worship for 11 October 2020, Trinity 18
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week’s music comes from Paisley, Belfast, Oxford and Chennai. We open our worship with hymn 436, Praise, my soul, the King of heaven…
Sunday worship for 4 October 2020, Trinity 17
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from St George’s Windsor, Westminster and Pershore Abbeys, from Holland and South Africa. We open our Harvest worship with hymn 259, Come, ye thankful people, come …
Sunday worship for 27 September 2020, Trinity 16
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from Paisley Abbey, Lincoln Cathedral and Pymble in New South Wales . We open our worship with hymn 499, Thy kingdom come O God …
Sunday worship for 20 September 2020, Trinity 15
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on Sunday mornings, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week’s musical pilgrimage takes us to Troon, Cardiff, Leipzig and Nairobi. We open with hymn 368, Guide me, O thou great Redeemer …
Sunday worship for 13 September 2020, Trinity 14
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on Sunday mornings, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. Today we enjoy choral and organ music from Wakefield and Hereford Cathedrals, opening in the company of the choir of Saint Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan with hymn 353, Dear Lord and Father of mankind …
Sunday worship for 6 September 2020, Trinity 13
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we end with majestic and inspiring renditions of Now Thank We All Our God from Cape Town and Bach’s toccata and fugue in d minor from Holland. But we open our worship with hymn 342, Breathe on me, Breath of God …
Sunday worship for 30 August 2020, Trinity 12
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from St Mary’s Kintbury in Berkshire, from the Bath Chorus and the Seraphic Voices of Toronto, from Wakefield and St Paul’s Cathedrals, and from the Upper Kirk in Kampen, Holland. We open our worship with hymn 76 …
Sunday worship for 23 August 2020, Trinity 11
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for the benefit of our wider audience. This week we enjoy music from St Peter’s, Hammersmith, Norwich Cathedral and Covenant Church in Houston, Texas.
Sunday worship for 16 August 2020, Trinity 10
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for the benefit of our wider audience. It also means we can enjoy music so generously provided from St Barnabas, Dulwich, Zwolle in the Netherlands, Tongatapu in the Kingdom of Tonga, and others.
Sunday worship for 9 August 2020, Trinity 9
Although we can now share the Eucharist together at All Saints on a Sunday morning, we continue to publish this weekly online Liturgy of the Word for those who are not yet ready to mix in public and for the benefit of our wider audience. It also means we can enjoy music so generously provided from Wakefield Cathedral, Grimsby Minster, Guildford United Reformed Church and others.