Carol & Christmas Services 2022
LET THE JOY BEGIN! SUNDAY 11 DECEMBER, 6pm TRADITIONAL SERVICE OF READINGS AND CAROLS CHRISTMAS EVE – The Return of MIDNIGHT MASS, 11.30pm CHRISTMAS DAY MASS, 10am EVERYONE...
Read MoreGRAND UNION ORCHESTRA: SONG OF AFRICA, Saturday 29 October, 7pm
Celebrating its own 40th Anniversary year, the Grand Union Orchestra presents a specially created show for Black History Month bringing together different generations of musicians and singers, to explore and honour the influence of African traditions on our society today. Led by Claude Deppa (South Africa – trumpet), performers include: Abass Dodoo (Ghana – master-drummer) Dhezy Nakeni (Angola – dikanza) Tawanda Mapanda (Zimbabwe – marimba) Jacqueline Lwanzo (Democratic Republic of the Congo – voice) Francis Fuster (Sierra Leone – talking...
Read MoreDaylight Music – Saturday 4 June, Midday
Minihi, Rattle + Fatima Lahham4 June 2022 at St John on Bethnal Green, midday to 2pm | advance tickets Space In This Place: we find ourselves in a gathering of musicians and the instruments they surround themselves with, of all sizes and shapes. Through the movements of mallets and of breath, they chime, they chirp or sing revealing the influence of many centuries of music and history. Watch carefully as a thought becomes an action, an action become a sound and those sounds fly back to us transforming into sensations, emotions, and endorphins as they reach our...
Read MorePENTECOST AT ST JOHN ON BETHNAL GREEN, 10am, Sunday 5 June 2022
Pentecost celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit to Jesus’ disciples following His Ascension after returning to them on Easter Day. It is derived from the Jewish Festival of Weeks – a celebration of the harvest. The growth of the disciples from the frightened group huddling in the Upper Room after Jesus’ arrest, to the confident Apostles ready to go out across the known world preaching Jesus’ message of divine love represents that first harvest for the Church. Come and join with us celebrating this festival with a Sung Mass at 10am. Pentecost...
Read MoreAscension Day
Mass for the Festival of the Ascension Thursday 26th May, 7pm “Jesus hasn’t just gone away. He has gone deeper into the heart of reality – our reality and God’s. He has become far more than a visible friend and companion; he has shown himself to be the very centre of our life, the source of our loving energy in the world and the source of our prayerful, trustful waiting on God. He has made us able to be a new kind of human being, silently and patiently trusting God as a loving parent, actively and hopefully at work to make a difference in the world, to make the kind of...
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