Ascension Day
Mass for the Festival of the Ascension Thursday 26th May, 7pm “Throughout this time between the Lord’s resurrection and ascension … the Lord in his providence … taught one lesson: … that the Lord Jesus Christ, who was truly born, truly suffered and truly died, should be recognised as truly risen. The apostles and all the disciples had been filled with fear by his death on the cross, and their faith in the resurrection had been hesitant; but now they gained such great strength from seeing the truth, that when the Lord went up to heaven, far from feeling sadness,...
Read MoreDAYLIGHT MUSIC, Noon, Saturday 7 May
Ted Barnes, Julia Biel + Me for Queen7 May 2022 at St John on Bethnal Green, midday to 2pm | advance tickets Postcards from the Past: What is a song if not a carefully constructed time capsule made of words, music, sounds, sensations, harmonies and history? This afternoon we enter the lives and experiences of three very different songwriters from different backgrounds. We will get to know them as they share these snapshots in song of their lives and of the musical moments they polished and perfected and now perform for us. Ted Barnes is a songwriter, composer and...
Read MoreJOZEF VAN WISSAM, 10 May, 7.30pm
Jozef van Wissem is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn. In 2013 van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of Only Lovers Left Alive at the Cannes Film Festival. Josef is renowned for his unusual approach to the Renaissance lute. Once the most popular of portable instruments, now a couple hundred years on, Van Wissem brings it back to life complimenting its past with a late Renaissance influence while merging his own distinct contemporary folk stamp on it. Tickets...
Read MoreMothering Sunday – 27 March
Half way through Lent – time to celebrate Mothers and Mothering! Parish Eucharist, 10am with daffodils.
Read MoreHOLY WEEK & EASTER 2022
For the first time since 2019 we are planning to be open for our full set of services for Holy Week and Easter. You are very welcome to join us for any or all these services! Palm Sunday 10 April, 10am (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85327692664?pwd=MjNBd3BBbWRTdDJQT2xrQnFQRzdwdz09 Meeting ID: 853 2769 2664, Passcode: 850665) Blessing of Palms at 10am in the church hall, followed by procession through Museum Gardens and Sung Mass in church Monday 11 April, 7.30pm Mass and Address Tuesday 12 April, 7.30pm Mass and Address Wednesday 13 April, 7.30pm Mass and Address Maundy Thursday 14...
Read MoreALL SOULS REQUIEM
ALL SOULS REQUIEM COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED Tuesday 3rd November, 7pm The annual service to give thanks to God for those who have died. Names in our Book of Remembrance will be read out, along with those whose funerals we have conducted during the Pandemic. All welcome. The service will also be streamed online...
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