Vicar's News - 28.12.25

Fr Ian
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You can see our 9.30am service on-line by clicking this link

Sunday service at 9.30am until 1 February 2026

Sat@6 at Sat@6

Peter Paul Rubens, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by the Holy Innocents, 1616

Christmas 1

I love the cheeky look on baby Jesus' face, but it is somewhat incongruous with the situation of the other children being slaughtered to apprease Herod's fear of the rise of a King of the Jews. Indeed, scholar's doubt that this slaughter actually occurred, but rather the story was included to highlight the fagile hold Herod felt he had on his kingdom.

Music on Sunday

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHIRSTMAS

CANTOR EUCHARIST @ 9.30 AM

Prelude: ‘Tierce en Taille’ from Messe pour les Couvents –

François Couperin (1668-1733)

Hymns: Processional All creatures of our God and King

Gradual A great and mighty wonder

Thanksgiving Now thank we all our God

Post Communion Love divine, all loves excelling

Setting: Christ Church Mass – Philip Matthias (b. 1954)

Psalm: 148: 1-6,14; TiS 93

Anthem: A New Year Carol – Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Motet: What child is this?

Postlude: In dulci jubilo BWV 729 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Sunday at 9.30am

From this Sunday until 1 February, there will be only one service on Sunday's at 9.30am.

Please join us then.

Christmas services

Our Carol & Lessons service, Midnight Mass and Christmas Day services can seen on our live YouTube link here.

We had a record number of perople joining us over Christmas Eve and Christmas day - some 820 people came to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Over 60 children joined in our service at 5pm on Christmas Eve, led by Mother Xeverie with her team comprising Diarne, Helen and Betty.

Our choir excelled themselves in the Service of Carols and Lessons which can be seen here. This is highly recommended if you were not able to attend.