Services at the Abbey Church
Sunday Services
- 8.30 a.m.
- Holy Communion: a quiet, reflective communion service with sermon, based on the 1928 prayer book.
- 10.30 a.m.
- Parish Eucharist: a Common Worship communion service with hymns, some parts are sung by the congregation and choir. The service has a formal structure but encompasses moments of informality and humour! For children, there is a Sunday Club that meets for the first part of the service on the second and fourth Sunday of the month. The service lasts about an hour.
- We invite you to stay for refreshments and fellowship after the 10.30am service.
- 4.00 p.m.
- Choral Evensong (2nd and 4th Sundays): a service (main church) using the 1928 prayer book for evening prayer led by the Choir. With psalm, hymns, canticles, anthem and sermon.
Weekday Services
- Wednesday
- Holy Communion: 10.30 a.m. in the main Church. A 1928 Book of Common Prayer communion service. Lasts 35 minutes.
This month
April
April
- Sunday 6th – Fifth Sunday in Lent
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8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist
- Sunday 13th – Palm Sunday
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8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.15 a.m. Procession from Market Square
10.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist with a dramatised reading of the Passiontide Gospel
music
Kyrie: Inwood
Sanctus: Inwood
Agnus Dei: Sumsion (Communion Service in F)
Shephard And didst thou travel light
Sumsion There is a green hill far away
4.00 p.m. Choral Evensong
music
Responses: Plainsong
Canticles: Tallis (Short service in the Dorian mode)
Chilcott God so loved the world
- Thursday 17th – Maundy Thursday
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8.00 p.m. Eucharist of the Last Supper with Vigil
music
Leighton Communion Service in D
Barnard (arr.) In the heart where love is abiding
Shephard A new commandment
Bairstow Lamentation
- Friday 18th – Good Friday
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12.00 noon The Seven Words from the Cross – A Meditation for Good Friday
music
Sumsion There is a green hill far away
Tallis Salvator mundi
Bull In the departure of the Lord
Followed by private prayer until 3.00 p.m.
- Saturday 19th – Easter Eve
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7.30 p.m. The First Mass of Easter, attended by the North Epping Mission and Ministry Unit
music
Agnus Dei: Nardone (Mass of St Cedd)
- Sunday 20th – Easter Day
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8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist
music
Gloria: Rutter
Sanctus: Inwood
Agnus Dei: Mozart (Missa brevis in C, ‘Spatzenmesse’ )
Lindley (arr.) On Easter morn, ere break of day
Hurford Magdalen, cease from sobs and sighs
4.00 p.m. Festal Evensong
music
Responses: Radcliffe
Canticles: Murrill (in E)
Ledger (arr.) This joyful Eastertide
- Sunday 27th – Second Sunday of Easter
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8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist
4.00 p.m. Choral Evensong
May
- Sunday 4th – Third Sunday of Easter; Dedication Festival
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8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist
- Sunday 11th – Fourth Sunday of Easter
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8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist
4.00 p.m. Choral Evensong
- Sunday 18th – Fifth Sunday of Easter
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8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist
- Sunday 25th – Sixth Sunday of Easter
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8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist
4.00 p.m. Choral Evensong
- Thursday 29th – Ascension
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8.00 p.m. Choral Eucharist
Special Services
Weddings
We welcome enquiries about weddings, please contact the Parish Office for details. See also our Wedding Guide.
Renewal of Wedding Vows
Take place throughout the week. Please contact the Parish Office for details.
Baptisms
Baptisms usually take place on the first or third Sunday of the month after the main Sunday morning service. Enquiries please to the Parish Office.
Funerals
These usually take place on weekdays. Please make enquiries with the Parish Office.
Memorial Service
This usually takes place twice a year on a Sunday in spring and autumn (for dates and times, please see above or in the weekly notices; alternatively contact the Parish Office). A time to remember the departed who were close to us. All welcome.
Other Resources
The resources below are available for you to use at home:
- An order of service for Morning Prayer at Home.
- An order of service for Night Prayer.
- The monthly Prayer Diary.
- The Church of England Daily Hope phone line: 0800 804 8044 (freephone). Please pass this phone number on to those who don't have access to anything other than a telephone.
