Services
- Our main Sunday service is webcast live at 10am on St Mary's YouTube channel and available is on demand throughout the week.
- A weekly Sunday service will be broadcast via the Church of England’s facebook page (you do not need a facebook account to access this)
- The Daily Service: every day at 9:45am on Radio 4 Long Wave.
- Sunday Worship: shortly after 8:00am on BBC Radio 4 and all BBC local radio stations.
- Songs of Praise: Sunday at 1:15pm on BBC1.
- The Royal School of Church Music is publishing a daily hymn for people to join in with and sing, and a short Sunday service you can join in with at home: here
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Prayer
- The clergy and other church members continue to pray daily at 9 am and 5 pm. You can pray the same daily office of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer by clicking the links. And you can find the bible readings for each day here.
- The sick and the departed will prayed for during the Eucharist offered in the Rectory on Sundays. Please contact the Rector if you would like a name added to one of these lists.
- The Church of England’s prayer apps contain the full range of options for Morning Prayer, Prayer During the Day, Evening Prayer and Compline:
- You may also find the Church of England Reflections for Daily Prayer helpful. This is available as an app (£12.99) or a book (£16.99).
- The Examen is a very helpful form of prayer that helps us discern the presence of God in our everyday lives. There are many versions available online, listed here is a version for adults and one for children and teens:
- There is an app called Reimagining the Examen which has a variety of different versions that you might find helpful. The app/podcast/website Pray as you Go is also an excellent way of attending to the presence of God in the midst of everything. There is also a new set of reflections for this period called Pray as you Stay.
- The Church Times is producing a weekly collection of prayers and resources for use at home called Lift up your Hearts (free, though you need to be a subscriber to access much of the rest of the site): sign up through their website.
- Christian Aid Daily Bible readings
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Reflections
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When Someone has died
- Sadly at the moment numbers able to attend a funeral are very limited. For some, it is also not possible to go to visit someone who is dying or visit the bereaved. Here are some prayers which you can use on hearing of a death, or on the day of a funeral. A simple reflection at home on the day of a funeral
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