Services  

All services use the Book of Common Prayer 2004. Those according to Order 2 are in Contemporary language, whereas those to Order 1 are in traditional language

The Worship at St John’s centres on the Eucharist, the normal pattern of worship being as follows:

Sundays:

8.00 – 8.30 a.m.

Holy Communion

(Order 2 on the 1st , 2nd , 4th , 5th Sundays;

  Order 1 on the 3rd Sunday of the month).

10.00 – 11.15 a.m.

Sung Eucharist ( Order 2.) every Sunday,

except the 1st Sunday of the month, when the 10.00 a.m. service usually takes the form of an all-age service of the Word (This service lasts 40 minutes).

11.45 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.

 Matins (Order 1) every Sunday,

except the 1st Sunday of the month when the service is Sung Eucharist ( Order 1 ). 

This service lasts about one hour.

6.30 – 6.50 p.m.

Evening Prayer ( Order 2 ) (said in the side chapel),

except on the 4th Sunday of the month when there is full choral evensong ( Order 1 ). 

This service lasts for one hour.

Weekdays: 

7.30 p.m. Wednesday:

 Holy Communion ( Order 2 )  

10.30 a.m. Thursday:

 Holy Communion ( Order 1 )

 9 a.m. Saturday:

 Holy Communion ( Order 2 )

Holy Communion is held on Saints’ Days.

Celebrations on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday are held at 10 a.m.

Services for special occasions; Confirmation, Remembrance Sunday, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week and Christmas will be as announced

 

Service Finder.

To find when a particular Order of Service is used:

Holy Communion ( Order 1)

8 am on the 3rd Sunday of the month

10.30 am on Thursdays

Holy Communion ( Order 2)

8 am on the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of the month

7.30 pm on Wednesdays

Saints Days

Sung Eucharist ( Order 1)

11.45 am on the 1st Sunday of the month

Sung Eucharist ( Order 2)

10 am on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of the month

Matins ( Order 1 ) 11.45 am on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of the month
Evening Prayer ( Order 2) 6.30 pm on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Sundays of the month
Choral Evensong ( Order 1) 6.30 pm on the 4th Sunday of the month
Service of the Word 10 am on the 1st Sunday of the month.