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Summer Garden Party , 10th June 2023 

The church is open daily  
from 8.30am - 6pm 
and on Saturday 10am - 6pm
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You can find out about our 
​  Weekday and Sunday services
HERE
and 'What is on' events HERE


This week's message from
Mother Emma

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Dear all
 
This evening we shall be welcoming Bishop Emma, the new Bishop of Kensington, for the Service of Confirmation at 6.30 pm.  Please do join us if you can, and hold Alpha, Cecile, Felix, Rafferty, Thomas, Victoria, Lucasta, George, Henry, Alex, Laura Ann, Jackie, Fatima, Ellen and Baharak in your prayers this evening.
 
This coming weekend we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, remembering how the disciples received the Holy Spirit in rushing wind and tongues of fire and the third great feast of the Christian Church.  We shall be starting our 9.30 Eucharist with a procession, singing some wonderful Pentecost hymns, so please do arrive promptly and join us.  At the end of the service, we shall extinguish the Paschal candle, having first lit our own candles from it as a symbol of the Spirit sending us out to carry the light of Christ into the world.
 
We are delighted to welcome a special guest preacher at Matins at 11.15, the Revd Duncan Dormor, General Secretary of USPG, one of the Church of England’s two mission agencies, and look forward very much to hearing him.   All our services will be in praise of the Holy Spirit, so we do hope that as many of you as possible will be with us on the third great Feast of the Christian Church - and we are delighted that this week we shall also be offering a Choral Evensong, for all those who find this especially inspiring and uplifting.
 
As the sun shines and summer seems finally to be on the way, please do take time to read the advert for our Summer Garden Party on 10th June Leonora and our Events team have come up with a wide range of wonderful activities and delicious food and drink stalls, and everyone is warmly invited to the Vicarage Garden for this community celebration.  Entrance is free but donations towards the entertainment would be gratefully received and can be given by using the QR code on the poster or the eventbrite link HERE.
 
We wish those of you going away on half-term a safe and relaxing trip, and we look forward to welcoming our families back on the final Sunday of half-term (June 4th) for our Family Eucharist for Trinity Sunday.  Martina will be in touch, seeking readers, prayers etc, and Mother Alice looks forward to seeing members of the Children’s Choir for their rehearsal before the service.
 
Come, O Spirit of God, and make within us your dwelling place and home.  May our darkness be dispelled by your light, and our troubles calmed by your peace; may all evil be redeemed by your love, all pain transformed through the suffering of Christ and all dying glorified in his risen life.  [Common Worship Night Prayer for Ascensiontide]
 
With my love and prayers
 
Mother Emma

25th May 2023

We are recruiting for an 
 Associate Vicar 
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  • Home
  • Services
    • Sunday & Weekday Services
    • Family Eucharist
    • Baptism Sundays
    • Healing Eucharist
    • Taize Eucharist
  • Life events
    • Weddings
    • Baptism
    • Confirmation
    • Funerals
  • What is on
    • The Clemson University Singers
    • Summer Garden Party 2023
    • Youth Summer event
    • Royal College of Music Recitals
    • Ramp Project to mark 150 years
    • Lighting up the church
    • On-line Exhibition
    • Lent Artist in Residence
  • About us
    • The Clergy & Parish Staff
    • Location
    • Vacancies
    • Mission Action Plan
    • Safeguarding
    • Gallery
    • Church Groups >
      • Homeless Ministry
      • Flower Arranger Group
    • Affiliated Groups & Charities >
      • Food Bank support
      • Glass Door support
    • Music at St Mary Abbots
    • Our Bells
    • History of St Mary Abbots >
      • Early Churches of Kensington
      • The building of our Church
      • Sir George Gilbert Scott
      • Famous residents
      • War Time Damage
      • The Cathedral-like Interior
    • PCC & Administration >
      • Annual report and financial statement
      • Electoral Roll >
        • Our Parish
      • PRIVACY NOTICE
    • Church Hire
    • St Mary Abbots Centre
  • Children
    • Children on Sunday >
      • Children's volunteers
    • Children's Choir
    • Bitesized Bible Group
    • School Eucharist
    • Mini Abbots Baby Group
    • Youth Ministry
    • Safeguarding children
  • Newsletter / Sermon
    • Sermons
    • Newsletter
    • Kensington Parish News
  • Support us
    • How to donate
    • Friends of St Mary Abbots
    • Legacy
    • Local Support