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Taize Eucharist takes place on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 5.30 pm 


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We hold a monthly Taizé service on the 3rd Sunday of every month at 5.30pm (with variations according in theme to the Church's calendar) to encourage people to encounter God in a new way. The informal candlelit service is quiet and reflective, and includes bible readings, prayers and times of silence as well as music. The meditative chants are simple and easy to learn, and you quickly be able to join in.
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Dates 2025
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 19 January
16 February
16 March
27 April (moved for Easter)
18 May 
15 June
20 July
17 August
15 September
21 October 
19 November
​7 December (moved for Advent)
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Taizé is the home of an international Christian community in southern France. The community is made up of over a hundred brothers, and regular times of prayers, chants and silence are at the heart of their daily life. By joining in our monthly Taizé service, not only are you able to experience God in a different way - you are also linking up with a community which spans the whole globe.

For more information about Taizé, visit the Taizé website at http://www.taize.fr or go to the Taizé in London page on Facebook.

The Taize website says, "Singing is one of the most essential elements of worship.  short songs, repeated again and again, give it a meditative character.  Using just a few words they express a basic reality of faith, quickly grasped by the mind.  As the words are song over many times, this reality gradually penetrates the whole being.  Meditative singing thus becomes a way of listening to God. It allows everyone to take part in a time of prayer together, and to remain together in attentive waiting on God, without having to fix the length of time too exactly.

To open the gates of trust in God nothing can replace the beauty of human voices united in song.  This beauty can give us a glimpse of 'heaven's joy on earth' as eastern Christians put it.  And an inner life begins to blossom within us."
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  • Home
  • Services
    • Sunday & Weekday Services
    • Family Eucharist
    • Baptism Sundays
    • Taize Eucharist
    • Healing Eucharist
    • Seasonal Services >
      • Candlemas
      • Ash Wednesday
      • Lent Reflections
      • Holy Week & Easter 2025
      • All Souls Service
  • Life events
    • Weddings
    • Baptism
    • Confirmation
    • Funerals
  • What is on
    • Royal College of Music Recitals
    • Demystifying Death, funeral planning 2025
    • Cornerstone University Chorale Recital
    • Summer Party 2025
    • Woodland Chorale
    • Nicene Anniversary talk
    • Georgia Symphony orchestra and Uzee Brown Society
  • Gallery
    • Railing Restoration Project
    • Access & Ramp Project
    • Lighting up the church
    • On-line Exhibition
  • About us
    • The Clergy & Parish Staff >
      • Vicars of St Mary Abbots
      • Updates from former Clergy
    • Location
    • Mission Action Plan
    • Volunteering
    • Church Groups >
      • Homeless Ministry
      • Flower Arranger Group
    • Affiliated Groups & Charities >
      • Food Bank support
      • Glass Door support >
        • Glass door sleepout 2024
    • 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
      • Covid Risk Assessment
      • PRIVACY NOTICE
    • Safeguarding
    • Church Hire
    • St Mary Abbots Centre >
      • Job Vacancies
  • Children
    • Safeguarding children
    • Sunday School >
      • Children's volunteers
    • Children and Family Eucharist
    • Mini Abbots Baby Group
    • Bitesized Bible Group
    • Youth Work & Ministry
    • School Eucharist
  • Newsletter / Sermon
    • Sermons
    • Newsletter >
      • Archived Newsletters
      • Kensington Parish News
  • Support
    • How to donate
    • Friends of St Mary Abbots
    • Legacy
    • Local Support