The service of Evensong is unique to the Anglican church and is derived from the older Roman Catholic service of Vespers (or evening prayer). Its structure and wording are contained in the Book of Common Prayer, which dates from 1662.
The standard Evensong […..]
Bishop Neil Warwick
Bishop Neil Warwick was consecrated Bishop of Swindon on Thursday November 30th at Canterbury Cathedral.
At Christ Church, we have the privilege and responsibility of hosting the Diocesan Welcome
service and Reception for Bishop Neil.
The Old Town Partnership Choir will be leading […..]
Simon & Nicola at the heart of Old Town Community LifeYou are warmly invited to join us to celebrate the Revd.Canon Simon Stevenette’s 25 years as […..]
Please join us this Autumn as we consider together what it means to be part of a healthy, growing community here at Christ Church with St Mary’s, building new friendships Download the full programme here For more information please contact The Revd. Canon […..] |
We will be giving away bunches of daffodils to mothers at our services.
We invite you to join us on Sunday, 19th March 2023 at the following services:
8am Holy Communion, Christ Church
9am Holy Communion, St Mary’s
10am Informal Holy Communion, Christ Church – with […..]
The Chalice – Communion Cup
As is happening increasingly across our Bristol Diocese, the chalice will once again be distributed at every Holy Communion service at Christ Church and St Mary’s from this weekend.
This is good news as we know that many have […..]
We hold an All Age Service on the first Sunday of each month to which families are invited to join in with an informal worship suitable for all. Every other sunday during term time, we hold a Sunday Club. All […..]
After the lull of Covid, there is a lot beginning to happen in and around Christ Church.
We remain committed to balancing our Eco strategies with good communications. and so avoid printing unecessary paper where we can.
We have produced a downloadable leaflet on our […..]
We are looking forward to our annual Old Town Partnership Confirmation which will be on Sunday 8th May at 10am Bishop Viv, Bishop of Bristol will be confirming, along with Mark and Robert at Bath Road Methodist Church.
We will run a Confirmation preparation […..]
Simon Vicar
This week we heard Simon telling us about the importance of hope in a time of uncertainty. He reminds us too of our Christ Church mission and values.
We have a vision that we should be Christ’s Church in the community, […..]
This week’s service was about Transformation. Our Gospel reading
was about the Wedding Feast at Cana
Listen to Ailsa’s talk about transformation from this Sunday’ s service.
You […..]
We have reviewed our practices in line with the government’s Plan B measures to restrict the spread of the Omicron virus mutation. Whilst formal, 2 metre, distanced seating arrangements will continue to be relaxed during normal services, we ask that everyone remains […..]
