Services – Steyning Parish Church of St Andrew and St Cuthman

WEEKDAYS

Click here for a brief summary of our usual public service times.

8am. Traditional Language Holy Communion (traditional language 1662, 35 minutes).

9:30am. Sung Eucharist (around 60 minutes)
Or: Music Group Eucharist (third Sundays).

(Usually) 6pm. Quiet Evening Service (20 minutes) on second, fourth and fifth Sundays.
Or: A special reflective service, usually on first Sundays (around 40 minutes).
Or: Choral evensong, usually on third Sundays (around 50 minutes).

CHILDREN are always welcome. At the 9:30 service on first, second, fourth and fifth Sundays they can join in junior worship at Church Cottage, rejoining the main service for the Eucharist. On third Sundays, children take part in readings and prayers and (sometimes) a dramatised Gospel during the Music Group Eucharist.

View the church calendar by clicking here.

ADVENT, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 2024

Click here for details of the services for Advent, Christmas and New Year at St Andrew’s & St Cuthman’s and our sister church of St James, Ashurst.

Sundays & Holy Days

First Sunday after Advent

Sunday, 8 December, 2024

Collect for the day

O Lord, raise up, we pray, your power
and come among us,
and with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness
we are grievously hindered
in running the race that is set before us,
your bountiful grace and mercy
may speedily help and deliver us;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory, now and for ever.
Amen.

Sermon

Fr Peter’s sermon at the 9:30 am Eucharist at Steyning will be recorded live and uploaded to the Sermons page after the service.

Bible readings

See this week’s notices for the Common Worship lectionary readings for the First Sunday of Advent.

Should you be unable to get to church, the Church of England continues to provide a videoed, pre-recorded service, available every weekend, and which can be followed here. Services continue to be streamed live from our Cathedral, and can be found here.

Sunday Evenings

We normally have an evening service at 6pm on Sundays.

On the first Sunday of the month this is Reflections, built around a period of quiet contemplation. (Note that there will be no Reflections service in December, instead we have the Steyning & District Churches Together ‘Darkness to Light’ candlelit processional carol service on 1 December, Advent Sunday )
We have Choral Evensong on the third Sunday of the month (except in August, when the choir is on holiday, and December, when we have Christmas choral evening services).
Otherwise there is usually a quiet evening service in our Cuthman Chapel in traditional language.

These times and dates may change according to season or special events, please refer to the current notice sheet.

Weekday Services

Our weekly 11:30am WEDNESDAY EUCHARIST takes place in the chancel . On the fourth Wednesday of the month this usually includes prayers for healing.
MORNING PRAYER is usually said in the Cuthman Chapel each weekday at 8:30am from Monday to Thursday.

You can follow the daily office of the Church of England online here. [Choose ‘Morning Prayer (Contemporary)’ if you wish to follow along with a typical recording below.]
You can also find links there to download a free Church of England Daily Prayer app for your smartphone or tablet.

Acknowledgements

COLLECTS AND READINGS

Collects and extracts from the Common Worship psalter are copyright © 2000, 2004 The Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England.
Readings from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicized Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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