Motet: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace

This Sunday at our online Zoom Eucharist, the choir presented their next multi-track recording, singing Wesley's sublime anthem, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace". It's a great joy that even though the choir isn't able to meet in the same space to rehearse and sing, they are at least able to stay in touch and create music from their own homes for our congregation to share and enjoy.

Motet for Corpus Christi

Last Sunday at our online Zoom Eucharist, we celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi. To enhance our worship, the choir prepared their first ever multi-track recording, singing Byrd's beautiful setting of Ave Verum Corpus. Like many others, the choir can't wait to be back singing together in the same space, but for now we are pleased we are able to bring the singers together virtually for this performance. We hope you enjoy!

Sermon by Fr John Summers - 17th May 2020

We offer our apologies to those who were unable to join last Sunday's service online via Zoom. We suffered a number of technical issues with the online platform, and were not the only church in the UK experiencing difficulties that morning.

For those who missed Fr John Summers' excellent sermon that morning, we are pleased to be able to offer it online on our YouTube channel (alongside recordings of past sermons and services). We hope you enjoy!

Palm Sunday Eucharist available online

Unfortunately, a late change in Zoom's policies meant that not everyone was able to access this Sunday's online Eucharist for Palm Sunday. A recording of the service is now available to watch on our YouTube channel, including Bp Rowan's wonderful sermon reflecting on the Passion Gospel.

We apologise for the occasional loss of quality or poor audio in this video - we hope to have a more reliably recorded service next time around. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel to revisit the latest services when they are uploaded.

Holy Week 2020 at St Clement's

We hope you can join us online for our Holy Week services at St Clement's. These are available to access via Zoom at: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6200111351.

Our services are:

• Sunday 5th April, 11.00am, Sung Mass for Palm Sunday
• Thursday 9th April, 6.30pm, Low Mass for Maundy Thursday
• Friday 10th April, 2.00pm, "An hour by the Cross"
• Sunday 12th April, 11.00am, Sung Mass for Easter Day

On Good Friday, we will also be releasing a video for the Stations of the Cross you are welcome to use in your own prayers and reflections, featuring devotional images, scripture and poetry. Please check back here for more details.

Online worship at St Clement's

Due to the ongoing needs to contain the coronavirus epidemic, we are unfortunately unable to broadcast our services from St Clement's Church itself. However, we invite you to join our 'digital' congregation online, with our Sunday Eucharist celebrated at 11am. The service will be available via the Zoom platform, at https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6200111351, with the online meeting staying open for some time after the service to allow for conversation and social contact.

We do hope you can join us for our service, and we look forward to welcoming you to our online church.

Sunday 22nd March 2020: Sung Mass at St Clement's

We invite you to join in with our Communion, at a celebration of this Sunday morning's Sung Mass at St Clement's. With celebrant and preacher Fr Robert van de Weyer, and cantors from the Choir of St Clement's Church.

Please do follow our website, YouTube channel, and Facebook page to participate in new services when they are broadcast.

Worship at St Clement's

In line with Church of England and government policy, all public services and events at St Clement's are, regrettably, suspended until further notice.

However, this does not mean a lack of activity at St Clement's, and we hope to be able to support our community and congregation in many other ways in the coming weeks, and will keep you updated with news.

We will endeavour to keep the church open where possible, during the daytime, for private prayer and reflection. Prayer will continue at the church, with the Daily Offices of Morning Prayer, Ante-Communion and Evening Prayer spoken in the church. We invite you to join us in thoughts and words from wherever you may be at present, and you are welcome to get in touch with any requests for prayers in particular causes.

We will also continue to celebrate Sunday Mass at St Clement's. Though held in private, this service will be available to watch online shortly thereafter, and we will be posting details of how to take part in the service through the digital channel wherever you may be. We will be posting details of the latest videos and how to access them on our website and Facebook Page; do stay in touch.

A Festival of Lessons and Carols: Sun 15th Dec, 5.00pm

Please do join us this Sunday evening at 5.00pm for our Festival of Lessons and Carols at St Clement's. The is beautiful, candlelit service features magnificent choral music and favourite congregational carols as we are taken on a journey from Isaiah's prophecies of the Messiah through to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem and the Word Incarnate.

The music is supported by the joint choirs of St Clement's and The Orlando Singers. Mince pies and mulled wine (or apple juice) will be available after the service, and all are welcome.

The Word Made Flesh: Sun 27th Jan, 5.00pm

Join us for the first of this term's evening choral services at St Clement's, as part of the Contemplative Eucharist series. We will be celebrating a journey through the season of Epiphany, from ancient prophecy, through Jesus's childhood, the wedding at Cana and the arrival of the Light of the World.

The choir will be singing music by Palestrina, Handel, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Ireland, with readings from scripture, as well as poetry by Sansom, Rilke and Guite. The service begins at 5.00pm, and all are welcome. We hope to see you there.

Lessons and Carols: Sun 16th Dec at 5.00pm

Please do join us this Sunday evening at 5.00pm for a traditional service of Lessons and Carols at St Clement's Church. The service features beautiful choral music and favourite congregational carols by candlelight as we are taken on a journey from Isaiah's prophecies of The Messiah through to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem and the Word Incarnate.

The music is supported by the joint choirs of St Clement's and The Orlando Singers. Mince pies and mulled wine (or apple juice) will be available after the service, and all are welcome.

Sun 22nd July: Choral Evensong - Patronal Festival, 5.30pm

This Sunday evening we will be holding a reflective choral evensong in celebration of our Patronal Festival this Sunday at St Clement's. The choir will be singing Canticles by Dyson, and anthems by Joubert, Harris and Bruckner; there will also be poetry by RS Thomas, and opportunities for silent prayer and reflection.

Our service begins at 5.30pm, and follows the traditional language of the Book of Common Prayer. We hope you are able to join us for this unique service.

Choral Eucharist: Sun 24th July, 5.30pm

Please join us this evening at 5.30pm for a special Choral Eucharist, with readings, poetry and meditative silence to mark the Nativity of St John the Baptist. Our choir will be joined by The Orlando Singers, singing Vierne's great Messe Solennelle, as well as Gibbons' "This is the record of John".

All are warmly invited to this unique service, and we hope to see you there!

Sunday time change: 11AM from 3rd Sept 2017

It's been a quiet few weeks on our News Feed as activities wound down for the summer break. We have been beavering away behind the scenes though for events coming up over the next months, so stay tuned for more information in the next few days.

For now, just a reminder to all our digital followers that from this coming Sunday (3rd September) we will be shifting to a slightly later start-time for our principal Sunday morning service.

Sung Eucharist will now be celebrated at 11AM, though of course aside from this, our Sunday services and worship will remain unchanged. We look forward to seeing you there!