Choral Compline this evening

Our Compline service this evening will include music sung by St Clement's Choir. All our welcome this evening at 9.00pm to join us for this short, quiet and contemplative service at the close of day.

We are of course celebrating the Daily Offices each day, with Mattins at 9.00am, Vespers at 5.30pm and Compline at 9.00pm daily until Pentecost on Sunday 4th June. Our church is open throughout the day, and we invite you to join us at any time for private prayer, celebration of the Offices, or quiet contemplation.

Plainsong setting of Te Lucis Ante Terminum,
a hymn sung at Compline.

"Thy Kingdome Come" Week of Prayer

St Clement's is pleased to be taking part in global week of prayer, Thy Kingdom Come, as the church prays together for unity and confidence to be witnesses for Jesus Christ, and to welcome newcomers to our church and faith.

Our church will be open daily in the week leading up to Pentecost, from 9.00am until 6.00pm for prayer, and we hope to have a number of people praying in the church throughout these times. If you would like to sign up to be a part of this, please visit: https://www.thykingdomcome.global.

We will be observing the daily offices Monday to Friday. There will be a Pentecost Trail set up for our younger visitors to explore, and we'll also be holding a number of special services throughout the week. More details are below, and we welcome you to join us for prayer, worship and celebration of faith at any time.

Daily prayer, Monday to Friday:

• 9.00am: Morning Prayer (Mattins)
• 12 noon: Praying with the Lord's Prayer
• 12.30pm: "Restore" - prayer, stillness and contemplation
• 5.30pm: Evening Prayer (Vespers)
• 9.00pm: Night Prayer (Compline)

Additional services:

• Tu 30th May, 9.00pm, Choral Compline with the Choir of St Clement's
• Fr 2nd June, 8.30pm, Taizé Eucharist in anticipation of Pentecost
• Su 4th June, 10.00am, Choral Eucharist (Bp David Thomson)

Choir visit to Churchill College

The choir was pleased to be invited to sing evensong with the Churchill Chapel Choir at Churchill College in Cambridge. This was an excellent opportunity for the choir to sing repertoire not usually possible at regular Sunday morning services at St Clement's, and an exciting experience for singers from both choirs to sing in a much larger ensemble than they are usually able to in individual choirs.

A warm thanks to Dr Mark Gotham for the invitation, and we hope we are able to return the favour next term and invite Churchill's Chapel Choir to sing with us at one of our Sunday morning services at St Clement's.

Combined choirs of Churchill College and
St Clement's rehearsing with Dr Mark Gotham

Taizé services: spring / summer 2017

We have now confirmed dates for Taizé services throughout spring / summer 2017, and hope you are able to join us for these.

Services at St Clement's will be held on:

• Friday 2nd June, 8.30pm (with Eucharist)
• Friday 14th July, 8.30pm
• Friday 15th September, 7.30pm [tbc]

Please note the trial of a later start-time in June and July. 

There will unfortunately be no Taizé service in May due to the proximity of the April and June services and the relatively few Fridays in May. 

All are welcome, and we hope to see many of you there.

Taizé prayer in Easter

Friday 21st April, 7.30pm

Join us for an evening Taizé service, with prayers, chanting and silence as we reflect on and celebrate Christ's resurrection at Easter.

Bockhorst: The Triumphant Christ

He is risen! - Easter message from Canon Nick Moir

I think I could cope with an Australian Christmas - t-shirt, shorts, barbecue on the beach...  But I'm not sure about an autumnal Easter.  For me the celebration of the Resurrection is tied up with the coming of spring, the warming of the earth, new-born lambs and lengthening hours of daylight.

Spring is in the air and that brings a feeling of Hope.  The natural rhythm of the seasons chimes with those time-bound but eternal moments of death and resurrection that shape the way Christians view life, the world and everything.  The last days of Jesus on earth are for us the most meaningful moments of history, where we are touched by eternity.  Easter Day is the most joyous day of all - the loveliness of spring and the wonder of Resurrection combine to lift our hearts and fill our lips with Alleluias!

May the joy of Easter be yours too.

Canon Nick Moir
Priest-in-charge

Passiontide and Easter at St Clement's

We will be celebrating a number of festivals throughout this important time in the Church year. All are welcome, we hope you are able to join us. Full details of services below, please share with friends and family:

Friday 7th April, 6.00pm: Stations of the Cross
Sunday 9th April, 10.00am: Palm Sunday: Sung Eucharist, Canon John Morgan
Thursday 13th April, 6.00pm: Maundy Thursday: Low Mass and Vigil, Fr Robert van de Weyer
Friday 14th April, 10.00am: Good Friday Liturgy, Canon Nick Moir
Sunday 16th April, 10.00am: Easter Day: Sung Eucharist and Procession, Fr Andrew Mackintosh
Friday 21st April, 7.30pm: Taizé service: prayers, chanting and silence