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Monthly Services

CHORAL EVENSONG

(followed by refreshments wine and soft drinks)

Here at St. Giles we value our Anglican Choral Tradition.  With two outstanding Organists and an excellent Choir we aim to provide really beautiful music to the praise and glory of God and the enrichment of our lives.  So please come and experience the wonderful sound that is Choral Evensong.

Sunday 26th July - at 6.30pm

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - Standford in B Flat

Evening Hymn - Balfour Gardiner

Sunday 30th August - at 6.30pm

I was Glad Parry (Normal Setting)

Sunday 4th October - Harvest - at 630pm

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis - Harwood in A Flat

Thou Visiteth the Earth - Maurice Green

CROSSBEARERS - St Giles’ Sunday School

(At St. Giles’ Centre during 10.00 am Family Service)

    Perhaps you would like to know what we do?  Children start with the Crossbearers Scheme of Sunday School at about the age of 8, firstly with Junior Crossbearers, working through the sets of questions and going on to the Senior Crossbearers.  The children follow the questions at their own pace, so it is hard to say at what age they will finish.  The first thing they do as Juniors is the 'dot-to-dot' Church, going on to other pictorial adventures such as drawings of The Rector, the Verger, the Choir and their own face as member of Sunday School, and gradually more reading and drawing, using Bible Stories for Children books. 

    The first part of the Senior section is to learn the Lord's Prayer and discuss with the teacher the differences between the traditional and the modern Lord's Prayer.  The questions very gradually become more challenging, and include reading various Bible stories and being able to re-tell them to the teacher; going through the Services for Mattins, Evening Prayer, Communion, Baptism and the Marriage Services, and some study to know about the Parish and Diocesan boundaries.

    Going through blue, red, green, yellow, brown, silver and lastly, gold cross sections, each with six questions to work through, and each colour having questions with slightly more content, the Sunday School teachers feel that the children finish the course with a wide knowledge of the Church and the Bible.

Parish Groups

Would you like to learn more about your faith? Would you like to get to know people in the congregation better?  If you have answered yes to both these questions, then the solution is easy – join one of the small groups meeting across the parish.  Which one will you choose?

Monday morning, monthly, in Summerhill Close, leader Irene Hawkins.

Tuesday evening, weekly in term time, in Maxwell Gardens, leader Churchwarden, Janet Snelling.

Thursday afternoon, fortnightly, in Ferndown Ave, leader Evelyn Morgan.

Thursday evening, fortnightly, in Tubbenden Lane South, leader Heather Argent.

If you are interested in joining a group, please speak to the Rector ( 01689 856931), or Heather Argent, the house group co-ordinator (01689 857785) .

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