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United Parish of East Harptree with West Harptree and Hinton Blewett
Online Service Broadcasts for the United Parish of East Harptree with West Harptree and Hinton Blewett
Welcome to our online service of Compline, a time to reflect at the start of Holy Week 2022.
Our service is led by Reverend Karen Spray with music by Tricia Rees-Jones who also produced the service.
Adrian Moore and Mary Cookson lead an online service for Epiphany and the New Year. It follows a Celtic Liturgy and has appropriate readings and music.
Adrian serves up a Christmas Feast of carols, seasonal readings and music plus a special news report on the birth of a new King 'live' from Bethlehem!
Welcome to our online service of Evensong for the Feast of All Souls. Our service is led by Brian de Looze, Joanna Brown reads the lessons, Elaine Avery leads the intercessions and Derek Griffin is our Cantor. The preces and responses are sung by the remotely-recorded Parish choir and the remaining musical elements of the service are performed by Tricia Rees-Jones who was also the producer.
It is traditional at this service to remember those who are dear to us but who have departed this life. The service includes a Prayer by John Donne and the anthem 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' from Handel's Messiah and you are invited to use that time to reflect and remember those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore and in a greater light.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
Welcome to our online service of Choral Evensong for the 14th Sunday after Trinity. We are delighted that this is a recording of a live service which took place at St Laurence's, East Harptree; the first live, relatively normal (albeit socially distanced), choral evensong since March 2020.
Our service is led by Elaine Avery, who also leads our intercessions, and the readers are Janet Jones and Tricia Rees-Jones. The cantor is Derek Griffin and the choir is led by Tricia Rees-Jones who also plays the piano.
The anthem is a setting of the well-known hymn 'Be Still for the Presence of the Lord' by David Evans and arranged by Richard Shephard and the closing voluntary is the middle movement 'Andante' from the Italian Concerto by J S Bach.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
Our service today draws on material from liturgies from Lindisfarne by Ray Simpson, published by Kevin Mayhew; by kind permission of the writer and publisher.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise, reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website, with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise, reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishoners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website and other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
A weekly online presentation of prayer and praise, reflecting the readings for each Sunday in the year, read by parishioners, following the three year lectionary cycle.
It is produced by Adrian Moore, the Verger for the United Parish of East and West Harptree with Hinton Blewett.
Music is supplied by the Church of England's Resources Website with other contributions from Adrian's own archive of sound recordings.
Welcome to our online service of Evensong for the 5th Sunday after Trinity.
The service was recorded live in the churchyard of St Laurence's East Harptree (complete with much local bird and insect life as you will hear) and was the first live service with choral singing in the Parish since March 2020; a very special event.
The service is led by Mary Cookson who also leads the intercessions, the readers are Barry Rider and Jill Broadhead and the cantor is Derek Griffin. The choir is directed from the keyboard by Tricia Rees-Jones who also recorded and produced the service. Special credit should also be given to the local blackbird population who have joined their songs to ours as the choir have rehearsed outside for the past few weeks as covid regulations have allowed.
Welcome to our online service of Choral Evensong for the feast of Corpus Christi.
This is a very special service as it marks the first time for 14 months that the choir have been able to meet in person - socially distanced - to record the choral sections of the service. Our service is led by Brian de Looze, the readings are read by Tricia Rees-Jones and our prayers are led by Mary Cookson. Derek Griffin is the Cantor.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for Trinity Sunday, our final online Sunday morning service for the moment. Our monthly services of Evensong and Compline will continue online for the time being with the next service (Evensong for the Feast of Corpus Christi - transferred) on Sunday 6 June.
Our service is led, as he has for the last 8 months, by the Reverend Trevor Stubbs to whom we offer our grateful thanks as well as everyone who has contributed as a reader or leading our prayers. An especial thanks is due to Adrian Moore for all his work in recording and producing services over the whole lockdown period and to Tricia Rees-Jones and the virtual parish choir for performing and recording the music.
The Epistle today is read by Bryn Bowles and the Gospel by Gill Stobart. Our prayers are led by Guy Stobart.
Welcome to our online service of Eucharist for the Feast of Pentecost.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Elaine Avery and the Gospel by Mary Cookson. Our intercessions are led by Jenny Cruse. The service was produced by Trevor Stubbs and Tricia Rees-Jones who also performs the music.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the Sunday after Ascension Day.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Michèle Day and the Gospel by Joanna Brown. Our intercessions are led by Gill Stobart. The service was produced by Trevor Stubbs and Tricia Rees-Jones who also performs the music.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for Ascension Day.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Brian De Looze and the Gospel by Gill Stobart. Mary Cookson leads our prayers. The service was recorded and produced by Trevor Stubbs.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 6th Sunday of Easter.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Joanna Brown and the Gospel by Mary Cookson. Our prayers are led by Arabella and Harriet Jones. The music is performed and recorded by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service was produced by Trevor Stubbs and Tricia Rees-Jones.
Welcome to our online service of Compline, Night Prayer, for the 5th Sunday of Easter. Our service is led by Reverend Karen Spray and the intercessions by Mary Cookson. The music is sung and the service produced by Tricia Rees-Jones.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 5th Sunday of Easter which is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs. The Epistle is read by Kevin Brown and the Gospel by Jo Brown while Sue Taylor leads our prayers. The music is performed by Tricia Rees-Jones who also produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 4th Sunday of Easter.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs and the epistle is read by Barry Rider. The Gospel is read by Hazel Rider and Brian De Looze leads our prayers.
The music is from the Church of England Resources Hub. The recessional music, the Second Organ Concerto by Charles Avison, is played by the Reverend Ivan Fowler. Adrian Moore recorded and produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 3rd Sunday of Easter.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs and the epistle is ready by Wendy Gregory. The Gospel is read by Bryn Bowles and Guy Stobart leads our prayers.
The music is from the Church of England Resources Hub. The recessional music, ‘Alla Hornpipe’ from Handel’s Water Music, chosen as a tribute to the late Duke of Edinburgh, is played by the Reverend Ivan Fowler. Adrian Moore recorded and produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 2nd Sunday of Easter.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs and the Epistle is read by Bryn Bowles. The Gospel is read by Adrian Moore and Gill Stobart leads our prayers. Adrian Moore recorded and produced the speech content of the service. Tricia Rees-Jones performed, recorded and produced the music.
Welcome to our online celebration of Holy Communion on Easter Sunday. He is risen! Alleluia!
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs with the Epistle read by Tilly Joskey. Mary Cookson reads the Gospel and Adrian Moore leads our prayers.
The Agnus Dei from the Chew Valley Service by Andrew Day is sung and recorded remotely by our Parish Choir who also sing the anthem The Easter Song of Praise by Richard Shephard. The Exsultet, hymns and closing voluntary (Prelude on 'St Albinus' by Alec Rowley) are played and sung by Tricia Rees-Jones who produced the music. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online Meditation for Good Friday.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs. Readings are by Elaine Avery, Bryn Bowles, Adrian Phillips, Guy Stobart, Janet Jones, Adrian Moore, Barry Rider, Hazel Rider and Maggie Brain. The reflective music is De torrente in via bibet from Dixit Dominus by Handel (Tricia and David Rees-Jones), Prelude by Hopner (Tricia Rees-Jones) and The Call from Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams (David Rees-Jones with Tricia Rees-Jones on piano). The music was recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and Adrian Moore recorded and produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Holy Communion for Maundy Thursday.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Michele Day and the Gospel by Andrew Day. Adrian Moore both leads our prayers and recorded and produced the service. Music is performed, recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones.
Welcome to our online meditation for the Wednesday of Holy Week.
We are very grateful to Reverend Ron Hart of Salisbury for recording and leading our service. The music is performed and the service produced by by Tricia Rees-Jones.
Welcome to our online Meditation for the Tuesday of Holy Week.
We are very grateful to Rachel Hall, Lay Reader at St John's Keynsham, for leading, recording and producing this service of reflection.
Welcome to our online service for Palm Sunday, the celebration of our Lord's entry into Jerusalem and the start of Holy Week.
The service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs and the Passion Gospel is read by Adrian Moore. Robbie Drewett reads the Epistle, the Gospel is read by Judith Hutchins and Sue Taylor leads our prayers. The music is performed, recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Please join us for our online services during Holy Week:
Monday - Compline
Tuesday and Wednesday - Meditations and reflections for Holy Week
Maundy Thursday - Holy Communion
Good Friday - Meditation
Easter Sunday - Holy Communion
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 5th Sunday of Lent, also known as Passion Sunday.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs and the Epistle is read by Elaine Avery. Bryn Bowles reads the Gospel and Mary Cookson leads our prayers. The music is performed, recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 4th Sunday of Lent - Mothering Sunday.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs and the Epistle is read by Lois Phillips. The Gospel is read by Maggie Braine and Jenny Cruse leads our prayers.
Today's anthem is A Gaelic Blessing by John Rutter sung by Emily and Addie Butcher accompanied by Tricia Rees-Jones who also performs the hymns. The music was recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and Adrian Moore recorded and produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Compline, Night Prayer, for the 3rd Sunday of Lent.
Our service is led by Reverend Karen Spray and our intercessions are read by Kevin Brown. The music is performed and recorded by Tricia Rees-Jones who also produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 3rd Sunday of Lent.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, Barry Rider reads the Epistle and the Gospel is read by Rosemary Bennett. Our prayers are led by Guy Stobart and the music is performed, recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 2nd Sunday of Lent.
Our service is led by Reverend Catherine Llewelyn-Evans, Diana Martin reads the Epistle and the Gospel is read by Richard Martin. Rosemary Bennett leads our prayers and the hymns and reflective music is performed, recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 1st Sunday of Lent.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Hazel Rider, the Gospel by Bryn Bowles and Adrian Moore leads our prayers. The music is performed, recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service for Ash Wednesday; the beginning of the season of Lent.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs. The psalm is read by Elaine Avery, the Epistle by Maggie Brain and Kevin Brown reads the Gospel. Our prayers are led by Mary Cookson. The music is performed, recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and Adrian Moore recorded and produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the last Sunday before Lent also known as Transfiguration.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Annabel Attridge, the Gospel by David Maine. Andrew and Michele Day lead our prayers and Tricia Rees-Jones plays and sings the hymns and final voluntary. Our anthem this morning is a setting of Be Thou My Vision by Bob Chilcott. It was recorded remotely and is sung by Emily and Addie Butcher with Tricia Rees-Jones on the piano. The music was recorded and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and Adrian Moore recorded and produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 2nd Sunday before Lent.
Our service is led by Rev. Trevor Stubbs and the Epistle is read by Jo Brown with Rev Catherine Llewelyn-Evans reading the Gospel. Our prayers are led by Arabella and Harriet Jones and the music is performed and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Evensong for the 2nd Sunday before Lent.
Our service is led by Brian de Looze, Kevin Brown reads the lessons and Mary Cookson leads our prayers. Cantor is Derek Griffin and the anthem, recorded remotely by our choir, is Fairest Lord Jesus, a Silesian folk song arranged by Martin How. Tricia Rees-Jones sings the canticles and hymn and the service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore and Tricia Rees-Jones.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, also known as Candlemas, the point at which we both look back 40 days to Christmas and forward to the approaching seasons of Lent and Passiontide.
Reverend Catherine Llewelyn-Evans leads our worship, the Epistle is read by Barry Rider and the Gospel by Elaine Avery. Hazel Rider leads our prayers and the music is performed and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 3rd Sunday of Epiphany.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs. The Old Testament reading is read by Leslie Zerburg, the Gospel by Robbie Drewett and the prayers are led by Cassie, Emily and Addie Butcher. Music is performed and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 2nd Sunday of Epiphany.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs with the Psalm read by Maggie Brain and the Gospel by Adrian Phillips. Our prayers are led by Mary Cookson, the organ solos played by Reverend Ivan Fowler and the hymns performed and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 1st Sunday of Epiphany and the Baptism of Christ.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs with the Epistle read by Michele Day and the Gospel by Rosemary Bennett. Our prayers are led by Jenny Cruse and the music is performed and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship as we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, Judith Hutchins reads the Epistle and Caroline Elliott the Gospel. Our intercessions are led by Adrian Moore who also recorded and produced the service. Music performance and production is by Tricia Rees-Jones.
May we wish everyone a happy, healthy and blessed New Year.
Welcome to our online service of Compline - Night Prayer - for Epiphany.
The service is led by Rev, Karen Spray and Mary Cookson leads our prayers. The music is by Tricia Rees-Jones who also produced the service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 1st Sunday after Christmas.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs with readers Gill Stobart (Epistle) and Christine Bayliss (Gospel). Our prayers are led by Mary Cookson. The music is performed and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online Service of Six Lessons and Carols. While the global pandemic has made this year’s a very different service it is nevertheless a wonderful celebration of the birth of Christ. Many people have braved new technology and become part of our 'virtual' choirs and congregation and I would like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has taken part or enabled others to take part in this way; you have made this truly a community celebration of Christmas. Listeners are warmly encouraged to raise their voices with the members of the Christmas Virtual Congregation where indicated on the order of service which you can download via the same email as brought you the link to this service.
Many people were involved in making this service and they are all listed in the order of service, but an especial thank you goes to the staff of East Harptree Primary School for enabling the children to record their carol during this most disrupted of terms.
Our weekly podcast services reach out to people over a wide geographical area: across the UK, Europe and even into the USA and, wherever you are listening - and singing - I wish you and your family and friends a very happy and blessed Christmas.
Tricia Rees-Jones
Director of Music
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the Feast of Christmas Day.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs with the Old Testament lesson read by Elaine Avery and the Gospel by Barry Rider. The music is performed and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service is produced by Adrian Moore. We wish you, your family and loved ones a happy, peaceful and blessed Christmas.
Welcome to our online service for the 4th Sunday of Advent. Our worship is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs. The Epistle is read by Elaine Avery and the Gospel by Hazel Rider. Our intercessors are Cassie, Emily and Addie Butcher, Guy Stobart and Hazel Rider. Music is performed by the Horfield Parish Choir with their organist Reverend Fowler, and Bryn Bowles and Adrian Moore. Adrian Moore recorded and produced the service.
Welcome to our online service for the 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs. Jenny Chapman reads the Epistle, the Gospel is read by Maggie Brain and our prayers are led by Gill Stobart. Music is performed and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 2nd Sunday of Advent.
Our service is led by Reverend Catherine Llewelyn-Evans, the Epistle is read by Joanna Brown and the Gospel by Colin Chapman. Hazel Rider leads our intercessions. Our thanks to Tricia Rees-Jones for providing and producing the musical elements of the service and to Adrian Moore for his recording and production skills in producing the service.
Join us again for our monthly service of Evensong for the 2nd Sunday of Advent featuring a remotely-recorded anthem by our choir and canticles recorded on their visit to Wells Cathedral in 2013.
Welcome to our online service of Evensong for the 2nd Sunday of Advent.
Our service is led by Brian de Looze with readings by Adrian Moore and prayers read by Mary Cookson. The canticles are sung by the Parish Choir and were recorded in Wells Cathedral in 2013 while the anthem, preces and responses, also sung by the Parish Choir, were recorded remotely and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for Advent Sunday.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Diana Martin and the Gospel by Kevin Brown. Adrian Moore leads our intercessions and to mark the start of the Christian year and the season of Advent, our choir have recorded remotely the anthem Creator of the Stars of Night. Thanks to Tricia Rees-Jones for recording and producing the music and to Adrian Moore for recording and producing the service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for Christ the King.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs. The epistle is read by Janet Jones, the Gospel by Richard Martin, and our intercessions are led by Leslie Zurburg. The music is played Andrew Day and the hymns sung by Andrew, Michele and Charles Day. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Here is the backing track for you to use in your recording for our Virtual Christmas Congregation. Play the track through headphones or earphones and then record your singing via a different device; a phone is absolutely perfect for this.
Once you have recorded your version, please send it as an mp3 or mp4 file to xmaschoir3@gmail.com
Here is the backing track for you to use in your recording for our Virtual Christmas Congregation. Play the track through headphones or earphones and then record your singing via a different device; a phone is absolutely perfect for this.
Once you have recorded your version, please send it as an mp3 or mp4 file to xmaschoir3@gmail.com
Here is the backing track for you to use in your recording for our Virtual Christmas Congregation. Play the track through headphones or earphones and then record your singing via a different device; a phone is absolutely perfect for this.
Once you have recorded your version, please send it as an mp3 or mp4 file to xmaschoir3@gmail.com
Thank you and happy singing!
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 2nd Sunday before Advent.
Our service is led by Reverend Trevor Stubbs with the Epistle read by Annabel Attridge and the Gospel by David Maine. Jenny Cruse leads our intercessions and the hymns are played and sung by Tricia Rees-Jones. Thanks as ever go to Adrian Moore for recording and production.
Welcome to our online service for this Remembrance Sunday. In a time of lockdown we are unable to meet as usual to remember those of our villages who laid down their lives in conflict but in this online service we can come together in spirit to mark their service and express our gratitude. After the Last Post has been played, you are invited to pause the broadcast for 2 minutes of silence before re-starting the broadcast for the Rouse and the remainder of the service.
Today's service is led by Reverend Tony Wilds. The Epistle is read by Guy Stobart, the Gospel by Adrian Moore and our intercessions are led by Mary Cookson. The Last Post and Rouse are played by Jonah McGarry, a pupil at Downside School, and the Pie Jesu is performed by Tricia Rees-Jones and Julian McNamara. The names of the fallen are read by Adrian Moore who also recorded and produced the service, and the hymns and closing voluntary is by Tricia Rees-Jones who also recorded and produced the musical elements. We thank all of them for their contribution to this service.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship to mark the feast of All Saints. Our service is led by Rev. Catherine Llewelyn-Evans and the readers are Gill Stobart (Epistle) and Carolyn Walker (Gospel). Arabella and Harriet Jones lead our intercessions.
The anthem this morning is 'Glory to the Lamb' by David Blackwell, recorded remotely by the Parish choir and produced by Tricia Rees-Jones who also provides the other music in the service. The service was recorded and produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Evensong for the Feast of All Souls. Our service is led by Brian de Looze, Joanna Brown reads the lessons, Elaine Avery leads the intercessions and Derek Griffin is our Cantor. The preces and responses are sung by the remotely-recorded Parish choir and the remaining musical elements of the service are performed by Tricia Rees-Jones who was also the producer.
It is traditional at this service to remember those who are dear to us but who have departed this life. Current restrictions prevent the reading out of names but the service includes a Prayer by John Donne and the anthem 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' from Handel's Messiah and you are invited to use that time to reflect and remember those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore and in a greater light.
Welcome to our online worship for the Last Sunday after Trinity. Our service is led by Rev'd Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Guy Stobart, the Gospel by Brian De Looze and our intercessions are led by Gill Stobart. The Organist is Rev'd Ivan Fowler and the singers are Bryn Bowles, Jenny Cruse and Jo Brown. The service was produced by Adrian Moore.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 19th Sunday after Trinity.
Our service is led by Rev'd Trevor Stubbs, the Epistle is read by Elaine Avery, the Gospel by Dudley King and our intercessions are led by Guy Stobart. Music is by Tricia Rees-Jones and the service was produced by Adrian Moore and Tricia Rees-Jones.
Welcome to our online service of Morning Worship for the 18th Sunday after Trinity where we are invited to look forward to the challenges ahead with God's help. Our service is led by Rev'd Trevor Stubbs with Jenny Cruse reading the Epistle, Brian de Looze reads the Gospel and Hazel Rider leads our intercessions. Music is by Tricia Rees-Jones. Thanks to all those and to Adrian Moore for sound production.
Welcome to our online service for the 17th Sunday after Trinity. Our service this morning is led by Rev'd Trevor Stubbs. Trevor is a widely travelled and experienced priest having served in places as far apart as Dorset and South Sudan. Now retired and living in Keynsham he is particularly involved in the ministry to young people and is a published author of several fiction books for the young and young at heart.
Other contributions this morning come from Mary Cookson (Epistle reading), Barry Rider (Gospel reading) and the Butcher family (intercessions). Music is by Tricia Rees-Jones. Thanks to Adrian Moore and Tricia Rees-Jones for recording and production.
Welcome to our service of Compline, Night Prayer, for the 17th Sunday after Trinity. Our service is led by Rev'd Karen Spray and our intercessions are read by Mary Cookson. The plainchant is sung by Tricia Rees-Jones.
Today is Karen Spray's final service as Vicar of the United Parishes and while the readings speak of departures it is also a celebration of her time with us. We wish her and Tim a happy and blessed retirement.
The Epistle is read by Brian de Looze, the Gospel by Caroline Elliott and the Rev'd Trevor Stubbs leads our intercessions. The opening organ voluntary is the Andante Tranquillo from Organ Sonata no 3 in A major played on the Fr Willis organ at St Michael & All Angels, Croydon by Nicholas Tall, our former Director of Music. Tricia Rees-Jones, the present Director of Music provides the post-sermon anthem and hymns and produced the service. Julian McNamara, Director of Music of Downside School wrote the final descant, and the closing anthem is performed by members, former members and friends of the Parish Choir; Haec Dies by Samual Webbe was the very first 'remote' anthem recorded by the choir in lockdown.
Welcome to our online Harvest Festival service, led by Karen Spray. Contributions this week come from Kevin Brown (Epistle reading), Jo Brown (Gospel reading) and Adrian Moore (intercessions). Music and mixing is by our musical director Tricia Rees-Jones, and recording of the readers and intercessor by Adrian Moore. Thank you to all who are involved!
Morning service led by Rev Karen Spray, readers David Maine and Gill Stobart, intercessors Rosemary and Murray Bennett, music Adrian Moore
Here is our monthly Evensong - remember that these links remain active so you can listen at any time. With thanks to Tricia and members of the choir.
Welcome to our online worship for the 13th Sunday after Trinity as Jesus talks about resolving conflicts and St Paul reminds us that it all comes down to Love. Will Rees-Jones, who has done so much on the technical side , is now off to university with our great thanks, our blessings and a token of our appreciation! This week the contributors are: Epistle Reading; Brian DeLoose, Gospel Reading; Judith Hutchins, Intercessions; Gill Stobart. Music and mixing is by our musical director Tricia Rees-Jones, and recording of the readers and intercessor by Adrian Moore. Thank you to all who are involved!
Online Service broadcast from the United Parish of East Harptree, West Harptree and Hinton Blewett
Join us for our online worship for the 11th Sunday after Trinity.
In today's readings we hear Jesus affirmed as the Son of God.
The music and singing is provided by our Musical Director, Tricia Rees-Jones, and the service is put together by Will Rees-Jones. Our Epistle Reading is read by Sara Hall, the Gospel Reading by Elaine Avery and our Intercessions by Keith Taplin. Adrian Moore has organised and assisted with the recordings. Many thanks to all those who have contributed.
Join us for our online worship for the 10th Sunday after Trinity.
In today's reading Jesus is both healer and teacher.
The music and singing is provided by our Musical Director, Tricia Rees-Jones, and the service is put together by Will Rees-Jones. Our Epistle Reading is read by Barry Rider, the Gospel Reading by Adrian Moore and our Intercessions by Guy Stobart. Adrian Moore has organised and assisted with the recordings. Many thanks to all those who have contributed.
Join us for our Online Worship on this Ninth Sunday after Trinity. Today we hear about another of the amazing things that Jesus did - and what that meant for his disciples, then and now.
The music and singing is provided by our Musical Director, Tricia Rees-Jones, and the service is put together by Will Rees-Jones. Our Epistle Reading is read by Maggie Brain, the Gospel Reading by David Brain and our Intercessions by Jenny Cruse. Adrian Moore has organised and assisted with the recordings. Many thanks to all those who have contributed.
Instead of our usual monthly Choral Evensong, as the choir are taking a well-deserved summer break, here is a Sung Compline, or Night Prayer. Compline is a lovely reflective way to end the day with prayer, as as the service changes very little from evening to evening, even when live, it makes perfect sense to re-listen as often as we want to the online service.
Welcome to our Online Morning worship for Sunday August 2nd as we look at a well known story about Jesus from a different angle. There will also be a reflective evening service of Compline this evening, instead of our usual Evensong, as the choir are on their well deserved Summer break.
Thank you to our Musical Director Tricia Rees-Jones for her singing and playing, and to Will Rees-Jones for putting the various elements of the service together.
This week the First Reading is by Annabelle Atteridge, a member of the choir who is affectionately known among her friends as 'Twinkle', the Gospel reading is by Dudley King, from West Harptree and the intercessions are from Hazel Rider. Recordings have been arranged and facilitated by Adrian Moore. Thank you to all who have contributed.
Welcome to our Online Morning worship for the seventh Sunday after Trinity. Today we have a sermon from Rev'd John Hall, who will (sadly for us) be retiring to Devon shortly. We wish John and Sara every blessing and pray that their move will go smoothly. Our readings today are from and Rosemary Bennett and our prayers are contributed by Mary Cookson. Thank you to Tricia Rees-Jones, not only for her wonderful musical contribution, but also for re-recording some of my words due to a technical problem with my recording. And thanks again to Adrian Moore for his assistance in organising and recording readers and intercessors, and to Will Rees-Jones for putting the whole thing together.
Welcome to our Online Sunday worship. This week, we have more 'spiritual gardening' advice in another of Jesus's parables - still no mention of slugs, though!
Our Musical Director Tricia Rees-Jones and resident technical wizard Will Rees-Jones are having their 'week off' so the music has been played and sung by Andrew and Michelle Day and the service has been expertly put together by Adrian Moore, who has also contributed our intercessions. Our readings this week have been read by Jo and Kevin Brown. Many thanks to all who have contributed.
Welcome to this week's Online Service, in which we try to hear a well-known parable with new ears - as Jesus frequently said, 'Let whoever has ears, hear!' Earlier this week was St Benedict's feast day, and his 'Rule' of instructions for his monks is famous for its opening word - 'Listen'! Like his master Jesus, Benedict knew that the danger is always that we may physically hear but fail to really listen to what the Word of God is saying to us today. So let's allow Jesus's words sink in and really listen to what he might be saying - to us, now.
Tricia Rees-Jones, our musical director, has sung and played for this service, including more music from the West Harptree Organ and another clever descant! Will Rees-Jones has worked his technical wizardry to pull it all together. Our readings today have been read by Elaine Avery and Adrian Philips and our prayers by Guy and Gill Stobart. Thank you to Adrian Moore for arranging those recordings.
Welcome to our online service of Choral Evensong. The Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis were recorded by our choir on St Cecilia's Day 2013 at Wells Cathedral, and the anthem at their Evensong at the cathedral in 2014. With thanks to our choir and our Musical Director Tricia Rees-Jones for all their hard work, and to Will Rees-Jones for putting it all together.
Remember these services remain available and can be listened to and shared with others at any time.
Welcome to our Online Morning Service for July 5th - the fourth Sunday after Trinity, as we hear why both Jesus and Paul are in a rather exasperated mood in our readings! Today we will also be uploaded a service of Choral Evensong, so don't forget to listen again, either later today or during the week!
This service has been put together again by Will Rees-Jones, with music from our Musical Director Tricia Rees-Jones, Readings are from Ross and Caroline Elliott and prayers from Jo and Kevin Brown. If you would like to record a reading or prayers for us one week, do let us know!
Welcome to our online worship for this Third Sunday after Trinity, where we hear that the small contributions that each of us make to the Kingdom of God may be far more significant than we realise.
This week we heard the news that we will soon be able to make some plans for worshipping in our buildings once more, but don't worry - our Online Worship will continue to be available. The move back into our buildings will need to be carefully planned, as many of our congregation will need to continue to be very careful about public gatherings for the forseeable future.
This week, however, we do have a couple of glimpses of future treats in store! Tricia our Musical Director has once more exploited the magic of technology to allow herself to play the organ of West Harptree church for the first time since lockdown while simultaneously singing safely at home. And Adrian has unearthed a clip of the Hinton Blewett bells to call us to worship as our readers this week - Robbie Drewett and Judith Hutchins - are both from Hinton Blewett. Our prayers this week have been contributed by Rev'd Catherine Llewellyn Evans, my predecessor as vicar here at the United Parish. Our thanks go to them and to Adrian Moore for his recordings and to Will Rees-Jones for technical wizardry.
This week is Father's Day as well as the Second Sunday after Trinity, so we reflect on two of the Bible's most famous fathers. As this is the Music team's week off, we have music from Adrian Moore's archive, as well as hearing again two of Tricia Rees-Jone's hymn recordings from previous weeks. Our prayers have been recorded by Barry and Hazel Rider with Adrian Moore's technical help, and Adrian has recorded our prayers.
Welcome to our online worship for the First Sunday after Trinity. Today we hear about Jesus sending his disciples out alone for the first time and wonder where he may be sending us - even if we are still staying firmly at home. Our readings and prayers have been read by Michelle and Andrew Day, with Adrian Moore's technical help. Tricia Rees-Jones our musical director has contributed the music and singing (including two descants in honour of Music Sunday) and Will Rees-Jones the technical expertise to put it all together and allow Tricia to sing with herself! Our thanks go to all who have contributed and made this possible.
Welcome to our Online Choral Evensong - remember these services remain available so you can listen to them any time. We have another Socially Distanced contribution from our lovely choir and a solo from Tricia! Our thanks go to to Tricia Rees-Jones and the choir for the lovely music, and to Tricia and Will Rees-Jones for the technical work to put it all together.
Three in One and One in Three? 1+1+1=3? The Trinity can seem like a complicated piece of doctrine, but really it is just a shorthand way of helping us understand a little more about the way God works in our world and in our lives. Join us for our Morning Worship today, Trinity Sunday, and ask God to draw you closer into the mystery.
Our readings today have been read by Sara Hall and our prayers by Revd John Hall, assisted by Adrian Moore, and the music provided by our Musical Director Tricia Rees-Jones. Technical wizardry from Will Rees-Jones. Many thanks to all who have contributed!
A weekly service of Holy Communion is also being posted as a video on our Parish Facebook Page - this Thursday's service for St Petroc's Day can be seen on the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=283340736351964
If you would like to contact us by email or go on our email list and be notified of all our online services and activities, the parish office address is whparishoffice@gmail.com.
Welcome to our online worship for this very special day - the Feast of Pentecost, sometimes known as the 'birthday of the church'. Under normal circumstances, we would have been enjoying a Parish Picnic today to celebrate, but we are learning more and more that the Holy Spirit can work outside all our 'normal' plans and expectations!
Today we can look forward to another wonderful Socially Distanced choir anthem - recorded by members in their own homes and then put together by the magic of technology by Tricia Rees-Jones, our musical director, and Will Rees-Jones.
Our readings today have been read by Adrian Moore and David Maine, and our prayers by Jenny Cruse, with help from Adrian.
Thank you to all who have been making these services special, and to all who have encouraged them by listening to them.
Welcome to our online service. Today's service is a simpler one as Tricia and Will Rees-Jones have a week off recording and our music is provided instead from Adrian Moore's archive. The organ music in our service today is played by Rev'd Ivan Fowler. Our Bible readings are read by Emily and Addie.
Like the disciples in today's Bible readings, may you experience the Glory of God even in times of trouble and confusion.
If you would like to contact me, I can be reached by email on unitedparish@revdkaren.org.uk.
This is our online morning worship for Sunday 17th May - the 6th Sunday of the Easter Season and also Rogation Sunday. 'Rogation' means 'asking' and it is the time when we usually pray for our farms, fisheries and all who work them, as well as all the other businesses that support our rural life. In the past we have marked this with an outdoor service or walk, often at a local farm, so today our prayers have been recorded outside. Perhaps if you are taking a walk today or later this week, you might like to take the time to notice and thank God for our rural life, and pray for all those who support it and depend on it.
As clergy are now allowed to enter churches (alone or with members of their household) for prayer or to celebrate Holy Communion on behalf of their communities, here is a simple service of Holy Communion from St Margaret's Church Hinton Blewett. Our Online Sunday Services will continue as before. A video of this service can be seen on the United Parish Facebook page - no Facebook account or sign-up is needed.
https://www.facebook.com/111981693773814/videos/703100073852075/
Welcome to our first online version of our lay-led Evening Praise service, planned and delivered by Adrian Moore with contributions for Murray and Rosemary Bennett and music once again, with our grateful thanks, from the archive of the Horfield Parish Choir.
It's always interesting to hear a little about someone else's journey of faith. Looking back, we can often see how God has guided us - perhaps in ways we didn't even notice or understand at the time. As we think about our own journey and the people who have accompanied us. we can give thanks for the past and look onwards with courage to the future.
The bells of East Harptree call us again to our worship this morning, as we hear about a follower of Jesus more often associated with Christmas than the Easter season - St Stephen, whose Boxing Day Feast day is remembered as the day when Good King Wenceslas looked out! With thatnks to Tricia for the music, Will for the technical work and Hazel and Barry Rider for the readings and prayers, with Adrian Moore's recording expertise to help them.
Look out later on Sunday for a special extra service - an online version of our lay-led Evening Praise service, planned and delivered by Adrian Moore with contributions for Murray and Rosemary Bennett and music once again from the archive of the Horfield Parish Choir.
This is our first recorded Evensong - remember these services remain available so you can listen to them any time. Canticles are being sung as hymns to make it as easy as possible to join in, and we have another Socially Distanced anthem from our lovely choir! We also have an excellent sermon, not from me this time but from our Archdeacon, the Ven Adrian Youings, who is archdeacon of Bath and has been working hard in the background to support our clergy and congregations. Our thanks go to him for the sermon on Psalm 27, to Tricia Ree-Jones and the choir for the lovely music, and to Tricia and Will for the technical work to put it all together. Thank you!
It's hard to believe that we are in May already! This Sunday, we are called to worship by the Bells of East Harptree, recorded in earlier times by Adrian Moore, who has also mixed the service for us today, as well as reading the Bible readings. There is also another musical treat as our Musical Director, Tricia Rees-Jones finds a way to sing a descant with herself it the final hymn! Mary Cookson is leading our prayers. Although we don't mention names in the recording, for privacy reasons, if you would like to ask for prayer, do leave a message or contact me by email on unitedparish@revdkaren.org.uk.
In our worship today, we reflect on Jesus's words 'I came that they might have life, and have it in all its fulness'. What does full, abundant life mean to you?
Later today, an Evening service will also be released - an Evensong following the well-loved traditional words of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and graced with another technological miracle of a 'socially distanced' anthem from the choir. If two services in one day seems like eating all your chocolates at once, why not listen to Evensong during the week?
God bless you, wherever you are - both in the world and on your journey of faith.
We call this the third Sunday of Easter to remind ourselves that Easter wasn't just a one-off event that happened and that was it. It changed the world, as ripples spread out through and from the little pool of men and women close to Jesus. Over these weeks after Easter Day, we find out how those around him were affected by first hearing about and then meeting the risen Jesus for themselves. It is a process that has never stopped. This service today is a tiny ripple far out in the ocean of faith in which we are sailing, and the changing of lives still goes on.
This is a simpler service this week. Our music team are having a well deserved post-Easter rest, and I have produced this episode at home. We do have music though - Adrian Moore has produced some recordings made back in the 90's, with the choir of Horfield Parish, and two of those hymns are used here by kind permission of their Musical Director, Glyn Jenkins, whose wife was one of the original singers. Thank you to Horfield Choir, to Adrian for providing the recordings, and for reading for us, and to Mary Cookson for preparing and reading the intercessions.
This is our Easter Day celebration - despite the fact that our church buildings are closed, Christ is still risen! Thank you to all who have listened to these services over the past few weeks; thank you for your emails and for passing the links on to others.
Thank you to Tricia Rees-Jones, our Musical Director, for the music and singing; to Adrian Moore for the readings, and to Will Rees-Jones for putting the service together.
And today, we have an extra reason to say thank you to Tricia and Will, as well as to all the members of our choir and to their friends! Together, the forces of social distancing, music and technical wizardry have created an Easter Miracle for us - the choir members have sung and recorded their parts separately in their own homes and Tricia and Will have put it all together in an astounding choral anthem to end our Easter service.
Thank you, everybody! Christ is risen!
This online service is intended as a Good Friday meditation, replacing our traditional Hour at the Cross on Good Friday afternoon. You may want to use the 'pause' button to take time to reflect after the readings and meditations.
If you have a cross or crucifix, you could put it nearby as you listen to the service.
The name Tenebrae is the Latin word for "darkness" or "shadows," and has for centuries been applied to the ancient monastic night and early morning services of the last three days of Holy Week, which in medieval times came to be celebrated on the preceding evenings.
The traditional service is marked by reading from the book of Lamentations and the gradual extinguishing of 6 candles until a single candle, considered a symbol of the Lord, remains. Each candle extinguished represents a loss of human hope. Towards the end of the service, the final candle is hidden, representing the apparent victory of the forces of evil. But at the very end, a loud noise (the ‘Strepitus’ in Latin) is made, symbolizing the earthquake at the time of the resurrection (Matthew 28:2), the Benedictus is sung as a hymn of hope and the hidden candle is restored to its place. By its light all depart in silence.
It uses psalms and other passages of lament to remind us that God is present even at those times when we feel alone and abandoned – and even when we feel angry at God for the suffering which goes on in his world. It seems particularly appropriate for Maundy Thursday, when Jesus prayed desperately in Gethsemane, and also at this time when so many people have to struggle with fear, illness and even death, cut off from the human levels of support we so often take for granted.
This interpretation of the service is centred around a poem written by Sr Mary Stevens, who sees how the monastic service she took part in as an enclosed novice has come to represent standing with all the oppressed and suffering people with whom her order works in the modern age. I have not been able to contact Sr Mary to ask her if I may use her poem here, but I hope and believe she would approve.
Holy Week is a time of waiting and watching. Tonight in this service it seems more relevant than ever as we watch and wait with all those who suffer and cry out to God, and whose resurrection moment is yet to come.
If you have seven candles or tealights, you might like to light them and blow them out as the service progresses.
The traditional Night Prayer of Compline is an opportunity to lay our concerns and worries before God, as we put our trust in him before we sleep. The service varies very little, evening by evening. Although these recordings were prepared with the first three days of Holy Week in mind, they can also be used on any night to put us in touch with God's peace, that passes our human understanding.
Join us for the ancient office of Compline, or Night Prayer, and lay aside anxiety as we offer our worries and burdens to God.
At a time when there is much to worry us, the ancient service of Compline, or Night Prayer, is the ideal way to end the day by putting ourselves and all our fears and worries into God's hands. Try to listen at a time when you can be quiet afterwards, letting God's peace sink into your heart.
With thanks to Tricia Rees-Jones for singing the traditional Compline hymn.
This is our third Online service together in the time of church closure and isolation due to Coronavirus. Thank you to Tricia Rees-Jones for the music and singing, Will Rees-Jones who has put all our contributions together and Adrian Moore for his wonderful voice and additional technical advice and experience.
Welcome to all our listeners, in the United Parish and those elsewhere who are joining us.
Today is Palm Sunday, which marks the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey through the same rejoicing crowds who would shortly call for his crucifixion. It marks the end of the ‘waiting and preparing’ period of Lent as the action starts to roll inexorably towards his suffering and death – his ‘Passion’ as it is known, in a word that used to mean ‘Suffering’ - on behalf of the world.
We recall it today as we and all in our nation stand at a similar watershed moment. The period of waiting and girding of loins in preparation is almost over, and like Jesus in Gethsemane we pray that, if possible, the cup may be taken from us, but also that we may be given the strength and courage to do whatever God calls us to do.
If you have a Palm cross saved from a previous year, you might like to have it close during this service. Otherwise, why not make a simple cross by tearing paper or pick a leafy twig to recall the palms.
There will be no sermon in today’s service. The Passion Reading speaks for itself.
Next week is Holy Week, and God willing, there will be a simple online reflective service published each day.
This is our second online service during the period of self-isolation and temporary church building closure due to COVID-19. Whether or not you are one of our congregation, you are very welcome to join us. If you have joined us through one of our emails, there will be an order of service attached so that you can follow along with the service and even sing the hymns! If you are just listening to the podcast, you will find the service flows without needing the written words.
As before, the music and singing has been provided by our Musical Director, Tricia Rees-Jones, and technical expertise by Will Rees-Jones. This week, readings have been recorded by Adrian Moore. Thank you all for your help in a very busy week.
If you would like to comment on the service, you can do so by email to me or via the Voice Comments button on the Anchor website.
Stay safe, everybody, and keep praying and looking out for each other at this difficult time.
This is the first service we have shared while separated in our own homes, self-isolating during the COVID-19 outbreak. The service is led by the vicar of the United Parish of East Harptree with West Harptree and Hinton Blewett, Rev'd Karen Spray. The lovely music has been played and sung especially for this service by our Musical Director Tricia Rees-Jones, and wonderful technical support provided by Will Rees-Jones. For all this to come together in the few days since we realised that church services would have to be suspended is a miracle of hope in a difficult time.
Whether you are part of our congregation or not, please feel welcome to this online community.
If you are separated from other members of the family by the need to keep safe, why not arrange to listen at the same time to this online service and then speak together by phone or other online means? Or listen at 10:30am on Sunday, when many of our congregation will be listening
God bless you
Rev'd Karen