Services

Our Regular Services

You are very warmly welcome to attend all our services at St Wilfrid's and below is a short guide to the daily life in our church:

Early morning Eucharist  (Every Sunday at 8.00am)

The Lady Chapel

Each Sunday morning at 8.00am there is a quieter said Eucharist to begin our day in the Lady Chapel which follows  one of two orders of service. Each week apart from the Third Sunday of the month, we follow the Common Worship order one Holy Communion service. This follows a similar pattern to our main Sung Eucharist, and there is also a homily to reflect on the Gospel for the Day.

On the third Sunday of the month, the words of our Eucharist come from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

Parish Eucharist (Every Sunday at 10.30am)

Our main Sunday worship takes place at 10.30am with a Parish Eucharist. On the third Sunday of the month at 10.30am, we have our Family Eucharist with a special theme and input from Nyewood Infant and Junior school and our younger people. 

If you have been baptised and confirmed, you are welcome to receive the bread and wine. Otherwise, you may like to receive a blessing, or stay in your seat, as you prefer.

Refreshments are served in the Church Hall after our Sung Eucharist to which all are very welcome to come and share. Fellowship is an important part of the worshipping community at St Wilfrid's.

Family Eucharist (3rd Sunday of the month at 10.30am)

At 10.30am every Third Sunday, we have our Family Eucharist at which the children and staff from Nyewood Infant and Junior School are present and contribute to leading our service. The service takes a similar form of our 10.30am Eucharist although the pupils from the school act out the Gospel reading and assist leading in our prayers. The address is more interactive and follows the particular theme for the service. This links in to the preparation work done by the children to think about the theme before the service.

Our service takes place in various places in the Church to enable everyone (and especially the children) to see what is happening. The feel of the service is very much an informal one and the music fits for all ages, with some modern songs which the children know from school. This service can be particularly helpful for anyone new wanting to join the church to experience worship.

If you do intend to visit for the Family Eucharist for the first time, you'll be made to feel welcome.

Choral Evensong
(2nd Sunday of Each month at 6.00pm apart from in August and December)

Using the 1662 Book of Common Prayer with resonant and beautiful words. There are spoken prayers and readings from the scriptures, and there’s a sermon and more hymns with a collection.

There is also a homily in the form of a story or reflection on an important aspect of the Christian faith.

Weekday Eucharist    (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00am, Wednesday 6:00pm)

The Eucharist is celebrated each weekday (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10.00am; Wednesday at 6.30pm). It lasts approximately half an hour. The service follows a similar pattern to the Sunday Eucharist but without music and is on a much smaller scale.

There is often a short homily from the president or a longer period of intercessions. But the heart of it remains our meeting with God in the sacrament of bread and wine. The service is held in the St. Francis Chapel on a Thursday and in the Lady Chapel for the other weekdays.

Please there is only an offering of money at the Friday Eucharist.

The Saturday Eucharist (11.30am)

On a Saturday morning at 11:30am in the Lady Chapel.

The structure of the service is similar to our Week-day Eucharist’s; with readings and a short homily.

Evening Prayer  (Every Saturday at 5.00pm and Every Wednesday at 6.00pm)

Each Saturday and Wednesday,  (5.00pm on Saturday, 6.00pm Wednesday) a quiet said service of Evening Prayer takes place with the blessing of light from Celebrating Common Prayer following into the order of service form the Book of Common Prayer.

At the heart of this service is a pattern of recitation and reading, it offers a place of reflection and prayer as the day moves towards evening.

Our prayers take the form of praying for our Sunday worship and for those in need.