THIS WEEK
Wednesday 24th December Christmas Eve
4pm Crib Service for Families
10.45pm Candlelit Midnight Mass (with carol singing from 10.30pm)
Thursday 25th December
Christmas Day
11am Festival Sung Eucharist
with carols
Preacher:
The Revd Stephen Coleman
Joseph Haydn - Little Organ Mass
T.L.de Victoria - O magnum
mysterium
J.S.Bach - Vom Himmel hoch da
komm ich Herr BWV 700
Sunday 28th December
The First Sunday of Christmas
11am Sung Eucharist
with cantor and organ
Preacher:
The Revd Stephen Coleman
Plainsong - Missa de Angelis
Thomas Mawdyke -
The Coventry Carol
Louis-Claude Daquin - Noel Suisse
Thursday 1st January
New Year’s Day
12 Noon – Eucharist
with carols to celebrate the New Year
Sunday 4th January
Feast of the Epiphany
11am Sung Eucharist
Preacher:
The Revd Stephen Coleman
Joseph Haydn - St Nicholas Mass
Felix Mendelssohn - When Jesus our Lord was born in Bethlehem
Peter Cornelius - The Three Kings
CHAPEL OPENING TIMES
The Chapel is normally open to visitors Monday - Friday 8am to 2.30pm. The Chapel is also open on
Saturdays for Occasional Offices and on Sundays for the 11am Sung Eucharist. Exceptons to weekday opening times are public holidays, private bookings, and staff annual leave.
ACCESSIBILITY
Step-free access to the Chapel is via a ramp through the main entrance. Please arrange in advance by contacting the Chapel office.
Audability: The Chapel's soundsystem is suitably fitted with
a loop system for pews directly
beneath the south gallery.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
New Initiative: Tuesday, 22nd November: outreach to young adults, “Prayer and a Pint”, with Evening Prayer at 6pm at the Chapel, followed by a visit to the Audley Pub.
New Series for Advent: Four Advent Encounters
This is offered jointly by Farm St RC Church and Grosvenor Chapel. It takes place from next Tuesday, beginning from 9-10pm on Zoom.
There will be a brief liturgy and prayer, a Guided Meditation, and then an opportunity to reflect on your experience in prayer in “break-out rooms” with a facilitator.
Here is the structure:
1.) Nov.22nd, 9pm: Luke 1.8-20 - Story of
Zechariah: “Self-awareness”- recognising the hindrances to responding to God’s love and invitation.
2.) Nov. 29th, 9pm: Luke 1.26 - 38 - Story of Mary: “Self-giving” - responding to Christ’s call.
3.) Dec. 6th, 9pm: Luke 2.25-35 - The Presentation in the Temple & “the sword that pierces your own soul” (cf. Matthew 2.13-18 - The Massacre of the
Innocents): “Self-Sacrifice” - remaining with Christ in his suffering and death / experiencing the depth of Christ’s sacrificial love.
4.) Dec.13th, 9pm: Luke 1.39-55 - The Magnificat & the Songs of Thanksgiving: “Self-understanding” - living with a resurrected spirit of hope and gratefulness / the
unifying reality of God’s love.
Carol Singing in Shepherd’s Market, Thursday 1st December 6 - 7pm
Join us to celebrate the "Turning on of Christmas Lights" in Shepherd's Market (we will be singing for no longer than two blocs of 15 minutes). Please let us know if you can come to sing.
Community Carol Service, Tuesday 6th December at 7pm,
Our principal Carol Service for the wider community and raising money for the charity for homeless people, "Groundswell". We will have the Chapel Choir singing, the Mayfair Community Choir, the UK-Japan Choir and we hope the Choir of the Ukrainian Catholic Catghedral.
We need volunteers to help set up, serve drinks upon arrival and help clear up.
Please also invite people to come to the Carol Service - it is a great opportunity to reach out to others!
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