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Please note that due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, all public acts of worship have now been suspended.
At this time the services and events listed below are all suspended pending further notice.
 
St Matthew’s Westminster invites those who can to continue to use St Nicholas’ Chapel
for private prayer, either for yourself or for others.
 
Be assured of the thoughts and prayers of all of us at St Matthew's.

Please continue to monitor our website, or find us on Facebook or Twitter, for more information on how we will continue to minister to you at this unprecedented time.

R E G U L A R   S E R V I C E S

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Sundays at St Matthew's

0800    Holy Communion (1662)
A simple service of Holy  Communion according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, in traditional language. This service lasts around 30 minutes.

1100    SOLEMN MASS (Common Worship) 
A more elaborate celebration of Holy Communion using modern language, with hymns and choral music, and a sermon. This service lasts around 70 minutes, and is followed by refreshments.

Monday to Friday

0830    Silent Prayer
0845    Morning Prayer
1230     Holy Eucharist
1730     Evening Prayer*
The church is open every weekday between
0830 and 1630 for prayer.

*except Wednesdays

If you would like to attend the school Mass on Wednesday mornings, please contact the church office.

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We Add Heart is a growing movement empowering people to connect with their heart and the hearts of others, to live more fully from the heart.

By coming together as a community our intention is to practice simple heart-focused techniques which will improve our personal health and happiness, help us to connect with the hearts of others and to play our part in raising social and global consciousness with the aim of creating greater fairness, understanding and peace between peoples and nations.

See link below for ticket details

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lent, Holy week & easter 2020

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Lent Study Course: ‘God in the Wings: Theology & Theatre’

Mthr Sarah Lenton will speak to three titles, illustrated with audio, visual and video clips.
 
March 4th : Being Alive
March 18th : Being Perfect
April 1st : Cracking Up
 
We shall once again be holding a weekly Lent study course on Wednesdays in Lent from 4th March with our neighbours from St Stephen’s Rochester Row.  
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 We will meet at 7pm in the Trevelyan Hall for coffee, and the talks will begin at 7.30.

HOLY WEEK

PALM SUNDAY - 5th April 2020
On Palm Sunday we join with our neighbours at St Stephen's Rochester Row, and this year, we will begin the service there for the blessing of the palms, and then process to St Matthew's for the remainder of the service. You are encouraged to bring with you branches or palm leaves to carry in procession.

Monday & Tuesday in Holy Week (6th/7th April)
1830   Sung Compline

Wednesday in Holy Week (8th April)
1830   Tenebrae - An ancient service for Holy Week. The choir sings music by Victoria as the service moves into darkness, signifying the impending gloom of Good Friday.

Maundy Thursday (9th April)
​There is no lunchtime mass today.
1830   Sung Mass of the Last Supper. This service includes the symbolic act of footwashing, and is followed by the Watch of the Passion until midnight.

GOOD FRIDAY (10th April)
1000   Morning Prayer
1200   Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)
1300   Good Friday Meditation
1400   The Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday

HOLY SATURDAY / EASTER EVE (11th April)
1000   Morning Prayer
1600   Evening Prayer
2000  The Vigil and First Mass of Easter

EASTER DAY (Sunday 12th April)
0800  Holy Communion (1662)
1100    Sung Mass of the Resurrection - with string instruments