OUR MAIN SERVICES take the form of the mass (or eucharist or holy communion), based on Jesus’ last meal with his disciples before he was arrested and crucified. At that meal Jesus blessed bread and wine to be his body and blood, spiritual food to nurture and strengthen his disciples. The mass is centred on the blessing and sharing of the bread and wine, in the context of reflection on Scripture and prayer for the needs of the world, the church and ourselves.

On Sunday evenings we provide varied opportunities for worship through prayer, reflection on Scripture, and music. On the second Sunday of each month we hold a service of Choral Evensong according to the Book of Common Prayer. Morning and evening prayer gives a Scripturally based framework of prayer and reflection for the day. It is said at certain points in the week publicly in church, and at other times at home.

• Weekly Services
• Baptisms
• Weddings & Banns of Marriage
• Funerals

OUR NORMAL WEEKLY schedule of services, to which all are welcome, is as follows

Sunday Services

9.30a.m. Mass - St Luke's Church

11.00a.m. Parish Mass - Christ Church

6.30p.m. Evening Worship - Christ Church

Weekday Services

Monday 10.30a.m. School Mass - St Luke's School, Saundersness Road

Wednesday 10.00a.m. Buggy Mass - Christ Church (2nd Wednesday of the month - side entrance)

Wednesday 7.15p.m. Mass - Christ Church (side entrance)

Orders of Service

Today's Order of Service for Morning Prayer

Today's Order of Service for Evening Prayer

Daily Prayer provided by the official Church of England web site, © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2002-2009.

To see the detailed service schedule and the Bible readings set for each service, please click here (please note that this link will open a .pdf file; in order to read this, you will need Acrobat Reader installed. For a free copy, click the Acrobat Reader logo at the bottom of the page)

TO ARRANGE A BAPTISM, please come to the Parish Office at Christ Church on any Saturday morning between 10.00p.m and 11.00p.m. to register.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO BE MARRIED in one of our churches if just one of these conditions applies

• you or your fiancé(e) was baptised or prepared for confirmation in the parish
• you or your fiancé(e) ever lived in the parish for six months or more
• you or your fiancé(e) has at any time regularly attended public worship in the parish for six months or more
• one of your parents or your fiancé(e)’s parents has lived in the parish for six months or more in their child’s lifetime
• one of your parents or your fiancé(e)’s parents has regularly attended public worship in the parish for six months or more in their child’s lifetime

• one of your parents or grandparents or your fiancé(e)’s parents or grandparents were married in the parish

If either of you has been married previously and your former husband/wife is still alive, you should alert us to that as soon as possible so that the special issues which arise can be considered. Similarly, if either of you is a foreign National, you should alert us to that as soon as possible.

We do advise all couples wishing to be married to contact the Parish as early as possible ahead of their intended wedding date to begin the application process. Please be aware that we are unable to provide a firm booking for your wedding until your qualification requirements have been validated. You are strongly advised not to proceed with bookings for the reception, photographers, hire cars etc before we have provided you with a firm booking.

To make an application to be married, please come to the Parish Office at Christ Church on any Saturday afternoon between 3.00p.m and 3.30p.m.

If you are being married in another church and are required to have your banns read in our parish, please come to the Parish Office at Christ Church on any Saturday afternoon between 3.00p.m and 3.30p.m. to register.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS should be made through the Funeral Director who will contact the church.