THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY, SWANSEA
Services
for March 2007
Thursday 1st David,
Bishop & Patron Saint of Wales
7.30pm Holy Communion
Celebrant: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
Preacher: Revd Kenneth Padley, Curate
Friday 2nd 8.00am Holy Communion
4.00pm Lent Study Group (USPG)
5.30pm Evening Prayer
Saturday 3rd 12.45pm Holy
Communion
Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
SUNDAY
4th LENT TWO
9.30am
Choral Eucharist, with
Civic Guests and members of the Police Federation
Junior Church
Celebrant:
Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
Preacher: Canon
Peter Williams, Social Responsibility Officer and Chaplain to the Police –
Reflections on the Beatitudes (3): Yearning for righteousness
Hymns: 368, 322, 438 Ps 27, 1-10 (80)
Antonio
Lotti Missa
brevis
William
Byrd Ave verum
corpus
J
S Bach Fantasia in G minor,
BWV 542
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Officiant: John Anthony, Reader,
Preacher: Revd
Kenneth Padley, Curate – Reflections on the Beatitudes (4): The
meek
Hymns:
97, 98, 385
Thomas
Tallis Responses Ps
135, 1-14 (358)
Thomas
Tomkins Fifth Service
Henry Loosemore O
Lord, increase my faith
Monday
5th 10.00am Holy Communion (Staff)
Tuesday
6th 8.00am Holy
Communion
5.30pm
Evensong (Boys’ Choir)
Officiant & Preacher:
Revd Kenneth Padley, Curate
Hymns:
423, 547 Plainsong Responses Ps 8
7.30pm
Lent Lecture: The Bible and Justice – Fr Luke Holden, Priest to the
Orthodox Community
8.45pm
Compline
Wednesday 7th 10.30am
Holy Communion
Celebrant:
Revd Kenneth Padley, Curate
Preacher: John Anthony, Reader
1.00pm Lunchtime Service
Officiant: Revd Kenneth
Padley, Curate,
Preacher:
Fr Luke Holden
Thursday 8th 9.00am Morning
Prayer
Friday 9th 8.00am
Holy Communion
4.00pm Lent Study Group (USPG)
5.30pm Evening Prayer
Saturday
10th 12.45pm
Holy Communion
Celebrant
& Preacher: Revd Kenneth Padley, Curate
7.30pm
Concert by Bristol University
String
Orchestra and Madrigal Ensemble
SUNDAY
11th LENT THREE
9.30am Choral Eucharist
Junior Church
Celebrant:
Revd Kenneth Padley, Curate,
Preacher: Ian
Jones, Ordinand – Reflections on the
Beatitudes (5): The merciful
Hymns:
565, 500 (t.438), 582 Ps 63, 1-9 (160)
Plainsong Missa
de angelis
Henry
Purcell Remember not, Lord, our
offences
J
S Bach Prelude in A minor,
BWV 543
6.00pm Sung Compline
Officiant: John Anthony, Reader
Preacher: Revd
Andrew Vessey, Rector – Reflections on the Beatitudes (6): The pure in
heart
Hymns:
97, 391 Ps
91
Charles Villiers Stanford Beati
quorum via
Monday
12th 9.00am
Morning Prayer
Tuesday
13th 8.00am
Holy Communion
5.30pm
Evensong (Boys & Men)
Officiant: John Anthony, Reader
Preacher:
Robert Leonard, Reader-in-Training
Hymns:
385, 600 Plainsong Responses Ps 22
George
Dyson in C minor
7.30pm Lent Lecture: The Bible stories in
Art – Revd Andrew Vessey
8.45pm Compline
Wednesday
14th10.30am Holy Communion
Celebrant:
& Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
1.00pm
Lunchtime Service
Officiant: Revd Kenneth
Padley, Curate
Preacher:
Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
Thursday
15th 9.00am Morning Prayer
Friday 16th 8.00am Holy Communion
4.00pm Lent Study Group (USPG)
5.30pm Evening Prayer
Saturday
17th 12.45pm Holy Communion
Celebrant
& Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
SUNDAY
18th LENT FOUR & MOTHERING SUNDAY
9.30am All-Age Eucharist
No Junior Church
Celebrant:
Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
Preacher: Revd
Kenneth Padley, Curate – Reflections on the Beatitudes (7): The
peacemakers
Hymns:
253, Eternal Father, Lord of life (t.274), 505, 81
A
New English Folk Mass
Jacob
Arcadelt Ave
Maria
J
S Bach Prelude in B minor,
BWV 544
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Officiant: John Anthony, Reader
Preacher: Revd
Andrew Vessey, Rector – Reflections on the Beatitudes (8): The
persecuted
Hymns: 99,
547, 605
Peter Conibear
Responses Ps 30 (88
& 89)
Charles Wood
in C minor
Peter Conibear Seek the Lord
Monday 19th St Joseph 9.00am Morning Prayer
Tuesday 20th 8.00am
Holy Communion
5.30pm Evensong (Boys’ Choir)
Cantor: John Anthony, Reader
Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
Hymns: 547, 571 Plainsong Responses Ps
36
7.30pm Lent Lecture: The Bible as
translated literature – Revd Kenneth Padley
8.45pm Compline
Wednesday 21st Thomas
Cranmer, Robert Ferrar,
Nicholas Ridley & Hugh Latimer
10.30am Holy Communion
Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
1.00pm Lunchtime Service
Officiant:
Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
Preacher: Revd Kenneth Padley
Friday 23rd 8.00am Holy Communion
4.00pm Lent Study Group (USPG)
5.30pm Evening Prayer
Saturday
24th 12.45pm Holy Communion
Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Lois Williams, Team
Vicar
5.30pm St Mary’s Choir sing Choral Evensong at
St Mary Redcliffe
Bernard Rose Responses Ps 44 (123, 124)
T. Tertius Noble in
B minor
H. Balfour Gardiner Evening Hymn
SUNDAY 25th
PATRONAL FESTIVAL: Eve of Feast of Annunciation & Passion Sunday
9.30am Choral Eucharist
Junior Church
Celebrant:
Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
Preacher: Revds Andrew Vessey & Kenneth Padley
Hymns: 499
(omit*), 112 (omit 4), 122 Ps 45,
1-12 (125)
Plainsong Missa
de angelis
Déodat
de Séverac Tantum ergo
J S Bach Prelude
in C, BWV 545
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Officiant:
John Anthony, Reader
Preacher: Revd
Andrew Vessey, Rector
Hymns: 243,
238, 241 (t.435) Pss 111 (Ouseley)
Peter Conibear
Responses & 112 (Russell)
Philip Moore Third Service
Sergei
Rachmaninov Ave
Maria
Monday 26th The
Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary
9.00am Morning Prayer
5.30pm Evening Prayer
Tuesday 27th 8.00am
Holy Communion
5.30pm Evensong (Youth Choir)
Cantor: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
Preacher: Revd Kenneth Padley, Curate
Hymns: 123, 108 Plainsong Responses Ps 50, 1-15 (171)
Kenneth Long in F
7.30pm Lent Lecture: The Bible as a source
for music – Dr William Reynolds
8.45pm Compline
Wednesday 28th 10.30am
Holy Communion
Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector
1.00pm Lunchtime Service
Officiant:
Revd Kenneth Padley, Curate
Preacher: Dr William Reynolds
Thursday 29th 9.00am
Morning Prayer
Friday 30th 8.00am Holy Communion
4.00pm Lent Study Group (USPG)
5.30pm Evening Prayer
Saturday 31st 12.45pm Holy
Communion
Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector