Services at St Stephen’s
Advent 2024 to date
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St Stephen’s has been at the centre of its community for over 900 years, and remains so today. Our mission is to equip God’s people through thoughtful worship, warm fellowship, and enriching teaching. We are a church with a thriving robed choir of an excellent standard. If you are 9 months or 90 years old, or anywhere in between, we look forward to welcoming you!
| Sunday | 10.30am | Sung Eucharist * |
| 6.00pm | Choral Evensong * | |
| Wednesday | 10.00am | Holy Communion (said) |
Lectionary Year C
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Sunday 22nd December 2024
10.30am Sung Eucharist and Baptism
President: Rev. Dr David Vannerley, Interim Priest-in-Charge
Setting: St Anne’s Mass – MacMillan
Anthem: Nova! Nova! – Chilcott
Hymns: 11, 15, 185, 295, 10
Voluntary: Advent reflections – Bonighton
6.00pm Service of Lessons and Carols for Christmas
The Third Sunday of Advent
Sunday 15th December 2024
10.30am Sung Eucharist
President and Preacher: Rev. Dr David Vannerley, Interim Priest-in-Charge
Setting: St Anne’s Mass – MacMillan
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord alway – Purcell
Hymns: 6, 170ii, 16, 18, 7
Voluntary: Wake, O wake – Marsh
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Sung by the Tenors and Basses
Responses: Plainsong
Psalm 50 vv. 1–6
Magnificat: Plainchant tone vi
Nunc dimittis: Plainchant tone iv-4
Anthem: The Advent Prose – Plainchant (ed. Cleobury)
Hymns: 1i , 8 (t. 128ii)
Voluntary: Rorate Caeli Choral orne – Demessieux
The Second Sunday of Advent
Sunday 8th December 2024
10.30am Sung Eucharist
Celebrant and Preacher: Rev. Dr David Vannerley, Interim Priest-in-Charge
Setting: St Anne’s Mass – MacMillan
Anthem: People, look East – Besancon carol melody, arr. Shaw
Hymns: 5, 12, 14, 308, 388i
Voluntary: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn (BWV 601) – J. S. Bach
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Responses: Plainsong
Psalm 75
Magnificat: Morley fauxbourdons
Nunc dimittis: Morley fauxbourdons
Anthem: How lovely are the messengers – Mendelssohn
Hymns: 2, ‘Hark, what a sound’ (t. NEH 320i)
Voluntary: Prelude on ‘Come, thou long expected Jesus’ – Setchell
The First Sunday of Advent
Sunday 1st December 2024
10.30am Festal Sung Eucharist
President and Preacher: Rev. Dr David Vannerley, Interim Priest-in-Charge
Introit: I look from afar – adapted from a Magnificat by Palestrina
Setting: St Anne’s Mass – MacMillan
Anthem: The truth from above – trad. English carol, arr. Vaughan Williams
Hymns: 11, 3ii, 7, 298, 9
Voluntary: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) – J. S. Bach
6.00pm ‘From Darkness to Light’ — A Service for Advent
The Advent Antiphons
I look from afar – adapted from a Magnificat by Palestrina
A tender shoot – Goldschmidt
O thou the central orb – Wood
O radiant dawn – MacMillan
Dismissal – Barker
Hymns 19 (omit vv. 5 & 7), 7, 12, ‘O come, O come, Emmanuel’, 9
Voluntary: Toccata on ‘Veni Emmanuel’ – Carter