Worship

ADVENT & CHRISTMAS SERVICES at SPSS

  • Sunday, December 8 – Advent 2
    Morning services as usual at 9.00 and 10.30 am. (Choral Matins)
  • Sunday, December 15 – Advent 3
    Morning services as usual at 9.00 and 10.30 am.
    1:00 pm: Children’s Christmas Musical – “Once upon a Starry Night” 
  • Wednesday, December 18 – Advent Ember Day
     6:30 pm: Blue Christmas Service and Reception 
  • Sunday, December 22 – Advent 4
    Morning services as usual at 9.00 and 10.30 am. Our area Bishop, The Right Reverend Kevin Robertson will Celebrate and preach at 10.30 am.
    4:00 pm: Festival of Lessons and Carols for Christmas 
  • Tuesday, December 24 – Christmas Eve
    5.00 pm: Family Eucharist with the Christmas Story
    10.00 pm : Festal Eucharist
  • Wednesday, December 25 – Christmas Day
    10.30 am: Sung Eucharist with Carols
  • Sunday, December 29 – Christmas I
    9.00 am: Holy Eucharist in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit.
    10.30 am: Choral Eucharist.

REGULAR SERVICES

Sunday

9:00 am
Said Eucharist
This service takes place in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit
10:30 am
Choral Eucharist
A full choral liturgy with choir, procession, and sermon. This service includes a Eucharist except for one Sunday a month when we share Choral Mattins, the traditional sung service from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.
Sunday School is available for children.
After the service, we share in a time of hospitality with light refreshments in the Parish Hall.

Wednesday

11:00 am
Eucharist with Anointing and Community Lunch
Every Wednesday, we gather for a service  followed by a BYO lunch. A short reflection on the Gospel is preached, a few hymns are sung, and we offer anointing for healing.  The Eucharist is celebrated using more modern language from the Book of Alternative Services.