Prayer and Worship during COVID 19 Pandemic
We are open weekdays between 9am and 1pm for private prayer and on Sundays from 9.00am for a 9.30am Sunday Eucharist Service. We comply with NHS Test, Track and Trace , social distance, face coverings and hand hygiene in order to keep our visitors and congregation safe. For those who wish to worship from home we have put together the following list of resources to help us pray at home.
Fr Jeremy has provided short videos as follows:
Palm Sunday Eucharist: https://vimeo.com/404232952
Easter Day Eucharist: https://vimeo.com/406618632
Second Sunday of Easter: https://vimeo.com/409259710
Third Sunday of Easter: https://vimeo.com/411794579
Here is an order of service for making a Spiritual Communion at home.
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Church of England – Daily Hope Phone Line – Daily Hope offers music, prayers and reflections as well as full worship services at the end of a telephone line.
Holy Week and Easter Resources from the Diocese of Rochester – various resources are available on the Diocesan website:
https://www.rochester.anglican.org/resources/seasonal/easter-and-holy-week/
Apps and Websites
Church of England Lent App, email.
#LiveLent: Care for God’s Creation is the Church of England’s Lent Campaign for 2020. Available as a booklet, emails or an app.
Website: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/lent-2020-church-resources#na
App: Free
Common Worship: Daily Prayer
Find complete services for Morning, Evening and Night Prayer from the Church of England with this official Daily Prayer app.
Website: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
App: Free
Common Worship: Time to pray
Time to Pray: Prayer During the Day from the Church of England provides a pattern of prayer and daily Bible reading that is simple yet profound.
Website: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
App: 99p per year.
Pray as you go app and website
Designed to be accessible wherever you are, this includes music, scripture and questions for reflection, based on the Daily Eucharist Lectionary.
Website: https://pray-as-you-go.org/
App: Free
Sacred Space app and website
Spiritual freedom, a deeper relationship with Jesus, and
finding God in all things are three basic precepts of Ignatian Spirituality.
Website https://www.sacredspace.ie/
App: Free
Lectio 365
Lectio 365 is a daily devotional resource that helps you pray the bible every day.
App: Free
Soultime: a Christian Meditation app
Soultime is a Christian meditation app for daily meditations, relaxation and anxiety relief.
App: some content is free, a subscription is required to access all content
Northumbria Community
On-line versions of Celtic daily prayer: Morning, midday, evening and compline.
Website: https://www.northumbriacommunity.org/offices/how-to-use-daily-office/
Centering prayer:
Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, prayer in which we experience God’s presence within us.
App: Free
Prayermate
Organise your prayer life with this straightforward and distraction-free app.
App: Free
Television and Radio Broadcasts
Songs of Praise
BBC 1, Sunday 1:15pm
Sunday Service
BBC Radio 4, Sundays, 8:10am
Daily Service
BBC Radio 4, Monday-Friday, 9:45am
Thought for the Day
BBC Radio 4, Monday-Friday 7:45am
Choral Evensong
BBC Radio 3, Wednesdays, 3:30pm, repeated Sundays, 3:00pm
(All BBC Radio programs are available for catch up online)
Live streamed services
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