August 2020 Services
For general information about the services at St Michaels please see the Services Overview page.
See also "Hymns of the Month" at the bottom of this page.
We are now holding the 9.30am Parish Communion service in the church building, which is open to all to attend (subject to seating restrictions), and will also be live-streamed as shown below. There is NO 8.00am Communion Service for the time being.
Instructions for practical arrangements in the church are below.
For the online services details of how to join in are as below.
9.30am Parish Communion: via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst/live_videos/.
The service can also be watched after the event. You do not need to have a Facebook account to watch this service.
11.15am Family Service: please see joining instructions below for the relevant Sunday.
For more up to date information on these services see https://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst.
We plan to re-start the 8.00am Communion Service in September.
Instructions for practical arrangements in the church are below.
For the online services details of how to join in are as below.
9.30am Parish Communion: via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst/live_videos/.
The service can also be watched after the event. You do not need to have a Facebook account to watch this service.
11.15am Family Service: please see joining instructions below for the relevant Sunday.
For more up to date information on these services see https://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst.
We plan to re-start the 8.00am Communion Service in September.
Instructions for practical arrangements for services inside the church building are below. See also the video here.
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Sunday 2 August 9.30am Parish Communion (Traditional)
This service will be held in the church (see practical arrangements as above), and can be viewed live or as a recording on Facebook as above.
"The Story of Joseph (part 1)"
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Matthew 13:54-58
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Sunday 2 August 11.15am Family Service
"Joseph and his Brothers (part 1)"
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Sunday 2 August 6.30pm Contemplative Evening Prayer
"Vision"
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Sunday 9 August 9.30am Parish Communion (Informal)
This service will be held in the church (see practical arrangements as above), and can be viewed live or as a recording on Facebook as above.
"The Story of Joseph (part 2)"
Genesis 39 Matthew 5:27-30 |
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Sunday 16 August 9.30am Parish Communion (Reflective)
This service will be held in the church (see practical arrangements as above), and can be viewed live or as a recording on Facebook as above.
"The Story of Joseph (part 3)"
Genesis 45:1-15 Matthew 20:20-28 |
Sunday 16 August 11.15am Family Service
"Joseph and his Brothers (part 2)"
Genesis 45:1-15 |
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Sunday 23 August 9.30am Parish Communion (Community)
This service will be held in the church (see practical arrangements as above), and can be viewed live or as a recording on Facebook as above.
"Peter Gets is Right"
Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 |
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Sunday 30 August 9.30am Parish Communion (Traditional)
This service will be held in the church (see practical arrangements as above), and can be viewed live or as a recording on Facebook as above.
"The Cost of Discipleship"
Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 |
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Hymns of the Month
This month, the link is the Oxford Movement. The Oxford movement was a nineteenth century movement centred in Oxford which sought a renewal of Roman Catholic thought and practice within the Church of England. Their ideas were published in “Tracts for the Times” and as a consequence, those who supported the ideas were known as Tractarians.
Praise to the Holiest in the Height
https://youtu.be/RlBgTmiJCPI
Praise to the Holiest in the Height was written by John Henry Newman (1801-1890) and is an excerpt from a lengthy poem called “The dream of Gerontius” (also by John Newman) and the section that is this hymn is sung by the “Fifth Choir of Angelicals”. The poem consists of the prayer of a dying man and the angelic and demonic responses as they explore his Roman Catholic beliefs. This hymn has provided comfort to those who face death including William Gladstone (1809-1898 (Prime Minister 1868-1874 & 1880-1885)). John Newman was one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. The tune that it is sung to is “Gerontius” by the English musician and clergyman John Bacchus Dykes who was one of the more frequently commissioned hymn tune composers of the era.
Praise to the Holiest in the Height was written by John Henry Newman (1801-1890) and is an excerpt from a lengthy poem called “The dream of Gerontius” (also by John Newman) and the section that is this hymn is sung by the “Fifth Choir of Angelicals”. The poem consists of the prayer of a dying man and the angelic and demonic responses as they explore his Roman Catholic beliefs. This hymn has provided comfort to those who face death including William Gladstone (1809-1898 (Prime Minister 1868-1874 & 1880-1885)). John Newman was one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. The tune that it is sung to is “Gerontius” by the English musician and clergyman John Bacchus Dykes who was one of the more frequently commissioned hymn tune composers of the era.
Be Thou my Guardian and my Guide
https://youtu.be/kuirBAKHc5g
Be Thou my Guardian and my Guide was written by Isaac Williams, another member of the Oxford Movement and after winning an Oxford University prize for Latin Verse, he became close friends with John Keeble, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. The hymn is said to be inspired by the line in the Lord’s Prayer “And Lead us not into Temptation”.
Be Thou my Guardian and my Guide was written by Isaac Williams, another member of the Oxford Movement and after winning an Oxford University prize for Latin Verse, he became close friends with John Keeble, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. The hymn is said to be inspired by the line in the Lord’s Prayer “And Lead us not into Temptation”.