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September 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.

The 9.30am Parish Communion service is now held in the church building, and is open to all to attend (subject to seating restrictions), and will also be live-streamed as shown below.

The 8.00am Communion Service is held in the church building starting this month

​The 11.15am Family Service is now held in the church building on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.
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Instructions for practical arrangements for services inside the church building are below. See also the video here. 
parish_communion_arrangements_from_5th_july.pdf
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Live Streamed services may be accessed live or after the event via our Facebook Page        
  http://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst
You do not need to have a Facebook account to watch this service.
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Sunday 6 September
8.00am Holy Communion In church
​9.30am Parish Communion (Traditional) In church and live-streamed
"The Task of Reconciliation"
Romans 13: 8-14
​Matthew 18:15-20
matthew_18_15_to_20_9.30_am.pdf
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Sunday 6 September 11.15am Family Service In Church
"The Two Sons"
​Luke 15:11-32
Sunday 6 September 6.30pm Contemplative Evening Prayer  
​In church and live-streamed
  

Sunday 13 September
8.00am Holy Communion In church
​9.30am Parish Communion (Informal) In church and live-streamed
"Bible Sunday"
Isaiah 40:1-8
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
​Matthew 5:17-20
bible_sunday.pdf
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Sunday 20 September
8.00am Holy Communion In church
​9.30am Parish Communion (Reflective) In church and live-streamed

"A Hunger For Change"
Nehemiah 1:1-11, Psalm 74:1-12
​Matthew 9:35 - 10:4
Download the sermon by Rev John Castle by clicking opposite
Today is the start of our sermon series on Nehemiah. See page 8 of the September Newsletter, which is reproduced at the foot of this page.
Sunday 20 September 11.15am Family Service In Church
"Nehemiah"
Nehemiah 1:1-11
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a_hunger_for_change__nehemiah_ch_1_.pdf
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Sunday 27 September
8.00am Holy Communion In church
​9.30am Parish Communion (Community) In church and live-streamed
"Taking Action"
Nehemiah 2:1-18
Matthew 8:5-13
Rev John Castle's sermon, given at the 8 am service, is below:
nehemiah_-_taking_action.pdf
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Guest preacher at 9.30am will be Bishop Christopher Chessun, formerly a curate at St Michael's, and now Bishop of Southwark.
You can read his sermon below:

bp_christophers_sermon_27_sept_2020.pdf
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Sunday 27 September 6.30pm Choral Evensong  
​In church and live-streamed
"Michaelmas"
Genesis 28:10-17
​John 1:47-51
genesis_chapter28_verses_10_to_17_.pdf
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Hymns of the Month

Both this month’s hymns have been written by people who spoke out about situations. The situations they were in were different but God moved them to speak out.
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Ye Holy Angels Bright
https://youtu.be/NAwTDwbVM3o

​This hymn was written by Richard Baxter (1615 – 1691) who ministered in Kidderminster among the hand-loom workers. He became a Roundhead and preached a fiery sermon at the Battle of Edgehill (23-Oct-1642) but then he became upset against Oliver Cromwell for being heavy handed and he thought he might help work out a compromise between the Anglicans and Presbyterians. He was active in restoring the monarchy and played a prominent part at the Savoy Conference (1661) through which the restored Charles II sought to smooth out religious differences.  He was imprisoned on charges of libel against the Church of England (he was lucky only to be imprisoned as the judge he went before had a reputation for hanging people).
 
He wrote “Ye Holy Angels Bright” in 1672 after he had been deprived of his parish but was much revised before it was published by John Hampden Gurney (1802-1862) when he was curate of Lutterworth in Leicester. John Gurney was a clergyman and historian.
 
The tune is by John Darwell (1731 – 1789) and was intended as a setting for Psalm 148



Stand Up Stand Up For Jesus 
https://youtu.be/AhE9VhSxvh4

Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus was written by George Duffield Jr but was inspired by the dying message of Dudley Tyng who had to resign from his Episcopal church for speaking out against slavery, however he continued to speak out at Revival meetings and in 1858 when he had been injured and lay dying, he was asked what message he would give to others at the revival and his response was “Let us all Stand up for Jesus”. Duffield wrote the hymn and concluded his next sermon (based on Ephesians 6:14) with the lyrics as a tribute.


Sermon Series on Nehemiah September/October 2020

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