A reminder of our annual vestry meeting, taking place on Sunday, 24 February, after the 9:15 service.
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Nine Lessons and Carols
We will present our 34th annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Wednesday, 24 December 2014, at 17:30.
This year the music includes:
The holly and the ivy (Matthew Owens)
Love came down at Christmas (R.O. Morris, arr. George King)
In dulci jubilo (arr. Bob Chilcott)
Ding dong! merrily on high (arr. Malcolm Williamson)
Ave Maria (Jaakko Mäntyjärvi)
There is no rose (Howard Skempton)
The first Christmas (Peter Racine Fricker)
Estonian lullaby (Arvo Pärt)
Quem pastores (arr. Desmond Ratcliffe).
All are welcome, doors open around 17:00, and guarded parking is available on the church close and the section of Pretorius Street between Christ Church and the Venning Park Rose Garden.
Pictures from this Sunday’s combined Institution and Confirmation Service
This past Sunday, the Right Revd. Dr. Johannes Seoka, Bishop of Pretoria, visited Christ Church lead
a combined Holy Eucharist service, which included the institution of Fr. Samuel Isaacs as the new Priest in Charge, and Confirmation.
Pictures from the service are available on our gallery page.
Confirmation and Institution of our Priest in Charge
This coming Sunday, 23 February 2014, the Bishop of Pretoria will visit Christ Church for confirmation and the institution of Fr. Sam Isaacs as our Priest in Charge.
Please note that there will be one combined choral eucharist at 8AM. The normal 7:30 AM and 9:15 AM eucharist services will not take place this Sunday.
Requiem Mass for Don Macmillan
Please note that the requiem mass for Don Macmillan will be at 2PM
on Friday, and not at 3PM as originally announced.
Sunday, 1 September 2013 – Choral Evensong
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No Music at this Sunday’s 9:15 Eucharist
This coming Sunday, 21 July 2013, there will be no music
at the 9:15 Holy Eucharist service as the choir are visiting St. Andrew's Cathedral in Bloemfontein. The 9:15 Choral Eucharist will resume next week.
No Evensong at Christ Church this weekend
Please note that there will be no Choral Evensong service at Christ Church this coming Sunday, 7 July 2013.
The choir will be visiting St. George's parish church in Parktown, where they will sing in a combined evensong service with the St. George's choir.
Services in the parish hall for the coming weeks
Please note that for the following two Sundays, 7 April and 14 April 2013, both morning eucharist services will be conducted in the parish hall, as the church building is undergoing major renovations. The choir will not perform at the 9:15 eucharist on 7 April, as they are on their post-Easter recess, but they will be singing on 14 April.
The usual monthly choral evensong service will not be observed this month, and choral evensong services will resume with a service on 5 May 2013, at 5PM.