NEW YEAR, NEW RESOLUTIONS

The ringing tills of Christmas are long silent. Food and drink are now taken in moderation. Diets commenced. Belts tightened. January sales are spent. VAT has increased. The "crunch" has come. How will we all cope?

As we have done in the past. "Hang on in" as the colloquial saying goes. Black Death, Great Fire, South Sea Bubble, Blitz, Lloyds collapse, bank bailouts. All part of the eich pattern of life; all unwanted and all to be overcome. The human instinct for survival triumphs. But what about those who cannot adapt, who have too little to ease their belt-tightening and cutting back? The City churches are full of reminders of the care of Man for his fellow Man - bread shelves for the hungry, benefaction boards, inscribed memorials to the great and good recording donation of their estates to fund almshouses, schools, scholarships, coals and food for the poor and needy. Even the fabric of the buildings themselves have been shared in the past with those less fortunate, as at St Botolph Aldgate for the homeless or St Katharine Cree for meals for liverymen after the Great Fire. Driven by a Christian conscience to care for others and also perhaps to ensure a place in heaven, the City churches have plenty to remind us of their former parishioners "doing their bit". And so it will continue; looking after both body and soul in some unexpected ways. Remember the Salvation Army, whose headquarters are on Queen Victoria Street, an organisation founded in 1865 by William and Catherine Booth to care for the unloved and underprivileged; and two streets north, St Martin Ludgate is being adapted so staff can offer confidential counselling to those with mental burdens in these troubled times - the Gateway Project, see http://www.stmartin-within-ludgate.org.uk/home/gateway.php. Here is a church that is using its building in a practical new way. And as we walk up Ludgate Hill we will soon notice that St Martin's South front will have two newly re-opened doorcases as Wren had intended, providing step-free access for those with poor mobility. It will still provide regular services and spiritual refreshment as do all the other City churches. You can't miss then, but when did you last step inside one?

Use them or lose them? Not if the Friends of the City Churches can help it. We make sure 15 of them are open at least once a week by Watching in them.

Why not join the Friends and play your part too? Maybe not by Watching,, but by helping n some other way, by providing money or by joining in the churches’ worship and other activities, listed in these pages. In the words of a Japanese poem by Hô-ô called The Master Stroke:

A seedling shoulders up some crumbs of ground The fields are suddenly green for miles around! ______

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected]

Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

REGULAR SERVICES IN FEBRUARY 2011 Every Wednesday – continued 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street subject to change during the major festivals and holidays. You are under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate advised to telephone churches to check the details. See also on our 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill website www.cityevents.co.uk which includes weekend services. 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1700 to 1900 'Abundant' - Prayer in the City St Botolph Bishopsgate Every Monday 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1745 Evening in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn Every Thursday 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr Every Tuesday 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Every Friday 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields Every Wednesday 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1305 Meditation in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields NIGHT PRAYER ON THE INTERNET

1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Sung Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate Night Prayer is broadcast daily on demand on the Internet site of the 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre Internet Church for London. To watch this service, which changes on a daily basis log on to www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk

Friday 4 February SPECIAL SERVICES IN FEBRUARY 2011 1230 Organ Recital: Charles Andrews St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Recital: The Sweelinck Ensemble – Jenny Thomas (flute), Tuesday 1 February Mary Pells (viola da gamba), Oliver Sändig (violin), 1230 Said Eucharist for Candlemas St Dunstan in the West Martin Knizia (harpsichord) – will play Part 1 of the Paris Quartets by Telemann. This will be the first recital Wednesday 2 February in a series of the complete performance of these works 1215 Festal Mass - Candlemas; Presentation of Christ in the St Anne and St Agnes Temple St Vedast alias Foster 1315 Recital: Sam Liu (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Choral Eucharist for Candlemas St Botolph Bishopsgate

1900 Solemn Mass for Candlemas St Alban the Martyr Saturday 5 February

1300 Tabletop Sale to assist local charities to be held at Thursday 3 February The St Alban's Centre in Baldwin's Gardens off 1830 Sung Eucharist with the St Andrew by the Wardrobe Girls' Gray's Inn Road Choir St Andrew by the Wardrobe

Monday 7 February Sunday 6 February 1300 Recital: Vyacheslav Siderenko (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1830 Gospel Service St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Organ Recital: Peter Wright (Southwark Cathedral) Monday 7 February St Michael Cornhill 1800 Sung Eucharist for the Feast of St Vedast, with the Chapel 1310 Recital: Sergei Podobedov (piano) – 24 Preludes (Op. 28) Choir of Peterhouse College, Cambridge by Chopin St Anne and St Agnes St Vedast alias Foster Tuesday 8 February Thursday 10 February 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry 1830 Alt Hallows - A series of encounters and services 1305 Recital: City Music Society - The Royal College of Music to challenge our faith and change the way we live. Wind Ensemble St Botolph Bishopsgate The theme for this month's event is 'Creation'. 1315 Recital: Paul Dunn (piano) St Bride Fleet Street All Hallows by the Tower 1500 Public Tour A guided tour of the Church for only £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street Friday 11 February 1800 The Boyle Lecture - 'Is the world unfinished?' given by 0800 Prayer Breakfast - light breakfast provided Professor Jürgen Moltmann. All welcome - seating is limited. St Martin Ludgate St Mary le Bow Wednesday 9 February Monday 21 February 1305 As part of the City of London Festival - a recital given by 1215 Praise and Worship hosted by KPMG St Bride Fleet Street Helen Sherman (mezzo soprano), James Baillieu (piano)

Thursday 24 February Songs by Clara Shumann, Duparc, Brahms, and folk song 1215 Festal Mass: St Matthias the Apostle St Vedast alias Foster settings by Percy Grainger St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Healing Service with Holy Communion St Martin Ludgate 1305 Recital: Brahms - Sonata for piano and cello, Stravinsky - Suite Italienne: Aiki Mori (cello), Asa Mori (piano) St Dunstan in the West 1305 Recital: Bálint Székely (violin), Mariko Kondon (piano) CONCERTS AND EVENTS St Olave Hart Street 1900 An Organ Recital to be given by James O'Donnell, Organist Tuesday 1 February at Westminster Abbey. Admission is free. Refreshments 1305 Recital: City Music Society - The Benyounes Quartet provided. There will be a retiring collection. St Botolph Bishopsgate St Botolph Aldgate 1315 Recital: Lisa Tunnah (violin) St Bride Fleet Street Thursday 10 February 1305 Recital by Ensemble Caravaggio St Mary le Bow Wednesday 2 February 1305 Recital by the Vesuvio Wind Quintet St Mary at Hill 1305 As part of the City of London Festival - a Concert by the 1305 A Recital by piano students of Professor Mikhail Kazakevich City of London Sinfonia including works by Sibelius, Haydn (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance) and Grainger St Andrew Holborn St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Yuri Paterson-Olenich (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Recital: Works for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents his Vintage played by Jennifer Murphy, Jessica Nigli, Camille Gouton, Collection of unusual discoveries of organ music from Blanca Fernandez Gonzales, Ryoko Harada around Europe St Margaret Lothbury St Dunstan in the West 1930 Under the auspices of the Church of St Bartholomew the Less the Barts Academic Festival Choir and Orchestra Thursday 3 February welcomes singers to take part in an: 1305 Recital: Kristin Sofroniou (piano) St Mary at Hill 'Instant Brahms Requiem'. Please bring your copy with you! 1305 Recital: Musica Drammatica – 'A Journey through Italy' Tickets at the door - £5 given by Musica Gardenia St Olave Hart Street The Great Hall, St Bartholomew's Hospital 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Organ Recital: Celebrating Bach - Richard Townend plays J S Bach St Margaret Lothbury

Monday 21 February CONCERTS AND EVENTS - continued 1300 Recital: Kanae Furomoto (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Norman Harper (St George's RC Cathedral, Friday 11 February Southwark) St Michael Cornhill 1230 Organ Recital: John Webber St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Recital: Sergei Podobedov (piano) In this exciting and 1310 A Recital by the Convivium Singers featuring madrigals and unusual concert, the pianist will improvise a Symphonic sacred works by Dowland, Morley, Philips, Victoria, Sonata on the spot, as part of the on-going 'Dimensions' Palestrina, Tomkins and Byrd St Anne and St Agnes series St Anne and St Agnes 1315 Recital: Paula Martinez (violin) St Bride Fleet Street Tuesday 22 February Monday 14 February 1300 Organ Recital: Christian Wilson St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Recital: Yuri Paterson Glenich (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Recital: City Music Society - Yelian He (cello) 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert St Michael Cornhill St Botolph Bishopsgate 1310 Recital: Helen Shillito (horn), Leanne Singh-Levett (piano) 1315 Recital: Sarah Vivian (soprano) St Bride Fleet Street featuring works by Haydn, Mendelsshon & Matyas Seiber 1500 Public Tour A guided tour of the Church for only £5. St Anne and St Agnes All welcome St Bride Fleet Street Tuesday 15 February 1305 Part of the City of London Festival – 'A Celebration of Bach' Wednesday 23 February a recital by Duo Dorado – Hazel Brooks (baroque violin), 1305 As part of the City of London Festival - a concert by David Pollock (harpsichord) St Botolph Bishopsgate The City Musick St Anne and St Agnes 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Recital: Marcelle Zahra (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital: Sarah Turner (violin) St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Inaugural Concert by The Anglo-Japanese Society of Wessex Chamber Orchestra conducted and directed Wednesday 16 February by Akiko Ohtomo St Dunstan in the West 1305 Recital: Dieuweke Aalbers (soprano), Alice Turner (piano) 1805 The JustShare Lectures on Christian Social & Political St Olave Hart Street Thought 2011: 'Unconditional Love: the driver for voluntary 1315 Recital: Beethoven - Sonata for violin & piano in D major; action?' given by Gavin Oldham - Church Commissioner, Brahms - Sonata for violin & piano in A major, Op. 100; founder and director of the Share Centre and the Share Wieniawski - Obertas Mazurka. Foundation St Mary le Bow Midori Komachi (violin), Kumi Matsuo (piano) St Dunstan in the West Thursday 24 February Thursday 17 February 1305 Recital: London Myriad Ensemble St Mary at Hill 1230 A Schubert Celebration Concert: 1305 Recital: Carol Rowlands (mezzo-soprano) St Mary le Bow A recital of Schubert songs given by 1305 Recital: Manuel Santos (piano) St Olave Hart Street Jonathan McGovern (baritone) and Julius Drake (piano) 01310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower followed at: 1310 Organ Recital: Celebrity Series - Martin Kasperek, from 1305 with a performance of Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet played by St Imier, Switzerland St Margaret Lothbury Sarah Down (piano), Fenella Humphreys (violin), 1915 A Concert by the London Renaissance Singers for the Rebecca Jones (viola), Jessica Burroughs (cello), British-Slovene Society St Andrew by the Wardrobe Josie Ellis (double bass) St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Maciej Raginia (piano) St Mary at Hill Friday 25 February 1305 Recital: Margaret Morell (soprano) St Mary le Bow 1230 Organ Recital: Ruaraidh Sutherland St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Recital: Anete Graudina (violin), Emanuela Graziosi (piano) 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays Brahms and will play works by Beethoven: Sonata in F major 'Spring', Mendelssohn St Margaret Lothbury Romanze in F major St Anne and St Agnes 1315 Organ Recital: Simon Hogan St Bride Fleet Street Friday 18 February 1900 The London Composers Forum presents "Organic" — 1230 Organ Recital: Timothy Wakerell St Stephen Walbrook William Whitehead, organist at Lincoln's Inn Chapel, 1310 Recital: The Rossi Trio – William Summers (recorder, flute), presents an evening of new organ compositions by Jennifer Bennet (violin, bass viol), Jamie Akers ((lute, Londoners featuring the premières of 14 works on the newly theorbo) will play 17th C works by Dowland, Castello, restored organ. The works are fresh, exciting, yet very Palestrina, Marini, Hume, as well as English folk tunes accessible. Tickets £10 (concessions £8) For booking St Anne and St Agnes call 07765 147324. For more information visit: 1315 Recital: Dilara Kaplanbasoglu (piano) St Bride Fleet Street www.londoncomposersforum.org.uk or www.william-whitehead.com St Michael Cornhill Sunday 20 February 1830 A concert by the exciting Oxford choir 'Sospiri' performing Monday 28 February Lagrime di San Pietro, the last work by Lassus, the great 1300 Recital: Victor Sugeng (piano) St Lawrence Jewry Renaissance master. Tickets on the door £8 with 1300 Organ Recital: Gregory Drott St Michael Cornhill concessions at £5 Reservations: 07786 440625 1310 Recital: Hazel Brooks (violin), David Pollock (harpsichord) Further information on: www.sospiri.co.uk Music for violin and harpsichord from 17th C England, St Sepulchre without Newgate including works by Purcell and Byrd St Anne and St Agnes

The Big Society

It would be hard to explain ‘The Big Society’ to our City ancestors, both as a buzzword and as a concept. Indeed, the phrase would seem contradictory to the generations for whom Society was a largely leisured class whose interest in the lower orders could be satisfied with the odd charity bazaar or donation. Whole doctoral theses could be written on the question of how other ages perceived themselves as social units, an issue on which there is still little agreement: it wasn’t so long ago that a previous Conservative prime minister declared that “there is no such thing as society”. Her meaning wasn’t anarchical, of course, for she immediately then said “No government can do anything except through people … It's our duty to look after ourselves and then also to look after our neighbour.”

That is pretty much how the City worked through the many centuries when its streets teemed with people of all social classes, living cheek by jowl, interdependent on one another’s labour and resources, good will and co- operation. They might have used the ‘S word’ differently, but the concept would have been too obvious to require explanation but to the odd Scrooge, begrudging even some slight provision for the Poor and Destitute at Christmas – and even he changed his tune, once his eyes were opened to the wealth of humanity beyond his own meagre existence.

In a world without health insurance, disability allowances, unemployment benefits or even state education, where a pension was a gift to be wrung from a wealthy patron, and debt led to prison, a network of guilds and parishes, clubs and charities, small businesses and generous benefactors provided much that the State now supplies, from poor relief and medical care to the provision of schools and libraries. Many of the City’s ancient livery companies were founded as much with a view to the welfare of their members as regulation of their trade, functioning as burial societies to ensure that none went to a pauper’s grave, and mutual associations to care for the widows and orphans, the aged and infirm of their brotherhood. Now that most of their regulatory functions have been assumed by others, they still flourish as social and charitable bodies, with no want of applicants for their resources. The City parishes, equally, cared for their own poor from the cradle to the grave – sometimes grudgingly, as the church wardens’ records testily record, but more often from a profound belief in the community of neighbours living, working and worshipping together in very close proximity to one another in a crowded city.

The Friends of the City Churches, like so many long-established voluntary groups around the country, would also now appear to be totally on-message, by dint of carrying on as usual, providing modest donations of money and generous donations of time for the greater good. The FCC specifically answers a need within the City of London, to help its many marvellous churches to maintain the fabric of their splendid buildings and remain open to the public, now that their congregations have dwindled and their ancient revenues have been subsumed into common funds. The FCC also gives back to its members, with lectures and visits, guided walks and social events throughout the year. Whatever one might think of ‘small government, big society’, there is much to be given and gained by joining a group like the FCC, and helping us to help others, while perhaps improving yourself. . Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected]

Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

REGULAR SERVICES IN MARCH 2011 Every Wednesday – continued The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill subject to change during the major festivals and holidays. You are 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street advised to telephone churches to check the details. See also on our 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr website www.cityevents.co.uk which includes weekend services. 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1745 Evening in the church St Mary le Bow Every Monday 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Every Thursday 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel Every Tuesday 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn Every Friday 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Every Wednesday 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Meditation in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow PRAYER ON THE INTERNET

1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr Night Prayer and Morning Prayer are broadcast daily on demand 1310 Sung Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate on the Internet site of the Internet Church for London. To watch 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre these services, which change on a daily basis, log on to 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate

SPECIAL SERVICES IN MARCH 2011 Monday 7 March 1300 Recital: Caterina Grewe (piano) St Lawrence Jewry Sunday 6 March 1300 Organ Recital: Huw Tregelles Williams St Michael Cornhill 1830 Gospel Service St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Recital: SAMSensemble: Finzi Quartet; Sara Wolstenholme and Wednesday 9 March – Ash Wednesday Natalie Klouda (violins), Ruth Gibson (viola), Lydia Shelley (cello), 1200 A Commination Service St Sepulchre without Newgate St Anne and St Agnes 1215 Mass and Imposition of Ashes St Vedast alias Foster Tuesday 8 March 1230 Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Recital in the Sixth Form Organ Series 2011 - Matthew Jorysz 1300 Ash Wednesday Service with Imposition of Ashes St Olave Hart Street from St Giles Junior Academy and Henry Mak from 1310 Low Mass and Imposition of Ashes St Alban the Martyr Charterhouse School St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes St Anne and St Agnes 1300 Recital: David Wong (clarinet), Simon Callaghan (piano), 1310 Choral Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes St Botolph Bishopsgate Adrian Poon (basset horn), Q Jing Juanita Wong (cello) 1315 Choral Eucharist for Ash Wednesday St Bride Fleet Street St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Ash Wednesday Eucharist St James Garlickhythe 1305 City Music Society Concert: 'juice' (vocal trio) 1800 Taizé Service with Imposition of Ashes All Hallows by the Tower St Botolph Bishopsgate 1830 Ash Wednesday Eucharist with the St Andrew by the Wardrobe Girls 1500 Church Guided Tour - Fee £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street Choir St Andrew by the Wardrobe Wednesday 9 March 1900 Solemn Mass and Imposition of Ashes St Alban the Martyr 1300 Recital: Joseph Houston (piano) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1900 Imposition of Ashes with music St Anne and St Aggnes Thursday 10 March Thursday 24 March 1305 Recital: Katrina Konecna (flute) St Mary at Hill 1830 Choral Eucharist for the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord, 1305 Song in the City: Shakespeare in song – The Merchant of Venice, with the English Chamber Choir St Andrew by the Wardrobe As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing – given by students of Friday 25 March the Guildhall School of Music and Drama St Mary le Bow 1215 Festal Mass for the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary 1305 Recital: Forest School Brass Ensemble St Olave Hart Street St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1900 Sung Mass for the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary 1310 Organ Recital: Celebrity Series - Hilding Carlsson (Kåge, Sweden) St Alban the Martyr St Margaret Lothbury Sunday 27 March 1800 'Faith in Focus' - Thursday evening supper discussion following the 1830 Bach Vespers - Mass in B minor BWV 232 Admission £15 Eucharist: Beatrice Lambert will discuss the architecture of St Anne and St Agnes St Paul's Cathedral St Dunstan in the West Monday 28 March Friday 11 March 1245 Praise and Worship hosted by KPMG St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Organ Recital: Mark Brafield St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Recital: Antonietta Notariello (piano), Sanja Lagumdzija Hadzic CONCERTS AND EVENTS (piano) Works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Lennox Berkeley, Hindemith, and Debussy St Anne and St Agnes Tuesday 1 March Monday 14 March 1300 Recital in the Sixth Form Organ Series 2011 - Alexander Bliss and 1300 Recital: Clelia Iruzun (piano) St Lawrence Jewry Christian Haigh from Tonbridge School St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: David Graham St Michael Cornhill 1305 City Music Society Concert: The Nagata String Quartet with 1310 Recital St Anne and St Agnes Ralph Lane (clarinet) St Botolph Bishopsgate Tuesday 15 March 1315 Recital: Stuart Raeburn (tenor), David Elwin (piano) 1300 Recital in the Sixth Form Organ Series 2011: John Clark-Maxwell St Bride Fleet Street and Tim Etheridge from Eton College St Lawrence Jewry Wednesday 2 March 1305 City Music Society Concert: The Trinity String Ensemble 1300 Recital: Julia Hsu (piano) St Sepulchre without Newgate St Botolph Bishopsgate 1305 As part of the City of London Festival a free concert given by the Wednesday 16 March City of London Sinfonia directed by Jonathan Morton 1300 Recital: Paula Martinez (violin) St Sepulchre without Newgate Programme: Arensky -Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky 1305 As part of the City of London Festival a free Concert given by Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings St Andrew Holborn the Guildhall Alumni Jazz Ensemble St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Recital: Julietta Demetriades (soprano), Paul Cibis (piano) 1305 Recital: Mansoon Bow (violin), Sam Liu (piano)St Olave Hart Street St Olave Hart Street 1315 Piano Recital by Seiko Nagaoka, featuring her own compositions 1315 Recital: "Virtuosic Violin" Virtuoso pieces for violin and piano and works by Beethoven and Liszt St Dunstan in the West performed by musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama 1915 The first session of the Lent Course led by Father Allan Scott Works by Saint-Saëns, Bloch and Wieniawski St Dunstan in the West in the Church Centre. For more details please contact the Church Thursday 3 March on 020 7405 1831 St Alban the Martyr 1305 Recital: The London Myriad Ensemble St Mary at Hill 1930 International Celebrity Organ Recital by Jos Van Der Kooy 1305 Song in the City: Shakespeare in song – Love's Labours Lost, (Amsterdam and Harlem) Free admission but it is advisable to Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream – given by students of book a place in advance on 020 7253 9503 Charterhouse Chapel the Guildhall School of Music and Drama St Mary le Bow Thursday 17 March 1305 Recital: Evgenia Startseva (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Ingrid Cusido (piano) St Mary at Hill 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Song in the City: Shakespeare in song – Twelfth Night, Hamlet – 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays J S Bach and his Family given by students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama St Margaret Lothbury St Mary le Bow 1800 'Faith in Focus' - Thursday evening supper discussion following the 1305 Recital by The Guildhall Vocal Ensemble directed by Susan Waters Eucharist: Colin Spinks on La Messe des Couvents by Charpentier St Olave Hart Street St Dunstan in the West 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays organ music from Belgium, 1800 Recital: Joanna Tomlinson (soprano), Merel van der Knoop (piano) Holland and Switzerland St Margaret Lothbury works by Schubert, Strauss, Mozart, Puccini, Gershwin & Duparc 1800 'Faith in Focus' - Evening supper discussion following the Eucharist: St Sepulchre without Newgate This being St Patrick's Day The Revd Mark Young will discuss Friday 4 March St Patrick's Breastplate St Dunstan in the West 1230 Organ Recital: Mark Williams St Stephen Walbrook 1830 for 1900 Fundraising Event – "It's All in the bones" 1305 Recital: Rodolfo Richter (violin), James Johnstone (harpsichord) — Find out about William Rich, creator of the tiered wedding cake, performing two violin sonatas by Bach St Olave Hart Street the novelist Samuel Richardson and other City historical figures 1310 Recital: Paris Quartets by Telemann, with Oliver Sändig (violin), Guest Speaker: Jelena Bekvalac Curator of Human Osteology, Mary Pells & Ian Gammie (violas da gamba), Martin Knizia (harpsichord) Museum of London Tickets £10 at the door, £7 in advance St Anne and St Agnes £5 Students & OAPs All welcome St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: George Kaye (bass) St Bride Fleet Street

CONCERTS AND EVENTS - continued Wednesday 30 March — continued 1805 In the Series of JUSTSHARE Lectures on Christian Social and Friday 18 March Political Thought – 'Strangers and neighbours: wealth and poverty' 1230 Organ Recital: Joseph Sentance St Stephen Walbrook The Rt Hon Anne Widdecombe (Former MP and Cabinet Minister) 1305 Recital: Charlotte Derry (soprano), James Williams (piano) St Mary le Bow St Olave Hart Street 1915 Lent Course 3rd session led by Father Allan Scott For more details 1310 Recital: Elizabeth Watson (viola d'amore), Sally Mays (piano) please contact 020 7405 1831 St Alban the Martyr Works by Scarlatti and Gordon Tonson St Anne and St Agnes 1930 Concert performance of The Duruflé Requiem to be given by Saturday 19 March The Hanover Choir St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Concert: The Choirs of Girton College, Cambridge and Thursday 31 March St Sepulchre's with the SW1 Ensemble; Works by Allegri, Fauré 1305 Recital: Thomas Humphreys (baritone), Raya Kostova (piano) and Duruflé Tickets £10/£7 – Please contact St Mary at Hill [email protected] or 07786 440 625 1305 Song in the City: Shakespeare in song – A Winter's Tale, St Sepulchre without Newgate The Tempest, Henry VIII – given by students of the Monday 21 March Guildhall School of Music and Drama St Mary le Bow 1300 Recital: Andrejs Osokins (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays Organ Music from England 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert's 400th Lunchtime Recital St Margaret Lothbury St Michael Cornhill 1800 'Faith in Focus' - Thursday evening supper discussion following 1310 Recital: William Carter - renowned lutenist St Anne and St Agnes the Eucharist: Speaker – Oliver Petter St Dunstan in the West Tuesday 22 March 1830 Wee Sing in the City – an opportunity to sing your heart out with 1300 Recital in the Sixth Form Organ Series 2011: DouglasTang from songs from the world church and from the Iona Community Dulwich College and Alexander Pott from Merchant Taylors School All Hallows by the Tower St Lawrence Jewry 1305 A City Music Society Concert given by the Navarra String Quartet with Bartholomew Lafollette (cello) The programme includes Schubert's St Bride Fleet Street Quintet in C (D956) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1500 Church Guided Tour Fee £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street JAM — 'All Things Wear Silence' Wednesday 23 March 1300 Recital: Victoria Royce (piano) St Sepulchre without Newgate JAM's first concert of 2011 is announced – 1305 Recital: Emeline Archambault St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital: "The Impeto" – Raluca Matei (violin), Florian Mitrea (piano) Thursday 24 March at 7.30pm Works by Beethoven and Delius St Dunstan in the West 1805 In the Series of JUSTSHARE Lectures on Christian Social and 'All Things Wear Silence' by Philip Cashian (World Première), Political Thought – 'Credit crunch and custody: symbols of social 'The Night's Untruth' by Paul Mealor (London Première), dislocation' to be given by The Rt Revd Peter Selby (Former and works by Tarik O'Regan, Stuart MacRae, Bishop of Winchester) St Mary le Bow Elizabeth Winters, Phillipe Cooke and Peter Nickol 1915 The second session of the Lent Course led by Father Allan Scott in the Church Centre. For more details please contact the Church The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge Onyx Brass on 020 7405 1831 St Alban the Martyr Daniel Cook (organ) Conductor - Nicholas Cleobury Thursday 24 March 1305 Recital: Stella Parlavantza (piano) St Mary at Hill Tickets: £15, Students £5 1305 Song in the City: Shakespeare in song – Othello, Macbeth, Cymbeline; students of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama St Mary le Bow Box Office: 0800 988 7984 or www.jamconcert.org/ 1305 Recital by The Guildhall Harpists St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Celebrity Series – Diego Cannizzaro from Sicily St Margaret Lothbury 1800 'JAM' - The first John Armitage Memorial Concert of 2011 For details please refer to the 'box' display. St Bride Fleet Street St Paul's Cathedral 1800 'Faith in Focus' - Evening supper discussion following the Eucharist: Ayla Lepine will discuss the Annunciation St Dunstan in the West Thursday 3rd March 2011 at 7.00pm Friday 25 March 1230 Organ Recital: Geoff Tuson St Stephen Walbrook A Gala Concert in aid of the 1305 Recital: Magdalena Filipczak (violin), Grzegorz Mania (piano) St Olave Hart Street St Paul's Cathedral Foundation 1310 Recital: Trio Lavolta – Sally Mays (piano), Joyce Fraser (violin), to celebrate the 300th Anniversary Felix Buser (cello) Works by Haydn and Frank Martin of the architectural completion of the Cathedral St Anne and St Agnes Monday 28 March Handel – Zadok the Priest, 1300 Recital: Balder Neergaard (piano) St Lawrence Jewry Mozart – Laudate Dominum from 'Solemn Vespers' 1300 Organ Recital: Gerard Brooks St Michael Cornhill Haydn – 'The Heavens are telling' from 'Creation' 1310 Organ Recital: Martin Knizia St Anne and St Agnes Mendelssohn – 'O for the wings of a dove' Tuesday 29 March Haydn – 'Nelson Mass' Widor – Toccata in F 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis with Edmund Higham and Gareth Hoddinott (trumpets) St Lawrence Jewry Dame Felicity Lott Catherine Wyn-Rogers 1305 City Music Society Concert: The Aoyama Duo (flute & harp) Andrew Carwood Stephen Roberts St Botolph Bishopsgate Simon Johnson – Organ 1815 Concert by 'The Green Chorus' - a unique London-based all female Japanese choir, conductor Mikiko Ridd, with Japanese and English English Chamber Orchestra The Purcell Singers traditional and modern songs St Dunstan in the West Wednesday 30 March Conducted by John Rutter 1300 Recital: Matt Kibble (French horn) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 City of London Festival – A Concert by the City of London Sinfonia; Gala Ticket prices: £100 (includes pre-concert champagne reception Michelle Todd (soprano) Conductor - Dominic Wheeler Works by and Dome seat, £55, £45, £35, £25, £15, £10 Mozart, Delius, Vaughan Williams and McNeff St Andrew Holborn available from Barbican Box Office on 020 7638 8891 1315 Recital: Katherine Linton-Ford (soprano), Erik Azzopardi (piano) or book online at www.barbican.org.uk

Songs by Poulenc, Debussy, Mendelssohn & Wolf St Dunstan in the West

DELIVERANCE FROM LIVING DEATH: THE MIRACLE OF RESURRECTION

Last autumn the world held its breath as thirty-three Chilean miners waited, trapped 700 metres underground in the San Jose mine, desperately hoping to be rescued. They waited for 69 days until they were finally brought to the surface through a combination of modern technology and extraordinary determination and perseverance.

The story, as it unfolded in all its nail-biting drama, was watched by an estimated one billion people, and there was a genuine sense of joy and triumph around the world when all the men were finally rescued and reunited with their families.

The miners were a colourful and mixed crowd, certainly no angels, ranging in age from 19 to 63. They were hard-living, colourful characters. They were also for the most part devout Roman Catholics. They prayed every day, and they openly and publicly gave thanks to God when they were released from their underground tomb.

I don't think it is too fanciful to see their story as a modern-day metaphor for the Easter story. The miners descended into Hell - those first 17 days were a living hell, not knowing if help was coming, slowly starving to death until the initial borehole reached them Then they began to believe in the power of Resurrection - the knowledge that there was the possibility of life beyond almost certain death, as the drillers worked frantically to reach their target without causing further rock falls. Finally came their deliverance, ending in glorious Ascension, as one by one they were brought in the capsule to the surface and the sunlight and the fresh air they had thought they might never breathe again.

The whole experience seemed to them, and to the watching millions, nothing less than a miracle. Who knows, perhaps the Vatican will declare it to be one in years to come. Be that as it may, the rescue of those 33 miners was a truly wonderful and inspiring moment, and a reminder that the power of Resurrection is a present reality as well as an historic event. God speaks to us at the level of our deepest experience, at the time of our deepest need. And whether we are Chilean miners, or redundant City workers or desperate housewives, or just ordinary struggling people, the miracle of resurrection can be found within the ordinary routine of our daily lives. For each of us it will be different, and we can't predict how it will happen. But the assurance that our weakness and suffering can be confronted and answered is the faith to which the miracle of the first Easter morning is the supreme and enduring witness.

The Venerable David Meara Archdeacon of London Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected]

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REGULAR SERVICES IN APRIL 2011 Every Wednesday – continued 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street subject to change during the major festivals and holidays. You are under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate advised to telephone churches to check the details. See also on our 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill website www.cityevents.co.uk which includes weekend services. 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr Every Monday 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1800 Taizé Service - during Lent St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn Every Thursday 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 25 April] 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe Every Tuesday 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 21 April] 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury Every Friday 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Every Wednesday 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 21 April] 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 21 April] 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields PRAYER ON THE INTERNET Night Prayer and Morning Prayer are 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr broadcast daily on demand on the Internet site of the Internet Church for 1310 Sung Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate London. These services change on a daily basis, to watch them log on to 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk

Thursday 21 April – Maundy Thursday continued SPECIAL SERVICES IN APRIL 2011 1900 Choral Eucharist with Washing of Feet and Stripping of the Sanctuary St Anne and St Agnes Sunday 3 April – Mothering Sunday 1900 Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper, Washing of Feet and Vigil 0930 Parish Sung Mass St Alban the Martyr to Midnight St Alban the Martyr 1100 Solemn Mass St Alban the Martyr 1930 Liturgy of the Last Supper with Foot Washing and Stripping 1830 Gospel Service St Stephen Walbrook of the Altars, followed by silent prayer, ending with Compline at 2145 Wednesday 6 April All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Lent with Bach – Guided Meditations keeping Lent in words and music. Friday 22 April – Good Friday All welcome St Mary le Bow 1030 Liturgy of Good Friday St James Garlickhythe 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate 1100 Good Friday Liturgy St Anne and St Agnes Thursday 7 April 1100 Three Hours Devotion commencing with Stabat Mater by Pergolesi 1310 Choral Eucharist with the St Margaret Pattens Choir directed by then at 1200 Prayer and Music, and at 1300 Stainer's 'Crucifixion' Rupert Perkins St Margaret Pattens St Bride Fleet Street 1800 Eucharist, followed by Supper Discussion 1100 Liturgy for Holy Week; Victoria - 'Passion according to St John'; led by the Revd William Gulliford – Preparing for Holy Week John IV of Portugal - 'Crux Fidelis'; Schütz - 'Also hat Gott St Dunstan in the West die Welt geliebt' St Magnus the Martyr Wednesday 13 April 1130 Morning Prayer St Dunstan in the West 1230 Lent with Bach – Guided Meditations keeping Lent in words and music. 1200 Good Friday Liturgy with Veneration of the Cross All welcome St Mary le Bow All Hallows by the Tower Thursday 14 April 1200 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1200 Three hours devotion: readings, meditations, and hymns 1830 Evensong with the St Andrew by the Wardrobe Girl's Choir St Michael Cornhill St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1200 Children at the Cross (hot cross buns) St Olave Hart Street 1900 Lectio Divina – A contemporary and contemplative process of spiritual 1230 Liturgy of the Cross St Olave Hart Street exploration, personal reflection and prayer St Andrew Holborn 1315 Celebration of the Lord's Passion St Alban the Martyr 1915 Slide show of the Holy Land followed by refreshments 1500 Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday St Dunstan in the West St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1600 Latvian Eucharist St Anne and St Agnes Saturday 16 April 1700 Evening Prayer St Dunstan in the West 1000 Romanian Orthodox Liturgy for Lazarus Saturday, with the visit of Saturday 23 April – Holy Saturday Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury 1100 Easter Vigil: Viadana - 'Missa l'hora passa'; Palestrina - 'Sicut cervus' St Dunstan in the West St Magnus the Martyr 1230 High Mass in honour of our patron St Magnus the Martyr; 1800 Easter Vigil and Eucharist. Music – Missa Brevis in F major (K192) Music: Marc de Ranse- 'Messe en l'honneur du pieux Roi St Louis' by Mozart St Stephen Walbrook Refreshments to follow St Magnus the Martyr 1830 New Fire, Liturgy and Vigil St Anne and St Agnes 1800 The Official 'Virgin' London Marathon Thanksgiving Service 2000 Solemn Easter Vigil Mass St Alban the Martyr Join us for the official London Marathon Thanksgiving Service Sunday 24 April – Easter Day as we give thanks for the gift of sport which enables us to cross the 0545 Dawn Service and Kindling of the New Fire, followed by Egg-Rolling barriers of different nations, cultures, colours and faiths. All runners, in Fleet Street and Breakfast in Church St Bride Fleet Street families and friends are welcome. All Hallows by the Tower 0600 Easter Vigil St Olave Hart Street Sunday 17 April – Palm Sunday 1100 Family Eucharist St Bride Fleet Street 0930 Parish Sung Mass St Alban the Martyr 1100 Easter Family Service St Olave Hart Street 1045 Outdoor Procession and Solemn Mass St Alban the Martyr 1030 Festival Sung Eucharist. Mass setting: Missa Solemnis in C (K 337) 1050 Choral Eucharist with Palm Procession St Anne and St Agnes by Mozart St James Garlickhythe 1100 Liturgy for Holy Week: Rubbra - 'Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici'; 1100 Festal Eucharist with blessing of New Fire and Renewal of Gibbons - 'Hosanna filio David'; Bairstow - 'Let all mortal flesh keep Baptismal Vows All Hallows by the Tower silence'; Victoria - 'St Matthew Passion' St Magnus the Martyr 1100 Choral Eucharist St Anne and St Agnes Monday 18 April 1100 Liturgy for Easter Day: Mozart - Missa Brevis in C (K 259); 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West Stanford - 'Ye choirs of new Jerusalem' St Magnus the Martyr Tuesday 19 April 1830 Bach Vespers with J S Bach's Cantata BWV 4 — 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr "Christ lag in Todesbanden" – the Sweelinck Ensemble, Wednesday 20 April – Holy Wednesday directed by Martin Knizia St Anne and St Agnes 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West Tuesday 26 April 1230 Lent with Bach – Guided Meditations keeping Lent in words and music. 1230 Easter Tuesday Eucharist with Blessing of the Paschal Candle All welcome St Mary le Bow St Dunstan in the West 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate 1800 Taizé Prayer around the Cross All Hallows by the Tower 1900 Sung Mass of Our Lord's Passion for Holy Week St Andrew Holborn CONCERTS AND EVENTS Thursday 21 April – Maundy Thursday 1230 Said Eucharist of the Lord's Supper St Dunstan in the West Friday 1 April 1245 Music and Readings for Passiontide with the St Margaret Pattens Choir 1230 Organ Recital: Marc Murray St Stephen Walbrook directed by Rupert Perkins St Margaret Pattens 1310 Recital: New Camerata Ensemble - works by Mozart and Schubert 1245 Organ Mass by Victoria St Stephen Walbrook St Anne and St Agnes 1300 Holy Communion St Katharine Cree 1930 "A Celebration of Motherhood" – a Spring Concert given by 1300 Holy Communion and Stripping of the Altar City Chorus performing music with a maternal theme to prepare for St Sepulchre without Newgate Mothering Sunday Tickets £10 (unreserved) from: 1310 Choral Eucharist St Anne and St Agnes www.londoncitychorus.com or on the door on the night. 1310 Choral Eucharist with Maundy Ceremonies St Botolph Bishopsgate St Sepulchre without Newgate 1310 Maundy Thursday Service followed by J S Bach Organ Chorales, Monday 4 April played by Richard Townend St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Recital: Susan Clark (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Choral Eucharist St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Organ Recital: Gregory Drott St Michael Cornhill 1800 Communion with Washing of Feet St Olave Hart Street 1310 Recital: The Anima String Quartet - works by Beethoven, Bridge 1830 Eucharist of the Last Supper, with the English Chamber Choir and Kodály St Anne and St Agnes Washing of Feet, Procession to the Altar of Repose, and Watch 1930 Under the auspices of the City Church of St Bartholomew the Less, Celebrant: The Revd Canon Dr James Rosenthal the Barts Academic Festival Choir and Orchestra presents a concert St Andrew by the Wardrobe featuring Wagner's Prelude to 'Parsifal', Brahm's 'Song of Fates' 1830 Liturgy for Holy Week: Byrd - Mass for four voices; and Mozart's 'Requiem' Tickets at the door - £10, concessions £5 Croce - 'In Monte Oliveti' St Magnus the Martyr The Great Hall of St Bartholomew's Hospital

CONCERTS AND EVENTS - continued Thursday 14 April — continued

1830 'Stabat Mater' by Pergolesi with Emily Armour (soprano), Tuesday 5 April Alex Rogers (alto), James Grainger (organ) 1300 Recital: Music of Bach sung by Colin Campbell accompanied by Tickets £7 (concessions £4) from the church and on the door Catherine Ennis (organ) St Lawrence Jewry St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 City Music Society Concert given by The Fontanella Recorder Consort

St Botolph Bishopsgate Friday 15 April 1305 CHEAPSIDE DEBATE – 'Can we afford social housing?' 1230 Organ Recital: Stephen Binnington St Stephen Walbrook Speakers: David Orr (Chief Executive, National Housing Federation) 1305 Recital: Nika Shirocorad (piano) St Olave Hart Street and Nick Raynsford MP (former Housing Minister) St Mary le Bow 1310 Recital: Erika Eisele (violin), Christoph Schuringa (piano) 1500 A Guided Tour of the Church for only £5. All welcome. Works by Grieg and Brahms St Anne and St Agnes St Bride Fleet Street

1815 Free 'Early Evening' Concert: The River City Saxes Quartet will play Saturday 16 April music for all tastes ranging from classical and contemporary works to 0930 Commencement of a peal of bells in honour of the 400th anniversary light music and jazz St Dunstan in the West of the granting of the Charter to the Worshipful Company of Plumbers

Wednesday 6 April St Magnus the Martyr 1300 Recital: Claire Bracher (viola da gamba), Jadran Duncumb (theorbo) St Sepulchre without Newgate Monday 18 April 1305 Sachika Taniyama & Gunel Mirzayeva (piano duo) St Olave Hart Street 1300 Recital: Jessica Chan (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Concert: 'The Artisans' ; Music of Old England – A musical journey 1300 Organ Recital: Simon Hogan (Ealing Abbey) St Michael Cornhill through medieval and renaissance England St Dunstan in the West 1310 Concert given by the Monticello High School Choir St Anne and St Agnes Thursday 7 April Tuesday 19 April 1305 Organ Recital: Oliver Hancock St Mary at Hill 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Recital by the Reigate Wind Quintet St Olave Hart Street 1500 A Guided Tour of the Church for only £5. All welcome. 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Organ Recital: 'Celebrating Bach' – Richard Townend plays J S Bach 1305 JustShare Debate: 'Has the pay of Chief Executives increased too St Margaret Lothbury much?" Our two eminent speakers, Sir Paul Judge and 1800 'Faith in Focus' - Thursday evening Supper Discussion following the Mark Littlewood will debate this controversial subject Eucharist led by the Revd William Gulliford in preparation for Holy Week All Hallows by the Tower St Dunstan in the West 1310 Recital: Alison Crum (viola da gamba), Roy Marks (theorbo) 1900 'Requiem' by Gabriel Fauré, to be sung by the UBS Choral Society Works by Cappus, Schenck, Kühnel & Marais St Anne & St Agnes St Botolph Bishopsgate Wednesday 20 April Friday 8 April 1300 Recital: Albert Pae (flute) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1230 Organ Recital: Huw Morgan St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital by La Capella – A long-established Female Choir from 1305 Recital: Nika Shirocorad (piano) St Olave Hart Street Uppsala, Sweden St Olave Hart Street 1310 Recital: Nadia Giliova (piano) St Anne and St Agnes 1310 Organ Recital: Martin Knizia will play works by J S Bach – Prelude and Fugue in B minor; Partita "Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig" Monday 11 April and Six "Schübler" Chorales St Anne and St Agnes 1300 Recital: Mikhail Shilyaev (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Simon Lindley (Leeds City & Parish Church) Thursday 21 April St Michael Cornhill 1305 Recital by the Elgin String Trio – Haydn's Seven Last Words on the 1310 Recital: The Rivoli String Quartet - works by Haydn and Tchaikovsky Cross with specially selected readings St Olave Hart Street St Anne and St Agnes 1310 "Music for Passiontide" An Organ Recital by Jonathan Melling Tuesday 12 April All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis plays organ music to celebrate two impending Royal Events – The Queen's Birthday and the Saturday 23 April Royal Wedding St Lawrence Jewry 1400 St George's Day Gala Concert ending with the City of London Proms 1815 Free 'Early Evening' Concert: Kyoko Murai (soprano), Ellin Smith (harp) This will be a Festival of English prose and music covering a range Songs by Rubbra, Debussy, Takemitsu, British folk songs and songs by of styles of each. An added attraction will be a procession of Pearly Japanese composers St Dunstan in the West Kings and Queens. A collection will be taken for the work of The Treloar Trust for disabled children. Wednesday 13 April Tickets are £5 each (Under 18s free) and can be obtained from: 1300 Recital: Simon Desbruslais & Robert Keeley (piano duo) New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London, E1 7RL St Sepulchre without Newgate Cheques should made payable to 'New Britain' 1315 Recital: Maiko Mori – works by Schubert, Chopin and Liszt, including St Sepulchre without Newgate the 'Mephisto Waltz' No 1 St Dunstan in the West 1805 In the Series of JUSTSHARE Lectures on Christian Social and Tuesday 26 April Political Thought – 'Let your Yes be Yes – the Christian imperative 1305 CHEAPSIDE DEBATE on the Alternative Vote Referendum to change the voting system'. The lecturer will be Jonathan Bartley, Speakers: Mark Field MP & Andrew Duff MEP St Mary le Bow spokesperson for the 'Yes to fairer votes' campaign. He will explore his theological and ethical rationale for electoral reform. He is also Wednesday 27 April co-director of the religious think tank Ekklesia St Mary le Bow 1300 Recital: Elenlucia Pappalardo (piano) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1830 Concert given by the City Chamber Ensemble – Vivald's Four Seasons, 1305 Recital: Duo Dorado – Hazel Brooks (violin), David Pollock Symphony No 94 ('Surprise') by Haydn and Pachelbel's Canon (harpsichord) St Olave Hart Street Tickets £10 including wine St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital: Anete Graudina (violin), Florian Mitrea (piano) – Works by Beethoven and Schubert St Dunstan in the West Thursday 14 April 1305 Organ Recital: Michael Bawtree St Mary at Hill Thursday 28 April 1305 Recital by the Tzigane Piano Trio who will perform the Piano Trio 1305 Recital: Tim Motz (piano) St Mary at Hill in B flat major (D898) by Schubert St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Diana Brekalo (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Anthony Gritten All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Organ Recital – Celebrity Series: Hartmut Leuschner-Rostoski 1310 Organ Recital: 'Celebrating Bach' – Music by Bach's pupils played by from Bayreuth St Margaret Lothbury Richard Townend St Margaret Lothbury

DEDICATIONS

Unlike secular Bank holidays limited just to a celebration of the pagan May Day [2nd this year] and a transferred and demoted Whit Monday “Spring” [30th], the Anglican Calendar of Holy Days for the month of May celebrates no less than three apostles as well as 3 archbishops, 2 bishops, an abbot, a monk, 3 reformers [1 religious and 1 social], a spiritual writer, a spiritual guide, 3 evangelists and 1 visionary, all the English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation era and the Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth.

Now the City, important as it is, cannot lay claim to all those as residents, liverymen, visitors or clerics but we can flesh out some of them. Even The Blessed Virgin Mary [31st] is alleged to have appeared to one of the canons at the pre-reformation St Bartholomew the Great.

James the Apostle[1st] is the dedication of the church St James Garlickhythe on Garlick Hill, re-built by Wren and noted for its fine woodwork, and escaping not just a second world war bomb but also a 1990s crane. Another church dedicated to James was in Duke’s Place demolished in 1874.

Many died for their faith during the reformation, notable among them John Rogers, lecturer at St Paul’s Cathedral who was burned in Smithfield. A memorial on the curtain wall of Bart’s Hospital marks the spot. Nearby in Suttons’ Hospital Charterhouse, just outside the City, is a modern day memorial to the Carthusian monks there who were martyred at Tyburn. Both Protestants and Catholics now share a joint commemoration on 4th May. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury [19th] is remembered in St Dunstan in the East – now just a Wren steeple and beautiful garden - and St Dunstan in the West, a Guild church by John Shaw 1830-33 with strong interiors celebrating the church’s association with the Eastern Orthodox faith. Dunstan is patron saint of goldsmiths, and at one time, this day was the changeover to a new year mark. John and Charles Wesley, evangelists and hymn writers, are remembered on 24 May, the day in 1738 that John had his religious experience at a Moravian meeting house in Aldersgate Street. He had been a pupil at Charterhouse, unlike Charles, more renowned for his hymn-writing, who was educated at Westminster School and confined himself to that city.

On 26th we celebrate Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, remembered in the dedication of St Augustine Watling Street, previously known as by St Paul’s Gate and also Old Change. Rebuilt by Wren, it suffered bomb damage in the last war and its tower has now been converted for use as part of the Cathedral Choir School.

Immediately opposite this is the new shopping destination of the City, One New Change- it’s architecture by Jean Nouvel reflecting the historic surroundings. Do ascend the lift to the 6th floor and look from the roof terrace to see a panorama of spires and towers, and then, suitably inspired, take to the streets and visit the churches themselves.

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected]

Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

REGULAR SERVICES IN MAY 2011 Every Wednesday – continued 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are N.B.18 & 25 May, No Service - Church open for prayer subject to change during the major festivals and holidays. You are 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street advised to telephone churches to check the details. See also on our 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr website www.cityevents.co.uk which includes weekend services. 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry Every Monday 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1800 Taizé Service - St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry Every Thursday 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 25 April] 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap Every Tuesday 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields N.B. Not 19 & 26 May 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 21 April] 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West ― N.B. 1830 on 19 May 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury Every Friday 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow Every Wednesday 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 21 April] 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel N.B.20 & 27 May, No Service - Church open for prayer 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 21 April] 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Sung Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate PRAYER ON THE INTERNET 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre Night Prayer and Morning Prayer are broadcast daily on demand on the 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by Internet site of the Internet Church for London. These services change on Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate a daily basis, to watch them log on to www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk

Tuesday 3 May – continued SPECIAL SERVICES IN MAY 2011 1300 Recital: 'Love's Light Wings' – Romantic music for viola, voice & piano by Brahms and Strauss St Margaret Pattens Monday 2 May Wednesday 4 May 1215 Festal Mass in honour of George, Martyr, Patron of England (transferred 1300 Recital: Hannah Yip (piano) St Sepulchre without Newgate from 23 April) St Vedast alias Foster 1305 Recital: Sylvia Yee (piano) St Olave Hart Street Tuesday 3 May 1315 Recital: Javier Vázquez (piano) St Dunstan in the West 1215 Festal Mass in honour of Mark the Evangelist (transferred from 23 April) 1315 Organ Recital: Roberto Marini (Teramo Cathedral) Temple Church St Vedast alias Foster Thursday 5 May Wednesday 4 May 1305 Organ Recital: Gavin Roberts St Mary le Bow 1215 Festal Mass in honour of Philip and James, Apostles (transferred from 1 1305 Recital: Nicholas Mogg (baritone), Harry Ogg (piano) – May) St Vedast alias Foster Prizewinners in the newly established Cambridge Song Prize 1800 Choral Evensong – The Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks for 2010 St Olave Hart Street St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1900 A Mass of Thanksgiving for the Life of St Andrew Holborn 1310 Organ Recital: Bo Ingelberg (Vöstervik, Sweden) Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of its Destruction during the Blitz St Margaret Lothbury in 1941. The Preacher will be Canon Mark Oakley. The service will be Friday 6 May followed by refreshments St Andrew Holborn 1230 Organ Recital: John Webster St Stephen Walbrook Thursday 5 May 1310 Recital: The Lawson Trio – Works by Beethoven and Ravel 1245 Easter Carol Service with the Church Choir St Margaret Pattens St Anne & St Agnes Friday 6 May 1315 Recital: Clare Jones (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 1900 Fr Christopher Smith will be Instituted and Inducted as the 10th Vicar of Monday 9 May the Parish St Alban the Martyr 1300 Piano Recital St Lawrence Jewry Sunday 8 May 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert St Michael Cornhill 1115 Easter Carol Service: 'Rise, Heart, Thy Lord is Risen' Temple Church 1310 Recital: Mick Foster (saxophone), Yeu-Meng Chan (piano) Monday 9 May St Anne & St Agnes 1800 Friends of the Musicians' Chapel Annual Service – All welcome Tuesday 10 May St Sepulchre without Newgate 1300 Organ Recital: Ami Hoyano (Japan) St Lawrence Jewry Tuesday 10 May 1305 JustShare Debate: 'War and water: a future of insecurity?' 1800 Patronal Service – The Worshipful Company of Marketors Speakers: Dan Smith (Director, International Alert) and followed by Beating the Bounds ― This ancient ceremony will once Alex Nickson (Mayor of London's Adviser on Water Strategy), again be performed. You are warmly invited to take part in this unique Chair: Simon Mills (Head of Sustainability, Corporation of London event. St Bride Fleet Street St Mary le Bow Thursday 12 May 1310 Musical Tuesday Concert with the Kensington Quintet – 1830 Alt Hallows – a series of encounters and services to challenge our faith violins, cello, clarinet All Hallows by the Tower and change the way we live. The theme for this month's event is 'City 1315 Recital: Mansoon Bow (violin) St Bride Fleet Street Resurrection' All Hallows by the Tower Wednesday 11 May 1900 Lectio Divina ― A contemporary and contemplative process of spiritual 1300 Recital: Jane Williams & Julie Aherne (violin & Piano) Works by exploration, personal reflection and prayer St Andrew Holborn Beethoven & Hindemith St Sepulchre without Newgate Saturday 14 May 1315 Recital: Jung Yoon Cho (violin), Philip Howard (piano) 1200 St Nicholas Society Eucharist. RSVP is essential - please contact Works by Franck, Saint-Saëns, Ysaye & Toro Takemitsu [email protected] A Reception follows at All Hallows by St Dunstan in the West the Tower St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London 1315 Organ Recital: Ian le Grice (Temple Church) Temple Church Monday 16 May 1700 Concert: Part of the London Contemporary Music Festival. 1245 Praise and Worship – hosted by KPMG St Bride Fleet Street At 1630 pre-concert talk by Andrew Gant. The concert will feature Wednesday 18 May works by Britten ― A Ceremony of Carols; Giles Swayne ― 1830 Evensong for the eve of St Dunstan's Day St Dunstan in the West O my dear heart; the world première of a work by Andrew Gant ― Thursday 19 May This I have done for my true love: a Sequence of Easter Carols 1830 Choral Evensong for our Patronal Festival with the Parish Fair all day The singers will be children of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal, Director St Dunstan in the West Andrew Gant; with Rachel Wick (harp) St Dunstan in the West Saturday 21 May 1805 In the series of JUSTSHARE LECTURES on Christian Social & 1130 Choral Eucharist for Patronal Festival St Dunstan in the West Political Thought – 'Responding to the Big Society', to be given by Sunday 22 May The Revd Dr Angus Ritchie (Director of the Contextual Theology 1100 Solemn Mass – Thanksgiving for Church Music through the works of Centre) St Mary le Bow Palestrina St Alban the Martyr Thursday 12 May 1115 Choral Mattins: For those we have loved. A service to which we invite 1305 Organ Recital: Robert Quinney St Mary le Bow all those families for whom we have conducted a Memorial Service in 1305 Recital: Maria Razumovskaya (piano) St Olave Hart Street recent years. Temple Church 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays Organ Music from Wednesday 25 May North Germany St Margaret Lothbury 1200 The Pepys Commemoration Service St Olave Hart Street 1845 Concert: The Temple Singers will sing A German Requiem 1800 Anniversary Service to mark the 400th Anniversary of the publication by Brahms in the original edition for choir and piano duet. of the King James Bible with the Bishop of London St Bride Fleet Street For further information and to book please contact Thursday 26 May www.templemusic.org Temple Church 1830 'Wee Sing in the City' – an opportunity to sing your heart out with 1900 Rachmaninov's Vespers The Choir of the Church will launch their songs from the world church and the Iona Community All welcome new recording of this masterful work. Tickets available in advance All Hallows by the Tower from: www.stbrides.com St Bride Fleet Street Tuesday 31 May Friday 13 May 1215 Festal Mass to commemorate the Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to 1230 Organ Recital: Joseph Sentance St Stephen Walbrook Elizabeth St Vedast alias Foster 1305 Recital: Luka Šulić (cello), Nadav Hertzka (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1310 Recital: The Finzi Quartet St Anne & St Agnes CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN MAY 2011 1315 Organ Recital St Dunstan in the West 1315 Recital: Francis Brett (bass baritone), Charles Brett (piano) Tuesday 3 May St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Organ Recital: James McVinnie St Lawrence Jewry Sunday 15 May 1315 Recital: Maria Rasumovskaya (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 1500 & 1800 London Mandolin Festival Concert Tickets £10/ £8/ £5 1500 Guided Tour of the church – £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street St Sepulchre without Newgate

CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN MAY 2011 - continued Tuesday 24 May 1300 Organ Recital: Konstantin Volostnov (Russia) St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Musical Tuesday Concert with the News International Choir Monday 16 May All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Recital: Shawn Moh (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Recital: Maciej Raginia (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Organ Recital: Andrew Lumsden (Winchester Cathedral) Wednesday 25 May St Michael Cornhill 1300 Recital: Sarah Brown & Philip Shannon (clarinet & piano) 1305 Emeline Archambault (piano) St Olave Hart Street St Sepulchre without Newgate 1310 Recital: Nadia Giliova (piano) – Works by Schubert, Liszt and 1315 Recital: Kazue Yanagida (violin), Julia Hsu (piano) Works by Handel, Schumann St Anne & St Agnes Beethoven & Saint-Saens St Dunstan in the West Tuesday 17 May 1315 Organ Recital: Daniel Moult (London) Temple Church 1300 Organ Recital: Yukiko Yamada (Japan) St Lawrence Jewry 1930 Handel's 'Messiah' performed by the Constanza Chorus 1310 Musical Tuesday Concert with Red Baroque – piano, violins, viola, cello Tickets £15 For more information and pre-booking please contact All Hallows by the Tower www.constanzachorus.org.uk St Sepulchre without Newgate 1315 Recital: Sani M Alo (tenor), Kelvin Lim (piano) St Bride Fleet Street Thursday 26 May 1500 Guided Tour of the church - £5. All welcome St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Organ Recital St Mary le Bow 1800 Concert - the finals of the King James Bible 2011 Composition Prize 1305 Recital: Claire Williams (mezzo-soprano), Gavin Roberts (piano) for Young Composers featuring the RCM Junior Chamber Choir. St Olave Hart Street To book contact: www.templemusic.org 1310 Organ Recital: David Cook All Hallows by the Tower or Caroline Watts on 020 7223 7931 Temple Church 1310 Organ Recital: Celebrity Series – Erline Moulder from Drury 1830 'Lancelot Andrewes and the King James Bible: the All Hallows University, USA St Margaret Lothbury connection' by Peter McCullough, Lay Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Friday 27 May Fellow and Tutor in Renaissance Literature at Lincoln College, Oxford 1230 Organ Recital: Timothy Wakerell St Stephen Walbrook All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Recital by the Guildhall Harpists and Friends St Olave Hart Street 1900 Evangelistic Guest Event (supper included). Please contact the Church 1310 Recital: The Gudrun Edwards Piano Quintet Works by Mahler and Office – 020 7283 2231 – for more information and to book a place Schumann St Anne & St Agnes St Helen Bishopsgate 1315 Organ Recital: Edward Dean St Bride Fleet Street Wednesday 18 May 1315 Organ Recital St Dunstan in the West 1300 Recital: Jennifer Brisk (soprano) St Sepulchre without Newgate Tuesday 31 May 1305 Recital: Christine Sofroniou (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1300 Organ Recital: Hampus Lindwall St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Rectial: Ingrid Cusido (piano) St Dunstan in the West 1305 Cheapside Debate: 'Can we afford comprehensive health care?' 1315 Organ Recital: Michael Wynne (St Mary's Priory, Warrington) Speakers: Tim Kelsey (Chair of Dr Foster Intelligence) and Temple Church Harry Cayton OBE (Chief Executive of the Council for Heathcare 1900 Evangelistic Guest Event (supper included). Please contact the Church Regulatory Excellence) St Mary le Bow Office – 020 7283 2231 – for more information and to book a place 1310 Musical Tuesday Concert with Christopher Sayles (piano) St Helen Bishopsgate All Hallows by the Tower 1900 The Lascelles Memorial Concert: In memory of Major-General Anthony 1315 Recital: Anakay Koshka (violin) St Bride Fleet Street Lascelles (1912-2000), a great suppoeter of the musical life of 1500 Guided Tour of the church – £5. All welcome St Bride Fleet Street St Olave's. The recital will be given by the Lawson Trio – Annabelle Lawson (piano), Fenella Humphreys (violin), Rebecca Knight (cello)

St Olave Hart Street 1915 Kate Radmilovic & Tuomas Pursio – A Magical Mix of Opera and All Hallows by the Tower Broadway Tickets £15 For more information and pre-booking call 0800 411 8881 St Sepulchre without Newgate 'The Story of the English Bible' Thursday 19 May

1100 until 1730 The Parish Fair St Dunstan in the West 1305 Organ Recital: Roger Judd St Mary le Bow an exhibition of bibles through the centuries, 1305 Recital: Martin Hässler (baritone), Sanaz Sotoudeh (piano) St Olave Hart Street Friday 13 May until Wednesday 15 June 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend plays Organ Music from Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5.30pm South Germany St Margaret Lothbury Saturday & Sunday 10.00am – 4.00pm 1900 Evangelistic Guest Event (supper included). Please contact the Church Office – 020 7283 2231 – for more information and For more information please consult to book a place St Helen Bishopsgate the church website – ahbtt.org.uk Friday 20 May 1230 Organ Recital: Nicholas Johnson St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Recital: The Sweelinck Ensemble – Telemann: the Paris Quartets, Part III St Anne & St Agnes 1315 Recital: Catherine Leonard (piano) St Bride Fleet Street St Mary le Bow 1315 Organ Recital St Dunstan in the West 1800 Opera and the Old Bailey – The Sheriffs' and Recorder's Fund present 'Spiritual and Visual Treasures Much Sound and Little Sense –- A Centenary Celebration of of W S Gilbert (1836-1911) performed by 'Opera della Luna" Byzantine and Renaissance Icons' An evening of exclusive and exceptional entertainment and edification Tickets in advance only Full details from: www.srfund.org.uk An Exhibition of Iconic Art St Sepulchre without Newgate 1930 'Julius Caesar in Egypt' by Handel. For more information please contact by the Bulgarian artist Ivan Djidjev the church at: www.standrewholborn.org.uk St Andrew Holborn

Saturday 21 May 1930 'Julius Caesar in Egypt' by Handel. For more information please contact Tuesday 3 May until Friday 13 May

the church: www.standrewholborn.org.uk St Andrew Holborn Monday 23 May Monday Tuesday Wednesday: 7.30am to 6.00pm

1300 Recital: Yixin Mao (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Kevin Bowyer (Glasgow Uiversity) St Michael Cornhill Thursday: 7.30am to 6.30pm Friday: 7.30am to 4.00pm 1310 Recital: Poeticall Musicke – Works by Monteverdi and Purcell St Anne & St Agnes

THE CITY CHURCH VISITOR

Why do people visit the City churches? For most of their history, of course, the buildings were straightforward parish churches providing for their parishioners who lived locally the full range of Sunday services, christenings, weddings and funerals, and the other elements of parish life that varied from Saints’ festivals in the Middle Ages to char-a-banc outings in the last century. It may not have been quite as cosy as sentiment suggests (not least to judge from the human drama of contemporary diaries and churchwardens’ accounts), but the church was for centuries the focus of a community life that only a few City parishes now maintain, even in attenuated form.

Particularly, why would anyone now visit a City church? That’s a weighted question, as the Friends of the City Churches demonstrated internally when the head of our new marketing group asked members of the Executive Committee – all enthusiasts, but of many stripes – what they would recommend to first-time visitors. Their responses ranged from the spiritual to the architectural: at least once, take the time to contemplate or pray, but don’t miss the Grinling Gibbons reredos in St. Mary Abchurch. Take in a lunchtime concert, and let the music guide your eyes to the wonders of Wren and his office, or the medieval artisans whose work has miraculously survived so many trials. Log on to the Internet Church any time of the day or night (www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk), but also look out for annual events such as the Lion Sermon at St. Katharine Cree or the beating of the bounds around various parishes.

For all their touristic appeal, it might surprise some folks to observe how many people drop into the City churches during the working day to pray, sit quietly with their own thoughts, or even light a candle. Many people worship in the City, with a choice of denominations and persuasions attested by the list of weekday services on the next page, and weekend services on the City Events Web site (www.cityevents.org.uk). Smells and bells, happy clappy, modified rapture – there’s a City church for every shade of devotion within the proverbial Square Mile, not to mention a wealth of gorgeous backdrops for a wedding, and historic fonts for a christening.

Would that all those happy events led directly and inevitably to increased congregations. Some churches are full on Sunday, while others serve their regular communicants on a weekday, enjoying bursts of activity with greatly increased congregations for special services, with a spike at Christmas when they host corporate and livery carol services. As well as the spiritual diversity, there are social rewards for those who join a service, even as visitors, not least the chance of light refreshments and a bit of a chat afterward.

It is thanks in part to the work of the Friends of the City Churches over the last two decades that so many churches are now open regularly during the week even if no particular service is being held. In sixteen of them FCC volunteer Church Watchers welcome visitors on a regular basis (www.london-city-churches.org.uk). It is partly on account of that success that attendance on our annual City Churches Walks has been gradually declining. This year the Guided Walks will be held within a broader City framework. During the City of London Festival they will set out from St. Magnus the Martyr, Lower Thames Street, on Wednesday 6th July and Tuesday 12th July at 14:00; to book, please visit our Web site or contact the FCC (details below). Ticket price is £8 in advance or £9 on the day. In September we shall be operating within the Open House weekend (17th/18th), when most of the churches in the City will be open. Whatever your motivation in visiting a City church, you are always more than welcome.

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected] Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

REGULAR SERVICES IN JUNE 2011 Every Wednesday – continued 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are subject to 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street change during major festivals and holidays. You are advised to telephone 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr churches to check the details. See also our website at www.cityevents.co.uk 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry which includes weekend services. 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow

Every Monday 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1800 Taizé Service - St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1900 Sung Eucharist St Andrew Holborn

0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Every Thursday 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel

1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook Every Tuesday 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow (N.B. Not 2nd June) 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate N.B. Not 23 June 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Eucharist St Andrew Holborn Every Friday 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Every Wednesday 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Not 21 April] 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields NIGHT PRAYER ON THE INTERNET 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Sung Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate Prayer Services are broadcast daily on demand on the Internet site 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre of the Internet Church for London. To watch these services, which 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by change on a daily basis, log on to: Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate

SPECIAL SERVICES IN JUNE 2011 1745 Choral Evensong: The Choirmen (of the) Temple Church Thursday 30 June

Thursday 2 June – Ascension Day 1830 ' Big Sing in the City' – an opportunity to sing your heart out with songs 1215 Festal Mass St Vedast alias Foster from the world church and the Iona Community. All welcome 1245 Eucharist for Ascension Day including Organ Mass in Bb by Schubert All Hallows by the Tower St Stephen Walbrook CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN JUNE 2011 1300 Choral Eucharist for Ascension Day St Michael Cornhill 1305 High Mass St Mary le Bow Wednesday 1 June 1310 Choral Eucharist for Ascension Day: The Sweelinck Ensemble 1300 Recital: Elen Pappalardo (piano) St Sepulchre without Newgate directed by Martin Knizia; Haydn's 'Missa Brevis' (Little Organ Mass) 1305 Recital: Marion Wyllie (soprano), Nico de Villiers (piano) St Anne & St Agnes St Olave Hart Street 1315 Choral Eucharist for Ascension Day St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: Tamaki Dickenson (violin), Nao Maebayashi (piano); works by 1800 Choral Evensong St Dunstan in the West Brahms & Gershwin, and Japanese songs St Dunstan in the West

1830 Recital by Bishop Michael Marshall – 'The Music of Love and the Love At All Hallows by the Tower of Music' Reflections from the keyboard, followed by a Reception. 1515 Beating of the Bounds Ceremony carried out by pupils of Apply for tickets on: 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook St Dunstan's College 1930 Concert: Penelope Blackie (piano) plays Beethoven and Schumann 1730 Festal Evensong with the choir of St Dunstan's College St Sepulchre without Newgate 1900 Triennial 'Battle' with the Tower of London over the parish boundary Thursday 2 June between clergy and supporters of All Hallows and the Tower which 1305 Organ Recital: James Johnstone St Mary at Hill will include, for the Tower, Yeoman Warders in ceremonial uniform 1305 Recital: Emma Walsh (soprano), Gavin Roberts (piano) 1830 Choral Eucharist for the Feast of the Ascension with the English St Olave Hart Street Chamber Choir St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend St Margaret Lothbury 1900 Solemn Mass St Alban the Martyr Friday 3 June Monday 6 June 1230 Organ Recital: Jonathan Cunliffe St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise - The first of a series of short services led 1305 Recital: Mark Lee (violin), Sanaz Sotoudeh (piano) St Olave Hart Street by Bishop Michael Marshall with the Revd Roger Hoath and the Revd 1310 Recital: The Lawson Trio; Beethoven: Trio in Eb Op. 70 No. 2; Soon Han Choi. For more information please contact 020 7626 9000 Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor St Anne & St Agnes St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Veronica Henderson (cello) St Bride Fleet Street Tuesday 7 June 1315 Organ Recital: Michal Bryks – Works by J S Bach, Messiaen 1130 Thanksgiving Service – The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Saint-Saëns St Dunstan in the West 'Bubble Service' St Bride Fleet Street Monday 6 June Wednesday 8 June 1300 Recital: Tessa Uys (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1100 Awareness Sunday Launch and Service. The Revd Michael Marshall 1300 Organ Recital: Gregory Drott St Michael Cornhill and the Revd Nadim Nassar, with the English Chamber Choir held in 1310 Recital: Anakay Koshka (violin); J S Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G minor the Chapel of Mercers' Hall, Ironmonger Lane, off Cheapside BWV 101; Bartók: Solo Sonata for Violin St Anne & St Agnes Thursday 9 June Tuesday 7 June 1830 Alt Hallows – a series of encounters and services to challenge our faith 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry and change the way we live. The theme for this month's event is 1315 Recital: Chathurika Rajapakse (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 'Together as One'. This will be held in the gardens at St Dunstan in the Wednesday 8 June East, Idol Lane nearby (weather permitting) All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Recital: Isabel Villanueva (viola), Belinda Jones (piano) 1900 Lectio Divina – A contemporary and contemplative process of spiritual St Sepulchre without Newgate exploration, personal reflection and prayer St Andrew Holborn 1305 Recital: Caroline Palmer (soprano), Elizabeth Marcus (piano) Monday 13 June St Olave Hart Street 1300 Bible Study Prayer & Praise – see 6 June St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Concert under the auspices of the Anglo-Japanese Society of Wessex Tuesday 14 June St Dunstan in the West 1815 Choral Evensong: In celebration of Magna Carta. In 1215 on 1315 Organ Recital: Tatyana Lukyanova (St Petersburg State University) 15 June King John put his seal to Magna Carta. The chief mediator on Temple Church Fleet Street that occasion was William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, whose effigy lies 1845 Concert: The Holst Singers directed by Stephen Layton. Works by in the Round Church. Temple Church Fleet Street Pizzetti and Palestrina To book please contact www.templemusic.org Wednesday 15 June Temple Church Fleet Street 1310 Choral Patronal Festival Service St Botolph Bishopsgate Thursday 9 June Thursday 16 June 1305 Recital: 'Song in the City' - Liszt and Friends - songs and chamber music 1745 Choral Evensong: in celebration of the Inns' Amity by Liszt, Wagner, Grieg and Borodin St Mary le Bow Temple Church Fleet Street 1305 Recital: Luca Luciano (clarinet/composer) presents her Friday 17 June 'Clarinet Solo Project' St Olave Hart Street 1830 50th Anniversary of the Reconsecration of the Church - Sung Mass and 1305 Recital: Kristin Sofroniou (piano) St Mary at Hill Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament St Alban the Martyr 1310 Organ Recital: Clive Tuck All Hallows by the Tower Monday 20 June – St Alban's Day 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents Part 1 of 'A Portrait of Diderik 1300 Bible Study Prayer & Praise – see 6 June St Stephen Walbrook Buxtehude - J S Bach's greatest predecessor' St Margaret Lothbury 1900 Procession followed by Solemn Mass St Alban the Martyr 1900 Concert: The Libitum Chamber Choir: Music by Kodály, Britten Thursday 23 June – The Feast of Corpus Christi ('Rejoice in the Lamb'), Finzi. Director: Julian Collings 1215 Festal Mass St Vedast alias Foster Accompanist: Colin Spinks (organ) St Olave Hart Street 1305 High Mass St Mary le Bow Friday 10 June 1830 Choral Eucharist, Procession and Benediction for the Feast of Corpus 1230 Organ Recital: Stephen Disley St Stephen Walbrook Christi, with the English Chamber Choir St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1305 Recital: 'A Nordic Miscellany' – Ida Nilsson, Sofie Almroth (sopranos), 1900 Corpus and Sanguis Christi – Solemn Mass; Procession of the Blessed Dagmar Zeromska (mezzo-soprano), Oscar Palmblad (bass-baritone), Sacrament and Benediction St Alban the Martyr Susan Walters (piano) St Olave Hart Street Friday 24 June – The Birth of John the Baptist 1310 Organ Recital: Martin Knizia plays music by Buxtehude, Bruhns, 1215 Festal Mass St Vedast alias Foster Scheidemann and Weckman St Anne & St Agnes Monday 27 June 1315 Recital: Atsuko Kawakami (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Bible Study Prayer & Praise – see 6 June St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Organ Recital: Simon Hogan – Works by J S Bach, Duruflé Wednesday 29 June – St Peter and St Paul Apostles and Alfred Hollins St Dunstan in the West 1215 Festal Mass St Vedast alias Foster Saturday 11 June 1900 Solemn Mss St Alban the Martyr 1200 to 1600 Festival Fun Day in St Alban's School St Alban the Martyr

CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN JUNE 2011 – continued 1800 British-Georgian Group Lecture: 'The State of Religion in Georgia'. The

Sunday 12 June speakers will be The Rt Revd Bishop Zenon of Dmanisi & Great Britain 1600 Recital: Paul Gregory (guitar) St Sepulchre without Newgate (Patriarchate of Georgia) and Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili of the Monday 13 June Baptist Union of Georgia St Dunstan in the West 1045 The Knollys Rose Ceremony. Gather in Seething Lane Gardens near Wednesday 22 June the church of St Olave Hart Street for the cutting of the rose, and then 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate watch the procession to Mansion House for the payment of the rose 1305 Recital: Lili la Scala (soprano) St Olave Hart Street 'rent' to the Lord Mayor All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Recital: Elizabeth McGrath (violin), Aisa Ijimi (piano) 1300 Recital: Tessa Uys (piano) St Lawrence Jewry St Dunstan in the West 1300 Organ Recital: Stephen Farr St Michael Cornhill 1315 Organ Recital: Daniel Philips Temple Church Fleet Street 1310 Recital: The Anouilh Trio: Music by Johann Baptist Vanhal, Charles 1900 Recital: Ksenija Sidorova (accordion) - by arrangement with Ives, Khatchaturian & Milhaud St Anne & St Agnes The Worshipful Company of Musicians St Olave Hart Street 1500 Guided Tour of the church: only £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street 1930 Eliane Radigue retrospective – see 15 June St Stephen Walbrook Tuesday 14 June Thursday 23 June 1300 Organ Recital: Ann Elise Smoot (London & USA) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Concert: The London Myriad Ensemble St Mary at Hill 1300 Concert: The Handel Collection presents 'Crowning Glories' (George III) 1305 Recital: Recital: Soojung Lim (piano) St Olave Hart Street given by the Wessex Chamber Choir. Music by Marcello, Haydn, 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower William Boyce and Handel St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend – Part 2 of 'A Portrait of Diderik 1315 Organ Recital: Tatiana Lukyanova (St Petersburg State University) Buxtehude - J S Bach's greatest predecessor' St Margaret Lothbury St Bride Fleet Street 1930 Eliane Radigue retrospective – see 15 June St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 15 June Friday 24 June 1300 Recital: Piano Quartet – Ben Baker (violin), Isabel Villanueva (viola), 1230 Organ Recital: Ruaraidh Sutherland St Stephen Walbrook Jun Sasaki (cello), David Malusà (piano) 1310 Recital by the Sweelinck Ensemble; Telemann: The Paris Quartets - St Sepulchre without Newgate the 4th and last recital in the series St Anne & St Agnes 1305 Recital: Recital: Chihiro Ono (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1315 Organ Recital: Mervyn Hogg St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Concert under the auspices of the Anglo-Japanese Society of Wessex 1315 Organ Recital: Charles Andrews St Dunstan in the West St Dunstan in the West 1930 Eliane Radigue retrospective – see 15 June St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Organ Recital: Richard Pilliner (St John the Evangelist, Shirley) Saturday 25 June Temple Church Fleet Street 1930 Eliane Radigue retrospective – see 15 June St Stephen Walbrook 1805 In the series of JUSTSHARE LECTURES on Christian Social & Political Monday 27 June Thought – 'The Politics of Liturgy', to be given by The Revd Professor 1300 Organ Recital: James Gough St Michael Cornhill Mark Chapman, Vice Principal of Ripon College and Reader in Modern 1310 Recital by the SAMS Ensemble & the Finzi Quartet; Works by Theology at the University of Oxford St Mary le Bow Malcolm Arnold, Thomas Adès & Deirdre Gribbin – World première of 1930 Festival Organ Recital: Edward Batting St Alban the Martyr her 'Fantasie Icon' St Anne & St Agnes 1930 'Sound and Music' presents the first retrospective of Eliane Radigue, Tuesday 28 June featuring an eight evening survey of her meditative electronic music 1300 Organ Recital: Brandon Santini (USA) St Lawrence Jewry created between 1968 and 2000 St Stephen Walbrook 1305 JustShare Debate: 'Can you keep a promise? Spending 0.7% Thursday 16 June effectively on aid on the real world' Speakers: Christine Allen, 1305 Recital: Stella Parlavantza (piano) St Mary at Hill Director of the Catholic NGO Progressio, and Michael Green, 1305 Recital: 'Song in the City' - Liszt and Friends - songs and chamber author of Philanthrocapitalism St Mary le Bow music by Liszt, Berlioz and Saint-Saëns St Mary le Bow 1315 Recital: Berrak Dyer (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Recital: Recital: Prach Boondiskulchok (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1500 Guided Tour of the church: only £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Organ Recital: Robert Cruden All Hallows by the Tower Wednesday 29 June 1310 Organ Recital: Celebrity Series: Michael Funke from Bayreuth 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate St Margaret Lothbury 1305 Recital: Sky Ingram (soprano), Thomas Coltman (piano) 1900 Concert: EC4 Music and the City Consort of Voices. Music by Elgar, St Olave Hart Street Malcolm Arnold, Martin, Whitacre & Copland St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: Paloma Bruce (Lyric Coloratura Soprano), 1930 Concert by the Orlando Chamber Choir, directed by James Weeks, Catherine North (piano) St Dunstan in the West with Lynda Sayce (lute): 'Madrigalmania' – Tickets £12, 1315 Organ Recital: Greg Morris Temple Church Fleet Street Concessions £8. Further details from 01223 247027 or Thursday 30 June www.orlandochoir.org.uk St Mary Aldermary 1305 Organ Recital: Jeremy Blasby St Mary at Hill 1930 Eliane Radigue retrospective – see 15 June St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: 'Song in the City' - Liszt and Friends - songs and chamber music Friday 17 June byLiszt, Schubert and Schumann St Mary le Bow 1230 Organ Recital: Timothy Harper St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: Mansoon Bow (violin), Sam Liu (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1310 Recital: featuring baroque flute, viola da gamba, harpsichord 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend: 'A Portrait of Diderik Buxtehude - Music by Scheidt, Sweelinck, Marais & Blavet St Anne & St Agnes J S Bach's greatest predecessor' – Part 3 St Margaret Lothbury 1315 Recital: Benjamin Williamson (counter tenor), Peter Foggitt (piano) 1845 Summer Concert given by the Temple Church Choir. For more St Bride Fleet Street information and booking please visit www.templemusic.org 1315 Organ Recital: Jonathan Hope – Works by J S Bach, Rheinberger Temple Church Fleet Street and Dupré St Dunstan in the West 1930 Eliane Radigue retrospective – see 15 June St Stephen Walbrook City of London Festival Saturday 18 June Sunday 26 June to Saturday 16 July 1830 Summer Concert by 'Concordia' with the Theme of 'Youth' Music by For full listings information on all events, ticket prices Britten, Rutter, MacMillan, Holst & Vaughan Williams St Andrew by the Wardrobe and booking please visit www.colf.org Monday 20 June 1300 Recital: Tessa Uys (piano) St Lawrence Jewry Some events will be held in City Churches – all at 1.05 & 6 pm 1300 Organ Recital: Andrew McCrea St Michael Cornhill (except St Mary at Hill, 6 pm only) 1310 Recital: Sergei Podobedov (piano); Prokoviev Sonata No 7 in Bb major, Chopin - Polonaise in Ab major St Anne & St Agnes Monday 27 June St Mary at Hill Recital - Escher String Quartet 1930 Eliane Radigue retrospective – see 15 June St Stephen Walbrook Tuesday 28 June St Michael Cornhill Recital -Nicholas Altstaedt (cello) Tuesday 21 June Wednesday 29 June St Giles Cripplegate Recital -Malin Christensson 1300 Organ Recital: Stephen Farr St Lawrence Jewry (mezzo- soprano) 1315 Recital; Verity Thirkettle (violin), Ayon Do (piano) St Bride Fleet Street Thursday 30 June St Lawrence Jewry Recital by the Elias String Quartet

SUMMER IS A-COMING IN

Summer is officially here - a drought has been declared in East Anglia and the rest of the country is sheltering under umbrellas as “showery periods” do their worst. Just in time for the school holidays and when we welcome many visitors from overseas. Sunshine or showers, it is a great time of the year to walk round our City and drop in to some of our marvellous churches.

Where do the Friends of the City churches fit in to this? In two practical ways. We encourage the City churches to participate in the imaginative Diocesan gutter scheme so that showery intervals don’t overflow blocked gutters and downpipes as all will have been cleared regularly by a specialist contractor; and we keep no less than sixteen of the churches open in between services with our Watchers, who are all unpaid volunteers. In fact, we are only watching in fifteen of them at the moment as St Martin Ludgate is closed for works relating to their new Gateway Centre, although the Thursday service continues at 1.15pm each week. We have recently added the Dutch Church to our list of Watched churches. This post war church in Austin Friars by Arthur Bailey, 1950-54, replaced a building heavily restored in 1863 after damage by fire. This in turn suffered a direct hit in WW2 and the Bailey church is now the building we see today. Austin Friars runs from Old Broad Street to Throgmorton Avenue. It takes a bit of finding but the church is well worth a visit. There is excellent carving on the Portland stone edifice by Esmond Burton, and John Skeaping was responsible for the weathervane - unusually for the City, in the form of a large cockerel. Inside, there is good stained glass and a large tapestry. The name Austin Friars relates to the church served by Augustinian Friars founded in 1253 by Henry III’s Constable Humphrey de Bohun. At the Reformation only its long preaching nave was kept and this was given in 1550 to the Dutch Protestants; a so- called “Stranger Church”. We keep the church open on the second Tuesday of each month, so 12th July and 9th August, from 11am to 3pm. Other watched churches on Tuesdays are St Dunstan in the West and two of the City’s three St Botolph’s, at Aldersgate [1-4pm only] and Aldgate [11-3pm]. The third St Botolph at Bishopsgate is open to the public every weekday from 8 am to 5.30 pm. The City is traditionally known as “The Square Mile” but it may feel more than that if you visit all five churches on one Tuesday!

A full list of our watched churches is on our website and our Watchers have cards to give out with the times in a convenient format too. Each City church (not only the ones at which we watch) is the subject of an information page on our website, www.london-city-churches.org.uk, just click the button “Index of Churches” and then click on the church you want to know more about.

There is another opportunity to view the City churches on Wednesday 6th July when guided walks will start at 2pm from St Magnus the Martyr and again on Tuesday 12th July starting at 2pm from St Stephen Walbrook. Do join in with these if you can (you can just turn up); the cost is just £8 They are led by experts and really allow you to understand the history and architecture of these wonderful gems. You might even wish to join over 1,000 other enthusiasts as a Friend and perhaps even as a church Watcher. Welcome!

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected] Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

REGULAR SERVICES IN JULY & AUGUST 2011 Every Wednesday – continued 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill [Not in August] The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are subject to 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street change during major festivals and holidays. You are advised to telephone 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr churches to check the details. See also our website at www.cityevents.co.uk 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry which includes weekend services 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow

1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower Every Monday 1800 Taizé Service - St Bride Fleet Street 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1900 Sung Mass St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Every Thursday 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook Every Tuesday 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow [Not 28 July and not throughout August] 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree [Not in August] 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West [Not in August] 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street [Not in August] 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West [Not in August] 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn Every Friday 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower [Not 26 July and not throughout August] 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Every Wednesday 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill [Not in August] 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill [Not in August] 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields PRAYER SERVICES ON THE INTERNET 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Sung Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate Prayer Services are broadcast daily on demand on the Internet site 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre of the Internet Church for London. To watch these services, which 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by change on a daily basis, log on to: Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate

Saturday 2 July — continued SPECIAL SERVICES 1930 'Classical London' – A Concert given by the Bloomsbury Music Group and BWE2 featuring music inspired by our capital city by Holst, Arne, Sunday 3 July Parry, Handel, Constant Lambert, Sullivan, William Lloyd Webber, 1100 Service on justice and peace St Olave Hart Street Noël Coward and more St Sepulchre without Newgate Monday 4 July 1215 Festal Mass – St Thomas the Apostle St Vedast alias Foster Sunday 3 July 1300 'Bible Study Prayer and Praise' - continuing the series of short services 1500 The Esterhazy Singers 40th Anniversary Concert featuring led by Bishop Michael Marshall with the Revd Roger Hoath and the 'Spem in Alium' for 40 parts by Thomas Tallis Also the première of Revd Han Choi. More details can be obtained from 020 7626 9000 a new work by Alexander Campkin commissioned by the Esterhazy St Stephen Walbrook Singers to mark the 40th anniversary and some miniature masterpieces 1745 Choral Evensong: In celebration of the magistracy: Tickets £10 in advance from www.esterhazysingers.com or 'Justices of the Peace, 1361-2011' Temple Church 07958 688422 or [email protected] Wednesday 6 July £12 on the door, students & children half-price St Alban the Martyr 1745 Choral Evensong: In Celebration of the King James Bible Monday 4 July with the Choirmen of the Temple Church followed by drinks in the 1300 Recital: Theodor Iosifidis (piano) St Lawrence Jewry Master's Garden Temple Church 1305 City of London Festival Event: Stephen de Pledge (piano) Thursday 7 July 'Landscape Preludes' 12 enchanting miniatures by New Zealand's 1800 Said Eucharist with supper discussion St Dunstan in the West leading composers Free Admission St Margaret Lothbury Monday 11 July 1300 Organ Recital: Gregory Drott St Michael Cornhill 1245 Praise & Worship hosted by KPMG St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Recital: James Woodrow (guitar) Works by Gaultier, Sauguet, 1300 'Bible Study Prayer and Praise' – see 4 July St Stephen Walbrook Poulenc, Milhaud, Ravel & Ibert St Anne & St Agnes Thursday 14 July 1315 Concert — to be given by the internationally acclaimed 1830 Choral Eucharist and Reception to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pro Cantu Youth Choir from South Africa St Bride Fleet Street re-hallowing of the church following restoration after war damage. 1800 City of London Festival Event: BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists: With the English Chamber Choir and the church Girls' Choir Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano) Works by Schumann, St Andrew by the Wardrobe Liszt, Grieg, Grainger Tickets £10 unreserved St Margaret Lothbury 1900 'Lectio Divina' – A contemporary and contemplative process of spiritual 1800 'To the gates of Paradise' A Lecture on Danté's 'Divine Comedy' exploration, personal reflection and prayer St Andrew Holborn St Olave Hart Street Sunday 17 July Tuesday 5 July 1100 Service: 'Holiness or Compromise' St Olave Hart 1305 City of London Festival Event: Recital by voice and piano students Monday 18 July of the Guildhall School of Music featuring new songs by Benjamin 1300 'Bible Study Prayer and Praise' – see 4 July St Stephen Walbrook Graves, Marta Lozano Molano, and others Wednesday 20 July Admission free St Mary Aldermary 1900 Confirmation Service by the Bishop of London St Andrew Holborn 1315 Recital: Luca Luciano (clarinet) St Bride Fleet Street Friday 22 July 1800 City of London Festival Event: BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists 1215 Festal Mass – St Mary Magdalene St Vedast alias Foster Recital by Henk Neven (baritone), Hans Eijsacker (piano) Sunday 24 July Tickets £10 unreserved St Mary Aldermary 1115 Confirmation and Choral Communion - the Last Service of the Legal Year 1930 City of London Festival Event: Recital by the Schubert Ensemble Celebrant and Preacher: The Bishop of London Temple Church Works by Brahms, Brett Dean, Peter Sculthorpe, and Schubert 1600 St Olave Day Service with jazz band and Tea in the garden Tickets £20 unreserved, with wine St Bartholomew the Great St Olave Hart Street Wednesday 6 July 1830 Bach Festival Mass St Anne & St Agnes 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate Monday 25 July 1305 Recital: Ceri Owen (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1215 Festal Mass – St James the Apostle St Vedast alias Foster 1305 City of London Festival Event: Recital: Jessica Zhu (piano) Works by 1300 'Bible Study Prayer and Praise' – see 4 July St Stephen Walbrook Carl Vine and Liszt Admission free St Vedast alias Foster 1800 St James' Day service St Katharine Cree 1315 Recital: Kiyo Takahashi (piano), with string ensemble, plays Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor St Dunstan in the West 1315 Organ Recital; Neil Taylor (Sheffield Cathedral) Temple Church 1800 City of London Festival Event: BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists CONCERTS AND EVENTS Recital by Maxim Rysanov (viola), Katya Apekisheva (piano) Works by Bach, Grainger and Schubert Tickets £10 unreserved St Vedast alias Foster Friday 1 July 1805 In the series of JUSTSHARE LECTURES on Christian Social 1230 Organ Recital: Edmund Aldhouse St Stephen Walbrook and Political Thought – 'Good news for the poor? Christianity and 1305 City of London Festival Concert – saxophone and recorder ensembles overseas development' byLoretta Minghella, Director of Christian Aid from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Works by Grainger, Nyman St Mary le Bow and Moondog Free Admission St Andrew by the Wardrobe Thursday 7 July 1305 Recital: The Lawson Trio St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Tim Motz (piano) St Mary at Hill 1310 Recital: Trio Lavolta Works by Joseph Haydn and Clara Schumann 1305 Recital: 'Song in the City' - Liszt and Friends - Liszt on his travels St Anne & St Agnes Songs by Liszt, Gounod, Ravel and Ligeti St Mary le Bow 1315 Organ Recital by Georgina Sheriff Works by Bach & Widor 1305 City of London Festival Event: Recital by Claire Hammond (piano) St Dunstan in the West Works by Carl Vine and Liszt Admission free St Mary Abchurch 1315 Recital: Georgia Knower (soprano), Adam Balkwill (piano) 1305 Recital: Jonathan Musgrave (piano) St Olave Hart Street St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Organ Recital by Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1800 City of London Festival Concert: BBC Singers, conductor David Hill. 1310 Concert: The Choral Scholars of Hill House Chelsea, Works by Farquhar, Anne Boyd, Jennifer Fowler, Grainger, Jack Body, The Lothbury Singers and Orchestra with soloists, Stephen Leek Free Admission St Giles Cripplegate introduced and directed by Richard Townend St Margaret Lothbury 1900 The 3rd Lascelles Memorial Concert to be given by the Badke Quartet 1730 until late A Hawaiian Summer Party All are welcome to our Hawiian St Olave Hart Street summer party. Live music, drinks & barbecue. There will be Saturday 2 July complimentary drink for those in Hawaiian attire! St Bride Fleet Street 1000 Come and sing Rossini's "Petite Messe Sollenelle". Workshop and 1800 'Big Sing in the City': an opportunity to sing your favourite songs from rehearsals all day. Scores and light refreshments provided (bring your the world church and the Iona Community All Hallows by the Tower own lunch) St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1800 City of London Festival Event: BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists 1800 Concert in which you perform Rossini's work for the benefit of the charity Recital by Francesco Piemontesi (piano) Works by Chopin, Debussy 'Unlimited Partnership' Cost – £20 for singers, £10 for audience and Schumann Tickets £10 unreserved St Mary Abchurch members (payment on the day) St Andrew by the Wardrobe

CONCERTS AND EVENTS – continued Friday 15 July 1230 Organ Recital: David Phillips St Stephen Walbrook Friday 8 July 1305 City of London Festival Event: Songs of Australia and New Zealand for 1230 Organ Recital: Timothy Wakerell St Stephen Walbrook soprano, tenor and baritone given by voice and piano students of the 1305 City of London Festival Event: Recital by voice students of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama Guildhall School of Music & Drama featuring Grainger's Folk Songs Admission Free St Olave Hart Street Admission Free St Botolph Bishopsgate 1310 Recital: cello and piano - Sonatas by Beethoven: No. 3 in A, opus 69 1310 Recital: Bureau Trio Works by Beethoven (Trio in B flat major Opus 11) and No 5 in D, Opus 102 No. 2 St Anne & St Agnes and Arensky (Trio in D minor Opus 32) St Anne & St Agnes 1315 Recital: Ben Kearsley (guitar) St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: Sophie Walby (soprano), Enrique Ali (piano) 1315 Organ Recital by James Perkins Works by Bach and Franck St Bride Fleet Street St Dunstan in the West 1315 Organ Recital by Edward Dean Works by Bach and Stanley 1800 City of London Festival Event: Concert by the Elision Ensemble – St Dunstan in the West featuring music influenced by the Australian continent and its inhabitants 1930 City of London Festival Event: A live BBC Radio 3 concert to be given by Finnissy, Lim, Lumsdaine, Rodgers and Grainger the Goldner String Quartet featuring music by Elgar, Ravel and others Tickets £10 unreserved St Andrew Holborn Tickets £15 unreserved with wine St Bartholomew the Great Saturday 16 July 1930 '90 Years of Note' A Concert to be given by the City Chorus 1830 City of London Festival Event: Pinnacle Ensemble celebrates the Works by Vaughan Williams, Charles Ives and Kerry Andrew 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible St Vedast alias Foster Tickets £10 with wine from: www.londoncitychorus.com Monday 18 July St Sepulchre without Newgate 1300 Recital: Rika Zayasu (piano) St Lawrence Jewry Monday 11 July 1300 Organ Recital: David Aprahamian Liddle St Michael Cornhill 1300 Recital: Anna Le Hair (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1310 River Saxes play works by Gershwin, Bartók, Handel, Byrd and others 1300 Organ Recital: Christopher Nickol St Michael Cornhill St Anne & St Agnes 1310 Recital: violin and piano - Works by Leclair, Schubert and Boulanger 1800 Recital: Charlotte Derry (soprano), James Williams (piano) St Anne & St Agnes St Olave Hart Street 1800 City of London Festival Event: BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Tuesday 19 July Recital by the ATOS Trio Works by Schubert, Stanhope and 1300 Organ Recital by Susan de Kam (USA) St Lawrence Jewry Mendelssohn Tickets £10 unreserved St Margaret Pattens 1305 In the series CHEAPSIDE DEBATES on matters of public and faith Tuesday 12 July interest – 'Can we afford the nuclear deterrent?' to be given by 1300 Organ Recital by Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry Andrew Gilligan, London Editor, Sunday Telegraph St Mary le Bow 1305 City of London Festival Event: Recital by Ben Schoemann (piano) 1315 Recital: Dilara Kaplanbasoglu (piano) St Bride Fleet Street Works by Liszt Admission Free St Anne & St Agnes Wednesday 20 July 1315 Recital: Katie McRae (soprano), Dimitris Dekavallas (guitar) 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Recital: Austen Scully (cello), Kenny O'Neill (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1500 Guided Tour of the church for only £5. All welcome St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: Hiroko Yamamoto (piano), Samuel Kopelman (violin) Works by 1800 City of London Festival Event: BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Handel, Beethoven, M Ponce and others St Dunstan in the West Recital by Alexandra Soumm (violin), Adam Laloum (piano) Works by 1315 Organ Recital; Robert Gallagher (Wayne, USA) Temple Church Grieg, Sculthorpe & Ravel Admission Free St Anne & St Agnes 1830 Recital: Sofia Larsson (soprano), Jonny Davies (piano) Wednesday 13 July 'From Bach to Rachmaninov' St Olave Hart Street 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate Thursday 21 July 1305 City of London Festival Event: given by students of the Guildhall School 1305 Recital: Simon Gilliver (flute), Julia White (oboe), Paolo Baroni (cello), of Music & Drama Works by Hindson, Vercoe, Liszt, Farr & Grainger Kiyoko Fukuo (piano) St Mary at Hill Admission Free St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Recital: Patrick Avery (guitar) St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: Klaus Cutic (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Mikako Sugamura (piano), Nazuna Takahama (piano) 1315 Recital: Hiroko Yamamoto (piano), Helen Wills (flute) Works by Mozart, Works for solo piano and duo St Olave Hart Street Prokofief,Michio Miyaghi and Donizetti St Dunstan in the West 1310 Organ Recital by Richard Cook All Hallows by the Tower 1800 City of London Festival Event: Recital by Veronika Eberle (violin) 1310 Bach Festival: Organ Recital by Martin Knizia 'Bach and the North Works by Bloch, Bach, Ysaÿe & Milstein German Organ School' including works by Buxtehude and Bruhns Admission free St Bride Fleet Street St Anne & St Agnes 1845 Concert in aid of theTemple Church Organ Appeal: Thomas Trotter bids 1310 Organ Recital: 'Celebrating Bach' – The Orgelbüchlein (1717) 'Farewell to the Organ' before the Harrison & Harrison instrument Richard Townend and the Lothbury Singers present the organ undergoes major refurbishment Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Stanley, preludes & chorales sung as Bach intended St Margaret Lothbury Thalben-Ball & others To book: www.templemusic.org Temple Church Friday 22 July Thursday 14 July 1230 Organ Recital: Joseph Sentance St Stephen Walbrook 1305 City of London Festival Event: Recital by the Nagata Quartet with 1310 Bach Festival Recital: Sweelinck Ensemble directed by Martin Knizia Ralph Lane (piano) Works by Osvaldo Golijov and Grainger with David Soar (bass) Works by Bach, Schütz and Sweelinck Admission Free St Mary at Hill St Anne & St Agnes 1305 Os Violinhos – A Concert by the acclaimed massed violins of pupils of 1315 Recital: 'Steppin Out' – the acclaimed piano and vocal duo, Daniel and the Academia de Música de Lisboa, St Mary le Bow Laura Curtis present items from The Great American Songbook with, 1305 Recital: The Chelsea Trio (flute, clarinet & piano) St Olave Hart Street amongst others, the works of Berlin, Gershwin, Kern and Porter 1310 Organ Recital by David Cook All Hallows by the Tower St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Organ Recital in the Celebrity Series – Alessandro Bianchi (Cantù, Italy) 1930 Concert by the Canary Chorale - including a Cole Porter medley, opera St Margaret Lothbury arias and songs from the shows Admission will be by donation 1800 City of London Festival Event: BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists on All Hallows by the Tower saxophone, clarinet, piano, electronics, double bass, drums Saturday 23 July Interpretations and improvisations of the music of Ornette Coleman, 1310 Bach Festival: Sweelinck Ensemble directed by Martin Knizia Gershwin, Stravinsky and original compositions Tickets £10 unreserved A Gala Concerto Evening – Works by Bach, Fux and Handel from www.colf.org St Sepulchre without Newgate Admission: £15 St Anne & St Agnes 1830 Lloyds Choir Summer Concert St Katharine Cree Sunday 24 July 1930 'LONDON PAGEANT' The City Wind Orchestra present a concert of 1130 Recital: Grace Francis (piano) Works by Liszt & Rachmaninov music inspired by the capital. Works by Elgar, Holst and Coates. Free Admission Coffee at 1100 Charterhouse Great Chamber Tickets: £8, (concessions £6), including a glass of wine (Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6AN) Call 020 8553 4973 for more details St Katharine Cree 1830 Bach Festival Mass as part of the Bach Festival with the Sweelinck Ensemble St Anne & St Agnes

Tuesday 9 August CONCERTS AND EVENTS – continued 1300 Music Festival: Meridian String Trio: David Hackbridge-Johnson (violin) Wei-Tsen (cello), Yeu-Meng Chan (piano) Works by Fauré, Turina and Monday 25 July David Hackbridge-Johnson St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Recital: Maiko Mori (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Festival Concert: Masayuki Tayama (piano) St Dunstan in the West 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert St Michael Cornhill 1500 Guided Tour of the church for only £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Bach Festival: Recital: capella vitalis berlin directed by Almut Schlicker, with Emily Atkinson (soprano) Sonatas by J S Bach and C P E Bach St Anne & St Agnes Wednesday 10 August Tuesday 26 July 1300 Music Festival: Cressida Lindsey (soprano), Esther Cavett (piano) Works 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis plays 'Lollipops!' St Lawrence Jewry by James Lindsey (new commision) & Fauré St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Bach Festival: Recital: Lecosaldi Ensemble Works by Boyce, Abel, 1315 Festival Concert: Ensemble Caravaggio Works by Mozart Stanley and Bach (Fugue in Eb 'St Anne') St Anne & St Agnes and Beethoven (includes Fortepiano) St Dunstan in the West 1315 Recital: Kenneth O'Neill (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 1500 Guided Tour of the church for only £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street Thursday 11 August 1300 Music Festival: Ann Lines (cello), Tatiana Andrianova (piano) Wednesday 27 July Works by Prokofiev and Mendelssohn St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Recital: Mark Gibbs (viola), Alison Rhind (piano) St Olave Hart Street Friday 12 August 1310 & 1900 Bach Festival Recital: Bach: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and 1230 Organ Recital: Susan Dingle St Stephen Walbrook Harpsichord Part 1; Sonatas 1-3, BWV 1014-1019 St Anne & St Agnes 1300 Music Festival: Duo Andina: Sarah Blankholm (violin), Balder Neergaard 1315 Recital: Maciej Raginia (piano) Works by Schumann, Debussy & Ravel (piano) Works by Mozart and Brahms St Lawrence Jewry St Dunstan in the West 1315 Festival Concert: Finbarr Malafronte (guitar) St Dunstan in the West 1805 In the occasional series of informal presentations from experts in their field – 'Ubuntu leadership and listening' to be given by Dr Karambu Monday 15 August Ringera - Founder and President of International Peace initiatives 1300 Music Festival: Sara Hajir (cello): Works by Britten, Gordon Jacob All welcome St Mary le Bow and J S Bach St Lawrence Jewry

Thursday 28 July Tuesday 16 August 1305 Recital: Sergei Podobedov (piano) St Mary at Hill 1300 Music Festival: Olive Murray (soprano), Christopher Foreman (piano) 1305 Recital: Louise le Boutillier (mezzo soprano), Rachel Neiger (piano) Works by Bach, Cherubini, Mozart, Strauss etc St Lawrence Jewry St Olave Hart Street 1815 Festival Concert: Emiko Miura (piano) St Dunstan in the West 1310 Organ Recital by Ludo Geloen All Hallows by the Tower 1310 JS Bach Memorial Organ Recital given by Richard Townend to mark Wednesday 17 August the death of Bach on 28 July 1750 St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Music Festival: Ben Thapa (tenor) St Lawrence Jewry 1310 A Concert to be given by the Morley Chamber Choir, directed by 1315 Festival Concert: Neville Dickie plays stride, boogie & ragtime Harvey Brough St Mary le Bow by Fats Waller, Pine Top Smith etc St Dunstan in the West 1310 & 1900 Bach Festival Recital: Bach: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Part 2 Sonatas 4-6, BWV 1017-1016 St Anne & St Agnes Thursday 18 August 1300 Music Festival: Litsa Tunnah (violin), Petr Liminov (piano) Works by Friday 29 July Paganini, Debussy and David Matthews St Lawrence Jewry 1030 'Londinium: The Roman City' - a guided walk as part of the Festival of Archaeology around the Roman city of Londinium. The walk costs Friday 19 August £6 per person and lasts about 2½ hours. No need to book in advance - 1230 Organ Recital: Emma Gibbins St Stephen Walbrook just come to the church on the day. All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Music Festival: Crispin Lewis (baritone), Anna Tetsua (piano) 1230 Organ Recital: Gary Desmond St Stephen Walbrook Works by Frank Martin and Vaughan Williams St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Organ Recital by Huw Williams St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Festival Concert: Aiki Mori (cello), Philip Howard (piano) will play Haydn's Cello Concerto St Dunstan in the West Monday 1 August 1300 Music Festival: Carl Herring (guitar) Works by Kramkoi, Asafiev, Monday 22 August Rudnev, Lannoy and Carl Herring St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Music Festival: 'Antique Treasures' - Olga Popova (baroque violin),

William Brown (tenor sackbut) & Katalin Ertsey (theorbo): Works by Tuesday 2 August Pandolfi, Picchi, Riccio, Schutz and others . St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Music Festival: Charlotte Pugh (Recorder), Lawrence Rugg (piano)

Works by Casken, Ball and J S Bach St Lawrence Jewry Tuesday 23 August

Wednesday 3 August 1300 Music Festival: Alice Bishop (soprano), Matthew Rickard (piano) 1300 Music Festival: 'Jazz at St Lawrence' Bobby Wellins (saxophone) Works by Schumann, Brahms, Gurney & Duparc St Lawrence Jewry Kate Williams (piano) This exceptional and well-known duo will play a 1500 Guided Tour of the church for only £5 All welcome St Bride Fleet Street selection of standards and originals St Lawrence Jewry 1815 Festival Concert: Megumi Nagae (violin), Belinda Jones (piano) 1315 Festival Concert: Yuka Ishizuka (violin) with piano accompaniment Includes the world première of a composition by Ryosuke Karaki Works by Brahms and Ravel St Dunstan in the West St Dunstan in the West Wednesday 24 August Thursday 4 August 1300 Music Festival: Jane Gilbert (flute), Elizabeth Mucha (piano) Works 1300 Music Festival: 'Serenade Duo': Michelle LaPort (flute), Gerry Saulter by Handel, Hummel, Schubert and others St Lawrence Jewry (guitar): Works by Ravel, Merlin and others St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Festival Concert: Catherine Nardiello (piano) 'From Copland to Cole Porter' St Dunstan in the West Friday 5 August 1230 Organ Recital: Cyril Baker St Stephen Walbrook Thursday 25 August 1300 Music Festival: Liubov Ulybysheva (cello), Karim Said (piano) Works by 1300 Music Festival: Michiko Kobayashi (violin) Works by Takeuchi Lutoslawski, Mendelssohn, Schumann & Brahms St Lawrence Jewry and Bach St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Festival Concert: Piano duet For details see www.ajsw.org.uk Friday 26 August St Dunstan in the West 1230 Organ Recital: Richard Hobson St Stephen Walbrook Monday 8 August 1300 Music Festival: Ivan Andrews (cello), Eric Stevens (piano): Works by 1300 Music Festival: The Brookfield Music Room Players (oboe, clarinet, horn, Beethoven, Shirley & Dohnányi St Lawrence Jewry bassoon & piano) Works by Beethoven and Mozart St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Festival Concert: Jung Yoon Cho (violin), Daniel King-Smith (piano) St Dunstan in the West

CONCERTS AND EVENTS – continued

Tuesday 30 August 1300 Music Festival: The South London Saxophone Quartet Works by Francaix, Bartók, Iturraldo and Nacio Herb Brown The City of London Festival St Lawrence Jewry 1815 Festival Concert: Ryoko Harada (violin) with piano accompaniment Concerts will be given in City Churches St Dunstan in the West from Friday 1 July to Saturday 16 July Wednesday 31 August 1300 Music Festival: Ruth Gibson (viola) with piano accompaniment Some concerts have free admission Works by Ligeti and Brahms St Lawrence Jewry

1315 Festival Concert: Jun Ishimura (piano) St Dunstan in the West For concise details please see individual daily listings

Full information and ticket sales can be obtained from

The 16th Bach Festival at www.colf.org St Anne & St Agnes

Tuesday 21 to Thursday 28 July

For concise details please see individual daily listings

Admission to all events is free The Friends of the City Churches except Saturday 23 July

Annual Walks

Wednesday 6 July, 2011 and

The City Church of St Dunstan in the West Tuesday 12 July, 2011 August Classical Music Festival (in association with the Anglo-Japanese Society of Wessex) Volunteers from the City of London Guide Lecturers Association will lead up to six different FREE CONCERTS walking tours each of which aims to visit three churches and stop by a number of others Wednesdays & Fridays in August at 1.15 to 2.00pm en route

Tuesday 9th and 16th August at 6.15 to 7.00pm The walks will depart at 2.00pm from the Church of St Magnus the Martyr Concise details can be found at each date above on 6 July

and at 2.00pm from the Church of St Stephen Walbrook on 12 July

The St Lawrence Jewry Each walk will follow a different route to a different combination of churches Summer Festival of Music Tickets are £8 per person per walk Free concerts each week day at 1.00 to 1.45pm in advance from the FCC office or on the day

Monday 1 August to Friday 26 August For more information see the FCC website: Featuring a variety of instrumentalists and singers www.london-city-churches.org.uk For concise details please see individual daily listings or For full details can be found on: contact the FCC office at St Magnus the Martyr

www.stlawrencejewry.org.uk/music/summer-festival/ Address and telephone number on the front page

THE KING JAMES BIBLE

The 400th anniversary of ‘the Book that changed the world’ has been an understated affair, as befits the dignity of the work. Nonetheless, no one whose taste inclines to the BBC 2 / Radio 4 end of the cultural spectrum could be unaware that the Authorized Version of the Holy Bible, translated into English at the behest of James VI and I, was first published in 1611 and is being celebrated internationally throughout this quadricentenary year. Melvyn Bragg did a piece for BBC 2, and James Naughtie did a series for Radio 4 (the latter still available on BBC iPlayer). The book itself is touring 17 City churches over 100 days, finishing with a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral on October 5 (www.kingjamesbibletrust.org); poignantly, it will visit St. Magnus the Martyr, where Miles Coverdale, author and editor of the very first complete English translation, the Great Bible of 1540, now lies.

In contrast to the technology that made those first editions possible, the KJV is now available as searchable text or a free download online, as a Kindle eBook, and on a choice of DVDs (including a 19-hour narration by Johnny Cash, which he counted amongst his finest work). There are several Facebook pages devoted to it, and a slew of apps for iPod, iPad, iPhone and Android devices. If that’s Greek to you, the OUP has also issued a commemorative facsimile, mercifully substituting Roman type for the original blackletter, but reproducing the first edition down to the misprints; with a cover price of £50, even without markdowns on Amazon it is much cheaper than the original, which sold for ten shillings looseleaf, twelve shillings bound, at a time when an artisan might earn a shilling a day.

Of course, both the price and design of the first Authorized Version reflect that it was intended for public use in churches rather than private devotions (those editions came later). Yet it would surprise if not outrage the divines of 1611 to find the Bible now celebrated in the theatre, much less a National Theatre with women amongst those givng twelve readings, from Creation to Revelation, later this autumn. Fittingly, to our minds, Shakespeare’s Globe hosted a marathon reading between Palm Sunday and Easter Monday (69 hours altogether), while the Bush Theatre produced a unique promenade in Westminster Abbey last spring, and will present the epic Sixty-Six Books in October. This is “a contemporary response to some of the oldest stories ever told” from 66 writers – from Billy Bragg to the Archbishop of Canterbury – that will include two weekend marathons and a twelve-version overnight session in the Abbey.

Somewhat more modestly, in September, the Friends of the City Churches will host ‘A Celebration of Lancelot Andrewes and the King James Bible’ at St. Giles Cripplegate, where the distinguished scholar served as vicar for 17 years before becoming Bishop of Chichester in 1605. In the great committee that undertook the king’s commission, Bishop Andrewes led the group that translated the first 14 books (Genesis to Chronicles), and oversaw the whole work to completion. Managing 47 scholars in six teams and three cities over seven years must surely rank as one of the greatest academic achievements of all time; that they produced a masterpiece is all the more remarkable. Read it! Signe Hoffos, The Friends of the City Churches

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected]

Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

REGULAR SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER 2011 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by Question Time at 1340 :The Cuban Citypoint 1 Ropemaker Street St Helen Bishopsgate The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are subject to 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill change during major festivals and holidays. You are advised to telephone 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street churches to check the details. See also our website at www.cityevents.co.uk 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr which includes weekend services 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry

Every Monday 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1800 Taizé Service - St Bride Fleet Street 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1900 Sung Mass St Andrew Holborn

0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street Every Thursday 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr [Midday Prayers on 6 Sep] St Botolph Bishopsgate 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe

Every Tuesday 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by Question Time at 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West [ 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe

1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn Every Friday 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate NB Not 6 Sept. 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow

Every Wednesday 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow PRAYER SERVICES ON THE INTERNET 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr Prayer Services are broadcast daily on demand on the Internet site 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate of the Internet Church for London. To watch these services, which 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre change on a daily basis log on to www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk

SPECIAL SERVICES Thursday 8 September 1305 Organ Recital: Sam Ali St Mary at Hill

1305 Recital: Tricia Celice (mezzo-soprano), Louisa Lam (piano) Thursday 8 September St Olave Hart Street 1805 Eucharist with organ music in celebration of the Birth of the 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Blessed Virgin Mary St Mary le Bow

1830 Choral Eucharist for the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Friday 9 September Virgin Mary, with the London Renaissance Singers 1230 Organ Recital: Daniel Clark St Stephen Walbrook St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1310 Recital: Anakay Koshka (violin) Works by Telemann and Wednesday 14 September Ysaye St Anne & St Agnes 1215 Holy Cross: Festal Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1315 Recital: Gisela Mayer (piano) St Bride Fleet Street

Tuesday 20 September Monday 12 September 1800 to 2030 Licensing of the Revd Guy Treweek as Priest-in-Charge 1300 Organ Recital: Gregory Drott St Michael Cornhill The Revd Guy Treweek will be licensed by the Bishop of 1310 Recital: 'A Drop in the Ocean' with Gabrielle McLaughlin London as Priest-in-Charge of St James Garlickhythe and (soprano), Lynn Selwood (cello) 'I Cry a Little' – works by St Andrew by the Wardrobe, firstly at 1800 at the sister parish Blow, D'India, Purcell, Strozzi and Cole Porter church of St James Garlickhythe, followed by a procession to St Anne & St Agnes St Andrew by the Wardrobe for his licensing there and a reception. Tuesday 13 September 1310 Recital: 'Red Baroque' Various artists will be performing on Wednesday 21 September period instruments All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Festal Mass: Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist 1315 Recital: Abbi Temple (soprano), Kiyoko Fukuo (piano) St Vedast alias Foster St Bride Fleet Street Sunday 25 September Wednesday 14 September 1100 Patronal Festival Eucharist for St Michael and All Angels 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate St Michael Cornhill 1305 Bach Piano Recital Series – 1 Jonathan Wilson (piano) Monday 26 September St Olave Hart Street 1245 Praise and Worship hosted by KPMG St Bride Fleet Street 1315 Recital: Catherine Lindley (violin), Masayuki Tayama (piano) St Dunstan in the West Wednesday 28 September 1805 In the series of JUSTSHARE LECTURES on Christian Social 1300 Business Harvest Festival St Stephen Walbrook and Political Thought: 'What has the Bible ever done for us? The influence of the Bible on British Politics' given by Thursday 29 September Nick Spencer, Research Director at 'Theos' 1215 Festal Mass in celebration of the Feast of St Michael and St Mary le Bow All Angels St Vedast alias Foster 1830 for 1900 'Quiz Aid' – Our annual quiz night for Christian Aid 1305 High Mass in celebration of the Feast of St Michael and £5 per person. Nibbles provided. Bring your own drinks. All Angels St Mary le Bow For more information please contact the church on

020 7427 0133 or [email protected] CONCERTS AND EVENTS St Bride Fleet Street Thursday 15 September Friday 2 September 1305 Recital: Tim Motz (piano) St Mary at Hill 1230 Organ Recital: Jonathan Bunney St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Bach Piano Recital Series – 2 Madalina Rusu (piano) 1315 Recital: Andrew Scott (guitar) St Bride Fleet Street St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower Monday 5 September 1830 1611 and All That! Marking the 400th anniversary of the 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert St Michael Cornhill King James Bible, All Hallows by the Tower and Clio's 1310 Organ Recital: Martin Knizia. Works from the 'Golden Age' Company present an entertaining evening of words, songs of English Organ Music with works by Gibbons, Byrd, Bull, and music contemporaneous with the translation of this Redford, Preston and other composers from the 16th and iconic book. Tickets: £10 in advance; £12 on the door. 17th centuries St Anne & St Agnes There will be an optional themed buffet for a small extra

Tuesday 6 September charge. Buy in advance from: www.etickets.to/buy/?e=7134 1310 Recital: Mark Gibbs (violin), Alison Rhind (piano) or email the office for more details: [email protected] All Hallows by the Tower All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Recital: Hannah Woolmer (viola), Belinda Jane (piano) Friday 16 September St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Organ Recital: Jennifer Raub Fraser St Stephen Walbrook 1500 Guided tour of the church for only £5. All welcome. 1310 Recital: Mary Pells (viola da gamba), Martin Knizia St Bride Fleet Street (harpsichord) Works by Couperin and Marais Wednesday 7 September St Anne & St Agnes 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate 1315 Recital: Simon Desbruslais (trumpet), Nicholas O'Neil (organ) 1305 Recital: The Cosima Quintet Schumann: Piano Quintet St Bride Fleet Street

St Olave Hart Street Monday 19 September 1315 Recital: 'Japonica Voices' – London based Japanese Ladies 1300 Organ Recital: Robert Jones St Michael Cornhill Trio singing classical songs, madrigals, folk songs, 1310 Recital: Alexander Metcalfe (piano) St Anne & St Agnes and popular contemporary pieces St Dunstan in the West

CONCERTS AND EVENTS — continued Thursday 29 September 1030–1430 Macmillan Coffee Morning St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Recital: The Sideris Wind Quintet St Mary at Hill Tuesday 20 September 1305 Recital: Denise Alonzo (soprano) with piano accompaniment 1310 Recital: Colleen Muriel (flute), Ben Pinnow (piano), St Olave Hart Street Eric Stevens (piano) All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Recital: Sergei Podobedov (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 1830 'Big Sing in the City' An opportunity to sing your favourite 1500 Guided tour of the church for only £5. All welcome. songs from the world church and from the Iona Community St Bride Fleet Street All Hallows by the Tower Wednesday 21 September Friday 30 September 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate 1230 Organ Recital: Andrew Wyatt (Organ Scholar at 1305 Recital: Amy de Sybel (piano) St Olave Hart Street Canterbury Cathedral) St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Juwon Ogungbe (baritone), Wai Yin Lee (piano) 1310 Recital: 'Café Mozart' with Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Opera arias, Broadway Show songs, Kurt Weill 'Cabaret' Jenny Thomas (flute), Oliver Sändig (violin), Ian Gammie songs St Dunstan in the West (bass viol & guitar). Trios by Haydn, Neubauer and 1805 City Talk: 'Libya, elusive revolutions and the empire of oil' Bornhardt. Songs by Haydn and settings of poems by Dr Wilf Wilde, political economist St Bride Fleet Street Goethe St Anne & St Agnes 1830 A Benefit Concert for Samaritans in which Vivaldi's 'Four 1315 Recital: André de Jager (piano) St Bride Fleet Street Seasons' will be played by candlelight, followed by a Reception. Tickets £50 per person from Samaritans. Please contact Helen Starsmeare on 020 8394 8340 St Stephen Walbrook Thursday 22 September 1805 City Talk: 'Libya, elusive revolutions and the empire of oil' St Sepulchre without Newgate given by Dr Wilf Wilde, political economist St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: The Walter Cardew Group – Horace Cardew The Post Office & BT Art Club (clarinets), Androniki Liokoura (piano), Walter Cardew Annual Art Exhibition (electric guitar/composer) St Mary at Hill 1305 Recital: Pamela Adams (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1310 Organ Recital: Tim Stern All Hallows by the Tower Wednesday 14 September to Friday 23 September Friday 23 September 1230 Organ Recital: Christopher Harris St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Recital: Anete Graudina (violin), Florian Mitrea (piano) Open to the public from Violin Concerto in E minor by Mendelssohn and two studies by Liszt St Anne & St Agnes 10.00am to 5.00pm 1315 Recital: Kamelia Kader (mezzo-soprano), Emma Abbate (piano) St Bride Fleet Street

Monday 26 September 1300 Organ Recital: Roger Judd St Michael Cornhill 1310 Recital: The Lauriston Trio – Caroline Tait (violin), Babette Lichtenstein (cello), Anthea Fry (piano) The London King James Bible Journey Works by Fauré and Granados St Anne & St Agnes

Tuesday 27 September During September a magnificent copy of the King 1230 JustShare Debate: 'Can Fairtrade prosper in a Recession?' James Bible will be continuing its journey and will with Professor Paul Palmer (Cass Business School) and rest in the six churches in the City of London listed Andrew Emmott (Liberation Nuts). Please note that this below. It will eventually finish its journey at a debate will take place at the offices of Barnett Waddingham, Service of Thanksgiving in St Paul's Cathedral on 138 Cheapside, and you will need to RSVP. The event is Wednesday 5 October at 6.00pm taking place under the auspices of St Mary le Bow 1310 Recital: Jane Gilbert (flute), Brian Bendle (piano) 6th to 9th September – St Katharine Cree All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Recital: Kiyoko Fukuo (piano) St Bride Fleet Street 9th to 13th September – St Olave Hart Street 13th to 20th September – All Hallows by the Tower Wednesday 28 September 20th to 25th September – St Botolph Aldgate 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate 25th to 27th September – St Magnus the Martyr 1305 Recital: Caroline Pooley (soprano), Jenni Pinnock (piano) 27th to 4th October – St Stephen Walbrook St Olave Hart Street 1315 Classical Concert: For details contact www.ajsw.org.uk Wednesday 5th October – St Paul's Cathedral St Dunstan in the West 1805 In the series of JUSTSHARE LECTURES on Christian Social and Political Thought: 'What do the Pope and the Archbishop say about the economic crisis?' The Revd Dr John Hughes, University of Cambridge St Mary le Bow

Wir pflügen und wir streuen

It’s autumn and the City settles down to its regular pattern of work. In the countryside, however, hard–pressed clergy fly round their multi-parish benefices taking Harvest Festival services. And the most popular hymn of all will be We Plough the Fields and Scatter. This was originally in German, by poet Matthias Claudius, published 1782, and set to music in 1800, attributed to J. A. P. Schulz. Shades of another traditional festival memento: Christmas trees coming from Germany with Prince Albert.

Harvest is from the Anglo-Saxon word haverfest, meaning "Autumn". It then came to refer to the season for reaping and gathering grain and other grown products. The full moon nearest the autumnal equinox is called the Harvest Moon. This year it was 12 September but it may be in October some years.

Canada and the United States each have their own Thanksgiving celebrations in October and November. Certain religious holidays, such as the Jewish Sukkot have their roots in harvest festivals.

The modern British tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches began in 1843, when the Revd Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall. The dates of harvest festivals nowadays are tied more to clerical and congregational convenience than strict lunar observance. In terms of giving thanks for God’s gifts to his people, the City churches also play their part. St Mary at Hill has its Harvest of the Sea Service on Sunday 9th October at 11am. Instead of the more usual fruit and vegetable harvest, here is the Fish Harvest, a traditional Billingsgate celebration.

Meanwhile at St Benet Paul’s Wharf, on Sunday 2nd October at 3pm, there will be a Harvest Festival combined with the Induction of the new Priest in charge, The Revd Dr Aneirin Glyn. As with most celebratory services at St Benet, this will be partly in Welsh and partly in English reflecting the Welsh roots of the present congregaton of that church. Originally founded in 1111, the 900th anniversary of the church was celebrated last month when a prominent Welsh theologian, no less than the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, celebrated the Eucharist. The Welsh have worshipped here since An Order in Council signed by Queen Victoria in 1879 removed St Benet from the list of churches to be demolished and granted the use of the church to the Welsh Anglicans for the conduct of services "according to the Rites of the Church of England".

A Business Harvest Festival is held at St Stephen Walbrook for the business community (this year on 28th September) with presentation of annual accounts rather than the more traditional agricultural produce. And in a more secular vein, on 21st October, the Fruiterers’ Company makes its annual formal presentation of fruit to the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House.

Our Watchers are at St Benet Paul’s Wharf and St Mary at Hill on Thursdays to allow the churches to be open.

Come ye thankful people, come

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected]

Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

Every Wednesday – continued REGULAR SERVICES IN OCTOBER 2011 The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are subject to 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street change during major festivals and holidays. You are advised to telephone 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr churches to check the details. See also our website at www.cityevents.co.uk 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry which includes weekend services 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower Every Monday 1800 Taizé Service - St Bride Fleet Street 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1900 Sung Mass St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow Every Thursday 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook Every Tuesday 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West [ 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate Every Friday 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry Every Wednesday 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow PRAYER SERVICES ON THE INTERNET 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr Prayer Services are broadcast daily on demand on the Internet site 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate of the Internet Church for London. To watch these services, which 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre change on a daily basis, log on to: 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill

SPECIAL SERVICES IN OCTOBER 2011 Monday 3 October – continued

1930 Under the auspices of St Bartholomew the Less the Bart's Tuesday 4 October Academic Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform 1800 'Harvest in the City" – a service of celebration and Dvorják's Symphony No 5 and the Coronation Mass by Mozart. thanksgiving for the commodities brought to this country Proceeds from the concert are in aid of the Bart's Cancer Unit. through the complex interactions of world trade, and also for Tickets £10 at the door (concessions £5) the often invisible fruits of our labour in the City business The Great Hall of St Bartholomew's Hospital environment. The service will be followed by a drinks reception. Guest Speaker: The Venerable David Meara, Tuesday 4 October Archdeacon of London, with music by the choir of 1300 Organ Recital: Ian Fletcher St Lawrence Jewry St Dunstan's College All Hallows by the Tower 1305 City Music Society Concert given by the Rose Trio St Botolph Bishopsgate Wednesday 5 October 1315 Recital to be given by Sussex Camerata 1900 City Harvest – Sung Mass to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of St Bride Fleet Street the re-consecration of St Andrew Holborn. The celebrant will 1500 Guided Tour of the Church for only £5. All welcome be the Rt Revd Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Ebsfleet St Bride Fleet Street St Andrew Holborn Wednesday 5 October 1300 Recital: The Avizo String Quartet; works by Mozart, Handel, Thursday 6 October Pachelbel, Piazzola, Gardel and Ravel. Free admission 1300 City Harvest – Sung Lunchtime Mass for healing with anointing with a voluntary donation. St Andrew Holborn and laying-on of hands St Andrew Holborn 1300 Recital: Luca Luciano – Clarinet and Piano duo Sunday 9 October St Sepulchre without Newgate 1100 Fish Harvest Festival Service St Mary at Hill 1305 Bach Piano Recital Series – 3: James Kreiling (piano), Jonathan Wilson (piano) St Olave Hart Street Monday 10 October 1315 Recital: Chihiro Ono (solo violin) Works by Bach, Ysaye 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise – continuing the series of short and SakuraSakura (a traditional Japanese composition, services. More details can be obtained by contacting: arranged by S. Doi) St Dunstan in the West 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook Thursday 6 October Wednesday 12 October 0800 to1000 Open House – A chance to review the events and 1900 Lectio Divina – A contemporary and contemplative process of spaces available at St Andrew Holborn spiritual exploration, personal reflection and prayer 1305 Organ Recital: Michael Markuszewsk St Mary at Hill St Andrew Holborn 1305 Organ Recital: St Mary le Bow Monday 17 October 1305 Recital: Stuart Raeburn (tenor), David Elwin (piano) 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise. Please refer to the entry for St Olave Hart Street Monday 10 October for more details St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Organ Recital – Celebrity Series: Dick Klomp from Tuesday 18 October Amsterdam St Margaret Lothbury 1215 Festal Mass: Luke the Evangelist St Vedast alias Foster 1800 to 2130 Charity Quiz Night in aid of the garden regeneration around St Andrew Holborn. The bar opens at 1800. Thursday 20 October The quiz starts at 1900. Tickets £15 including supper. 1830 'Alt Hallows' – Join us for this time of informal and creative For more information regarding teams please contact worship, as we seek to challenge our faith and change the the church on: [email protected] way we live All Hallows by the Tower or: 020 7583 3498 St Andrew Holborn 1830 for1900 The Annual Tom Olsen Lecture in memory of the Monday 24 October former 'Sunday Telegraph' journalist. The content of the 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise – continuing the series of short annual lecture focuses on the themes of freedom and services. More details can be obtained by contacting: responsibility. 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook The lecture this year will be given by Bob Satchwell, Executive Director of The Society of Editors. Entrance is £5 for Friday 28 October those registering in advance, £10 on the door. Guests arriving 1215 Festal Mass: Simon and Jude, Apostles at 1830 can join us for a drink, courtesy of Kaizo. St Vedast alias Foster To register for the event please send your full name to: Monday 31 October [email protected] or telephone 020 7427 0133 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise. Please refer to the entry for St Bride Fleet Street Monday 10 October for more details St Stephen Walbrook Friday 7 October 1230 Organ Recital: Graham Davies St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Mitra Alice Tham (piano) St Bride Fleet Street CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN OCTOBER 2011 1900 Fairbridge Charity Concert given by The London Consort of Winds. For more information please contact the church on: Monday 3 October 020 7626 4184 St Mary at Hill 1300 Recital: Famis Choi Castro (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Roger Judd St Michael Cornhill Monday 10 October 1300 Recital: Kristin Sofroniou (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Caroline Robinson St Michael Cornhill

CONCERTS AND EVENTS – continued Thursday 20 October – continued 1915 Concert: ‘Red Hot Opera’ presents ‘Fabulous Diva Duets’ Tuesday 11 October with Kate Radmilovic and Sophie Marilley. 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry Tickets are £18 on the door or £15 pre-booked on: 1305 City Music Society Concert given by The Cavaleri String 0800 411 8881 or on: www.BrownPaperTickets.co.uk Quartet St Botolph Bishopsgate St Sepulchre without Newgate 1315 Recital: Chihiro Ono (piano) St Bride Fleet Street Friday 21 October 1230 Organ Recital: Joseph Sentance St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 12 October 1315 Recital: The Ismena Trio St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Recital: Stephen Upshaw (viola), Thomas Besnard (piano) giving a programme of French music including works by Monday 24 October Franck and Milhaud St Sepulchre without Newgate 1300 Recital: Yoon Seok Shin (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Bach Piano Recital Series – 4: Janneke Brits (piano) 1300 Poetry reading by Stella Davis St Mary at Hill St Olave Hart Street 1300 Organ Recital: Sir Nicholas Jackson St Michael Cornhill 1315 Recital: The Armonia String Quartet Works by Haydn and Debussy St Dunstan in the West Tuesday 25 October 1930 A Concert to be given by The Constanza Chorus which will 1300 Recital: The Svyati Duo – Rebecca Hughes (cello) and include the Coronation Anthem from ‘Zadok the Priest’ by Julian Collings (organ) St Lawrence Jewry Handel and ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Purcell 1315 Recital: Marcelle Sahra (piano) St Bride Fleet Street

St Sepulchre without Newgate Wednesday 26 October Thursday 13 October 1300 Recital: Sergei Podobedov (piano) 1305 Recital: Erik Azzopardi (piano) St Mary at Hill St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Recital: Yuka Ishizuka (violin), Nadav Hertzka (piano) 1305 Recital: James Brawn (piano) St Olave Hart Street St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital: Akiko Murakami (piano) St Dunstan in the West 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents — 1900 A Recital to mark the opening of the new churchyard garden. ‘A Composers Alphabet – H to P’ St Margaret Lothbury Please refer to the box display below. St Stephen Walbrook 1930 Concert by the English Chamber Choir featuring "Dixit Dominus" by Handel St Andrew by the Wardrobe Thursday 27 October 1305 Recital: Valtie Nunn (violin), Manuel Lopez Jorge (piano) Friday 14 October St Mary at Hill 1230 Organ Recital: Geoff Tuson St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: Hannah White (soprano), Drew Balch (viola) with 1315 Recital: Helen Neilson (cello), Izabella Bako (piano) piano accompaniment St Olave Hart Street St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Organ Recital: James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the 1900 Concert to be given by Voces 8 – ‘A Choral Tapestry’ Choristers at Westminster Abbey St Mary le Bow The concert will be followed by a reception St Mary at Hill 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower

Monday 17 October 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents — 1300 Recital: Annette Busse (piano) St Lawrence Jewry ‘A Composers Alphabet – Q to Z’ St Margaret Lothbury

1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert St Michael Cornhill Friday 28 October

Tuesday 18 October 1230 Organ Recital: Stuart Whatton St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Organ Recital: Peter Wright (Director of music at 1315 Organ Recital: Oliver Hancock St Bride Fleet Street

Southwark Cathedral) St Lawrence Jewry Monday 31 October 1305 City Music Society Concert given by Ensemble Meridiana 1300 Recital: Nadia Giliova (piano) St Lawrence Jewry St Botolph Bishopsgate 1315 Recital: Marco Mina (guitar) St Bride Fleet Street

1500 Guided tour of the church for only £5. All welcome. St Bride Fleet Street St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 19 October 1300 Recital by the Aster Ensemble playing the Quintet for Piano Opening of the New Churchyard Garden and Wind by Mozart St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Recital: Duo Teresa Carreño: Arturo Serna (cello), To be marked by a Recital to be given on Ana Laura Manero (piano) St Olave Hart Street Wednesday 26 October 2011 at 7.00pm 1315 Recital: The Wolfe String Trio. Works by Dohnányi and by Mozart St Dunstan in the West

Thursday 20 October Charlotte de Rothschild – soprano 1305 Recital: I-An (cello) St Mary at Hill and 1305 Organ Recital: James Johnstone, Professor of Harpsichord Danielle Perrett – harp at the Guildhall School of Music St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: Arisu Nakao (piano) St Olave Hart Street Tickets £25 towards the fabric fund 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower are available from: 1310 Organ Recital – Celebrity Series: Diego Innocenzi from Geneva St Margaret Lothbury [email protected]

Wir pflügen und wir streuen

It’s autumn and the City settles down to its regular pattern of work. In the countryside, however, hard–pressed clergy fly round their multi-parish benefices taking Harvest Festival services. And the most popular hymn of all will be We Plough the Fields and Scatter. This was originally in German, by poet Matthias Claudius, published 1782, and set to music in 1800, attributed to J. A. P. Schulz. Shades of another traditional festival memento: Christmas trees coming from Germany with Prince Albert.

Harvest is from the Anglo-Saxon word haverfest, meaning "Autumn". It then came to refer to the season for reaping and gathering grain and other grown products. The full moon nearest the autumnal equinox is called the Harvest Moon. This year it was 12 September but it may be in October some years.

Canada and the United States each have their own Thanksgiving celebrations in October and November. Certain religious holidays, such as the Jewish Sukkot have their roots in harvest festivals.

The modern British tradition of celebrating Harvest Festival in churches began in 1843, when the Revd Robert Hawker invited parishioners to a special thanksgiving service at his church at Morwenstow in Cornwall. The dates of harvest festivals nowadays are tied more to clerical and congregational convenience than strict lunar observance. In terms of giving thanks for God’s gifts to his people, the City churches also play their part. St Mary at Hill has its Harvest of the Sea Service on Sunday 9th October at 11am. Instead of the more usual fruit and vegetable harvest, here is the Fish Harvest, a traditional Billingsgate celebration.

Meanwhile at St Benet Paul’s Wharf, on Sunday 2nd October at 3pm, there will be a Harvest Festival combined with the Induction of the new Priest in charge, The Revd Dr Aneirin Glyn. As with most celebratory services at St Benet, this will be partly in Welsh and partly in English reflecting the Welsh roots of the present congregaton of that church. Originally founded in 1111, the 900th anniversary of the church was celebrated last month when a prominent Welsh theologian, no less than the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, celebrated the Eucharist. The Welsh have worshipped here since An Order in Council signed by Queen Victoria in 1879 removed St Benet from the list of churches to be demolished and granted the use of the church to the Welsh Anglicans for the conduct of services "according to the Rites of the Church of England".

A Business Harvest Festival is held at St Stephen Walbrook for the business community (this year on 28th September) with presentation of annual accounts rather than the more traditional agricultural produce. And in a more secular vein, on 21st October, the Fruiterers’ Company makes its annual formal presentation of fruit to the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House.

Our Watchers are at St Benet Paul’s Wharf and St Mary at Hill on Thursdays to allow the churches to be open.

Come ye thankful people, come

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected]

Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

Every Wednesday – continued REGULAR SERVICES IN OCTOBER 2011 The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are subject to 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street change during major festivals and holidays. You are advised to telephone 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr churches to check the details. See also our website at www.cityevents.co.uk 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry which includes weekend services 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower Every Monday 1800 Taizé Service - St Bride Fleet Street 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1900 Sung Mass St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow Every Thursday 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook Every Tuesday 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1305 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West [ 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate Every Friday 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry Every Wednesday 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow PRAYER SERVICES ON THE INTERNET 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr Prayer Services are broadcast daily on demand on the Internet site 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate of the Internet Church for London. To watch these services, which 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre change on a daily basis, log on to: 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill

SPECIAL SERVICES IN OCTOBER 2011 Monday 3 October – continued

1930 Under the auspices of St Bartholomew the Less the Bart's Tuesday 4 October Academic Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform 1800 'Harvest in the City" – a service of celebration and Dvorják's Symphony No 5 and the Coronation Mass by Mozart. thanksgiving for the commodities brought to this country Proceeds from the concert are in aid of the Bart's Cancer Unit. through the complex interactions of world trade, and also for Tickets £10 at the door (concessions £5) the often invisible fruits of our labour in the City business The Great Hall of St Bartholomew's Hospital environment. The service will be followed by a drinks reception. Guest Speaker: The Venerable David Meara, Tuesday 4 October Archdeacon of London, with music by the choir of 1300 Organ Recital: Ian Fletcher St Lawrence Jewry St Dunstan's College All Hallows by the Tower 1305 City Music Society Concert given by the Rose Trio St Botolph Bishopsgate Wednesday 5 October 1315 Recital to be given by Sussex Camerata 1900 City Harvest – Sung Mass to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of St Bride Fleet Street the re-consecration of St Andrew Holborn. The celebrant will 1500 Guided Tour of the Church for only £5. All welcome be the Rt Revd Jonathan Baker, Bishop of Ebsfleet St Bride Fleet Street St Andrew Holborn Wednesday 5 October 1300 Recital: The Avizo String Quartet; works by Mozart, Handel, Thursday 6 October Pachelbel, Piazzola, Gardel and Ravel. Free admission 1300 City Harvest – Sung Lunchtime Mass for healing with anointing with a voluntary donation. St Andrew Holborn and laying-on of hands St Andrew Holborn 1300 Recital: Luca Luciano – Clarinet and Piano duo Sunday 9 October St Sepulchre without Newgate 1100 Fish Harvest Festival Service St Mary at Hill 1305 Bach Piano Recital Series – 3: James Kreiling (piano), Jonathan Wilson (piano) St Olave Hart Street Monday 10 October 1315 Recital: Chihiro Ono (solo violin) Works by Bach, Ysaye 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise – continuing the series of short and SakuraSakura (a traditional Japanese composition, services. More details can be obtained by contacting: arranged by S. Doi) St Dunstan in the West 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook Thursday 6 October Wednesday 12 October 0800 to1000 Open House – A chance to review the events and 1900 Lectio Divina – A contemporary and contemplative process of spaces available at St Andrew Holborn spiritual exploration, personal reflection and prayer 1305 Organ Recital: Michael Markuszewsk St Mary at Hill St Andrew Holborn 1305 Organ Recital: St Mary le Bow Monday 17 October 1305 Recital: Stuart Raeburn (tenor), David Elwin (piano) 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise. Please refer to the entry for St Olave Hart Street Monday 10 October for more details St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Organ Recital – Celebrity Series: Dick Klomp from Tuesday 18 October Amsterdam St Margaret Lothbury 1215 Festal Mass: Luke the Evangelist St Vedast alias Foster 1800 to 2130 Charity Quiz Night in aid of the garden regeneration around St Andrew Holborn. The bar opens at 1800. Thursday 20 October The quiz starts at 1900. Tickets £15 including supper. 1830 'Alt Hallows' – Join us for this time of informal and creative For more information regarding teams please contact worship, as we seek to challenge our faith and change the the church on: [email protected] way we live All Hallows by the Tower or: 020 7583 3498 St Andrew Holborn 1830 for1900 The Annual Tom Olsen Lecture in memory of the Monday 24 October former 'Sunday Telegraph' journalist. The content of the 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise – continuing the series of short annual lecture focuses on the themes of freedom and services. More details can be obtained by contacting: responsibility. 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook The lecture this year will be given by Bob Satchwell, Executive Director of The Society of Editors. Entrance is £5 for Friday 28 October those registering in advance, £10 on the door. Guests arriving 1215 Festal Mass: Simon and Jude, Apostles at 1830 can join us for a drink, courtesy of Kaizo. St Vedast alias Foster To register for the event please send your full name to: Monday 31 October [email protected] or telephone 020 7427 0133 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise. Please refer to the entry for St Bride Fleet Street Monday 10 October for more details St Stephen Walbrook Friday 7 October 1230 Organ Recital: Graham Davies St Stephen Walbrook 1315 Recital: Mitra Alice Tham (piano) St Bride Fleet Street CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN OCTOBER 2011 1900 Fairbridge Charity Concert given by The London Consort of Winds. For more information please contact the church on: Monday 3 October 020 7626 4184 St Mary at Hill 1300 Recital: Famis Choi Castro (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Roger Judd St Michael Cornhill Monday 10 October 1300 Recital: Kristin Sofroniou (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Caroline Robinson St Michael Cornhill

CONCERTS AND EVENTS – continued Thursday 20 October – continued 1915 Concert: ‘Red Hot Opera’ presents ‘Fabulous Diva Duets’ Tuesday 11 October with Kate Radmilovic and Sophie Marilley. 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry Tickets are £18 on the door or £15 pre-booked on: 1305 City Music Society Concert given by The Cavaleri String 0800 411 8881 or on: www.BrownPaperTickets.co.uk Quartet St Botolph Bishopsgate St Sepulchre without Newgate 1315 Recital: Chihiro Ono (piano) St Bride Fleet Street Friday 21 October 1230 Organ Recital: Joseph Sentance St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 12 October 1315 Recital: The Ismena Trio St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Recital: Stephen Upshaw (viola), Thomas Besnard (piano) giving a programme of French music including works by Monday 24 October Franck and Milhaud St Sepulchre without Newgate 1300 Recital: Yoon Seok Shin (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Bach Piano Recital Series – 4: Janneke Brits (piano) 1300 Poetry reading by Stella Davis St Mary at Hill St Olave Hart Street 1300 Organ Recital: Sir Nicholas Jackson St Michael Cornhill 1315 Recital: The Armonia String Quartet Works by Haydn and Debussy St Dunstan in the West Tuesday 25 October 1930 A Concert to be given by The Constanza Chorus which will 1300 Recital: The Svyati Duo – Rebecca Hughes (cello) and include the Coronation Anthem from ‘Zadok the Priest’ by Julian Collings (organ) St Lawrence Jewry Handel and ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Purcell 1315 Recital: Marcelle Sahra (piano) St Bride Fleet Street

St Sepulchre without Newgate Wednesday 26 October Thursday 13 October 1300 Recital: Sergei Podobedov (piano) 1305 Recital: Erik Azzopardi (piano) St Mary at Hill St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Recital: Yuka Ishizuka (violin), Nadav Hertzka (piano) 1305 Recital: James Brawn (piano) St Olave Hart Street St Olave Hart Street 1315 Recital: Akiko Murakami (piano) St Dunstan in the West 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents — 1900 A Recital to mark the opening of the new churchyard garden. ‘A Composers Alphabet – H to P’ St Margaret Lothbury Please refer to the box display below. St Stephen Walbrook 1930 Concert by the English Chamber Choir featuring "Dixit Dominus" by Handel St Andrew by the Wardrobe Thursday 27 October 1305 Recital: Valtie Nunn (violin), Manuel Lopez Jorge (piano) Friday 14 October St Mary at Hill 1230 Organ Recital: Geoff Tuson St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: Hannah White (soprano), Drew Balch (viola) with 1315 Recital: Helen Neilson (cello), Izabella Bako (piano) piano accompaniment St Olave Hart Street St Bride Fleet Street 1305 Organ Recital: James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the 1900 Concert to be given by Voces 8 – ‘A Choral Tapestry’ Choristers at Westminster Abbey St Mary le Bow The concert will be followed by a reception St Mary at Hill 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower

Monday 17 October 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents — 1300 Recital: Annette Busse (piano) St Lawrence Jewry ‘A Composers Alphabet – Q to Z’ St Margaret Lothbury

1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Rennert St Michael Cornhill Friday 28 October

Tuesday 18 October 1230 Organ Recital: Stuart Whatton St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Organ Recital: Peter Wright (Director of music at 1315 Organ Recital: Oliver Hancock St Bride Fleet Street

Southwark Cathedral) St Lawrence Jewry Monday 31 October 1305 City Music Society Concert given by Ensemble Meridiana 1300 Recital: Nadia Giliova (piano) St Lawrence Jewry St Botolph Bishopsgate 1315 Recital: Marco Mina (guitar) St Bride Fleet Street

1500 Guided tour of the church for only £5. All welcome. St Bride Fleet Street St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 19 October 1300 Recital by the Aster Ensemble playing the Quintet for Piano Opening of the New Churchyard Garden and Wind by Mozart St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Recital: Duo Teresa Carreño: Arturo Serna (cello), To be marked by a Recital to be given on Ana Laura Manero (piano) St Olave Hart Street Wednesday 26 October 2011 at 7.00pm 1315 Recital: The Wolfe String Trio. Works by Dohnányi and by Mozart St Dunstan in the West

Thursday 20 October Charlotte de Rothschild – soprano 1305 Recital: I-An (cello) St Mary at Hill and 1305 Organ Recital: James Johnstone, Professor of Harpsichord Danielle Perrett – harp at the Guildhall School of Music St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: Arisu Nakao (piano) St Olave Hart Street Tickets £25 towards the fabric fund 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower are available from: 1310 Organ Recital – Celebrity Series: Diego Innocenzi from Geneva St Margaret Lothbury [email protected]

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THE CHURCHES AND THE LIVERY

The City of London is remarkable not only for its ancient churches. but also for its ancient livery companies. Each had its proper sphere, in the care of souls and the regulation of trade respectively, but both exerted political and social infl uence, and each provided much by way of education and charity. Although the number of livery companies continues to grow, and the number of churches has falle n over the years, the two remain united by a network formed in the Middle Ages. Many of the older companies began as fraternities of like-minded men and women with at least as much interest in spiritual development as their trade. As they began to focus on specific crafts, trades and sectors, guilds emerged, with ordinances to control quality, prices, wages and working conditions, and resources to care for their own - educating the young, housing the old, and providing for widows and orphans. A good fu neral was one fi nal reward of membership, and companies including the Fishmongers, Merchant Taylors, Brewers, Pewterers, Girdlers and Saddlers still have the richly embroidered palls that covered their coffins. W ith the grant of Royal Charters and disti nctive uniforms, the guilds became livery companies, so grand that by IS I 5, they had to agree on an order of precedence that is bindi ng to this day.

Before they were wealthy enough to build their own halls, the early guilds often met in churches and monasteries, adopting the patron of the establishment as their own - th us, the Drapers trace their origins to the priory church of St. Mary Bethlehem, Bishopsgate (as does Bethlem Royal Hospital, the origi nal 'Bedlam'), with the Virgi n Mary as their patron. The Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers has its roots in the Guild of St. James Garlickh ythe, formed in 1375, and its spiritual home in that Wren church of 1683. In fact, St. James Garlickhythe now seflles no less than ten livery companies, havi ng subsumed no less than six adjacent parishes over the years. Of these, three were lost to the Great Fire of 1666, and two to Victorian demolition; the last, more happily, was converted to a guild church and its parochial fun ctions transferred to St. James. Thus, this valiant sUfllivor now welcomes (i n order of precedence), the Ski nners, Vi ntners, Dyers, Painter-Stainers, Joiners and Ceilers, Horners, Needlemakers, Glass Sellers and Looking Glass Makers, Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers, and Fan Makers - all of which makes for some colourful ceremonies, and any number of Christmas carol sefllices.

Some livery companies are still central to trade and industry - the Goldsmiths now assay platinum and palladium as well as gold and silver, and the Fis hmongers inspect the new Bil lingsgate market even though it now stands in Tower Hamlets. Others have moved with the times to expand their brief, so whil e the Fan Makers' traditional craft now takes them into the world of textile museums and antique collectors, the modern side of the trade leads to air conditioning, aviation and aerospace. At the same time, many companies have long si nce ceded their powers to regulatory age ncies and trade associations, and are now chiefly concerned with education, charity and, of course, conviviality - whic h is essentially where they began.

As the companies grew, they returned the churches' early hospitality with great generosity. Their arms and emblems are found as often as those of the saints, in stained glass windows, architectural details, monuments and inscriptions - indeed, seeking their signs is one interesting way of looking at a church. In the New Year, the Friends of the City Churches wil l begin to explore these connections in a series of members' events, vis iti ng individual livery halls and the chu rches with whic h they are connected, to appreciate a little more how intimately the City's great institutions are intertwined.

Signe Hoffos, The Friends of the City Churches

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, Lo ndon EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: frie [email protected]

Why not visit o ur websites www.ci~events.org.uk fo r a ll the latest information, o r www.Lo_ndon-ci_t}'-ch_urcb_es.oX2.uk for downloadable maps and lin ks to all the churches in the cityl

REGULAR SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2011 Every Wednesday – continued The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are subject to change during major festivals and holidays. You are advised to telephone 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street churches to check the details. See also our website at www.cityevents.co.uk 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr which includes weekend services. 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow Every Monday 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1800 Taizé Service - St Bride Fleet Street 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1900 Sung Mass St Andrew Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Every Thursday 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1200 Eucharist St Clement Eastcheap 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap Every Tuesday 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1300 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West [ 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr Every Friday 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Every Wednesday 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1100 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill

1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields PRAYER SERVICES ON THE INTERNET 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate Prayer Services are broadcast daily on demand on the 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre Internet site of the Internet Church for London. To watch 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street these services, which change on a daily basis, log on to: under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill

SPECIAL SERVICES IN NOVEMBER 2011 CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN NOVEMBER 2011

Tuesday 1 November ─ All Saints Day 1215 Festal Mass for the Feast of All Saints St Vedast alias Foster Tuesday 1 November 1305 High Mass for the Feast of All Saints. The preacher will be the 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry Revd Dr Stephen Hampton, Dean of Peterhouse, Cambridge St Mary le Bow Wednesday 2 November 1900 Solemn Mass for the Feast of All Saints St Alban the Martyr 1300 Recital: David Way (violin) The programme will include Wednesday 2 November ─ All Souls Day movements from the Bartók sonata 1305 Requiem Mass (said) on the Commemoration of All Souls St Sepulchre without Newgate St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: Helen Reid (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1310 Choral Requiem St Botolph Bishopsgate 1315 Recital: Maki Sekiya (piano) Works by Debussy, Satoh 1805 Sung Requiem Mass on the Commemoration of All Souls and Scriabin St Dunstan in the West at which Requiem by Gabriel Fauré will be performed by the choir and orchestra of Queen Mary College, University of London Thursday 3 November St Mary le Bow 1305 Recital: Chihiro Ono (violin) St Olave Hart Street 1900 Solemn Requiem Mass for All Souls Day St Alban the Martyr 1305 Recital: The Svyati Duo (cello & organ) St Mary at Hill Monday 7 November 1305 Organ Recital: Andrew Sampson (St Matthew, Westminster) 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise – continuing the series of short St Mary le Bow services led by Bishop Michael Marshall. More details can be 1310 Organ Recital: David Cook All Hallows by the Tower obtained by contacting 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook 1310 Organ Recital – Celebrity Series: Hartmut Leuschner-Rostoski Wednesday 9 November from Bayreuth St Margaret Lothbury 1230 In the series Cantatas for the Kingdom ─ ‘The world to come’ followed by the Eucharist at 1305 St Mary le Bow Friday 4 November Thursday 10 November 1230 Organ Recital: Stephen Disley (Southwark Cathedral) 1830 'Alt Hallows' ─ Join us for this time of informal and creative St Stephen Walbrook worship, as we seek to challenge our faith and change the 1310 Recital St Anne & St Agnes way we live All Hallows by the Tower 1900 ‘Heaven in Ordinaire’ ─ a concert of organ music by Bach, Sunday 13 November ─ Remembrance Sunday Elgar, Mendelssohn & Tallis played on the famous Hill Organ 1055 Solemn Requiem Mass St Alban the Martyr by Robert Smith, with poems specially written for the occasion 1055 Choral Matins for Remembrance Sunday St Michael Cornhill by Stella Davis. Tickets £5 on the door. St Mary at Hill 1100 Sung Eucharist with special readings for Remembrance Sunday St Vedast alias Foster Monday 7 November Monday 14 November 1300 Recital: William Vann (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise – continuing the series of short 1300 Organ Recital: Gregory Drott St Michael Cornhill services led by Bishop Michael Marshall. More details can be 1305 Recital: Wendy Nieper (soprano), Julien Cheriyan (piano) obtained by contacting 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook St Olave Hart Street Wednesday 16 November 1310 Recital St Anne & St Agnes 1230 In the series Cantatas for the Kingdom ─ 'The Kingdom of God’ 1815 for 1845 A lecture on Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ to be given by followed by the Eucharist at 1305 St Mary le Bow Graham Fawcett, of Goldsmiths College London and Tutor Sunday 20 November ─ Christ the King for the Poetry School. The lecture will be preceded by 1100 Solemn Mass, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament followed by refreshments. Entry fee £15. For more details please go to: Benediction St Alban the Martyr www.grahamfawcett.co.uk St Olave Hart Street Monday 21 November 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise – continuing the series of short Tuesday 8 November services led by Bishop Michael Marshall. More details can be 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis will perform a programme of obtained by contacting 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook works with the theme of 'Remembrance' 1800 The Bank Churches invite you to a service reflecting on the St Lawrence Jewry approaching season of Advent. All welcome Wednesday 9 November St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate Wednesday 23 November 1305 Recital: ‘Togetherness’ Felicity Vincent & Nigel Blomiley 1230 In the series Cantatas for the Kingdom ─ ‘Christ the King’ (cello duo) St Olave Hart Street followed by the Eucharist at 1305 St Mary le Bow 1315 Recital: Ryoko Harada (violin), Kumi Matsuo (piano) Thursday 24 November Works include Sonata No. 3 in D minor by Brahms 1300 Sung Eucharist for St Katharine’s Day with Lloyd's Choir St Dunstan in the West St Katharine Cree 1900 'A Night to Remember' ─ An evening of words and music for Sunday 27 November remembrance, raising funds for the Afghanistan Trust and 1830 Bach Vespers, with the Sweelinck Ensemble singing Cantata St Dunstan's Charity for Blind Soldiers. 'Chantage' will sing BWV 140 ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ music from the Fauré Requiem and there will be poems and St Anne & St Agnes readings. Tickets £12.50 (concessions available) in advance Monday 28 November from: www.wegottickets.com/event/134632 1300 Bible Study Prayer and Praise – continuing the series of short or £15 on the door St Dunstan in the West services led by Bishop Michael Marshall. More details can be obtained by contacting 020 7626 9000 St Stephen Walbrook Wednesday 30 November ─ St Andrew the Apostle 1215 Festal Mass St Vedast alias Foster

CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN NOVEMBER 2011 - continued Wednesday 23 November 1300 Recital St Sepulchre without Newgate Thursday 10 November 1305 Concert: The Guildhall Singers St Olave Hart Street 1305 Recital: Fukuo Kiyoko (piano) St Mary at Hill 1315 Recital: Elisabeth Stettner (violin), Nina Leo (piano) 1305 Organ Recital: Jonathan Lee (St Peter, Great Berkhamstead) Works by Debussy, Schubert, Georgiev and Stravinsky St Mary le Bow St Dunstan in the West 1310 Organ Recital – Celebrity Series: Lionel Rogg from Geneva 1830 to 1930 The People’s Bible ─ ‘Love stronger than death: St Margaret Lothbury the Song of Songs', part of a series of events celebrating the 1930 Requiem by Gabriel Fauré performed by the St Stephen Walbrook poetry of the King James Bible in music and readings, with Choir and organist Joe Sentance Tickets £15 on application to: Canon Mark Oakley. All welcome St Mary le Bow [email protected] St Stephen Walbrook Friday 11 November Thursday 24 November 1230 Organ Recital: Timothy Wakerell St Stephen Walbrook 1305 Recital: Grace Power (soprano). Erik Azzopardi (piano) 1305 Recital: Kristin Sofroniou (piano) St Olave Hart Street St Mary at Hill 1310 Recital: Sergei Podobedov (piano) St Anne & St Agnes 1305 Organ Recital: Paul McCaffery (Assistant Director of Music, Saturday 12 November Royal Hospital School, Holbrook) St Mary le Bow 1000 to 1700 ‘ABCD’ Advanced Conducting Workshop ─ 1305 Recital: ‘Prima Volta’ ─ Simon Gilliver (flute), Miguel Tantos “Developing a flexible conducting technique” with (trombone), Drew Balch (viola) St Olave Hart Street Peter Broadbent, Patrick Russill and members of Chantage 1310 Organ Recital ─ Celebrity Series: Gerard Habraken from Participant cost: £110/£95 for 'ABCD’ members. Eindhoven St Margaret Lothbury Observer cost: £45/£35 for 'ABCD' members. Available from www.abcd.org.uk St Sepulchre without Newgate Friday 25 November Monday 14 November 1230 Organ Recital: Julian Bewig (St Marien, Emsdetten, Germany) 1300 Recital: Renée Reznek (piano) St Lawrence Jewry St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Organ Recital: Catharine Ennis St Michael Cornhill 1310 Organ Recital: John Peacham Works by Froberger, Keril, 1310 Recital: Charles Matthews (piano) Works by Dvořak, Mozart, Kindermann, Muffat and Pachelbel St Anne & St Agnes Debussy and Medtner St Anne & St Agnes 1805 In the series of CHEAPSIDE DEBATES ─ debates on matters 1830 OPERATION NOAH LECTURE ─ ‘Climate Change: of public and faith interest: ‘Cheapside Debate in Prisons Week’ A confessional issue for the churches?’ to be given by in association with the Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund; chaired Professor Tim Gorringe (St Luke’s Professor of Theology, by Jon Snow (Channel 4 News) All welcome St Mary le Bow University of Exeter) St Mary le Bow Tuesday 15 November Sunday 27 November 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry 1800 Blossom Street Christmas CD Launch Concert. Tickets £10, Wednesday 16 November includes free CD and drink. Available from: 1300 Recital: Jocelyn Freeman (piano) www.shorterhouse.com/shop/eventsandtickets/index St Sepulchre without Newgate St Sepulchre without Newgate 1305 Recital: Ailsa Hunter (violin), Huw Evans (horn), Monday 28 November Mark Packwood (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1300 Recital: Samira Taubrae (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1315 Recital: Mami Shikimori (piano) Works by Brahms and Ravel 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Clinch St Michael Cornhill St Dunstan in the West 1310 Recital: Robert Bridge (piano) Works by Brahms and Ravel, Thursday 17 November St Anne & St Agnes 1305 Recital: Zoe Brown (soprano) St Mary at Hill 1430 Birthday Song Recital: Angela Kilmartin, Peter Lea Cox with 1305 Organ Recital: David Moore St Mary le Bow music by 17 composers Tickets £10 on the door from 1400 1305 Recital: ‘Les Vieux Amis Guitar’ (classical guitar duo) including cake, bubbly and a charitable donation St Olave Hart Street St Vedast alias Foster 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents ‘Bach at Arnstadt’ Tuesday 29 November St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Organ Recital: Jonathan Hope (Organ Scholar, Southwark 1830 to 2130 Boxwood Charity Event ─ “We welcome you all for a night Cathedral) St Lawrence Jewry of live entertainment all in the name of charity. Come along for a 1310 Recital: Jane Gilbert (flute), Elizabeth Mucha (piano) fun-filled evening of music, wining, and dining and fantastic prizes. All Hallows by the Tower Boxwood are your host where we are hoping to raise as much Wednesday 30 November money as possible for Bishop Creighton House, based in 1300 Recital: David Way (violin) Works by Handel and Hammersmith and Fulham” Tickets cost £20 available from: Vaughan Williams St Sepulchre without Newgate [email protected] or contact 0203 170 7245 1305 Recital: Evelina Puzaite (piano) St Olave Hart Street St Sepulchre without Newgate 1315 Recital: The Golden Piano Trio Works by Haydn and Brahms Friday 18 November St Dunstan in the West 1230 Organ Recital: Peter Wright St Stephen Walbrook 1805 In the series of JUSTSHARE Lectures on Christian Social & 1310 Recital: I-An Tai (cello), Philip Howard (piano) Works by Political Thought: ‘The Spirituality of Economics’ to be given by Debussy, Beethoven and Chopin St Anne & St Agnes The Revd Kathy Galloway (Head of Christian Aid Scotland) Monday 21 November St Mary le Bow 1300 Recital: Sharon Barnea (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Organ Recital: Gregory Drott St Michael Cornhill 1310 Recital: The Lawson Trio Works by Schubert and Brahms St Clement Eastcheap St Anne & St Agnes Tuesday 22 November The Wakefield Mystery Plays will be performed by 1300 Organ Recital: Daniel Moult St Lawrence Jewry the Players of St Peter at 6.30 & 8.30pm 1300 Recital: The Darren Moore Brass Trio every evening from 21st to 25th November St Sepulchre without Newgate

AN UPSIDE-DOWN CHRISTMAS

Have you heard about the upside-down Christmas Tree? it is a fad, but some people are actually attaching their Christmas tree upside down with the base on the ceiling and the top hanging down in the middle of the room like an evergreen stalactite. It's novel, it saves space and it leaves more room for presents! There are however serious drawbacks, like how to water it!

The idea of an upside-down Christmas tree provokes a more serious point about Christmas itself, summed up in Mary's song of subversion which we call the Magnificat. It is a revolutionary song about God’s upside-down values which Mary sang when she was told that she was going to give birth to the Saviour. A song about the little people being exalted and the mighty cast down, about the hungry poor being filled, and the rich are being sent away empty.

Mary sang about a new order of things. Her child was not to be a comfort, he was to be an intrusion, and that child was not born in marbled splendour, but in a smelly stable. One thing that we in the City cannot avoid this Christmas is the protest camp outside St Paul's Cathedral. Whatever our views about it, the presence of the protesters has made people talk about issues of justice, financial inequality, and the future of capitalism in a way that our politicians have failed to do. The humble poor have challenged the powerful and the mighty, and thankfully the Cathedral Chapter have begun a process of engagement, taking the issues forward, in the Bishop of London's words ‘reconnecting the financial and the ethical’.

The ramshackle protest camp right next to the glorious beauty and majesty of St Paul's Cathedral makes an important statement about our upside-down Gospel message – the King born in a stable, God become human, a nobody becoming the mother of our Lord, the last coming first and the first last.

Christmas in the Bible is not like Christmas in a typical shopping centre, a winter wonderland of shopping and glitter and nostalgia. Christmas in the Bible is much more revolutionary. It connects the glory of St Paul’s with the clamour of the camp and tells us that there is a deeper joy and a fuller life than most of us settle for most of the time. Thank God for the way the protest camp challenges us this Christmas to think about the mystery of the Incarnation and the upside-down values about which Mary sang in the Magnificat.

May I wish you all a joyful upside-down Christmas. David Meara Archdeacon of London

Friends of the City Churches, Church of St Magnus the Martyr Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6DN, tel. 020 7626 1555 (answerphone) e-mail: [email protected]

Why not visit our websites www.cityevents.org.uk for all the latest information, or www.london-city-churches.org.uk for downloadable maps and links to all the churches in the city?

REGULAR SERVICES IN DECEMBER 2011 Every Wednesday – continued The services below are the normal pattern for City Churches. They are subject to change during major festivals and holidays. You are advised to telephone 1315 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street churches to check the details. See also our website at www.cityevents.co.uk 1730 Evening Prayer St Edmund King and Martyr which includes weekend services. 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow Every Monday 1800 Taizé Service All Hallows by the Tower 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1900 Sung Mass St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow Every Thursday 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1200 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 0830 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1100 Morning Prayer (CW) St Martin within Ludgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1300 Prayer Meeting St Margaret Pattens 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Holy Communion (1662) St Mary Aldermary 12-00 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1305 Healing Service St Mary le Bow 1200 Eucharist St Clement Eastcheap 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1210 Holy Communion (BCP) St Botolph Bishopsgate [NB Not 29 December] 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 RC Mass St Bartholomew the Less 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1230 RC Mass St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1800 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1245 Holy Communion St Clement Eastcheap 1245 Lunchtime Service Wesley’s Chapel Every Tuesday 1245 Sung Eucharist St Stephen Walbrook 1300 Sung Eucharist St Katharine Cree 0730 Morning Prayer in the Crypt St Mary le Bow 1300 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Sepulchre without Newgate 0745 Eucharist in the Crypt followed by breakfast St Mary le Bow [NB Not 22 December] 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1305 Mass St Mary Aldermary 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1305 Said Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 0830 Eucharist All Hallows by the Tower 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1310 Bible Talk , preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by 1200 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn Question Time at 1340 St Helen Bishopsgate 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Martin within Ludgate 1230 Silent Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1315 Holy Communion St Margaret Pattens 1230 Holy Communion St Bartholomew the Great 1315 Holy Communion Temple Church 1230 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass St Magnus the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Holy Communion (Said) St Olave Hart Street 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Botolph Aldersgate 1800 Said Eucharist St Dunstan in the West [ 1300 Bible Talk, with lunch at 1330 St Helen Bishopsgate 1805 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 Eucharist St Botolph Aldgate 1830 Evening Eucharist St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr Every Friday 1310 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 1310 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 0645 to 0845 'Prayer for the City' St Margaret Lothbury 1310 Holy Communion (BCP) St Margaret Lothbury 0730 Morning prayers St Margaret Pattens 1730 Evening Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1730 Evening Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0800 Eucharist St Mary Woolnoth 1745 Evening Prayer in the church St Mary le Bow 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1815 Choral Evensong St Sepulchre without Newgate 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower Every Wednesday 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 0830 Morning Prayer St Lawrence Jewry 0800 Mass St Alban the Martyr 0845 Said Mass St Andrew Holborn 0805 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 0815 Morning Prayer in the crypt St Mary le Bow 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 0830 Morning Prayer All Hallows by the Tower 1230 Low Mass (usually with Benediction) St Magnus the Martyr 0830 Holy Communion (in the crypt) St Bride Fleet Street 1230 Confessions in the Sacrament Chapel St Mary le Bow 0830 Morning Prayer St Giles Cripplegate 1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 0830 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields 1200 to 1500 Listening Service St Andrew Holborn 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1205 Mass St Joseph Bunhill Row 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill [NB Not 23 December] 1215 Mass St Vedast alias Foster 1315 Holy Communion (BCP) St Lawrence Jewry 1230 Eucharist St Bartholomew the Less 1345 Benediction St Magnus the Martyr 1230 Holy Communion St Mary Abchurch 1800 Stations of the Cross St Alban the Martyr 1245 Communion Service Wesley's Chapel 1830 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1250 ‘Celebrate’ – ‘Informal Worship & Teaching’ St Margaret Lothbury 1300 Holy Communion St Mary at Hill

1305 Eucharist in the church St Mary le Bow 1305 RC Mass St Mary Moorfields PRAYER SERVICES ON THE INTERNET 1310 Mass St Alban the Martyr 1310 Choral Eucharist St Botolph Bishopsgate [NB Not 28 December] Prayer Services are broadcast daily on demand on the 1310 Pause for Reflection St Ethelburga’s Centre Internet site of the Internet Church for London. To watch 1310 Bible Talk, preceded by lunch at 1300, followed by Question Time at 1340 at The Cuban Citypoint, 1 Ropemaker Street these services, which change on a daily basis, log on to: under the auspices of St Helen Bishopsgate www.londoninternetchurch.org.uk 1310 Holy Communion (1662 said) St Michael Cornhill [NB Not 28 December]

SPECIAL SERVICES IN DECEMBER 2011 Thursday 1 December Wednesday 21 December 1805 Eucharist with Advent Cantata by J S Bach; Orchestra of the Arts 1730 Guild Church Christmas Carol Service and Civic Procession; and soloists directed by David Corkhill St Mary le Bow Music by Chantage St Dunstan in the West 1830 Patronal Festival St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1730 The Lord Mayor's Carol Service followed by refreshments in the church. 1830 A festive evening of music, readings, mulled wine and mince pies to All are welcome St Lawrence Jewry celebrate the work of CORAM. This will be a free, informal occasion. 1805 Bow Bells' 50th Anniversary Service. A service under the tower St Andrew Holborn to mark the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the bells Sunday 4 December All welcome St Mary le Bow 1730 Advent Carol Service sung by Chantage followed by refreshments provided by the Romanian Community St Dunstan in the West Friday 23 December 1830 Evening Service with Fantasia on Christmas Carols by 1100 Family Christmas Eucharist and Blessing of the Crib Vaughan Williams St Bride Fleet Street St Botolph Bishopsgate Saturday 24 December ─ Christmas Eve Tuesday 6 December 1600 Crib Service St Alban the Martyr 1830 Futures for Kids Christmas Carol Service St Mary at Hill 1830 Nine Lessons and Carols St Anne & St Agnes 1800 High Mass of the Nativity St Magnus the Martyr Wednesday 7 December 2040 Carols sung by the Choir St Alban the Martyr 1830 Solemn First Evensong for the Immaculate Conception 2100 Solemn Mass of Christmas St Alban the Martyr St Magnus the Martyr 2300 Midnight Mass St Olave Hart Street Sunday 11 December 2330 Midnight Mass by Candlelight, with Music and Carol Singing 1500 Blessing of the Crib St Bride Fleet Street from 2300 All Hallows by the Tower 1430 Mandarin-speaking Carol Service St Peter upon Cornhill 2300 Midnight Mass by candlelight St Stephen Walbrook 1830 Evening Service with 'A Ceremony of Carols' by Britten 2330 Midnight Mass Choral Service St Bride Fleet Street St Bride Fleet Street 2345 Midnight Communion Service St Martin Ludgate Monday 12 December 2345 Midnight Eucharist St Vedast alias Foster 1830 The Worshipful Company of FarriersCarol Service St Mary at Hill 1830 Mid-Advent Carol Service with Anthem St Magnus the Martyr Sunday 25 December ─ Christmas Day 0930 Said Mass of the Dawn St Alban the Martyr Tuesday 13 December 1030 All age Christmas Day Service 1230 Carols for All – Carol Service St Olave Hart Street Mince pies and refreshments will be served after the service 1830 Carol Service of the Parish of St Andrew by the Wardrobe St Helen Bishopsgate and of the Castle Baynard Ward Club St Andrew by the Wardrobe 1030 Festival Holy Communion St James Garlickhythe 1800 Billingsgate Ward Carol Service St Mary at Hill 1100 Christmas Day Eucharist with Carols, followed by a traditional Christmas lunch All Hallows by the Tower Wednesday 14 December 1100 Solemn Mass of the Day St Alban the Martyr 1800 Parish Carol Service St Mary at Hill 1100 Choral Eucharist St Anne & St Agnes 1800 Carols by candlelight St Stephen Walbrook 1100 Family Eucharist Choral Service St Bride Fleet Street 1100 Festival Eucharist St Michael Cornhill Thursday 15 December 1100 Holy Communion, with the St Nicholas chocolate coin hunt 1300 City Lunchtime Carol Service St Helen Bishopsgate for children St Olave Hart Street 1300 Parish Carol Service St Katharine Cree 1310 Parish Carol Service with the Choir and Band of Coopers' Company and Coborn School followed by refreshments CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN DECEMBER 2011 St Botolph Bishopsgate Thursday 1 December 1310 Parish Christmas Carol Service with the Choral Scholars of 1305 Recital: Thomas Humphreys (baritone), Raya Kostova (piano) Hill House Chelsea, the Lothbury Singers, Hill House Brass Ensemble St Mary at Hill Organist – Richard Townend The service will be followed by mince 1305 Lunchtime Concert by The London Performance Collective pies and mulled wine. All are welcome St Margaret Lothbury St Mary le Bow 1800 Traditional Carols by Candlelight; with carols, stories and 1305 Recital: Mark Lee (violin), Sanaz Sotoudeh (piano) seasonal refreshments All Hallows by the Tower St Olave Hart Street 1830 Midweek evening Carol Service. Mince pies and refreshments 1310 Organ Recital: Jonathan Melling All Hallows by the Tower will be served after the service St Helen Bishopsgate 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents "Bach at Weimar" St Margaret Lothbury Friday 16 December 1830 'Wee Sing in the City': an opportunity to sing your heart out 1305 The City Singers Christmas Music Service with an International All Hallows by the Tower Guest Soloist, directed by John Ewington OBE, 1900 “An Advent Wreath” Ad Libitum Choir Concert St Katharine Cree followed by a Festive Buffet St James Garlickhythe Friday 2 December Sunday 18 December 1230 Organ Recital: David Phillips St Stephen Walbrook 0930 Family Christingle Mass St Alban the Martyr 1305 Voices Ensemble: female choir Director – Maite Aguirre 1030 Parish Carol Service St James Garlickhythe A concert in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, given by 1600 Festival of Lessons and Carols – Traditional carols and singers from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama King James Bible readings, followed by mulled wine and mince pies St Olave Hart Street All Hallows by the Tower 1310 Recital: The Lawson Trio: Works by Suk, Bartok and Dvořák 1830 Nine Lessons and Carols, followed by mulled wine and mince pies St Anne & St Agnes St Bride Fleet Street Monday 5 December Monday 19 December 1300 Recital: Alice Pinto (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1300 Annual Parish Festival of Lessons and Carols St Michael Cornhill 1300 Organ Recital: Gregory Drott St Michael Cornhill 1800 Noël, Noël, Chantons Noël! ─ pour les Francophiles et leurs amis 1310 Recital: Musica Poetica: Gloria and Trio Sonatas op. 39, no. 5 All Hallows by the Tower by Handel St Anne & St Agnes Tuesday 20 December 1815 for 1845 A lecture on Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy to be given by 1300 Carol Service St Andrew Holborn Graham Fawcett, of Goldsmiths College London 1300 City Lunchtime Carol Service St Helen Bishopsgate and Tutor for the Poetry School. The lecture will be preceded 1305 Parish Christmas Carol Service. All welcome St Mary le Bow by refreshments. Entry fee £15. For more details please go to: www.grahamfawcett.co.uk St Olave Hart Street

CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN DECEMBER 2011 - continued

Tuesday 6 December Wednesday 14 December 1300 St Botolph Bishopsgate Advent Study Course: 1300 Recital: Emily Amour (soprano), Elisabeth Legroux (piano) 'The Flower of Jesse: studies in Messiah-hood' Works by Gurney, Poulenc, Martinů and some Christmas songs St Botolph Bishopsgate Hall St Sepulchre without Newgate 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Recital: Jane Gilbert (flute), Elizabeth Mucha (piano) St Olave Hart Street Wednesday 7 December 1315 Recital: Megumi Nagae (violin), Manon Ablett (piano) 1300 Recital: The Skazki Piano Trio featuring music by Shostakovich Works by Pugnani-Kreisler, Schnittke and Franck St Sepulchre without Newgate St Dunstan in the West 1305 Recital: Ceri Owen (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1900 EC4 Christmas Concert ─ Carols in aid of CORAM 1315 The Artisans at Christmas ─ with Yvonne Eddy, giving The programme will include traditional carols and pieces by Victoria, a traditional programme on traditional Old England instruments Leighton and Rutter More information at: www.ec4music.co.uk for the Merry Season St Dunstan in the West St Sepulchre without Newgate

Thursday 8 December Thursday 15 December 1305 Recital: Valtie Nunn (violin), Manuel Lopez Jorge (piano) 1305 Recital: Ingrid Cusido (piano) St Mary at Hill St Mary at Hill 1305 Recital: Jonathan McGovern (baritone), James Cheung (piano) 1305 Recital: Chris Horril & Claire Baughan (clarinet), St Olave Hart Street Tessa Marchington (piano) St Olave Hart Street 1900 Christmas Concert with readings, poems and seasonal carols held 1310 Organ Recital: Richard Townend presents "Bach at Leipzig" by AFASIC ─ the parent-led Association for all Speech-Impaired St Margaret Lothbury Children, featuring the Brighton Singers, the Brighton and Hove 1845 CITY TALKS ─ In the occasional series of informal presentations: Youth String Ensemble and the Signing Choir of St Mary's School, 'No care plan at the inn: the role of Christian solidarity in homelessness' Bexhill. Doors open at 1800; wine and mince pies on arrival. given by Alison Gelder (director, Housing Justice,) exploring the The concert begins at 1900 Tickets £10 (concessions £5) difference between Christian and Statutory responses to the needs of Booking line: 020 7490 9410 St Andrew Holborn homeless rough sleepers. St Mary le Bow 1900 A Festival of Carols at Christmas ─ In aid of The Eve Appeal 1930 The London Lawyers' Chorus will perform Mass in C by Beethoven For tickets: 020 7299 4430 or www.eveappeal.org.uk and other works by Tallis, Byrd, Purcell and Luis de Victoria. St Botolph Bishopsgate Tickets £10 (with programme) on the door St Andrew Holborn Friday 16 December Friday 9 December 1230 Organ Recital: Joseph Sentance St Stephen Walbrook 1200-1400 Fairtrade Christmas Fayre Free wine tasting, chocolate tasting 1305 Concert by the North Sea Radio Orchestra, with Adrian Crowley and coffee testing with JustShare, Christian Aid and Traidcraft Tickets on the door £10 St Andrew by the Wardrobe Pre-booking from: www.wegottickets.com/event/144170 1230 Organ Recital: Timothy Harper St Stephen Walbrook St Olave Hart Street 1310 Recital: Nadia Giliova (piano): Works by Tchaikovsky, Schubert 1310 Recital: Anete Graudina (violin), Martin Knizia (organ): and Liszt St Anne & St Agnes Works by Rheinberger, Albinoni and Kreisler 1315 The Anglo-Japanese Collective: Michael Coxall – Shakuhachi, St Anne & St Agnes Kameyama Kono – Koto, Naka Kaori – Shamisen 2000 The Anton Bruckner Choir give the ABC Christmas Concert Traditional and modern Japanese music on traditional instruments Works by Poulenc, Howells, Poston, Berkeley with favourite carols. in traditional Japanese costume St Dunstan in the West Tickets £12 (concessions £10) on the door 1930 Concert given by City Chorus: 'A Christmas Box' ─ Christmas and More information at www.antonbrucknerchoir.org Carol music with a rare performance of The Nativity, Eric Thiman's St Sepulchre without Newgate Christmas cantata, and works by Guerro, Vivaldi, Bach and favourite Christmas carols. There will be wine and mince pies after the concert. Monday 19 December Tickets £10 from www.londoncitychorus.com or by email: 1300 St Botolph Bishopsgate Advent Study Course: tickets@londoncitychorus St Sepulchre without Newgate 'The Flower of Jesse: studies in Messiah-hood' St Botolph Bishopsgate Hall Saturday 10 December 1305 Recital: Laura Mayhew (soprano), Julius Drake (piano) 1930 The Medici Choir Diamond Jubilee Concert In aid of Trinity Hospice, Clapham, and the Jean Meikle Music Trust. Tickets £12 on the door or at www.medicichoir.org/concert Admission £10 St Olave Hart Street St Sepulchre without Newgate Sunday 11 December Tuesday 20 December 1600 Family Carol Concert conducted by Father Ron Corp 1300 Readings and Carols for Christmas, led by the Vicar, St Alban the Martyr The Revd David Parrott, the Choir and the organist, Catherine Ennis Monday 12 December St Lawrence Jewry 1300 St Botolph Bishopsgate Advent Study Course: 'The Flower of Jesse: studies in Messiah-hood' Wednesday 21 December St Botolph Bishopsgate Hall 1200 Fleet Street Carols I St Bride Fleet Street 1300 Recital: Alexander Soares (piano) St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Recital: Flore Philis (soprano), Clemmie Franks (mezzo- soprano), 1300 Organ Recital: Sam Rathbome (Rochester Cathedral) Felicity Sim (piano) St Olave Hart Street St Michael Cornhill 1700 Fleet Street Carols II St Bride Fleet Street 1310 Recital: Charles Matthews (piano): Works by Dvořák, Mozart, 1930 Concert given by Mediæval Babes Debussy and Medtner St Anne & St Agnes Tickets £17.25 from www.mediaevalbaebes.com

St Sepulchre without Newgate Tuesday 13 December 1300 Organ Recital: Catherine Ennis St Lawrence Jewry 1305 Concert by The City Chamber Choir Admission £10, concessions £5 Thursday 22 December St Olave Hart Street 1305 A Christmas Concert given by Blaze Ensemble, wind ensemble 1930 The Constanza Chorus Christmas Concert Works by Bach, Handel, playing Divertimenti for wind by Mozart St Olave Hart Street Tavener, Elgar and favourite carols. For more information 1310 Organ Music for the Christmas Season by Jonathan Melling please contact www.constanzachorus.org.uk and David Cook All Hallows by the Tower St Sepulchre without Newgate