Services
Chelsea Old Church is an Anglican parish in the Diocese of London which has been serving God on the Chelsea Embankment for over 700 years. Our worship is conducted according to the Book of Common Prayer, with readings from the King James Version of the Bible, and music enhanced by our professional choir. In our worship, attention to God's word, and communal life together we hope to be drawn deeper into the heart and mind of Jesus Christ. Whether you are new, with us every week, or if you can only come from time to time, we look forward to welcoming you through our doors soon.
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Tuesday Wednesday (28th & 29th November)
9.00 - 10.00am Private Prayer
Thursday (30th November)
8.00am Holy Communion Rev Max Bayliss
First Sunday in Advent (3rd December)
8.00am Holy Communion Rev Max Bayliss
10.00am Family Service Rev Max Bayliss & Mrs. Naomi Leveson-Gower Story no. 240: Journey to the Hills
11.00am Mattins Rev Max Bayliss
Readings: Isaiah 64.1-9 St Mark 13. 24-end
12.30pm Christmas Parish Lunch
6.00pm Advent Carols Rev Max Bayliss
We kick off this season of anticipation as we look to the coming of Emmanuel, God with us, at Christmas.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Sunday 3 December, 6pm Advent Carols
We kick off this season of anticipation as we look to the coming of Emmanuel, God with us, at Christmas.
Sunday 17 December, 6pm Nine Lessons and Carols
There will be mince pies (thanks to the generosity of our friends at Auriens) and fizz served in the Petyt Hall afterward.
Christmas Eve – Sunday 24 December
8am Holy Communion
11am Mattins
4.30pm Christingle Service
11.30pm First Communion of Christmas (Midnight Mass)
Christmas Day – Monday 25 December
10.00am Family Service
11.00am Mattins
New Year’s Eve - Sunday 31 December 2023
10.00am Family Service
11.00am Mattins
ORGAN RECITALS 2023/4
Sundays at 5.30pm
September 24 2023: Matthew Jorysz (Westminster Abbey)
October 29: Oliver Lallemant (St Stephen's, Dulwich)
January 28: Richard Gowers (St George's, Hanover Square)
February 25: James Orford (St Paul's, Knightsbridge)
April 28: Jeremiah Stephenson (All Saints, Margaret Street)
June 23: Paul Dean (St Michael's, Highgate)
CHURCH OPENING TIMES
The church will be open from 2pm to 4pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and by appointment with the Parish Office
Parish Office: 020 7795 1019 Email: office@chelseaoldchurch.org.uk
Website: www.chelseaoldchurch.org.uk
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VOLUNTEERS / SIDESPERSONS for 6pm EVENSONG
We are looking for volunteers for the 6pm Evensong services to act as a sidesperson and or reader. The duties of a sidesperson include welcoming people as they arrive, handing out the books, and taking the collection plates around during the offertory.
Please contact the Parish Office by email at office@chelseaoldchurch.org.uk if you feel so-called
In a few churches (Chelsea Old Church is an example) there has survived some, though not all, of that indescribable, winning charm which makes one feel at once at home and happy The Parson’s Handbook by Percy Deamer
Choristers rehearsing for Family Service
The same view as above but in April 1941 after Blitz
Platinum Jubilee Party June 5th
No need for masks, london transport military band 1943 in what is now Roper's Garden, church ruins in background.
Courtesy Getty images