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.
The Vicar's Passiontide Epistle 24 at Vicar's Epistle
Monday in Holy Week (25 March)
7.00pm Compline with Address Rev David Bell
The Lesson: St. John 12. 1-11
Tuesday in Holy Week (26 March)
9.00am Private Prayer
7.00pm Compline with Address Lay Reader John Watherston
The Lesson: St. John 12. 20-36
Wednesday in Holy Week (27 March)
9.00am Private Prayer
7.00pm Compline with Address Lay Reader Tim Gee
The Lesson: St. John 12. 21-32
Thursday (28th March) Maunday Thursday
8.00am Holy Communion Rev Max Bayliss
7.00pm Holy Communion of the Last Supper with Choir and Address Rev Max Bayliss, David Bell to preach
Setting: Byrd Mass for five voices
Communion: Tallis O salutaris hostia
A.E. Macmillan Tantum ergo
Psalm: 22: 1-21 Hymns: 121, 130, 318
Readings: Exodus 12. 1-4, 11-14 St John 13. 1-17, 31b-35
Friday (29th March) Good Friday
10.00am Family Service Rev Max Bayliss
12.00-3.00pm TheThree Hours by the Cross with Choir Rev Max Bayliss & Rev David Bell
Anthems: Tallis Salvator mundi I
Blow Salvator mundi
Bull Salvator mundi
Tallis Salvator mundi II
Kyrie: Palestrina Missa Emendemus in melius
Veneration: Sanders The Reproaches
Gesualdo O vos omnes
Howells Salvator mundi
Sunday (31st March) Easter Day
8.00am Holy Communion Rev Max Bayliss
10.00am Family Service Rev Max Bayliss
11.00am Easter Day Communion Rev Max Bayliss
Introit: Walsh Easter Alleluias
Setting: Mozart Coronation Mass
Communion: Mozart Exultate Jubilate Hymns: 147, 148, 157, 159
Recessional: Mozart Church Sonata in C K329
Readings: Acts 10.34-43 2nd Lesson: St John 20.1-18
6.00pm Evensong. Rev Max Bayliss
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
See latest Anchor magazine - Easter 2024 here
All the usual contributors plus poet RS Thomas, Rev'd James Robinson rural dean and John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor, plus farewell from Hallie Swanson retiring Anchor editor.
Sunday 5 May:
10am – 5pm Penny Pocock’s Plant Sale
12.30pm Parish Lunch
Sunday 2 June: Parish Communion with Confirmation by The Rt Revd Dr Ric Thorpe, The Bishop of Islington.
If you or your child (ideally age 12 and above) would like to seek Confirmation this year, please be in touch with Sophie in the Parish Office. Confirmation is a sacrament that deepens your commitment to Christ and allows one to partake in Holy Communion.
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CHURCH OPENING TIMES
The church will be open from 2pm to 4pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and by appointment with the Parish Office.
ACCESS: Step free access to Church and Petyt Hall via gate at rear of Church in Cheyne Walk, portable ramp available at front entrance.
PARISH OFFICE: 020 7795 1019
Email: office@chelseaoldchurch.org.uk
Website: www.chelseaoldchurch.org.uk
CHELSEA OLD CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL
The Electoral Roll is revised each year before the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Members of the Roll can check or amend their entries on the copy of the Roll via an email to the Parish Office Anyone else who wishes to be included on the Roll who has not completed a form within the last five years, should complete the form and return to the Parish Office. The Roll will be closed for revision on Easter Day.
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 2024: 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)
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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
'Coronation' at 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