Services
Currently all Church services and mid-week gatherings are cancelled.
Please see our Latest News page for information on how we are responding to the Coronavirus situation.
Details of recorded services can be found below.
Compline, or night prayer
Compline is a service of quietness and reflection before rest at the end of the day.
There is now a recorded service of compline available, and the order of service can be downloaded or viewed online if you wish to join in with the prayers and responses, or prefer just to use the service on your own.
Palm Sunday - 5th April
Our recorded service for Palm Sunday is in three parts:
The Passion Gospel Reading, recorded separately as it is rather long. You may prefer to read it by yourself - Matthew 26:14 – 27:end.
If you would like to make your own palm cross ready for the service, you can find instructions here. You can also watch a video of Rev Frank Gimson making one using these instructions.
Previous services still available online:
Morning Prayer for Passion Sunday, 29th March 2020.
can be downloaded if you wish to join in with the prayers and responses.
Pattern of services
8.00am - 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays: Holy Communion - Book of Common Prayer *
10.00 am 1st Sunday: Morning Prayer with Hymns ***
10.00 am 2nd & 4th Sundays: Holy Communion with Hymns and Psalm **
10.00 am 3rd Sunday: Church for Everyone **
5th Sunday - Downton Churches Together united service. See below or in the Parish Magazine for details of these services.
We invite you to join us for coffee and biscuits after the 10am services. On 3rd Sundays coffee is served before the service, from 9.45am, as well as after the service.
There will be a Holy Communion service held every Sunday in at least one church in the Team.
If you would like Communion in your own home please contact the Team Rector, Revd Frank Gimson, vicar@stlaurencedownton.co.uk or please complete our on-line contact form.
Which Service for you?
Our 8.00 am service is always *Holy Communion from the Book of Common Prayer (the traditional 1662 prayer book). It is a quiet service without music.
At 10.00 am on the third Sunday of the month we have an Cafe-style **Church for Everyone. This is informal, of special interest to families and takes place at the back of church.
On the other Sundays of the month (except 5th Sundays) the 10.00 am service is either **Holy Communion, from Common Worship, or *** Morning Prayer.
** Holy Communion, known also as ‘The Eucharist’, ‘The Lord’s Supper’ or ‘Mass’ is a service of readings and prayers that lead up to a symbolic sharing of bread and wine in remembrance of Jesus’ Last Supper.
In addition Holy Communion from Common Worship includes hymns and some sung responses. All services include a sermon or talk or other narrative lasting between 5 and 15 minutes.
*** Morning Prayer, at 10am on the 1st Sunday of the month, is a straightforward,
easy to follow service lasting about 45min. The form of the service follows Common Worship and includes hymns and a sermon.
It may be led by a Licensed Lay Minister (Reader)
A Summer Rota operates in August: -
Only one Holy Communion service each Sunday at either 8am or 10am.
Our church is open daily, during daylight hours, for private prayer.
Abbreviations: LLM - Licensed Lay Minister; BCP - Book of Common Prayer; TBA - To Be Allocated
Abbreviations: LLM - Licensed Lay Minister; BCP - Book of Common Prayer; TBA - To Be Allocated
Sunday 1st March 2020. First Sunday of Lent
8.00am
Rev Ron Hart
10.00am
Philip Jones LLM
Holy Communion (BCP)
1st Reading
2nd Reading
Gospel
Morning Prayer
1st Reading
2nd Reading
Intercessions
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
Romans 5:12-19
Matthew 4:1-11
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
Matthew 4:1-11
Karen Greenwood
Marguerite Pitt
Ron Hart
Sunday 8th March 2020. Second Sunday of Lent
10.00am
Rev Frank Gimson
Holy Communion
1st Reading
Psalm
2nd Reading
Gospel
Intercessions
Genesis 12:1-4a
121
Romans 4:1-5,13-17
John 3:1-17
Pat Briddon
Ruth Briddon
Zinnia Watson
Sunday 15th March 2020. Third Sunday of Lent
8.00am
Rev Ron Hart
9.45 for
10.00am
Rev Frank Gimson & Rev Ron Hart
Holy Communion (BCP)
1st Reading
2nd Reading
Gospel
Church for Everyone Readings and readers to be chosen by minister
Exodus 17:1-7
Romans 5:1-11
John 4:5-42
Roads to God Prayer Group
Wednesday 18th March 2020 at 10.00am
VENUE - St Laurence Church
See our Roads to God page for more information.
Sunday 22nd March 2020. MOTHERING SUNDAY 4th Sunday of Lent
Commissioning of Roads to God volunteers
10.00am
Rev Frank Gimson
Family Service for Mothering Sunday
Reading to be chosen by minister
Intercessions
Maggie Hunter
Sunday School
Sunday 29th March 2020. Fifth Sunday of Lent
10.30am
One Church Service
at Downton Baptist Church
If you would like Communion in your own home please contact Rev Frank Gimson on 01725 510326
or complete our online contact form.