Urban Abbey

Children's Sheet

The Horarium

The Sunday Sermon

Ordinary 32 (Remembrance)

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Welcome

Christ himself is among us, with the Father and the Holy Spirit.

Welcome to S Giles-in-Reading, a place where the transcendent and transformative imagination of the historic Christian faith is lived out daily.  No matter who you are, God has given you the sacred gift of life, join us as we discover what that gift means for all of us.

Daily Prayers

Mattins, Evensong & Compline.

​Mattins and Evensong are sung in the Church daily (except Monday), see schedule above for the timings.  Compline is sung daily online at 9pm.  Email us for a link.

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The Daily Poem

The Evening Poem@Compline
Every evening we share a poem at Compline.  Some are ancient, some contemporary.  Listen to some of the poems here. 
During Lockdown we had a series of online symposia on some of the most important texts of Christian history, the one below was deliver by Dr Stephen Blackwood, on "The Consolation of Philosophy" by Boethius.

Feeding the Poor

On Tuesdays and Fridays we offer a hot meal to over 80 local people in one of our Church Halls.  We work together with the volunteers of CIRDIC (Churches Together in Reading Drop-in Centre). Like to volunteer?  Just ask!

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Old Wine Club

A university student or young adult?  Interested in good companionship, a nice meal and seriously deep discussion about important stuff?  This is definitely for you.  

Who's who?

Fr David Harris, Rector & Vicar
sgiles.vicar (at) gmail.com
Fr Sebastian Way, Curate
sebastianway (at) hotmail.co.uk 
Sue Mott, Churchwarden
Eapen Varghese​, Churchwarden
Tanvee John, Sunday School
Christopher Mott, PCC Vice-chair
Chris Price, Lead Cantor
John Purver, Organist
Peter Bloomfield, Treasurer
Valerie Harris, Safeguarding

Some Recent Sermons at S Giles-in-Reading

Ordinary 27
Ordinary 26
Feast of Dedication
Holy Cross Day
S Giles' Day, Fr Thomas Plant
Ordinary 20
Ordinary 19
Ordinary 18
Ordinary 17
Ordinary 16
Ordinary 15
Trinity Sunday
Day of Pentecost
Easter 7
Easter 6
Easter 5
Easter 4
Easter 3
Easter Day (Fr Richard Harrison)
Lent 5 (Passiontide)
Lent 3
Lent 2
Lent 1
Ordinary 8
Ordinary 7
Ordinary 6
Ordinary 5
Candlemas (The Presentation)
Ordinary 3
Feast of Dedication
S Giles' Day (1 Sept) - Patronal Festival
Wedding of Richard and Lizzie
The final "hour" of Christian prayer is Compline.  The word comes to us from the Old French, complie, to complete or finish. Christian prayer sees sleep as a "little death" as it brings the day (a little life) to an end; Compline is a sort of little "Viaticum" or "food for the journey."  We meet online daily at 9pm, and we finish with a poem.

We take safeguarding very seriously.  Find out more.

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