Welcome to St Paul's Church Grove Park, Chiswick

St Paul's has been used for Christian worship since 1872 and we would be delighted if you joined us. Christians of all denominations are welcome here, as are those searching for God and indeed the simply curious. 

MAY AND JUNE CALENDAR

We are delighted to be back in church! Sunday services are at 10am and there is also a service on Fridays at 12 noon as well as Meditation Group on Mondays at 6:45pm which is followed by a Communion Service at 7:30pm. The choir are now singing on Sundays, and the congregation ae singing the fnal hymn in the garden!
For those who are not able to attend in person, we are streaming our Sunday services on Facebook. You do not need a Facebook account to watch. Either search for St Paul's Grove Park W4 on Facebook, or use the link here.  You can read all of Michael's sermons by scrolling to the end of the What We Do page.
The church is always open for private prayer and worship. If you need to talk, our vicar Michael Riley is on 020 8994 4387 or michaelc.riley@virgin.net Please do get in touch and he will try to find a way to help. 

We hope lots of you will join us for our Trinity Picnic! Everyone is welcome in our beautiful vicarage garden at 12 noon on Sunday 30 May. Bring your own picnic, drinks, and a rug, and enjoy a chance to safely socialise again with your friends and neighbours. We will bring chairs into the garden for anyone who does not feel happy to sit on the grass! There will also be drinks provided.

Monday 24 May 6:45pm and 7:30pm

Meditation Group followed by a Communion Service 

Friday 28 May 11am: Being a Disciple

Six-session study group following a book by Archbishop Rowan Williams

Friday 28 May 12 noon

Eucharist Service

Sun 30 May 10am

Parish Eucharist

Sunday 30 May 12 noon

Trinity Picnic  

Monday 31 May 6:45pm and 7:30pm

Meditation Group followed by a Communion Service 

Friday 4 June 11am: Being a Disciple

Six-session study group following a book by Archbishop Rowan Williams

Friday 4 June 12 noon

Eucharist Service 

Sun 6 June 10am

Parish Eucharist 
Monday 7 June 6:45pm and 7:30pm

Meditation Group followed by a Communion Service 

Friday 11 June 11am: Being a Disciple

Six-session study group following a book by Archbishop Rowan Williams

Friday 11 June 12 noon

Eucharist Service

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED 10am -12 noon: Gardening SaturdayT
To maintain the church garden, and keep it looking bright and welcoming, we are holding a gardening clearing morning, please come along! And if you have any black bags and easy-to-carry gardening tools, these are welcome too. A great way to do some exercise in the fresh air. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be provided! 

Sun 13 June 10am

Parish Eucharist 
Monday 14 June 6:45pm and 7:30pm

Meditation Group followed by a Communion Service 

Friday 18 June 11am: Being a Disciple

Six-session study group following a book by Archbishop Rowan Williams

Friday 18 June 12 noon

Eucharist Service

Sat 19 June 4pm and 7pm

The Piazolla Project: A concert by the tango collective

Not to be missed, The Piazolla Project by the tango collective is a celebration of the life and work of composer Astor Piazzolla in the year that would have seen his 100th birthday. Piazzolla’s music is the music of Buenos Aires; nuevo tango, beautiful and innovative music not to dance to, but to inspire, make us dream and transport us to faraway places full of longing and passion. The poetry of the songs is the poetry of our times – the loneliness of the big city, the dark soul of tango, the missed and elusive. The songs will be performed in English and Spanish and there will be a brief introduction into the life and legacy of this iconic and hugely influential composer.

Doors open 20 minutes before the performance, which will be about an hour long. Please note this is a socially distanced event, so we ask that you take your seat, distancing yourself from anyone that is not in your bubble. Do bring your own drinks if you would like to; due to Covid we are not having an interval or a bar.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite here

Sun 20 June 10am

Parish Eucharist 
Monday 21 June 6:45pm and 7:30pm

Meditation Group followed by a Communion Service 

Friday 25 June 12 noon

Eucharist Service

Sun 27 June 10am

Parish Eucharist 

HELP NEEDED FOR VULNERABLE WOMEN

We are making weekly trips to the food bank at St Paul’s Church in Bath Road Hounslow to pick up supplies for some female asylum seekers, currently housed in Hounslow hotels. These women are intensely vulnerable, many with very young children and babies, and one is pregant, which means walking to the food bank is very difficult. The food provided by the hotel is not great, and they have no cooking facilities, so what they need most is fresh fruit and vegetables that need no cooking. Donations would be very gratefully received, either in church or directly to Shelagh Allsop. For more information, contact Shelagh on 07710 385839 or 020 8995 9390 or shelagh.allsop@gmail.com

HELP FOR REFUGEES

The lockdown has made it hard for all of us, but especially the very poorest in our society. Jesus always directed his ministry towards the most marginalised, challenging us to overcome prejudice and self-interest in the way we respond to situations that we cannot ignore. Rachel Tanner recently spoke in church about the work of the St Paul's Refugee Fund, and how you can help. You can read her talk by downloading the pdf below. And if you would like to donate to the fund financially, those details are also here.

POETRY GROUP

St Paul's runs a popular poetry group over Zoom every Thursday at 12 noon. Contact Sue Hearn on 020 8995 2666  susan.hearn@btinternet.com to find out more. ​ You can choose your own poem to read or just listen to the choices of others. The session lasts around an hour. You can read anthologies of some of the poems we've chosen in previous sessions on the What We Do page. 

COLLECTIONS

You can donate to St Paul's by using the form below. Thank you very much!

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