Our church is in Grove Park, Chiswick, just a stone's throw from the Thames. It 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. We have one Eucharist Service a week, on Sundays at 10am and coffee is served afterwards at the back of the church. On Mondays the Meditation Group meet in church at 6:45pm for about half an hour and a quiet celebration of communion often follows this. On Fridays in church, we have a Stay and Play group for parents, babies and toddlers from 9:30-11:30am, a Coffee Club from 10:45am to 12 noon and a short Welcome Service taken by our Lay Minister Simon Surtees from 12-12:30pm.
You can contact our vicar Rev'd Caroline Halmshaw on
07742 738660.
Sunday 6 April is the start of Passiontide. Over the next two weeks we will be re-enacting through different services: Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, His washing of the disciples' feet at the Last Supper and His loving obedience in Gethsemane and on the cross. We’ve been reminded in this year’s Lent course, that the cross in Jesus’s day was a form of execution and torture reserved for those with no status in society. It was a sign of failure, and therefore ‘foolishness’ to the ways of the world. And through this upside-down way of seeing things, God comes and shows us the depth of His love. It’s by those very wounds which we struggle to make sense of, that we are healed.
Below is one of my favourite poems for this coming fortnight; Jesus of the Scars by Edward Shillito. I find the last four lines especially powerful.
Caroline
If we have never sought, we seek Thee now;
Thine eyes burn through the dark, our only stars;
We must have sight of thorn-pricks on Thy brow,
We must have Thee, O Jesus of the Scars.
The heavens frighten us; they are too calm;
In all the universe we have no place.
Our wounds are hurting us; where is the balm?
Lord Jesus, by Thy Scars, we claim Thy grace.
If, when the doors are shut, Thou drawest near,
Only reveal those hands, that side of Thine;
We know to-day what wounds are, have no fear,
Show us Thy Scars, we know the countersign.
The other gods were strong; but Thou wast weak;
They rode, but Thou didst stumble to a throne;
But to our wounds only God’s wounds can speak,
And not a god has wounds, but Thou alone.
ST PAUL'S ELECTORAL ROLL
Every six years we are required to prepare a completely new Electoral Roll. This means that we start from scratch, as we are required to remove all the current names and then ask people if they would like to rejoin. The Church Electoral Roll is a list of all those who are members of a church. The numbers (not names) are required by the Diocese of London and the Church of England. Being on the Electoral Roll expresses your connection to the church. There is more information about this below.
If you would like to be on the electoral roll for St Paul's then please print out the application form, fill it in and drop it off or post it to the Church Office in the Vicarage, 64 Grove Park Road, Chiswick, W4 3SB, by Sunday 6th April. If you don't want to be on the Electoral Roll, but would still like to stay in touch with St Paul's, then there is a section of the application form that allows you to do that instead!
Application for Enrolment on the Church [...]
Adobe Acrobat document [99.1 KB]
Electoral Roll Information 2025.docx.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [50.2 KB]
SPRING SERVICES AND EVENTS
HOLY WEEK
Monday 14 April
Celtic Evening Service at 8pm
Tuesday 15 April
Celtic Evening Service at 8pm
Wednesday 16 April 10:30 - 12 noon
Lent Group
Wednsday 16th April
Celtic Evening Service at 8pm
Maundy Thursday 17 April 8pm
The Last Supper
Good Friday 18 April
9.30am Walk of Witness: Churches Together in Grove Park. The walk willbe starting at St Nicholas, continuing to St Paul’s and finishing at St Michaels
11am hot cross buns and children’s workshop, Lower Grove Park Room
12pm Service involving the children
1pm Reflections on the Cross
2pm Veneration of the Cross
Good Friday 18 April 2pm
Stainer's Cruxifixion
The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer is an oratorio for choir abnd organ composed by John Stainer in 1887. The piece relates the Biblical
narrative of the Passion and Cruxifixion with text by WJ Sparrow SImpson and will be performed by St Paul's Choir and friends together with the choir of Christ Church, East Sheen. There
will be two performances; the first is at Christ Church, East Sheen on 18 April at 6pm and the second is at St Paul's on Saturday 19 April.
Easter Saturday 19 April 6pm
Stainer's Cruxifixion
The second performance this moving and absorbing work, by St Paul's Choir and friends together with the Choir of Christ Church, East Sheen.
Easter Day Sunday 20 April
6am: Sunrise service with Easter fire, followed by breakfast
10am: Family service with an Easter egg hunt
Saturday 25 April 7pm Poetry Evening
Spring to Life: Poetry and Music from the St Paul's Poetry Group. Entry is free with a suggested donation of £10 and there will be a cash bar and light
refreshments!
Sunday 27 April 10am
Communion Service
Sunday 27 April 6:30pm
Taizé Service
Taizé Prayer is a simple, meditative form of worship in a candlelit environment. Simple songs are repeated over and over again to create a feeling of meditation, with short readings and prayerful silence.
Monday 28 April Annual Parochial Church Meeting
The APCM is an annual meeting that is required by law for churches in the Church of England, similar to a church's AGM. It’s an opportunity for the church community to come together and includes reports on the church's fabric, the PCC's proceedings, the election of churchwardens and PCC members as well as our plans for the future. All are welcome!
MAY 2025
Friday 2 May
Stay and Play 9:30-11:30am
Coffee Club 10:45am to 12 noon
Welcome Service 12-12:30pm
Sunday 4 May 10am
Communion Service
Friday 9 May
Stay and Play 9:30-11:30am
Coffee Club 10:45am to 12 noon
Welcome Service 12-12:30pm
Sunday 11 May 10am
Communion Service
Friday 16th - Sunday 18 May Flower Festival
The church will be filled with floral displays from communtiy groups, schools and other churches, for all to enjoy! There will also be music from local players and singers.
Sunday 16 May 10am
Communion Service
Sunday 18th May Service of Praise 6pm
A special service to end the Flower Festival, with music from St Paul's Choir.
Friday 23 May
Stay and Play 9:30-11:30am
Coffee Club 10:45am to 12 noon
Welcome Service 12-12:30pm
Sunday 25 May 10am
Communion Service
GIVING TO ST PAUL'S
St Paul's is a registered charity: 1154708. We are part of the Church of England's Parish Giving Scheme, which is an easier way for us to collect financial donations, whether they are from regular giving or one-off contibutions. You can find out more about the finances of St Pauls by reading the 2023 Accounts and Report, which are available to download below.
Give to St Paul's by going to the GIVING page of this website or by pressing the DONATE TO ST PAUL'S button. Thank you!
St Paul's Annual Report 2023.pdf
Adobe Acrobat document [272.3 KB]
Print