2025 CALENDAR
Every Sunday there is a Eucharist Service at 10am. On Fridays during term time, we have a Stay and Play group in the church hall for parents, babies and toddlers from 9:30-11:30am. Coffee Club is in church every Friday from 10:45-12 noon and is followed by a short Welcome Service from 12-12:30pm. 

JANUARY 2025

Sunday 26 January 6:30pm

Taizé Service

Taize Prayer is a simple, meditative form of worship, usually in a candle-lit environment. Simple songs are repeated over and over again to create a feeling of meditation, with short readings and prayerful silence. The Taizé Community 

is an ecumenical Christian monastery in France, founded in 1940. Its principles are Kindness, Simplicity and Reconciliation. Taizé has become one of the world's most important sites of Christian pilgrimage, with a focus on youth. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year.

Friday 31 January: Quiz Night
7pm for a 7:30pm start

Don't miss the ever popular St Paul's Quiz Night ! Questions this year are set by last year;'s winners. Teams make up tables of eight; if you'd like to come but do not have a team please get in touch with Rev'd Caroline (07742 738660) and she will find you a table to join! Tables should bring their own supper and the church will provide cutlery, plates and glasses. Please bring all the food and nibbles you will require to fuel your mighty brains! However, we WILL be providing a cash bar for beer, wine and soft drinks and politely request that attendees support this as part of our fundraising efforts for 2023, and don't BYOB! Tickets are £10.00 per person, to be collected on the night. To reserve a table or a seat at a table, contact Rev'd Caroline. 

FEBRUARY 2025

Sunday 2 February 6pm
Candlemas Choral Evensong

Sunday 23 February 6:30pm
Taizé Service

MARCH 2024

Tuesday 4 March Shrove Tuesday

Wednesday 5 March Ash Wednesday

Date and time tbc: Lent Course begins
Lent is the season in the church when we reflect on where we are in our journey of faith and seek God’s leading for the year ahead.  Please get in touch if you would like to know more or just come along. Rev Caroline Halmshaw: vicar@stpaulsgrovepark.com or 07742 738660

Sunday 30 March: Mothering Sunday Service

10 am Family Eucharist with flowers for all mothers and carers

APRIL 2025

Sunday 13 April PALM SUNDAY

10 am Family Service with a procession around the church grounds 

HOLY WEEK

Maundy Thursday 17 April 8pm 

The Last Supper with foot washing, followed by a vigil

Good Friday 18 March

9.30am
Walk of Witness, with Churches Together in Grove Park, starting at St Nicholas, continuing to St Paul’s and finishing at St Michael's

11am
Hot Cross buns and children’s workshop in the Isis Room

12pm
Service with children

1pm
Reflections on the Cross

2pm
Veneration of the Cross

Easter Day Sunday 20 April

6am: Sunrise service with Easter fire, followed by breakfast at the vicarage

10am: Family service with an Easter egg hunt 

MAY 2025

JUNE 2025

Sun 8 June PENTECOST SUNDAY

10am Parish Eucharist

JULY 2025

AUGUST 2025

No Friday coffee club, Stay and Play or Friday Welcome service in August

SEPTEMBER 2025

Sunday tbc September 10am

Harvest Festival

OCTOBER 2025

NOVEMBER 2025

Sunday tbc November 6pm: All Souls Service

We will read the names of people we would like to remember during the service. If there are people you would like us to include in our time of remembrance please  email Rev'd Caroline vicar@stpaulsgrovepark.com. Or write their names on the sheet of paper at the entrance of the church. 

Remembrance Sunday 9 November 10am

Eucharist Service 10am with the act of Rembrance at 11am.

DECEMBER 2025

tbc December 7pm The Longest Night Service

A quiet reflective service for a time of calm 

tbc December 4pm

Christingle Service
​Christingle is a joyful celebration that brings families and communities together to share the light of Jesus and spread a message of hope. During the service, each person takes a Christingle and the candles are all lit to create a warm, magical glow symbolising the light of Christ and bringing hope to people living in darkness.

Christmas Eve Wednesday 24 December 4pm

Family Carols, with time for children at the crib

Christmas Eve Wednesday 24 December 11.30pm
Midnight Mass

Christmas Day Thursday 25 December 10 am

Family Service10am