Services in the Presteigne Group of Parishes on Sunday 17 October (Trinity 20) are as follows:11.00 Morning Service (Common Worship: modern language) Presteigne11.00 Harvest Thanksgiving Lingen6.30 Harvest Thanksgiving DiscoedEveryone is most welcome to attend any of these services! Please bear in mind that some Covid-related restrictions are still in place, particularly the wearing of face masks indoors throughout the service unless you are exempt. But we can sing the Harvest hymns!If you are unable to join us in person, for any of our services, you can find the Collect and Readings to go with the service for use at home elsewhere on this page.
Services in the Presteigne Group of Parishes on Sunday 10 October (Trinity 19) are as follows:9.15 Holy Communion (Common Worship: modern language) Knill11.00 Holy Communion (Common Worship: modern language) Presteigne3.00 Open Air Harvest Service KinshamTo be held in the field behind the Arkwright Hall, with refreshments to follow in the hall. If it is wet the whole service will take place in the hall. Everyone is welcome to attend any of our services. We continue to follow the guidance of the Welsh and English givernments and the Church of England on Covid regulations, which are slightly different in each of our churches.
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Services in the Presteigne group of Parishes on Sunday 3 October (Trinity 18 / The Feast of St Michael and All Angels) are as follows:8.00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer: traditional language) Presteigne9.30 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer: traditional language) Lingen11.00 Harvest Thanksgiving PresteigneAs three of our churches are dedicated to St Michael and All Angels (Discoed, Knill and Lingen), this weekend marks their patronal festival, the traditional feast of Michaelmas, which actually falls on 29 September and is one of the traditional four 'quarter days' in a year (Lady Day (25th March), Midsummer (24th June), Michaelmas (29th September) and Christmas (25th December)). They are spaced three months apart, on religious festivals, usually close to the solstices or equinoxes. They were the four dates on which servants were hired, rents due or leases begun. It used to be said that harvest had to be completed by Michaelmas, almost like the marking of the end of the productive season and the beginning of the new cycle of farming. It was the time at which new servants were hired or land was exchanged and debts were paid. This is how it came to be for Michaelmas to be the time for electing magistrates and also the beginning of legal and university terms.
