Evensong

Occuring
Monthly. Every First Sunday at for 45 mins
Venue
St Philip and St James
Address
Unnamed road Escot, Ottery St Mary Ottery Saint Mary, EX11 1LR, United Kingdom

The starting time changes to 4pm in the winter.

When you arrive at the church you will be welcomed and you will find a hymn book and a prayer book in the pew.

We start the service with a hymn and then say sorry to God for the things we have said and done that have hurt or wounded others or ourselves. We then say a psalm which is a poem/song from the OT that Jesus would have used in his worship. We then listen to readings from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible interspersed with two more songs from the Bible called the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. There is a sermon of about 10-15 minutes and then prayers for the needs of the church, the world, our community, and those who have asked for personal prayer if they are poorly or bereaved. All this is interspersed with 3 more hymns and a retiring collection is taken for the work of the church.

The whole service lasts about 45 minutes.

Holy Communion

Occuring
Monthly. Every Third Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
St Philip and St James
Address
Unnamed road Escot, Ottery St Mary Ottery Saint Mary, EX11 1LR, United Kingdom

When you arrive at the church you will be welcomed and given an order of service and a hymn book.

During the service we offer various forms of prayer: adoration, confession and a special prayer for the week, as well as prayers for the needs of God’s world and his people. We sing hymns throughout the service, and other parts of the liturgy are also sung. We hear readings from the Bible and sermon of 10 – 15 minutes will be preached. The Minister leading the service offers prayers over bread and wine to celebrate the life and sacrifice of Jesus and to remind us of what he did for us. The bread and wine which is then shared out among everyone. Please come up to the rail at the front of church, and if you do not want to have the bread and wine please bow your head for a blessing.

The whole service lasts about an hour.