St Bartholomew's Church, Sydenham

This will be held in the church on Saturday 12th September from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. Tables will be available to hire for £10 for sale of bric a brac, crafts etc. Everyone welcome.

To reserve a table, please call 020 8693 5561 or email gilliandaly "at" btinternet.com

On Sunday 28th June at 6pm, to welcome our new Curate, Heidi Huntley.

This service will be followed by wine, coffee and light refreshments in the church hall.

Our usual 8 am service on this Sunday will go ahead as usual, but the 10 am service will be cancelled.

Our Holy Week services are now detailed below, (and also on our calendar here: http://www.achurchnearyou.com/sydenham-st-bartholomew/ )

We have services every day from the Palm Procession on April 5th, including evening service for Maundy Thursday, Liturgy of the Hours on Good Friday, Easter Vigil on Saturday, as well as Eucharists at the usual times (8 and 10 am) on Easter Sunday.

We are running a Lent Course jointly with the Grove Centre Church in Jews Walk. This is a DVD based course led by Archbishop David Hope, Bishop Tom Wright, Anne Atkins, the Abbot of Worth and Pr Frances Young.

There are 5 sessions in Grove House, 2 Jews Walk, on the 5 Tuesdays of March, 3rd - 31st. No need to book. Please be there at 7:45 for 8pm.
Location map here: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=534933&y=171808&z=0&sv=se26+6pl&st=...
General information about the Grove Centre: http://www.thegrovecentre.org.uk/welcome.htm

During Lent we invite donations for the Bishop's Lent Call - details of the charities supported can be found here: http://www.southwark.anglican.org/lentcall/index.htm

One good way of supporting this is to come to the Lent Lunches, after church on Sundays March 8th and 22nd, and April 5th. Two or three course meals available for the price of your chosen donation. The ingredients and labour are given by parishioners: all money donated goes to the chosen charities. There is no need to book.

This year Ash Wednesday falls on 25th February. At 8pm that evening, we plan a Sung Eucharist including the traditional ceremony of imposition of ashes*. During the following 40 days of Lent our extra activities will include a study group shared with other churches and lunches to raise money for charity after selected Sunday services. Further details will be posted soon.

We have a 10am Eucharist on Christmas morning, with a theme of celebration of Christmas in the family of the church. This service will be suitable for all ages including young children.

At 4pm we shall be having an informal service based on the Moravian idea of Christingle - a decorated orange with a lighted candle, symbolising Christ, the Light of the World. This service is suitable for all children including the very young. There will be a collection in aid of the Children's Society.

Our Midnight Mass starts at 11:30 - a celebration of the Eucharist with carols and readings. (This service will not be suitable for very young children, who are more likely to enjoy our Christingle service on Christmas Eve or our Christmas Day Eucharist.)