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Types of Services in the Blyth Valley Churches

Here in the Blyth Valley have three types of services

Our defining act of worship is Holy Communion. This is a symbolic meal of bread (wafers) and wine, with Bible readings, a sermon and prayers, and hymns on a Sunday. It has layers of meaning to do with generosity and belonging derived from its Jewish roots in the Passover.

We also offer Morning and Evening Prayer which are services written for their particular time of day, helping us prepare for the day ahead or wind down afterwards. They include Bible readings, prayers and may have hymns too – especially when used on a Sunday.

Across our churches we have four styles of service:

Common Worship

This is our standard modern language set. It offers a formal version of these three types of service. It is what we use for our Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals too.

Book of Common Prayer

The three types of service are available in old English, in a more formal, appealing, living tradition dating back centuries. To avoid confusion, we call this style of the bread and wine service Traditional Communion. We call its opening and closing daily prayers Matins and Evensong for the same reason.

Family Services and Family Communion

New Patterns for Worship is a resource that gives us authorised prayers and other materials that are more contemporary for our least formal and most flexible examples of these two types of services.

Local Traditions

Some of our churches have their own service sheets. These may have come from other Christian organisations like the Iona Community, or another Diocese (county scale unit of the Church of England) like Wild Church. They may have been kept on having been written by previous clergy. They may have developed them themselves or asked current minsters to try something different like Pause for Thought. We sometimes share regular worship with other denominations like the Wenhaston Methodists, or take part in other initiatives like World Day of Prayer. When we do this we use their styles of service.

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Services - Week Beginning 19.05.2025

Below are the services that are happening across the Blyth Valley Churches this week.

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Holy Communion

St Mary's Church, Halesworth

21st May 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome to our mid-week Holy Communion in St Mary's Church, Halesworth. Refreshments are available afterwards and there is always someone available to talk too. 

Access the service booklet here.

Image by Aaron Burden

Morning Worship

St Andrew's Church, Bramfield

22nd May 2025 at 9:30 am

Everyone is welcome to join us at our mid-week morning worship at St Andrew's Church in Bramfield. 

Image by James Coleman

Traditional Communion

St Mary's Church, Halesworth

25th May 2025 at 8 am

Everyone is welcome for Traditional Communion at St Mary's Church in Halesworth. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Communion

Holy Communion

St Mary's Church, Halesworth

25th May 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome to attend Holy Communion at St Mary's Church in Halesworth. Followed by refreshments. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Music Notes

Evensong

St Mary's Church, Halesworth

25th May 2025 at 6 pm

Everyone is welcome to Evensong at St Mary's Church in Halesworth. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Prayer

Holy Communion

St Peter's Church, Holton

25th May 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome for Holy Communion at St Peter's Church in Holton. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Small Plant

Rogation Service

Meeting at St Peter's Church in Spexhall

25th May 2025 at 2:30 pm

On Sunday 25th May, we have our Rogation Service and Walk which we share with our friends and neighbours in Spexhall. We ask for God’s blessings for our land, crops, wildlife and people as we walk. The service starts at 2.30pm at Spexhall Church, led by Sally Gaze, Archdeacon for Rural Affairs, then progresses down to finish at Wissett, where teas will be served afterwards.

Prayer Group

Pause for Thought

St Peter's Church, Wenhaston

25th May 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome to attend Pause for Thought at St Peter's Church in Wenhaston. Followed by refreshments. 

Music Notes

Morning Prayer

St Peter's Church, Thorington

25th May 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome to Moring Prayer at St Peter's Church in Thorington. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Prayer

Holy Communion

St Mary's Church, Walpole

25th May 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome for Holy Communion at St Mary's Church in Walpole. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Services - Week Beginning 26.05.2025

Below are the services that are happening across the Blyth Valley Churches this week.

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Holy Communion

St Mary's Church, Halesworth

28th May 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome to our mid-week Holy Communion in St Mary's Church, Halesworth. Refreshments are available afterwards and there is always someone available to talk too. 

Access the service booklet here.

Image by Aaron Burden

Morning Worship

St Andrew's Church, Bramfield

29th May 2025 at 9:30 am

Everyone is welcome to join us at our mid-week morning worship at St Andrew's Church in Bramfield. 

Image by James Coleman

Traditional Communion

St Mary's Church, Halesworth

1st June 2025 at 8 am

Everyone is welcome for Traditional Communion at St Mary's Church in Halesworth. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Image by James Coleman

Holy Communion

St Mary's Church, Halesworth

1st June 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome to attend Holy Communion at St Mary's Church in Halesworth. Followed by refreshments. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Music Notes

Holy Communion

St Mary's Church, Chediston

1st June 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome to Holy Communion at St Mary's Church in Chediston. 

You can access the service booklet here.

Prayer

Matins

St Margaret's Church, Linstead

1st June 2025 at 10 am

Everyone is welcome for Matins at St Margaret's Church in Linstead.  

You can access the service booklet here.

Father and Son Fishing

Service for Fathers Day

St Andrew's Church, Bramfield

15th June 2025 at 10 am 

Everyone is welcome to join us for an all-age family service at St Andrew's Church in Bramfield. We will be having a special service that celebrates Father's Day. There will be refreshments after the service.

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