St Aidan’S, Carlisle, CA1 1LT
St Aidan’s is a beautiful church at the heart of the Warwick Road community. We are a welcoming, accepting congregation who enjoy a traditional style of worship. We follow a printed order of service and sing hymns from a hymn book to organ accompaniment. We value Scripture and the Sacraments expressed through beautiful music, words and surroundings, with candles, vestments and sometimes incense. Come and find out if this suits your own spirituality and journey with us as we try to live out the Gospel message and learn how to love God and our neighbour.
Sunday
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Sung Eucharist
Regular Sunday morning worship lasting approx one hour. Hymns with organ accompaniment and sung liturgy according to the Church season. Printed order of service for ease. Coffee afterwards at the back of church.
Monday
Tuesday
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Holy Communion with meditation
A short celebration of Holy Communion without hymns, with a mediation on the previous Sunday’s Gospel reading. Takes place in St Oswald’s chapel to the right of the high altar.
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Lent Study Group - Handel’s Messiah
We follow on from our Advent study group using the music and words of Handel’s oratorio Messiah to deepen our understanding of the crucifixion of Christ. We take a deep dive into the scriptures that inspired the libretto.
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Tuesday Prayers
We meet once a week to pray for the local community, individuals with their permission, regional, national and international concerns. The group is lead by a lay person using a simple structure. The prayers commence at noon with the Memorial of the Incarnation (the Angelus) and lasts 20 minutes. Prayer requests can be left in the basket on the table at the back of church.
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Stations of the Cross (said)
At St Aidan’s we have a set of images depicting Jesus’ journey to Calvary from the trial by Pilate to placing his body in the borrowed tomb. On Fridays in Lent we walk round these images or ‘stations’ and meditate on this journey, using short bible readings and prayers. A printed order of service is available. A different set of readings prayers and meditations will be used for a service on Good Friday which includes singing verses from suitable hymns.
Saturday
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Tuesday Prayers
We meet once a week to pray for the local community, individuals with their permission, regional, national and international concerns. The group is lead by a lay person using a simple structure. The prayers commence at noon with the Memorial of the Incarnation (the Angelus) and lasts 20 minutes. Prayer requests can be left in the basket on the table at the back of church.