Come to enjoy Sunday service

Welcome to our community at St Thomas à Becket Church. We’ve been a place of Christian worship to Almighty God since at least the 12th century. And we are open every day.

• Every Sunday we have sung Holy Communion at 9.45am.
• And on the first Wednesday of the month we have a midday ‘said’ Holy Communion.

St Thomas’ is always ready to welcome you to the presence of God. Take a little time amid the busyness of daily life – be refreshed and renewed in peace.

Our Vicar, Herbert, writes:
Dear Friends,
November: All Saints Day, Remembrance Sunday, and the beginning of Advent
November is a time of great remembrance, and particularly so for Christians. No Christian is ever solitary, for through baptism we all become members with each other in Christ and also members of a company of saints – both those living and those who have passed through death.  As Charles Wesley wrote:
One family, we dwell in him,
one church, above, beneath;
though now divided by the stream,
the narrow stream of death.
On All Saints Day (1st November) we remember, and the church celebrates, the many men and women in whose lives God’s grace was present and at work. We are encouraged in our faith by the examples of the lives of these saints.
The Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, which we keep next day on All Souls Day (Sun 2nd Nov), focuses on thanksgiving to God for those loved ones who have more closely and personally been part of our own lives, encouraging and nurturing us in our own journey of faith and shared life. In Christ we are all redeemed, those past and present, by faith.
Then on Remembrance Sunday (9th Nov) we recall with gratitude before God the names of all who have given their lives in service of country during times of conflict and war.
On the last Sunday of the church year – the Sunday next before Advent – the church’s liturgical year is complete, and the church celebrates the risen, ascended and glorified Christ of heaven and earth in the Feast of Christ the King. 
We then all enter a new church year. This is the season of Advent, with the hope of the coming Messiah, who is both our sovereign judge and redeemer: the all merciful and loving redeemer of Jesus Christ our Lord.
St Thomas a Becket’s Advent Carol Service is at 3pm on Sunday 30^th November. Do come and be with us as we celebrate together the sure hope and renewed expectation of our coming saviour.
With very best wishes and love,
Fr Herbert.

• The church is open every day for private prayer, and to visit. From 8.30am to 3pm until to the end  of March; and from April to the end of September, open 8.30am-5pm
• We have a range of worship and social activities – see What’s On. Or pick up our free monthly Parish News.

Enjoy this oasis of calm and tranquillity, whether for a service, a visit, meditation, or private prayer.