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December 2022
CANCELLED: The Royal Marines School of Music’s Concert
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, we apologise for any inconvenience caused. The annual Christmas Concert held by The Royal Marines School of Music in their 2022/23 season of concerts. Tickets are available at the door, or you can telephone the Royal Marines School of Music Office to book tickets on 02392 726181.
Churches Homeless Action Carols
A celebration of Christmas and the distribution of vouchers collected via local churches & groups to agencies who will be supporting those in need over the Christmas season. A chance for us to share a ‘gift’ with others, this year being the 20th year of our Comfort and Joy campaign!
Reindeer Drive
A beetle drive with a seasonal difference to raise funds for Hope into Action. Tickets cost £2.50.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 4th Sunday of Advent – 18th December 2022 – St Mary’s Church, Portsea
To watch, you can either go to our Facebook page, or our YouTube stream. To follow along, please find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
A Blue Christmas
Blue Christmas offers a simple, quiet service, with readings and carols. This is an opportunity for anyone who wants space to sit and be, acknowledging the pain and emptiness that many can feel at this time of year. There will be an opportunity to talk to others over refreshments afterwards.
The Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols
A traditional telling of the Christmas story through readings and carols sung by the congregation and choir, followed by sherry and mince pies. You can follow our streams either on either YouTube or our Facebook page. You can follow along here.
Nativity Service
The Christmas story is told by the parish’s children and young people, as we celebrate the sharing of the greatest gift.
Christmas Eve Vigil and Mass of the Nativity at St Faith’s
The Great Invitation – encouraging everyone to share the joy of gathering together to celebrate the birth of Jesus with their family, friends and neighbours – especially after two years where this has been impossible for many.
Midnight Mass Service
Come and join us as we gather to celebrate the birth of Christ with a Eucharist. To follow along, you can either go to our YouTube stream or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here.
A Book of Common Prayer Communion for Christmas
A quieter service to start the day, using words that have been used for over 500 years.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Christmas Day – 25th December 2022 – St Mary’s Church, Portsea
Come and give thanks for the greatest gift we have ever been given. To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, please find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here.
January 2023
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 2nd Sunday of Christmas – 1st January 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, please find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here.
The Epiphany Parish Mass and Carols
We celebrate the visit of the Magi and the gifts they brought revealing the true nature of the child born in Bethlehem. You can watch online on our YouTube stream or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along you can find the hymn sheet here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Baptism of the Lord – 8th January 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, please find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 2nd Sunday of Epiphany – 15th January 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, please find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymns here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 3rd Sunday of Epiphany – 22nd January 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, please find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymns here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 4th Sunday in Epiphany – 29th January 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, please find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymns here. You can find our notices for the week here.
February 2023
A Parish Service for Candlemas
Join us as we mark the end of the Christmas and Epiphany seasons and we give thanks for the ‘light to give light to the nations’. You can follow along on our Facebook page, or through our YouTube stream. To follow along, please find the order of service here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence – 3rd Sunday before Lent – 5th February 2023 – St Marys Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Valentines Coffee Morning
Come and join us for coffee, cake, and conversation as we share our love for those we support into our Hope into Action homes by raising funds.
Celebrating Christs Presence – 2nd Sunday before Lent – 12th February 2023 – St Marys Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Portsea Parish Panto: Little Red Riding Hood
Come and enjoy Little Red Riding Hood, a traditional panto, performed by members of the Parish, including the clergy! There will be a matinee showing at 2.30pm and an evening performance at 7pm. A family ticket, for 2 adults and 2 children, costs £10, an adult’s ticket costs £4, and tickets for those under 16 costs £2. These are available at St Mary’s or St Faith’s church, or can be booked through 023 92822990 or officeassistant@portseaparish.co.uk.
Celebrating Christs Presence – 1st Sunday before Lent – 19th February 2023 – St Marys Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find our hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Shrove Tuesday & Caribbean Night
Join us as we celebrate Shrove Tuesday with Pancake Races, a Caribbean Meal, and a Family Quiz! The Caribbean Meal will be served at 6.30pm, with tickets costing £3 for adults and £2 for those under 16. The family quiz costs £2 for adults, and is free for those under 16. Come for some or all of the evening, but please make sure you book in advance, either by emailing officeassistant@portseaparish.co.uk, or speaking to a member of staff at St…
Sung Mass for Ash Wednesday
A special service, including the imposition of ashes and the Very Revd Nicholas Frayling as our guest preacher, to mark the beginning of Lent. This service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. For those who want a quieter service, there will also be a lunchtime service at 12.00pm.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 1st Sunday of Lent – 26th February 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
March 2023
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Second Sunday in Lent – 5th March 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 3rd Sunday in Lent – 12th March 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Choral Evensong for Lent
Join us as St Mary’s Choir sing choral evensong for the 3rd Sunday of Lent. The anthem for the evening will be Thomas Tomkins’ ‘Have Mercy Upon Me, O Lord’.
Songs of Home and Circle/دایره
Songs of Home is a unique sound and light installation, including stories and lullabies from local communities. On selected dates, you can also join us for special Circle/دایره performances – intimate live performances combining original music, mesmerising lights and unique choreography, exploring themes of identity & migration. Songs of Home is open from the 15th-19th March, and there are three special Circle/دایره performances, spread across the 17th and 18th March. To find out more, and to book your FREE tickets,…
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Mothering Sunday – 19th March 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 5th Sunday of Lent – 26th March 2023- St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch online, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
April 2023
Messy Holy Week
A morning of free crafts & activities as we explore together Holy Week & the hope and joy of the Easter story.
J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion by the Portsmouth Choral Union
The St Matthew Passion is a passion oratorio, which sets to music the 26th and 27th chapters of St Matthew’s Gospel from the German Lutheran bible. These chapters detail the last days of Christ’s life, retold here by solo voices, double orchestra and double chorus. The choral piece is one of two passion settings by Bach that survive today, and so when, in 1829, the composer Felix Mendelssohn discovered the music of the St Matthew Passion, he decided to perform…
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Palm Sunday – 2nd April 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
Join us in walking through the streets from St Faith’s to St Mary’s Church at 9:30; or just come to your door and enjoy our procession as we pass with music, singing and free palm crosses and streamers as we remember the journey Jesus made to Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday. The Parish Mass at St Mary’s at 10am will be livestreamed. To watch online, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube stream. To follow along,…
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Mass and Reflections for Holy Week
Join us at 7pm on Mon 3rd, Tues 4th and Weds 5th April for mass and reflections for Holy Week. These will be led by The Reverend Canon Kathryn Percival, Canon Chancellor and Vice Dean of Portsmouth Cathedral, who was recently announced as the next Archdeacon of Meon. To watch along on Monday, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymns for Monday here. To…
Eucharist of the Last Supper & Vigil of Prayer for Maundy Thursday at St Faith’s
Join us as we remember the last supper Jesus shared with his friends; how at that meal he washed his disciples’ feet and then led them to the Garden of Gethsemane where he invited them to “watch and pray”.
Eucharist of the Last Supper & Vigil of Prayer for Maundy Thursday
Join us as we remember the last supper Jesus shared with his friends; how at that meal he washed his disciples’ feet and then led them to the Garden of Gethsemane where he invited them to “watch and pray”. To watch along, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here.
Good Friday, Explored by Young People & Families
An opportunity to explore the journey to the cross for young people & families, following the Stations of the Cross found around the church.
Reflections On and Liturgy Of the Cross
Join us at 1pm for Reflections on the Cross, and 2pm for the Liturgy of the Cross, as we join Christians throughout the world in gathering at the foot of the Cross and praying for the world and ourselves. To watch along, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here.
Good Friday at St Faith’s – The Liturgy of the Cross
You are invited to join Christians throughout the world as we gather at the foot of the Cross and pray for our world and ourselves.
The Vigil and First Mass of Easter
A service which begins in the darkness of the night and celebrates the coming of the Light of the world, marking the new life in Christ with joy! To watch along, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Easter Sunday – 9th April 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
Come join us as we come together to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Surrexit Christus! To watch along, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here.
Choral Evensong & Benediction for Easter Sunday
The choir of St Mary’s sing a traditional service of Choral Evensong, which is followed by the Benediction, a time of adoration in front of the Blessed Sacrament which concludes with the congregation being blessed by it.
The Organ Project Recital Series 2023 – Nigel Stark
Our 2023 Organ Recital series continues with a recital given by Nigel Stark, Director of Music at St. Martin’s and St. Mary’s Stamford, performed on our recently-restored 1889 J.W. Walker & Sons pipe organ. Refreshments will be included, with no booking required. While this event is free, there will be a retiring collection in support of St Mary’s Church Music Foundation. For programme details, please visit The Organ Project’s website. Nigel Stark originates from Chester, where he studied piano and…
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: First Sunday after Easter – 16th April 2023 – St Marys Church Portsea
To watch along, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Easter Bunny Drive: A Fundraiser for Social Justice
A Beetle Drive with a seasonal difference to raise funds for our Social Justice work.
Celebrating Christs Presence: Second Sunday after Easter – 23rd April 2023 – St Marys Church Portsea
To watch along, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Fourth Sunday of Easter – 30th April 2023 – St Mary’s Church Portsea
To watch along, you can go to our YouTube stream, or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along here, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.
May 2023
St Mary’s May Fayre
A celebration of life in Fratton, the May Fayre sees around 10,000 visitors come to the church and grounds to enjoy the community and the variety of activities available, including a real ale tent, arena displays, a bouncy castle, bands, funfair rides, and over 100 stalls. If you would like to book a place for your stall, please contact mayfayre@portseaparish.co.uk or call into the church between 9am and 12pm. Pitches are £40, with a reduced rate for charity.