The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell-on-Sea will be holding a series of special summer Sunday evening services exploring different forms of Christian worship.
The services will be held in the Chapel at 6pm and everyone is welcome to experience worship in this unique place.
Sunday 4th August – Choral Evensong with the East London Evensong Choir
The East London Evensong Choir was founded in 2016 by its musical director Jonathan Pease. Initially resident at Christ Church Isle of Dogs, the choir soon developed a busy life of its own, visiting Parish Churches across the East End as well as singing at major churches and cathedrals during choir holidays. Their vision is simple: to harness the wealth of musical talent in east London; and to enable choral worship of the highest standard in London's East End, using the unique riches of the Book of Common Prayer.
Sunday 11th August – Contemporary Worship with St Mary’s Leyton
Leyton Church have been meeting and worshipping together on the same site for over 1000 years. As part of SAINT, Leyton Church is embarking on a new adventure to see hope and light brought to the heart of the community. Their vision is to see a renaissance through restoring lives, revitalising churches, renewing culture, in Jesus’ name.
Sunday 18th August – Sensory Church
Othona is an open and inclusive Christian Community drawing on a wealth of other inspirations. They welcome people of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and beliefs. Through sharing in a daily rhythm of work, worship, study and play, they seek to learn how to live together and learn from each other. In community they explore the relationship between faith and life and encourage one another in caring for the world and its people.
Sunday 25th August – Chant and Meditation in the Monastic Tradition with Revd Canon Sebastian Harries, Precentor at Chelmsford Cathedral
Canon Sebastian grew up in Oxford and read music at the University of Manchester. Prior to ordination he spent time living in a number of religious communities, which included Anglican Benedictines and Franciscans. As part of his training for ministry he studied in Rome and lived at The Lay Centre, a community with a charism for ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.
The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall is the oldest church in England, founded by St Cedd in 654. Cedd was born in the kingdom of Northumbria and brought up on the island of Lindisfarne. He had three brothers and all four were priests St Cedd sailed down the east coast of England from Lindisfarne and landed at Bradwell. Here he found the ruins of an old deserted Roman fort. He probably first built a small wooden church but as there was so much stone from the fort, he soon realised that would provide a much more permanent building, so he replaced it the next year with the chapel we see today. Find out more about the Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall on their website.