| St Giles for you We are here to love God and to make Christ known in word and deed. |
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We are the Church in the Barbican and we invite everyone to
come and see for themselves; whether that is to a Sunday
service, a wedding, a memorial service, a concert, a book
fair, or simply to light a candle and sit quietly in the
course of a working day. The church is open on Sundays for
services and Mondays - Fridays 11am - 4pm.
If your marriage is going bad, your kids on dope, your work
unsatisfactory, you're really unhappy, maybe the place not
to go to is the pub, maybe the place to go to - even if
you've lost all faith in the divine - is into the church, a
safe spiritual space of no judgement. Just go in, and let
some of that into you.
John O'Donohue, Poet, priest and religious writer
"St Giles' is one of only a few places in this country which
can boast two complete and well-equipped organs in the same
building - unlike some Continental countries, especially
France, where it's much more common." Radio Times Jan 2010.
The novelist A.N. Wilson writes: "The Barbican is now an
immense plate-glass fantasy, enormous gleaming towers
soaring upward to the sky. But, doggedly, in the middle of
it all, St Giles Cripplegate, bombed and repaired, stands as
the last imaginable little memorial of that vanished city
that Shakespeare knew."
Directions.
Other maps to help you find us
Historic associations. Frank Major conducts informal
tours
of the Church, usually on Tuesday afternoons between 2 and 5
p.m.
Weddings
With changes in the rules, more people with an association
with St Giles are now able to marry there - see
photos
of the couples
The bells are rung by the
Ancient Society of College Youths.
St. Giles Church is available for
hire.
Please contact the Parish Administrator
We relate closely to
Wesley's Chapel,
St Joseph's
Bunhill Fields and
St Anne's
Lutheran Church, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BX and Jewin
Welsh Presbyterian Church, Fann Street, EC1Y 0SA
We now have a small archive of pictures, including two
paintings, under
records and memories |
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| St Giles in the sun, May 2013 | ||||||
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Recent events in the Church's life |
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 This
year with the very cold weather our Palm Sunday celebrations
were inside St Giles’ instead of starting in the churchyard.
After a very early start our donkeys arrived from Norfolk as
usual and were soon being welcomed by the congregation who
gathered in a circle at the back of the church, some holding
palms waiting for the service to start |
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| We were joined by clergy from St Paul’s Cathedral and a fanfare from the trumpets and drums told us the service had begun. We sang the great Palm Sunday hymn, there were bible readings and the blessing of the palms. We processed around the church with the donkeys and our palms and after a blessing for those going to St Pauls’, those left behind made their way to seats at the front of the church for the Parish Eucharist. | ||||||
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Some future events |
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| NEXT BOOK FAIR
Sunday 9 June – Sunday 16 June.
Open
daily from 11am |
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PRIVATE PRAYER
For a session of private prayer and reflection in the
Sanctuary, normally on the last Thursday of the month from
1-130pm
A suggested prayer guide will be provided to include a biblical text from the month’s lectionary, subjects for prayer, including our neighbours, our families, for peace in the world, church festivals and anniversaries. We will finish by saying the Lord’s Prayer. The next sessions in 2013 will be on Thursdays 25April, 23 May and 4 and 25 July. There will be no session in August.. |
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