1210 to 2010 - St Albright’s 800 Years of Christian Witness and Ministry

 

As you can see from our history, St Albright’s has been a place of Christian worship and witness for at least 800 years. The first known priest was John  in 1210. Since then there has been an unbroken succession of faithful priest and lay people who have sought to minister the gospel of Christ to the people of Stanway. There have been many changes over the years both in the building and in the forms of worship. Imagine a much smaller building with no pews, small windows, lit by candle light and the services in Latin. Later the building was expanded and the services in English. I imagine that the introduction of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer caused as much angst as did the introduction of Common Worship a few years ago. And remember the pews, choir stalls and much of the stained glass were Victorian additions.

 

So 2010 is significant year of celebration. We have planned a number of events and still more are in the pipeline, the main events are listed below but keep an eye on this site for further news.

 

 

 

Main events

Feb 7th Candlemas – 10:30am Parish Eucharist Lord Carey of Clifton – former Archbishop of Canterbury will be our guest preacher to open our year of celebration.

 

May 2nd  - 10:30am Parish Eucharist and Opening of Parish Rooms and declaration of St Albright’s Day  - Bishop Keith Newton

 

October 10th Harvest festival / Back to St Albright’s (major ‘outreach’ event)  - guest preacher 10:30am Parish Eucharist -  Bishop Lindsay Irwin

 

November 21st  Christ the King (close the year of celebration)  10:30am Parish Eucharist – guest preacher - Bishop Thomas McMahon (RC Diocese of Brentwood)