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St Margaret's Church

St. Margaret’s is a 12th-century church next to Westminster Abbey. It’s sometimes called ‘the parish Church of the House of Commons’. Everyone’s welcome to visit.

Sermon at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2016

Saturday, 24th December 2016

Sermon at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2016: Light in the darkness Picture, if you will, a fertile windswept landscape of low hills and large horizons. The land is farmed - arable.

20th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

Thursday, 12th May 2005

Delivered by The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 12th May 2005 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

What happens during a church service?

Which objects will you find in a church?

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019

Sunday, 10th February 2019

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019: An apostolic Church Some years ago I enjoyed a wonderful summer holiday with a group of friends in the south-west.

Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday of Lent 2015

Sunday, 22nd February 2015

Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday of Christmas 2015

Sunday, 27th December 2015

Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

Sermon at Evensong on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity

Sunday, 21st October 2018

Sermon at Evensong on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity: Possession with purpose I was two years old when my brother was born. Compared with me, Andrew was a good, rather quiet baby.

Which signs and symbols will you find in a church?

17th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

Thursday, 2nd May 2002

Delivered by The Reverend Mark Oakley, St Paul's Covent Garden at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 2nd May 2002 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

Sermon given at Evensong on the First Sunday after Trinity 2018

Sunday, 3rd June 2018

Sermon given at Evensong on the First Sunday after Trinity 2018: Seeing through tears. O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out in your presence …You have put me in the.

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity 2018

Sunday, 21st October 2018

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity: Possession with purpose I was two years old when my brother was born. Compared with me, Andrew was a good, rather.

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016

Sunday, 4th September 2016

Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016: The Church in Parliament Square ‘Choose life’ says Moses to the Israelites. As they prepare to enter their promised land,.