On occasions through the year, St.Albans holds special services, either as a variation in format of one of our regular services, or as an additional service at another time. Owing to the pandemic, no special services have yet been scheduled for 2021.
Following is a list of services held in recent years:
2019
Friday 18th January – 1.30 p.m. Unity Service (Wickersley Methodist)
Wednesday 6th March – 8.00 p.m. Ash Wednesday Communion (Thrybergh)
Sunday 10th March – 6.00 p.m. Songs of Praise for Lent
Sunday 31st March – 10.30 a.m. Mothering Sunday Service
Sunday 14th April – 6.00 p.m. Palm Sunday Commemoration
Easter services
(see also separate listing)
Thursday 18th April – 7.00 p.m. Maundy Service Communion (Bramley)
Friday 19th April – Good Friday
10.00 a.m. Family Service
11.00 a.m. Procession of witness
2.45 p.m. Meditation on the Cross
Easter Sunday – 21st April
8.15 communion is a sung service on Easter Sunday
Other services at normal times
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Sunday 5th May – 6.00 p.m. Memorial Service
Thursday 30th May – 8.00 p.m. Ascension Day Communion
Sunday 23rd June – St Alban’s Day
10.30 a.m. Patronal Festival Service
6.00 p.m. Songs of Praise
Sunday 22nd September – 6.00 p.m. Memorial Service
Harvest
(See also separate listing)
Harvest Thanksgiving – Sunday 6th October, 10.30. Gifts of food for distribution within the parish or to Rotherham foodbank will be received. Scarecrow parade for children.
Harvest Songs of Praise – Sunday 20th October, 6.00. Favourite hymns for harvest.
Remembrance Sunday
Sunday 10th November, 10.30. Service of thanksgiving for deliverance in the past, and including commemoration of the dead, followed by a parish service at Wickersley War Memorial at 12.00 p.m.
Advent and Christmas Services
(See also separate listing)
Sunday 13th December – 9.30 a.m. Toy Giving Service
Sunday 20th December – 6.00 p.m. Carol Service – YouTube only, no live congregation
Wednesday 23rd December – 2.00 p.m. Community Carol Service in the Barn Garden
Christmas Eve – 11.15 p.m. Midnight Communion
Christmas Day – 10.00 a.m. Christmas Communion