Our normal pattern of services
We normally hold services each month in the two churches in our benefice, in Shipbourne or Plaxtol, as set out below . There are also special services for Christmas and Easter and other festivals of the church: for details of these services, see below.
| | 8.00 | 9.30 | 11.00 |
| 1st Sunday of month | Holy Communion Plaxtol | Parish Communion Shipbourne | Family Service Plaxtol |
| 2nd Sunday of month | Holy Communion Shipbourne | Matins Shipbourne | Parish Communion Plaxtol |
| 3rd Sunday of month | Holy Communion Plaxtol | Parish Communion Shipbourne | Family Communion Plaxtol |
| 4th Sunday of month | Holy Communion Shipbourne | Family Service Shipbourne | Parish Communion Plaxtol |
| 5th Sunday (when there is one) | Holy Communion Plaxtol | Parish Communion Shipbourne | Matins Plaxtol |
Every weekday at 8.30am Morning Prayer will be said at Plaxtol and every weekday evening (except Friday and Saturday) at 4.30pm Evening Prayer will be said at St Giles Shipbourne.
Sunday 29 September
9.30am: Family Harvest Festival – the church will be decorated with seasonal produce, to celebrate the harvest in our parish. (Note that the date of this service has been changed to 29 September, instead of the previous Sunday, as stated in the Newsletter).
6.00pm: Benefice Choral evensong
Covid – 19: infection control
Following the end of the last period of lockdown, we kept our infection control restrictions under regular review and have gradually reduced the safety measures we had adopted. There is now no requirement to wear a face mask during services, but you may do so if you wish.
We now receive communion at the altar rail, and there is an option to receive the bread and wine separately or to take the bread dipped in wine (“intinction”).
The clinically vulnerable may wish to come into church during the week when they can be safe on their own, or to our smaller ‘said’ services at 8am on Sundays at St Giles or Plaxtol Church or to morning prayer at Plaxtol Church at 8.30am on weekdays.
Our church is open for individual private prayer daily, except on Mondays, between 9am and 3.30pm
We continue to be the Church: a people of prayer and action.
Christmas 2020
As well as our Christmas services in church, we recorded a special ‘Festival of Readings and Music’ so everyone can join in, to celebrate the birth of Christ. This can be found athttps://www.youtube.com/embed/5ZZOFPNsVpQ?feature=oembed
| 8.00 | 9.30 | 11.00 | |
| 1st Sunday of month | Holy Communion Plaxtol | Parish Communion Shipbourne | Family Service Plaxtol |
| 2nd Sunday of month | Holy Communion Shipbourne | Matins Shipbourne | Parish Communion Plaxtol |
| 3rd Sunday of month | Holy Communion Plaxtol | Parish Communion Shipbourne | Family Communion Plaxtol |
| 4th Sunday of month | Holy Communion Shipbourne | Family Service Shipbourne | Parish Communion Plaxtol |
| 5th Sunday (when there is one) | Holy Communion Plaxtol | Parish Communion Shipbourne | Matins Plaxtol |
As well as our Christmas services in church, we recorded a special ‘Festival of Readings and Music’ so everyone can join in, to celebrate the birth of Christ. This can be found at