Back to School All-Age Service

Back to School All-Age Service

Join us at the Barn Church on Sunday 1 September at 9:30am for a special all-age service marking the start of the new academic year.

We’ll be blessing bags, backpacks and briefcase for the new year – bring your nursery, school or work bag along with you!

We are seeking a new Director of Music

We are seeking a new Director of Music

 St Philip & All Saints (the Barn Church), Kew is seeking a Director of Music who will work collaboratively with our Vicar to grow and develop music at our church: to enhance our worship, encourage and enable our congregation through music, and further our outreach in our wider community. 

St Philip & All Saints (The Barn Church) is a friendly and inclusive church in Kew (Diocese of Southwark) which appreciates a breadth of church music from traditional to modern. We have a Forster and Andrews 1894 two-manual organ and blowing plant, maintained by Henry Willis & Sons, and a grand piano. 

We are seeking someone with skills to be: competent organist and pianist to play at our weekly Sunday morning service, Holy Week and Christmas, and occasional offices when available; choir director; worship band director 

The role would suit a creative, enthusiastic and imaginative musician who can nurture our (unrobed) choir and help us develop our existing worship band which aims to encourage and involve our young people and older children. 

For more information, including a Job Description (which details remuneration and fees), contact our parish office (office@kewbenefice.org). If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact our Vicar, Reverend Dr Melanie Harrington-Haynes.

Applications to be received by: Friday 21st June Auditions and interviews: Monday 1st July 

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Holy Week: 24 – 31 March 2024

Holy Week: 24 – 31 March 2024

Everyone is welcome to join us for our Holy Week services and activities.

Holy Week is a journey from Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, through the events of the Last Supper and Garden of Gethsemane to the Cross and on to the joy and wonder of Easter Sunday.

We would love you to join us for this journey, or for as much of it as you are able to manage. Most of our services are suitable for older children, and we would love them to participate in the week with us. Please note that many of our services are Benefice Services, and a number are held at St Luke’s Church on the Avenue.

Palm Sunday, 24 March, 10am. Benefice Eucharist and Procession with Palms, starting from St Luke’s and moving to the Barn Church

followed at 11:30am by the making of Easter Gardens in the Barn Church Garden. We will also be making an Easter Garden for the sanctuary of St Luke’s Church.

Monday 25 March, 7:30pm. Benefice Compline at the Barn Church,

followed at 8pm by Christian Meditation at the Barn Church

Tuesday 26 March, 7:30pm. Benefice Compline at the Barn Church

Wednesday 27 March, 7:30pm: Tenebrae, Service of Shadows at St Luke’s

Thursday 28 March, 7:30pm: Maundy Thursday Eucharist with foot washing at St Luke’s

Good Friday, 29 March, 10am-noon: Children’s Easter Craft session at St Luke’s

Good Friday, 29 March, 2pm. Meditations with Music at St Luke’s

Easter Sunday, 31 March, 8:30am: Outdoor Easter Eucharist in the Barn Church Garden, followed by breakfast.