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Prayer and Worship Resources

This page collects links to resources that you might find helpful whilst our regular services in church are put on hold. Many of the pages are updated frequently, so please check for the latest information.

Resources accessible by telephone

• Diocesan Eucharist Recordings should be available from around 11am. Simply call 01865 920930 and, once connected, dial 0 for a short version of the service or 1 for the full 45 minute service. Standard call rates apply.
• Daily Hope A Church of England resource offering hymns, prayers and reflections as well as full services via a freephone number 0800 804 8044.

On-line resources

• Parish of Abingdon Resources page. Contains service recordings and other resources
• A Candle in the Window, news and views from the parish of Abingdon-on-Thames. The sixth issue should be available by Sunday 12^th July. Members of St Michael's have contributed articles.
• Silent Reflections at Home material which would have been used at Silent Reflections on 30 June.
• Diocese of Oxford Church at Home page. The Diocesan Eucharist starts at 10.00 am. and the page also contains links to other live-streamed services from churches across the diocese. For those unable to watch online, it is now possible to listen to the Diocesan Eucharist via the telephone. Recordings should be available from around 11am. Simply call 01865 920930 and, once connected, dial 0 for a short version of the service or 1 for the full 45 minute service. Standard call rates apply.
• Oxford Cathedral on-line services (includes service booklets and sermons)
• Oxford Cathedral blog (includes daily reflections)
• Reflections For A Church In Lockdown. Bishop Steven is recording a new series of reflective podcasts and online audio. Each episode aims to resource the Church during the crisis. Episode 1 is a reflection on Psalm 1 and is available to listen to online now or download as a podcast from the Church at Home page.
• Church of England Daily Prayer
• Daily prayer for the current day that page also has links to the CoE Daily Prayer app.
• A simple form of Daily Prayer St Peter's Church, Earley, Reading
• Community of the Resurrection: live streaming and recordings of the community's daily round of prayer and praise See Worship and Live Streaming on the Community's web site for details of their services. There is a pattern and rhythm to their worship that some readers might find helpful.

For variety

• John Keble, priest and poet, is commemorated on 14^th July. Readers might like to browse the web site of Keble College Oxford. In the chapel section there is a link to the chapel's YouTube channel which includes recordings of various services and choir music.
• Thursday 9^th July was the Confirmation of the Election of Bishop Stephen Cottrell, a former bishop of Reading, as the 98th Archbishop of York. This is the point at which the new Archbishop officially took up his role as Archbishop. A recording of the service and the text are available here along with a video introducing the new Archbishop.
• The Community of the Resurrection are holding their Annual Festival which this year will be a series of live streamed and pre-recorded events available through Facebook, starting with Silent Prayer on Friday 10^th July at 4 pm and continuing on Saturday including Solemn Sung Mass at 12 noon. See Worship and Live Streaming and their Facebook page. A provisional timetable for the festival was published in the News section of their website.
• For a cathedral from the Province of York, readers might like to look at the web site of Wakefield Cathedral in the Diocese of Leeds.
• Wadham College Chapel, University of Oxford The Revd Dr Jane Baun,Chaplain of Wadham College and Honorary Assistant Priest in our parish has suggested that readers might enjoy watching the five Evensong films that have been made at Wadham Chapel. They are available on the Chapel's YouTube channel. They feature student contributions, and introduction and prayers filmed on location around Oxford, including Boar's Hill (complete with bleating sheep) and the Thames towpath. Pentecost (wk 6) features beautiful sign-language interpretation.
• Cathedrals are responding to lockdown and the easing of lockdown in a variety of ways.
  • Norwich Our former Team Vicar, Peter Doll, is Canon Librarian of the Cathedral. Of particular interest is the Coronavirus memorial to those who have died from Corona virus in Norfolk
  • Oxford Now open for private prayer
  • Portsmouth Fr Paul was a priest in Portsmouth Diocese before moving to Abingdon
  • Sheffield Our former Team Vicar, Peter Bradley, is Dean of the Cathedral
  • Winchester
• Walsingham
  • The National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham was a virtual event this year. A recording is available.
  • There is a daily live stream of Shrine Prayers at 6.00 pm. A guide to Shrine Prayers is available there together with recordings of previous instances.
• The History of Stations of the Cross A very interesting talk by an American Roman Catholic Franciscan brother. For information about Franciscan brothers and sisters in the Anglican Communion see the web site.
• Alone Together Reflections from monks and nuns on isolation and distancing, led by Fr Christopher Jamison, OSB.
• Thriving in Lockdown Br Marc CR speaks about his time in lockdown in this interview with Caleb Ellwood of York Gateway church.
• Some readers may remember The Revd Dr Joe Kennedy, a former curate at St Michael's. He is now vicar of the Parish of Oxton St Saviour, Wirral. The church's web site includes an on-line worship section.

Archives

• Christ Church Cathedral are archiving sound recordings of sermons, services and reflections on their SoundCloud site. There is already an extensive collection of recordings in this archive.
• The Diocese of Oxford also has a SoundCloud archive which includes recordings of services as well as talks given on Local Radio stations by the Bishops and clergy of the diocese.
• Recordings of Diocesan services can be viewed from their Vimeo site.

Service Booklets

Lightly modified versions of the service booklet for the liturgies that would traditionally be used at St Michael's are available to download.

• Palm Sunday
• Maundy Thursday
• Good Friday
• Easter Liturgy (Saturday evening)
• Pentecost.
• Corpus Christi