Worship

Details of all public worship in both our parish churches can be found on the Calendar page. The current weekly notice sheet may provide some additional information.

Our general parish ethos might be described as inclusive liberal central to catholic, with a mixture of traditional and modern. Eynesbury has a slightly more 'catholic' history, but services are broadly similar in the two churches.

Our pattern of worship is predominantly eucharistic (holy communion): we view it as central to our parish life that when we gather, we regularly do what Jesus commanded. Each week, there are at least six eucharists (sometimes more) - three on a Sunday and three on mornings in the week. The principal services on Sundays and major feasts will include hymns (both traditional and modern in traditional style) and some singing of parts of the service, led usually by organ and choir (who always welcome new members); occasionally we vary the style of delivery (all-age, cafe), and are open to further diversity when appropriate. The weekday said services use modern-language liturgy, while the 8am service on Sundays uses the traditional language of the Book of Common Prayer (though the same calendar and readings as the later services).

We do also have a pattern of non-eucharistic worship. On the first Sunday afternoon of each month, we hold a 3.30pm All-Age service at St Neots (formerly known as 'Teatime Praise', now called 'All Aboard'), involving lively songs, stories, drama, activities and refreshments. We hold a monthly 6pm Book of Common Prayer Choral Evensong at St Neots where regular members of our choir are often joined by local friends or members of a choir with which we have co-operated over recent years (singing Psalm, Responses, Mag & Nunc, and Anthem). Morning Prayer is said daily in one or other church on weekdays. And, in addition to other annual services (such as Good Friday, Remembrance, Advent, Christingle, and Carols), there may be other special non-eucharistic services from time to time, including Taize, compline & meditation, and service sinspired by other communities .

Occasionally parish groups will have worship in their meetings.

St Neots Parish Church is open daily for visitors and for private prayer (either in the main body of church or in the quieter Lady Chapel space). Eynesbury is not usually open in the same way, but may be for special events.

We don't currently livestream any services, though we did during lockdowns and for some time afterwards. We may occasionally upload material onto our Facebook Pages or the St Neots Parish Church YouTube channel, but have no fixed pattern of doing so. For those who would like to access worship online, we would encourage exploring local cathedrals' YouTube channels: our own cathedral is Ely, but others can also be good.


Children at services

'All Aboard' (All Age Worship)

Taize Service

Daily Services