St Bride's Church, Fleet Street

Join The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's, and St Bride's Choir for this week's reflection in words and music. St Bride's Choir opens this reflection with the last from the set of Three Motets by Charles Villiers Stanford, "Beati quorum via" which sets Psalm 119: 1 – "Blessed are they whose way of life is wholesome: who walk in the law of the Lord." Today we celebrate the feast of...

Valiant for Truth: Journalists' Commemorative Service 2024 by St Bride's Church, Fleet Street

Join The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's, and St Bride's Choir for this week's reflection in words and music. This week Alison talks about a woman she knew who earned her respect and admiration for her steadfast commitment to an incredibly challenging job. The reflection opens with the hymn 'Love divine, all loves excelling' and concludes as St Bride's Choir sing Richard Dering's...

Join The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's, and St Bride's Choir for this week's reflection in words and music. This week Alison reflects on the insights that a child's perspective and approach to life can bring us. The reflection opens with the hymn 'Praise my soul, the King of heaven' and concludes with St Bride's Choir singing Olivier Messiaen's 'O sacrum convivium'. Music for Me...

Join The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride's, and St Bride's Choir for this week's reflection in words and music. This week Alison reflects on the power of words to bring a hidden truth to light, a particularly important thought here at the Journalists' Church. The reflection opens with the hymn 'All my hope on God is founded' and concludes with St Bride's Choir singing Claudio Montev...

Join The Revd Steve Morris, Associate Priest at St Bride's, and St Bride's Choir for this week's reflection in words and music. This week Steve tackles a theological conundrum – The Trinity. The reflection opens with the hymn 'I bind unto myself this day' – also known as St Patrick's breastplate – and concludes with Thomas Attwood's anthem, 'Turn thy face from my sins', a setting of words from Psa...

Join The Revd Steve Morris, Associate Priest at St Bride's, for this week's short reflection in words and music. This week Steve ends his exploration of the Gaelic collection of prayers and blessings, Carmina Gadelica. He offers and reflects on a prayer for use every day. The reflection concludes with O lux beata Trinitas by the English Renaissance composer, William Byrd, sung by St Bride's Choir....

Join The Revd Steve Morris, Associate Priest at St Bride's, for this week's short reflection in words and music. This week Steve reflects on the Prayer for Travelling from the Carmina Gadelica – a compendium of Gaelic prayers and blessings collected by the exciseman and folklorist Alexander Carmichael. The reflection concludes with Howard Goodall's famous setting of The Lord is my Shepherd sung by...

Join The Revd Steve Morris, Associate Priest at St Bride's, for this week's short reflection in words and music. This week Steve reflects on the Prayer for Protection from the Carmina Gadelica – a compendium of Gaelic prayers and blessings collected by the exciseman and folklorist Alexander Carmichael – with a setting of the tune Brother James's Air sung by St Bride's Choir. A new episode of this...

Join The Revd Steve Morris, Associate Priest at St Bride's, for this week's short reflection in words and music. This week Steve reflects on the Carmina Gadelica – a collection of Gaelic prayers and blessings – with choral music from St Bride's Choir composed by Edvard Grieg. A new episode of this online act of worship is released every Sunday morning at 11am. Information about our weekly Sunday s...

This service of Choral Evensong with a Sermon in Music for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, 28th July 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. It features a Sermon in Music which gives our professional St Bride's Choir the opportunity to sing for an extended period on a the...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity, 21st July 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/4f9K7lg Setting: Missa Cantuariensis...

This service of Choral Evensong with a Sermon in Music for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity, 14th July 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. It features a Sermon in Music which gives our professional St Bride's Choir the opportunity to sing for an extended period on a t...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, 7th July 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3RUFkKw Setting: Communion Service in...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the First Sunday after Trinity, 2nd June 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Setting: Mass for four voices – William Byrd Canticle: Jubilate in C – William Boyce Se...

This service of Choral Evensong with a Sermon in Music for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 23rd June 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. It features a Sermon in Music which gives our professional St Bride's Choir the opportunity to sing for an extended period on a th...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Third Sunday after Trinity, 13th June 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3VCyMTc Setting: Mass for four voices...

This service of Choral Evensong with a Sermon in Music for the Second Sunday after Trinity, 9th June 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. It features a Sermon in Music which gives our professional St Bride's Choir the opportunity to sing for an extended period on a the...

This service of Choral Evensong with a Sermon in Music for Trinity Sunday, 26th May 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. It features a Sermon in Music which gives our professional St Bride's Choir the opportunity to sing for an extended period on a theme relevant to th...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Pentecost, 19th May 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Setting: Mass No 2 in G major, D 167 – Franz Schubert Psalm: 23 – Franz Schubert Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr A...

This service of Choral Evensong with a Sermon in Music for the Sunday after Ascension, 12th May 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. It features a Sermon in Music which gives our professional St Bride's Choir the opportunity to sing for an extended period on a theme re...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, 5th May 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/4bjFpP7 Setting: Missa Vinum bonum – Orland...

This service of Choral Evensong with a Sermon in Music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 28th April 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. It features a Sermon in Music which gives our professional St Bride's Choir the opportunity to sing for an extended period on a theme...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, 21st April 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3xRtAkL Setting: Missa Laetatus sum – T...

This service of Choral Evensong with a Sermon in Music for the Third Sunday of Easter, 14th April 2024, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. It features a Sermon in Music which gives our professional St Bride's Choir the opportunity to sing for an extended period on a theme...