St Alkmund’s

1100^th Anniversary Events

St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury

Wednesdays in Lent:  A series of introductory talks on religions of the world, all at 19.30 in the Church.  Tea and coffee will be provided

February 29^th :  Judaeo-Christian Development: (Faith Shaped by Experience) Rev Richard Hayes BD, AKC (Resident priest)

March 7^th: Hindusim Dr Stephen Jacobs (Senior Lecturer, Media, Religion and Cultural Studies, Univ of Wolverhampton)

March 14^th: Sikhism Ramandeep Kaur Sandhu (Pharmacist and passionate Sikh)

March 21^st:Islam Haji Musa Abdullah Rajaratnam (Chairman, Lichfield Islamic Cultural Society)

March 28^th:Egeria goes on Pilgrimage: (Holy Week as experienced by a Spanish Nun in 4^th Century Jerusalem) Rev Richard Hayes

Special Services

February 6^th (Monday 12.45): Accession Day Service (thanksgiving for 60 years of the Queen’s reign

April 1^st  (Sunday (10.00): Palm Sunday Eucharist (Commencing in St Chad’s with Procession of Palms to St Alkmund’s)

April 7^th (Saturday 20.00):  The Easter Vigil (The ancient preparation for celebrating Christ’s Resurrection (approx. 90 minutes)

May 20^th (Sunday 10.00):  Eucharist led by the Bishop of Lichfield

June 10^th (Sunday 10.00):  Eucharist, (at which the people of St Chad’s join the congregation of St  Alkmund’s)

 August 5^th (Sunday 10.00): Eucharist and commencement of Flower Festival   (Celebrating Saints of August)

December 2^nd  ( Advent Sunday 10.00): Eucharist ,  Preacher: The Ven. Paul Thomas, Archdeacon of Salop

Sponsored Walk, Rev Richard Hayes with Shropshire Army Cadets

April 10^th-14^th:  St Alkmund’s Walk (70 miles, from St Alkmund’s, Aymestry, Herefordshire via Shrewsbury to St Alkmund’s, Whitchurch) Proceeds from this Cadet in the Community/ Duke of Edinburgh Award project will be split between the welfare funds of Shropshire Army Cadet Force and St Alkmund’s Church Restoration Fund.

Events in the Church

March 27^th (Tuesday, 19.30): Orchestral ConcertOrchestra from Celle, Germany)

April 21^st (Saturday, 19.30): Queen’s Birthday Concert The Halfway House Choir

May 12^th (Saturday, 10.30-15.30): Presenting Churches-Seeing Churches A Shropshire Church’s Tourism Group Day

May 15^th (Tuesday, 19.30): Concert of Russian Music: Sacred and Folk Songs St Petersburg Blagovest Ensemble

May 26^th (Saturday, 19.00): Concert of Sacred and Secular Music The London Chorale

June 9^th (Saturday, 10.30 to 14.00):  St Alkmund’s Summer Fair

June 15^th (Friday, 18.00):  BBC (Radio 4) Any Questions Live from St Alkmund’s

June 23^rd (Saturday, 19.30): Recital for Cello and Piano Richard Higgins and John Moore

July 1^st (Sunday from 12.30): Open Gardens in Shrewsbury Garden Trail within the River Loop ( jointly with Shropshire Historic Churches Trust) Tickets and tea at St Alkmund’s

July 7^th (Saturday, 19.30: Choral Concert The Phoenix Singers

August 5^th to 11^th (Sunday to Saturday 10.00 to 17.00): Flower Festival Celebrating the Saints of August

September 8^th (Saturday 10.30): Part of Shrewsbury Heritage Open Day Morning talks at St Alkmund’s, Georgian Group and English Heritage Speakers

October 11^th (Thursday, 19.30): Tenth Century Shrewsbury Nigel Baker (Expert on Shrewsbury Archaeology and Author)

October 25th (Thursday, 19.30): St Alkmund’s—A Treasure of Shrewsbury Andrew Arrol (Architect)