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At Christ Church, Isle of Dogs in East London, it's our vision:
- To be a holy people who rejoice to call God 'our Father' and delight to worship and serve him
- To enjoy the presence and the friendship of Jesus Christ
- To be filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit's abundant gifts
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Services this Weekend
More Information about our Church
Christ Church, is at 151 Manchester Rd, London, E14 3DR, at the southern tip of the loop in the River Thames (we call it ‘The Island’).
The congregation comes from many nationalities, traditions and denominations and reflects the diversity of the Island’s changing population.
Christ Church belongs to the liberal catholic tradition of the Church of England. Our worship is beautiful, using colour, music, teaching, drama and poetry. Periodically we hold an All-The-Church-Family Service, which is informal and involves old and young (and everyone in between!) in the worship. Please find our music programmme for the coming month at the bottom of this page.
Our community is relaxed and welcoming. We have different groups offering children’s work during the week. The focal point of our life together is the Parish Mass at 11am on Sunday. This is live-streamed on most Sundays - you can subscribe to the channel here There is Sunday School for children who are 3 and over, and there is a carpeted area at the back of church for smaller children and their parents. We share older children and youth work with other churches in the area.
Please follow the link to access our noticesheet for the coming Sunday here.
We also post our latest news on the Christ Church IOD Facebook page.
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We welcome people who want to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the Christian faith. We run a Parish Education Programme online (Mondays 19:00 -20:00) and recordings from this course are posted on the Home Page and in the drop-down menu Parish Education Programme.
Please visit our Prayer Page to remember in prayer those who are sick and those who have died. Names are published with the consent of the individual or the family.
Giving local churches depend on the generosity of their members and the local community. Christ Church Isle of Dogs is no different. Please use the button below to take you to our secure giving page. Please look out for our QR code on the noticeboads which will take you to the same site.
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Music for forthcoming services...
Sunday 16th March, The Second Sunday of Lent
Introit: Memento Domine, misericordiae tuae Remember, Lord, your compassion and love. Chant 133, Parish Psalter, J.T. Harris
NEH 333 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (tune: Slane)
Psalm 27 The Lord is my light and salvation in life, Psalm Praise 80, Andrew Plant & David Wilson
Gradual NEH 407 Lord thy word abideth, verses 1, 3 (tune: Ravenshaw)
NEH 368 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (tune: Cwn Rhondda)
NEH 439 Praise to the Holiest in the height (tune: Gerontius)
Will you come and follow me, if I but call your name? (tune: The Summons)
Sunday 23rd March, The Third Sunday of Lent
Introit: Oculi mei semper ad Dominum My eyes are ever looking to the Lord, Chant 69 Parish Psalter, E.Edwards
AMNS 336 All my hope on God is founded (tune: Michael)
Psalm 63. God is my great desire, HO&N 218, Timothy Dudley Smith (tune: Leoni)
Gradual AMNS 509 Rise and hear, the Lord is speaking, vss 1,3 (tune: Sussex)
AMNS 493 Lord of the boundless curves of space (second tune: London New)
AMNS 160 We love the place, O God, vss 1-4 (tune: Quam Delicta)
AMNS 247 I heard the voice of Jesus say (tune: Kingsfold)
Sunday 30th March, The Fourth Sunday of Lent, Mothering SundayIntroit: Laetare, Ierusalem, et conventum facite Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, Chant 240 Parish Psalter, H.Lawes
HOAN 227 I come with joy, a child of God (tune: Saint Botolph)
Psalm 34 _ HOAN 516 Through all the changing scenes of life (tune: Wiltshire)
Gradual Rise and hear, the Lord is speaking, vss, 1, 2 (tune: Sussex)
HOAN 136a For Mary Mother of our Lord (tune 2: Kilmarnock)
HOAN 7 Adoramus te, Domine
HOAN 335 Meekness and majesty
HOAN 571 You shall go out with joy
Sunday 6th April The Fifth Sunday of Lent, Passion Sunday
Introit: Judica me, Deus Give judgement for me, O God, Chant 92, Parish Psalter, S. Wesley
NEH 383 Jesu, Lover of my soul (tune: Aberystwyth)
Psalm 126, When God delivered Israel Psalm Praise 134, Michael Saward and Norman Warren
Gradual AMNS 509 Rise and hear, the Lord is speaking, vss 1,3 (tune: Sussex)
NEH 461 There's a wideness in God's mercy (tune: Cross of Jesus)
NEH 84 It is a thing most wonderful (tune: Herongate)
NEH 83 Glory be to Jesus (tune: Caswall)
6.30pm Via Crucis (the Way of the Cross), A Meditation in readings and music
NEH 62 Ah, holy Jesu, how hast thou offended (tune: Herzliebster Jesu)
Anthem: Lord for thy tender mercy's sake - Farrant
NEH 82 Drop, drop slow tears (tune: Song 46)
NEH 69 Lord in this thy mercy's day (tune: Holy Spirit)
NEH 93 Were you there when they crucified my lord? (tune: Were you there?)
NEH 95 When I survey the wondrous cross (tune: Rockingham)
Sunday 13th April, Palm Sunday
Processional Antiphon NEH 508 The children of the Hebrews
Processional Hymn NEH 509 All glory, laud and honour, to the Redeemer, King
Introit: Levate capita vestra, Lift up your heads, O you gates, Chant 68 Parish Psalter, W. Boyce
Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof, Psalm Praise 79, Michael Baughen
Gradual AMNS 509 Rise and hear, the Lord is speaking, vss 1,4 (tune: Sussex)
NEH 86 My song is love unknown vss 1 - 4 (tune: Love Unknown)
NEH 82 Drop, drop slow tears (tune: Song 46)
Travelling the road to freedom, Iona Community
NEH 510 Ride on, ride on in majesty (tune: Winchester New)
17th April Maundy Thursday
Introit: Prohibeatis Dominum Forbid it Lord, that I should boast save in the cross of Christ my God NEH 95 (tune: Rockingham)
NEH 280 Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (tune: Schmucke Dich)
Psalm 114, Tonus Peregrinus, Chant 186 Parish Psalter, Anon.
Gradual AMNS 509 Rise and hear, the Lord is speaking, vss 1,3 (tune: Sussex)
HO&N 35 A new commandment I give unto you
NEH 513 God is love, and where true love is (tune: Ubi Caritas)
NEH 302 O thou who at thy Eucharist didst pray (tune: Song 1)
NEH 304 Once, only only once and once for all (tune: Albano)
Taize chants: Stay with me, keep watch with me, O Lord hear my prayer, Wait for the Lord, Jacques Berthier
18th April, Good Friday
NEH 94 We sing the praise of him who died (tune: Bow Brickhill)
NEH 92 There is a green hill far away (tune: Horsley)
NEH 86 My song is Love unknown (tune: Love Unknown)
NEH 90 O sacred head, sore wounded (tune: Passion Chorale)
NEH When I survey the wondrous cross (tune: Rockingham)
NEH 78 Sing my tongue, the glorious battle (tune: Pante Lingua)
Sunday 20th April, Easter Day
Dawn Service 5.30am
Exsultet Christ be our Light (Easter Vigil verses), Bernadette Farrell
Glory to God, glory to God, Peruvian Gloria
NEH 100 The dawn draws on with golden light (tune: Resurrexit)
Parish Festal Mass, with baptisms
Mass setting: St Thomas Mass, David Thorne
Introit: Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum, I have arisen, and am with you still, Alleluia, Chant 30, Parish Psalter, J. Turle
NEH 106 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (tune: St John Damascene, NEH 219)
Psalm 118, Praise to the Lord, Psalm Praise 124, Christopher Idle, Norman Warren
Rouen Alleluia with Easter versicle
NEH 124 Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (tune: St Fulbert)
NEH 123 Walking in a garden at the close of day (tune: Dun Aluinn)
NEH 121 This joyful Eastertide (tune: This Joyful Eastertide)
Sunday 27th April, Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday)
Mass setting: St Thomas Mass, David Thorne
Introit: Quasimodo geniti infantes, Like newborn children you must long for the pure spiritual milk, Alleluia, Chant 61, Parish Psalter, W. Turner
NEH 121 This joyful Eastertide (tune: This Joyful Eastertide)
Psalm 150, Chant 'Stanford'
Rouen Alleluia and versicle
NEH 118 The Lord is risen indeed! (tune: Narenza)
NEH 115 Now the green blade riseth (tune: Noel Nouvelet)
NEH 120 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son, (tune: Maccabeus)