Weekly Notices 7th December, 2025
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT, Year A
7th December, 2025
Mass: Second Week of Advent, Year 2
Tuesday 10.00 a.m. Feria
Shelley House
Wednesday 9.10 a.m. School Mass
5.30 p.m. No Choral Evensong
Returns 21st January
6.30 p.m. Mass
Sheraton House
Thursday 9.30 a.m. Feria
Sherbourne House
Friday 9.30 a.m. Feria
St George’s Drive
Saturday 9.30 a.m. St Lucy
Sullivan House
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT Year A
8.00 a.m. Said Mass (trad. language)
Sussex Street
10.30 a.m. Sung Mass
Parish & Congregation
6.00 p.m. Evensong and Benediction
Notices
your giving
If you wish to give to the work of our church, please contact Fr Owen or the wardens via the website. To learn more about regular giving, please ask to be referred to James Farmer. To give online, please use the Zettle card reader.
GDPR
The Parish’s GDPR General Notice is published in hardcopy on the noticeboard at the back of church. For further information, please contact James Farmer.
this week
Wednesday: Sung Compline and Social, 7.00 p.m., every Wednesday, especially for ages 18-35, with opportunity to learn Plainsong.
Thursday: Parish Study Group, normally meets 7.00 p.m., at 30 Warwick Square. All welcome.
looking forward
Tuesday, 16th and Thursday, 18th December:
7.00 p.m. Nine Lessons and Carols
Free tickets: linktr.ee/stgabrielschristmas
International Friends of St Gabriel’s
If you live outside the UK and are interested in what goes on
at our church, please consider joining this new Facebook
group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2813330592189047/
Confirmation & Exploring our Faith
We look to begin preparing for confirmation & exploring our Faith in the near future. These are open-ended times with no obligation to go forward to confirmation. If you are interested, see Fr Owen.
Concerts
St Gabriel’s Concerts
G.F. Handel – Messiah
St Gabriel’s Choir, Tiffin Boys Choir, Baroque Orchestra, conducted by James Day
Wednesday 10th December
7.30 p.m.
Tickets at TicketSource
A Choral Christmas
Joyful Company of Singers, with the choirs of: St Mary’s Bryanston Square CE Primary School,
Christ Church CE Primary School, Regent’s Park; Gavin Roberts, Organ & Piano;
conducted by Peter Broadbent
Thursday 11th December
7 p.m.
Tickets: £20 (concessions £10, under-12s Free) from Eventbrite; £25/£12 on the door
Fulham & Hammersmith Choral Society
Faure Requiem and Jenkins Requiem
Musical director Robert Patterson
Saturday 13th December
7 p.m.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/select/vjnjnjzmewoj
English Baroque Choir
Handel’s Messiah Part 1 plus Carols
Conductor Harry Bradfield
There will be a retiring collection for
Bowel Research UK
Saturday 20th December
7.30 p.m.
MedyArte Charity Concert – Christmas by Candlelight
Vivaldi, The Four Seasons; music from The Snowman, Love Actually; other festive favourites
Soloists and graduates of the Royal Academy of Music
Monday 22nd December
6.30 p.m.
Tickets from https://fixr.co/event/christmas-by-candlelight-medyarte-charity-concert-tickets-361818337?lang=en-US, or £5–£15 on the door (pay what you can)
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If you would like to learn more about the Christian Faith, perhaps with a view to Christening or Confirmation, please see Fr Owen