Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch, London
Parish Mass takes place at The Annunciation on Sundays at 10.30am. Everyone is welcome to attend. Midweek services are listed here as well, with Mass usually said at 12.30pm each day during the week. Details for the coming week are posted below. The church is also usually open Monday to Friday from 10am-6pm for private prayer.
Do please take a look at the various pages on this website to discover more about the life of our church and sign up for our weekly newsletter for all the latest information about events. And if you need to speak with our priest about anything, do please contact Fr Lincoln by pressing this link. Thank you.
Sharing our Future
The church has embarked on an exciting new project, "Sharing our Future". With funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we are seeking to ensure our wonderful historic building is preserved for future generations and that it is a welcoming space for all our community. To read more about the "Sharing our Future" project, click here.
Services
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Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 7:00pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Thursday 19 June 2025 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Friday 20 June 2025 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Sunday 22 June 2025 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Monday 23 June 2025 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Wednesday 25 June 2025 at 7:00pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Thursday 26 June 2025 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Friday 27 June 2025 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
Keyholder
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Sunday 29 June 2025 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Bishop Rob Wickham Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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News
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Monday 16th June 2025Weekly Newsletter
Sunday 22 June…
is another special day for us. We celebrate our Dedication Festival.
Our beautiful building was consecrated on the 24th June 1914. It was thereby set aside for sacred worship. We can only imagine all the baptisms, weddings, and funerals that have been held since then, and of course all those Masses, both high and low. And imagine all the historic global events that have been marked within it, as well as the everyday aspects of so many lives offered up to God in prayer – including our own. It is therefore right that we set aside this coming Sunday to give thanks to God for our wonderful church, and for God’s faithfulness to all those who have gathered within its walls through the course of the generations – both past and future!
Sung Mass, with Sunday School, begins at 10.30am.
Fr Lincoln
SUNDAY 22 JUNE: MARIA VRAKA MUSIC ACADEMY COMPETITION, 3PM
We welcome back the wonderful Maria Vraka Music Academy this Sunday for a special musical competition in church.MONDAY 23 JUNE: BIBLE STUDY, 5.30PM
The next session of our Bible Study is on Monday 23 June, starting at 5.30pm at the vicarage. Do let Fr Lincoln know if you would like to join us.
WEDNESDAY 25 JUNE: COMPLINE ONLINE, 7PMA group of us meet online each Wednesday to pray the ancient liturgy of Compline. Contact Fr Lincoln if you would like to join us.
FRIDAY 27 JUNE: TODDLER MUSIC ACADEMY, 4.15PM
Toddler Music Academy runs each Friday during term time. Email Dennis and Daria for further details about this exciting musical programme for young children: music.360.education@gmail.com
FRIDAY 27 JUNE: LONDON DEAF CHURCH, 6.30PM
Our friends at the London Deaf Church are holding their next TGIF Fellowship Evening at the Annunciation on Friday 27 June, 6.30pm-8.30pm.
SUNDAY 29 JUNE: CONFIRMATIONS WITH BISHOP ROB
Sunday 29 June is the Feast of St Peter and St Paul. Bishop Rob Wickham will be joining us to confirm four candidates. There will be no Sunday School, so that all of us can be together to share in this special occasion. Do please pray for the four candidates: Alice, Harry, Lorenzo, and Rachel.SATURDAY 5 JULY: SOPRANO AND PIANO CONCERT, FREE ADMISSION, 5PM
Madeleine Lapworth and Lawrence Ngan will be performing a selection of arias and art song on Saturday 5 July at 5pm. Free admission. Family friendly. Everyone welcome.
SUNDAY 13 JULY: SUMMER BAKE SALE AFTER MASS
A chance to buy some delicious treats after Mass. Raising funds to repair the church bell. Cakes and cookies made by our home bakers here at the Annunciation. Sunday 13 July, after Mass.
CHURCH OPENING TIMES AND MIDWEEK SERVICES
The church is open for private prayer and public worship Monday-Friday next week. Doors open 10am-6pm, with Mass said at 12.30pm in Our Lady Chapel each day. This is a short service, lasting around 20 minutes and ideal for those on a lunchbreak!
PASTORAL SUPPORT
If you’ve recently moved, you might want your new home blessed. If you’re exploring the Christian faith, you might want to discuss it. If you’re sick, you might want to receive anointing with oil. Or you may carry a burden and need to make your confession. Whatever your circumstances, do get in touch. Your priest is here to support you.
GENEROUS GIVING: PARISH GIVING SCHEME
We are an independent charity, which receives no funding other than that which we can raise ourselves. Please use the “Parish Giving Scheme” to support the work of our church in the community. We depend on everyone being generous. Thank you for all your donations!
https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/marble-arch-the-annunciation-marble-arch/
Please pray for:
Prayers of Intercession: Joyce, Lawrence, Ian, Rodney, Sarah-Jane, Tom, Sheila, Roy, Christopher, James, Alice, Angelos, Nita, and James.
Recently Departed: Antoly Gorbatiouk
Year’s mind: Eveline English, Norah Hudson, Winifred Alder, Kathleen Simpson, Leigh Mellor, Joaness Abraham, Arthur Golightly, Carline Goode, Betty Witt, Teresa Bird, Charles Scott, Edith Priestly, Helen Somerville.
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Tuesday 10th June 2025Weekly Newsletter
Sunday 15 June…
is Trinity Sunday.We will gather to celebrate the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, pondering the eternal fellowship of the Three, who – as the Preface at Mass puts it – are: “three Persons equal in majesty, undivided in splendour, yet one God ever to be worshipped and adored.” Let us marvel at the infinite beauty of God’s eternal splendour!
Sung Mass with Sunday School starts at 10.30am.
Fr Lincoln
FRIDAY 13 JUNE: LONDON DEAF CHURCH
Our friends at the London Deaf Church will be holding their next TGIF Fellowship Evening at the Annunciation on Friday 13 June, 6.30pm-8pm.SUNDAY 15 JUNE: A SPECIAL CELEBRATION AFTER MASS
David, one of our congregation and a trustee of the church, will be celebrating a very special birthday this Sunday. There will be special refreshments after Mass to mark the occasion, including some sparkling drinks for the grown-ups and treats for the children. Do stay and celebrate after Mass on Sunday.MONDAY 16 JUNE: ST PAUL'S LETTER TO THE ROMANS, 1PM
Starting on Monday, we will read and discuss St Paul's Letter to the Romans in church at 1pm. The weekly sessions last 20-30 minutes, so are ideal for anyone on their lunchbreak. Contact Fr Lincoln for more information.
MONDAY 16 JUNE: BIBLE STUDY, 5.30PM
The next session of our evening Bible Study is on Monday 16 June, starting at 5.30pm at the vicarage. Do let Fr Lincoln know if you would like to join us.TUESDAY 17 JUNE: PCC MEETING, 7PM
The PCC meets next Tuesday at the vicarage, 7pm. Agenda and papers have been circulated to the Trustees.
WEDNESDAY 18 JUNE: CONFIRMATION CLASS AT HAMPDEN GURNEY
Confirmation class will next run after school on Wednesday 18 June for those who have signed up.
FRIDAY 20 JUNE: TODDLER MUSIC ACADEMY, 4.15PM
Toddler Music Academy runs each Friday during term time. Email Dennis and Daria for further details about this exciting musical programme for young children: music.360.education@gmail.comFRIDAY 20 JUNE: DRINKS AT THE VICARAGE, 7PM
Drinks at the vicarage on Friday 20 June. A chance for the grown-ups to socialise. If you would like to come along, email Fr Lincoln to book a place. RSVP by Sunday 15 June. Thank you.
SUNDAY 22 JUNE: MARIA VRAKA MUSIC ACADEMY COMPETITION
We welcome back the wonderful Maria Vraka Music Academy on Sunday 22 June for a special competition. The competition is open to all children, with the winner being awarded a scholarship prize of free lessons for a term. For details about how to enter, please email info@mariavrakamusicacademy.co.uk
SUNDAY 29 JUNE: CONFIRMATIONS WITH BISHOP ROB
Sunday 29 June is the Feast of St Peter and St Paul. We are delighted that Bishop Rob Wickham will be joining us to confirm four candidates. There will be no Sunday School, so that all of us can be together to share in this special occasion. Do please pray for the four candidates: Alice, Harry, Lorenzo, and Rachel.SATURDAY 5 JULY: SOPRANO AND PIANO CONCERT, FREE ADMISSION, 5PM
Madeleine Lapworth and Lawrence Ngan will be performing a selection of arias and art song on Saturday 5 July at 5pm. Free admission. Family friendly. Everyone welcome.
LADY PEEL TRUST: THANK YOU!
We aim to provide an excellent Christian education for all the children who come to church. As an independent charity, we depend on generous donations to provide teaching and activities for every child. We are therefore very grateful for the financial support of The Lady Peel Trust. Their aim is "to encourage confidence and enthusiasm within the catholic tradition of the Church of England." To this end the Trust has awarded us a grant in June 2025 to help us create a bespoke curriculum for the older children who gather each Sunday. You can read more about The Lady Peel Trust's work here: http://ladypeeltrust.org
CHURCH OPENING TIMES AND MIDWEEK SERVICES
The church is open for private prayer and public worship Monday-Friday next week. Doors open 10am-6pm, with Mass said at 12.30pm in Our Lady Chapel each day. This is a short service, lasting around 20 minutes and ideal for those on a lunchbreak!
PASTORAL SUPPORT
If you’ve recently moved, you might want your new home blessed. If you’re exploring the Christian faith, you might want to discuss it. If you’re sick, you might want to receive anointing with oil. Or you may carry a burden and need to make your confession. Whatever your circumstances, do get in touch. Your priest is here to support you.
GENEROUS GIVING: PARISH GIVING SCHEME
We are an independent charity, which receives no funding other than that which we can raise ourselves. Please use the “Parish Giving Scheme” to support the work of our church in the community. We depend on everyone being generous. Thank you for all your donations!
https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/marble-arch-the-annunciation-marble-arch/
Please pray for:
Prayers of Intercession: Joyce, Lawrence, Ian, Rodney, Sarah-Jane, Tom, Sheila, Roy, Christopher, James, Alice, Angelos, Nita, and James.
Year’s mind: Marjorie Leslie, Mabel Rainbow-Potnam, John Moore, Wally Baylis, Alam Newham, David Richards, Margaret Archer, Ralph Barnes, Dennis Horden
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Tuesday 3rd June 2025Weekly Newsletter
Sunday 8 June…
is the Feast of Pentecost. Sung Mass, with baptism and Sunday School, begins at 10.30am.
Pentecost celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the gathering of the nations into Israel’s realized hope. Scripture recounts a multitude of languages, all singing God’s praise on that glorious day so that the entire world may know the mercy of Jesus Christ.
Given we’re such an international community, Sunday is a wonderful opportunity for each of us to be renewed by the Spirit so that we too can share the good news of Jesus Christ in a multitude of languages.
Fr Lincoln
SUNDAY 8 JUNE: PENTECOST WITH BAPTISM, 10.30AM
This Sunday will be a very special occasion, as Harry, one of our midweek congregation, will be baptised during our Sung Mass. Do pray for Harry over the coming days - and beyond!
WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE: CONFIRMATION CLASS AT HAMPDEN GURNEY
Confirmation class will next run after school on Wednesday 11 June for those who have signed up.
FRIDAY 13 JUNE: TODDLER MUSIC ACADEMY, 4.15PM
Email Dennis and Daria for further details about this exciting musical programme for young children: music.360.education@gmail.com
FRIDAY 13 JUNE: LONDON DEAF CHURCH, 6.30PM
Our friends at the London Deaf Church will be holding their next TGIF Fellowship Evening at the Annunciation on Friday 13 June, 6.30pm-8pm.
SUNDAY 15 JUNE: A SPECIAL CELEBRATION AFTER MASS
David, one of our congregation and trustees, is celebrating a very special birthday on Sunday 15 June. There will be special refreshments after Mass to mark the occasion, including some sparkling drinks for the grown ups and treats for the children. Do stay and celebrate after Mass on Sunday 15 June.MONDAY 16 JUNE: BIBLE STUDY, 5.30PM
The next session of our Bible Study is on Monday 16 June, starting at 5.30pm at the vicarage. Do let Fr Lincoln know if you would like to join us.
FRIDAY 20 JUNE: DRINKS AT THE VICARAGE, 7PM
Drinks at the vicarage on Friday 20 June. A chance for the grown-ups to socialise. If you would like to come along, email Fr Lincoln as soon as possible to book a place. RSVP this week.
SUNDAY 22 JUNE: MARIA VRAKA MUSIC ACADEMY COMPETITION
We welcome back the wonderful Maria Vraka Music Academy on Sunday 22 June for a special competition. The competition is open to all children, with the winner being awarded a scholarship prize of free lessons for a term. For details about how to enter, please email info@mariavrakamusicacademy.co.uk
SUNDAY 29 JUNE: CONFIRMATIONS WITH BISHOP ROB
Sunday 29 June is the Feast of St Peter and St Paul. We are delighted that Bishop Rob Wickham will be joining us to confirm four candidates. There will be no Sunday School, so that all of us can be together to share in this special occasion. Do please pray for the four candidates: Alice, Harry, Lorenzo, and Rachel.
SATURDAY 5 JULY: SOPRANO AND PIANO CONCERT, 5PM
Madeleine Lapworth and Lawrence Ngan will be performing a selection of arias and art song on Saturday 5 July at 5pm. Free admission. Family friendly. Everyone welcome.HELP FUND THE REPAIR OF OUR BELL
Our church bell is silent because it needs fixing! We now need to raise £3,500 for the specialist work. Your help would be very much appreciated. Donate here. (You can see what our bell looks like in the picture below!)https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/marble-arch-the-annunciation-london/
CHURCH OPENING TIMES AND MIDWEEK SERVICES
The church is open for private prayer and public worship Monday-Friday next week. Doors open 10am-6pm, with Mass said at 12.30pm in Our Lady Chapel each day. This is a short service, lasting around 20 minutes and ideal for those on a lunchbreak!
PASTORAL SUPPORT
If you’ve recently moved, you might want your new home blessed. If you’re exploring the Christian faith, you might want to discuss it. If you’re sick, you might want to receive anointing with oil. Or you may carry a burden and need to make your confession. Whatever your circumstances, do get in touch. Your priest is here to support you.
GENEROUS GIVING: PARISH GIVING SCHEME
We are an independent charity, which receives no funding other than that which we can raise ourselves. Please use the “Parish Giving Scheme” to support the work of our church in the community. We depend on everyone being generous. Thank you for all your donations!
https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/marble-arch-the-annunciation-marble-arch/
APOSTOLATE OF PRAYER
Please pray for:
Prayers of Intercession: Joyce, Lawrence, Ian, Rodney, Sarah-Jane, Tom, Sheila, Roy, Christopher, James, Alice, Angelos, Nita, and James.
Year’s mind: Edith Harris, Ellen Ashley, Simon Anderson, Margaret Clarabutt, Anthony Chard, Peter Baylis, Alic Zelasko, Anna Chambers
Events
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Wednesday 18th June 2025 at 3:30pm
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Sunday 22nd June 2025 3:30pm-6:00pmMaria Vraka Music Academy - Summer CompetitionWin a term of free lessons at the wonderful Maria Vraka Music Academy. For details about how to enter, email info@mariavrakamusicacademy.co.uk
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Friday 27th June 2025 6:30pm-8:30pm
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Sunday 29th June 2025 at 10:30am
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Saturday 5th July 2025 5:00pm-1:00amSoprano and Piano: Free Concert, Families WelcomeMadeleine Lapworth (Soprano) and Lawrence Ngan (Piano) performing a selection of Arias and Art Song. Free entry. Families welcome.
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Friday 18th July 2025 6:30pm-8:30pm
Safeguarding
The Annunciation Marble Arch is committed to Safeguarding Children, Young People, Victims/perpetrators of Domestic Abuse and Adults at Risk of Harm.
The PCC has adopted the Church of England’s policies and best practice on safeguarding which may be found on the Church of England’s website.
Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Jasmine Cullingford 07963 878 527
You can also obtain more information from Childline: 0800 1111
and Westminster City Council (Safeguarding children & Safeguarding vulnerable individuals)
London Diocesan Safeguarding Advisers: 020 7932 1224 safeguarding@london.anglican.org
Thirtyone:Eight’s 24-hour helpline: 0303 003 1111
Family Lives: 0808 800 222
Childline: 0800 1111