Annunciation, Marble Arch

A welcoming and international community centred around a devotional life rich in worship, prayer and music

Welcome to The Annunciation

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

2025

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Monday 8 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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
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Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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
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Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Wetherby Carol Services - Morning and Afternoon

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
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Thursday 11 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Friday 12 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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
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Friday 12 December 2025 at 6:30pm

Deaf Church BSL Carol Service

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
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Sunday 14 December 2025 at 10:30am

3rd Sunday of Advent: Sung Mass

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
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Monday 15 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Tuesday 16 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Wednesday 17 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Thursday 18 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Friday 19 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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
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Sunday 21 December 2025 at 10:30am

4th Sunday of Advent: Sung Mass

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

Monday 22 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Tuesday 23 December 2025 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Wednesday 24 December 2025 at 5:30pm

Family Crib Mass

With all the magic of a Midnight Mass, this is a joy-filled, candle-lit celebration of the birth of Christ. And a special guest arrives to visit the children at the end of Mass. Everyone is welcome to join us for our main celebration of Christmas!

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
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Sunday 28 December 2025 at 10:30am

1st Sunday of Christmas: Sung Mass (with Fr Barrie Newton preaching and presiding)

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

Monday 5 January 2026 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Tuesday 6 January 2026 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

Wednesday 7 January 2026 at 12:30pm

Said Mass

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

News

2025

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Christmas at the Annunciation

Details of our Christmas services here at the Annunciation Marble Arch.

Sunday 7 December: Lessons and Carols, 5.30pm

A beautiful traditional candlelit service with congregational carols and music sung by our wonderful choir. Everyone is welcome!

Friday 12 December: Deaf Church BSL Carol Service, 6.30pm

The annual London and Southwark Dioceses' BSL Carol Service for the deaf community, with refreshments afterwards. A wonderful evening celebrating the mystery of Christmas!

Wednesday 24 December: Family Crib Mass, 5.30pm

With all the magic of a Midnight Mass, this early evening Crib Mass is designed for all the family to enjoy. A joy-filled, candle-lit occasion for everyone - both young and old - to celebrate the birth of Christ. Everyone is welcome!

Wednesday 3rd December 2025
Weekly Newsletter

Sunday 7th December…

is the Second Sunday of Advent. The bell will sound at 10.30am and once again Mass will begin with the beautiful Advent Prose.

Let us gather to prepare for the coming Christ this Advent. He was born in Bethlehem, and he will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead - and he will be present to us in the most holy sacrament this Sunday.

Fr Lincoln

PARISH NOTICES

GIVING THANKS FOR CHRISTOPHER SAWARD
Christopher, our beloved Director of Music at the Annunciation, will be retiring after 33 years of faithful service at the end of the year. We have been blessed to have such a highly accomplished organist and choral conductor enriching our Sung Mass, Christmas Carols, and special events with devotional music. To honour Christopher's service – and as an expression of our gratitude – we are collecting gifts which will be presented at a special reception after our Sung Mass on Sunday 14 December. If you would like to make a financial contribution towards this gift, please do so here. And please note the deadline of 12 December.

VOLUNTEERS TO HELP AT THE BSL CAROL SERVICE
We're joined by our friends in the London Deaf Church to celebrate Christmas on the evening of Friday 12 December. A joyous evening is always guaranteed. We need volunteers to sing carols in the choir and to help with refreshments. No experience needed! Contact Fr Lincoln if you can help at this wonderful event.

CHURCH OPENING TIMES AND SERVICES DURING THE WEEK
The church will be open each day next week from 10am-6pm. Lunchtime Mass is said at 12.30pm each day, except for Wednesday when Wetherby School are holding their carol services in church.

CHILDREN’S ATTENDENCE AT CHRISTMAS
Children’s attendance for Sunday 28th December will also be recorded at the Christmas Eve Family Crib Mass. This means that if you can only make one service over the Christmas period, please attend on Christmas Eve as your child will still be registered for that week. It’s going to be very special occasion!

SCHOOL APPLICATIONS: CLERGY FORMS
Applications for Hampden Gurney, our parish school, close on 15 January 2026. Contact Fr Lincoln if you want to book an appointment in early January to sign the clergy form.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER: FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS, 5.30PM

Our parish carol service, with festive refreshments to follow.

WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER: WETHERBY CAROL CONCERTS

Wetherby School hold their annual carol concerts at the Annunciation on the morning and afternoon of Wednesday 10 December.

FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER: DEAF CHURCH BSL CAROL SERVICE, 6.30PM
Annual BSL Carol Service for the deaf community, with refreshments afterwards. A wonderful evening celebrating the mystery of Christmas!

SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER: NURTURING THROUGH SOUND - A HANDS-ON MUSIC EXPERIENCE FOR PREGNANCY, 3PM
Through guided music, gentle movement, and shared listening, come and explore how sound can nurture emotional wellbeing, reduce stress, and strengthen the bond between you and your baby. There will also be a live performance featuring music by Chopin, Schubert, and more. The session is facilitated by Dr Maria Vraka, the founder of the Maria Vraka Academy and co-founder of The Maria Vraka Foundation and the co-author of the book Music Before and After Birth. Tickets available here.

THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER: CHRISTMAS CLASSICS – OPERA AND PIANO GALA, 5PM
Celebrate Christmas with award-winning opera singer Daria Papysheva and pianist Yulia Vershinina-Mukhopadhyay - a joyful concert for the whole family and baby-friendly too! All under 12s go FREE. Tickets here.

FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER: HAMPDEN GURNEY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS MASS

Our final Mass of the term takes place in church on the morning of Friday 19 December.

CHRISTMAS AT THE ANNUNCIATION

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER: LESSONS AND CAROLS, 5.30PM
Beautiful traditional candlelit service with congregational carols and music sung by our wonderful choir. Everyone is welcome!

FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER: DEAF CHURCH BSL CAROL SERVICE, 6.30PM
Annual BSL Carol Service for the deaf community, with refreshments afterwards. A wonderful evening celebrating the mystery of Christmas!

WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER: FAMILY CRIB MASS, 5.30PM
With all the magic of a Midnight Mass, this early evening Crib Mass is designed for all the family to enjoy. Our astonishing choir will be singing and there's a special guest for the children to meet at the end. A joy-filled, candle-lit occasion for everyone - both young and old - to celebrate the birth of Christ. This service is our main celebration of Christmas and not to be missed. Everyone is welcome!

APOSTOLATE OF PRAYER

Prayers of Intercession: Joyce, Lawrence, Ian, Rodney, Sarah-Jane, Tom, Sheila, Roy, Christopher, James, Alice, Angelos, Nita, James, Anna, Chrysanthi, Eleni, Tallulah.

Recently Departed: Chai

Year’s mind: Rosa Twining, George Briggs, Bradbridge White, Patrick Lasseter, Nancy Eastwood, Vera Penfold, Joan Russell, Nora Hadley, Hilda Suggate, Gertrude Tyrer, Victoria Kemp, Charlotte Golightly, Ellen Bishop, Chua Kow, Edith Scott, William King, Elizabeth Harland.

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Events

2025

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Friday 12th December 2025 at 6:30pm
Deaf Church BSL Carol Service

Festive music and traditional carols in British Sign Language. A special night to celebrate Christmas with the Deaf community. everyone is welcome!
Sunday 14th December 2025 3:00pm-4:30pm
Maria Vraka Music Academy - Nurturing through Sound: A Hands-On Music Experience for Pregnancy

Details here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nurturing-through-sound-a-hands-on-music-experience-for-pregnancy-tickets-1948426077849
Thursday 18th December 2025 4:30pm-6:30pm
Christmas Classics: Opera and Piano Gala
Wednesday 24th December 2025 at 5:30pm
Family Crib Mass

With all the magic of a Midnight Mass, our family Crib Mass is designed for everyone to enjoy - and a special visitor will arrive at the end of Mass. A beautful service for all the community. Our main celebration of Christmas!

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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