Services at the Reid


Services will be conducted by Rev. Brian Embleton B.D. unless otherwise it says otherwise.

November 2nd 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship (Holy Communion in the Chancel at the close of the service)
6.30 p.m. Evening Service

November 9th 10;30 a.m. Service of Remembrance

November 16th 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship

November 23rd 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship

November 30 10:30a.m. First Sunday in Advent

December  7th 10:30 a.m. Sacrament of Holy Communion : Second Sunday in Advent.
6.30 – 7.30 p.m. Sacrament of Holy Communion

The evening service – which will have an Advent theme – will take the form of a silent
guided Advent journey round the church. At one ‘station’ you will find a table set with the Sacrament already consecrated and ‘set apart’. If you wish to take Communion please do so.
Go at your own pace, pausing as you wish at the various ‘stations’ for thought and prayer
and leaving when you are ready. Come at any time between 6.30 and 7.30. If it is busy take a seat and listen to the music until you are ready to make your way round.

30th November Advent Sunday
As November closes, Advent begins. The exact birth-date of Jesus is not known, but
during the 5th century the date of 25 December was chosen to become the Feast of the
Nativity, or Christmas. By the sixth century, the Christian Church was in the habit of spending several weeks leading up to Christmas in prayerful, expectant preparation. The fourth Sunday before
Christmas Day became Advent Sunday. 'Advent', of course, means 'coming', or 'coming in',
and traditionally special candles have been lit, and more recently, advent calendars used,
as the Church prepares itself for the coming of the Holy Child, the long-awaited Messiah.