Posts from 2022 (Page 2)

Garden Party

Yes, it’s this Saturday!! As part of the celebrations of 900 years Utrecht as a city, there will be a Garden Party at Holy Trinity. This Garden Party is not only for members of Holy Trinity Church, but also for all our neighbours, who have also been invited. If and when you come, we hope you enjoy yourself, and feel welcome. Holy Trinity Church Garden PartySaturday 25 June – 10.00 – 16.00hrs If you would…

Prayer and Praise June 19

This Sunday at 5.00 pm our May service of Evening Prayer and Praise takes place. Prayer and Praise is a contemporary service with contemporary music. We follow the student’s Bible readings; they are currently reading the Acts of the Apostles .  There will be a talk by our Locum Priest Derek Smith and the Worship band will lead us in worship. Come and join us!

Choral Evensong 5.00 pm June 12

This coming Sunday, June 12, there will be a service of Choral Evensong at Holy Trinity church at 5 pm. The full choir will be singing, with the music directed by our Director of Music Freek Elbers and the service led by Reverend Derek Smith. Introit: O lux beata treintas (Emma Brown)Preces and Responses (John Sanders)Psalm 67 (Bairstow)Canticles: WalmisleyAnthem: If ye love me (Tallis) Hymns:202 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!204 God by whose almighty plan418…

AGM 2022

This Sunday we are holding our Annual General Meeting. This is an important meeting where the church officials are elected and other important business is voted on. You can only vote if you are listed on our Electoral Roll. That Electoral Roll is now closed. For more information on the meeting and the different roles in church, please click here. Below you can find the Agenda for this year’s meeting.

Services for Holy Week and Easter

Holy Monday (11 April):           8.00 pm Compline Service Holy Tuesday (12 April):           8.00 pm Compline Service Holy Wednesday (13 April):      8.00 pm Compline Service Maundy Thursday (14 April):   8.00 pm Choral Communion with foot washing. Including the washing of feet as our Lord did on the last night before his passion.  It concludes with the stripping of the altar and we leave in silence recalling our Lord’s arrest and the scattering of the disciples. Good…

Bishop’s Lent appeal

2022 Lent and Easter Appeal for Aid to Ukraine Usually, I write to you several weeks before the start of Lent to introduce my Lent appeal.  This Lent, however, we find ourselves in exceptional and grave circumstances with war in Ukraine. Working with our partners USPG, we have therefore taken some time to set up a special appeal fund for the crisis in Ukraine.  Our fund will be managed by USPG.  The fund will be…

Tuesday 1st March: Prayers across Europe for Peace

 Attack on Ukraine ‘an act of great evil’ – statement from Archbishops of Canterbury and York | The Church of England Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,  The situation in Ukraine is very deeply troubling. President Putin is leading a completely unjustified and aggressive war against Ukraine, a war which many ordinary Russians deeply deplore. Leaders from many Christian churches, including the Ukrainian Orthodox (Russian Patriarchate) Church have condemned the invasion of Ukraine. Our hearts…

Covid measures to be relaxed

From coming Sunday 27 February, we are relaxing most of our Covid measures: No seat booking required anymore, everybody is welcome  No face masks required but feel free to use one for your own protection  No social distancing (1,5 m) required and there will be no limitations as to the number of people at the alter rail   Communion is in two kinds. However, please note that no one should feel pressured or obliged to receive the…

Prayer and Praise in February

This Sunday at 5.00 pm our February service of Evening Prayer and Praise takes place. Prayer and Praise is a contemporary service with contemporary music. We follow the student’s Bible readings; they are currently reading Acts 4 and 5.  There will be a talk by our Locum Priest Paul Farthing and the band will lead us in worship. Come and join us! You can book a place here. Prayer and Praise 5.00 pm Sunday 20 February