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Notice:
Please note that until further notice the Mass which
normally takes place in the Lady Chapel on Tuesday at
9.30am is regrettably suspended. |
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to the Parish Website for St Matthew's, Northampton. |
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Welcome to the Parish
Website for St Matthew’s, Northampton. We hope that you will find
your visit both informative and interesting, a valuable resource in
discovering more about the on-going life and activity of our Parish.
Above all we hope that you will feel encouraged to come and see us
in person.
We are an Anglican Parish Church, in the catholic tradition, whose
primary purpose is to bring others to faith in Jesus Christ and to
promote the Christian Gospel. We seek to inspire lives of committed
service and, in all respects, live the implications of our faith
within our contemporary setting.
We strive to be a welcoming community where worshippers enjoy a sense of belonging
to a ‘parish family’. Such a community is characterized by mutual
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that, though unique,
we are each created in the likeness of Christ.
We aspire to be outward looking, a witnessing community within our
local setting for which we have particular responsibilities, and
further afield. We do so through a well promoted pattern of prayer
and worship, and through a wide variety of community-based
activities that attract a broad cross-section of society.
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A Sermon delivered at St
Matthew's Church, Northampton,
5 May 1946 |
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First published as Five Sermons by Laymen, 1946
Matthew 11.28. 'Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' |
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"When I came into this church for the
first time in my life, which was yesterday
evening - coming in by that South West door
over there - I wanted to go down on my
knees. For this is the sort of church which
brings you to your knees. These soaring
vistas of pale stone arches, the superb
proportion of window to wall space, the
delicacy of much of the detail from the
profound, primitive simplicity of Henry
Moore's Madonna and Child, to the lace-like
tracery of this beautiful wrought-iron
chancel screen, the way the genius of
Holding, the architect, leads your eye to
the high altar there below the flashing
jewels of the East Window, that altar where
the Greatest |
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Mystery in the World happens Sunday after
Sunday, and where, as we who try to be
Christians try to believe, the Creator of
the world, of the universe, of the trees and birds in the road
outside, of the stones which Holding used to
build the church, of the bones which help
you sit upright in your seats tonight, where
the Maker of our souls and minds, our very
selves becomes present to hear our needs and
answer our prayers in accordance with His
Will - as I thought of all these things I
did indeed want to fall on my knees and
thank God for the beauty which man has made
to the Glory of God in St Matthew's."
Continue reading...
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More information about
the John Betjeman sculpture by Martin Jennings
can be found at
www.martinjennings.com
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Holiday Club
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For information about our Summer Holiday
Club,
Click here. |
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Musical Events |
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Information about forthcoming events can be
found
here. |
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Special
Services |
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Information about forthcoming special
services can be
found
here. |
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Baptisms &
Weddings |
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If you are located within the boundary of St
Matthew's Church, information about baptisms
and weddings can be found
here. |
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Floodlighting
& Flowers |
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Celebrate an anniversary or remember a loved
one with flowers or by floodlighting the
Church for the evening. Find out more
here. |
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