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lindaxiaokang May 15th, 2009 07:24 PM

Church with early service on Sunday
 
Does anyone know of any churches in London that has their service before 11 in the morning?

I am also trying to attend Westminister abbey and St.Paul's services, does anyone know if they allow anyone to go and worship and what are their worship hours on Sunday?

thanks,

jtmsi May 15th, 2009 07:50 PM

Westminster Abbey has Communion at 8:00 and Matins at 10:00. Anyone can attend these services. For something different, you might visit Brompton Oratory, a lovely Roman Catholic church on Brompton Road. Masses are at 8:00, 9:00 (a Latin mass), and 10:00. You can find the schedules of services on the church websites.

flanneruk May 15th, 2009 09:43 PM

"does anyone know if they allow anyone to go and worship"

NO Christian church that I'm aware of, and certainly no Catholic or Protestant church in Britain, may or does prevent anyone from worshipping. The very idea is completely at odds with their founder's teaching.

The only significant exception to this is the disgraceful - and fundamentally heretical - custom in Italy of banning people whose clothes the authorities disapprove of, though in practice this is rarely applied to genuine worshippers.

Practically all Anglican and Catholic churches in London have Mass, Matins or Communion at 0830 or 0900 on Sundays - less elaborate than their 1030 or 1100 service, and rarely with a choir. There are dozens of them in central London.

For a full list, with service times, go to www.london.anglican.org/ChurchFinder (for Anglican churches) or www.rcdow.org.uk/parishes/ (for Catholic ones) Enter as the postcode WC or W1.

The other Christian denominations typically have only one service, around 1030-1100

nytraveler May 16th, 2009 11:19 AM

Are you looking for any specific denomination? If so you should check out the group's website for options.

If you're open to Catholic or Anglican (Epsicopalian in the US) thre are dozens of churches with early services/masses all over London.

TimS May 16th, 2009 12:10 PM

St. Paul's Cathedral has Holy Communion at 08:00 and Matins at 10:15.


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