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Please note:
Due
to the current situation, our Parish Administrator is
now part furloughed and the Parish Office opening hours
are changed. As of week beginning 18 January, the Office
is CLOSED on Mondays and Wednesdays, and will be open on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 9.30am-12.30pm and
1.00pm-4.00pm. The Administrator is working from home,
so please telephone during working hours ONLY: calls
will divert after 15 seconds so please be patient. Do
not leave a telephone message as they cannot be picked
up. Alternatively please
email and you will
receive a reply during working hours. Details are on our
Contact
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Notice:
To see a full list of the planned services for this
month please go to our
Services Coming Up
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Resumption of Public
Worship |
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The Prime
Minister's announcement of the Government’s 'Spring Plan
2021' sets out a series of earliest possible dates by
which a gradual relaxation of lockdown restrictions may
take place. In particular, the instruction to 'Stay at
home' ended on Monday 29 March. The requirement for the
extremely vulnerable to 'Shield' ended on Wednesday 31
March.
Public worship at St Matthew’s Church resumed on
Thursday 1 April. Some services will continue
to be live steamed for those who feel unable to attend
in person. These may be accessed on this website and via
our
facebook page.
Funerals can take place in church with a legal maximum
of 30 mourners. Weddings are scheduled to resume no
earlier than 29 March with up to 6 guests, and from 12
April with 15 guests when a reception for that number
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Welcome 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 respect and affirmation based on a
recognition 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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Thinking of joining
us for worship? |
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You'll be very welcome!
See
the Times of Services
See
this month's Music List
See
this month's Worship Calendar |
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Special
Services Coming up |
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Information about special services
being held at St Matthew's Church can be found
here
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Weekday Scripture Readings |
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Step forward in your discipleship and join
others in weekday scripture readings. Find
out more
here. |
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Forthcoming
Musical Events |
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Information about forthcoming musical events
accompanied by event posters 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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St Matthew's
Parish
Centre |
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The St Matthew's Parish Centre, has
excellent facilities and is available to
hire at exceptional rates. Find out more
here. |
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Floodlighting of the Church |
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Celebrate an anniversary or remember a loved
one by floodlighting the church for
the evening. Find out more
here. |
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Become a Friend of
St Matthew's Music |
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More information about becoming a friend of
St Matthew's Music can be found
here.
To signup or renew your membership,
click here. |
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Safeguarding
Information |
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For
information about the Safeguarding of
Children and Vulnerable Adults at St Matthew's, read our
Safeguarding Policy |
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Stewardship
& Giving |
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To find out how you can donate to St
Matthew's Church, click
here. |
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Data
Protection & Privacy Information |
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For
information about privacy and how we use
store and process your information, please
read
Our Privacy
Policy.
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Give Consent
to Receive Information |
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If you would
like to keep informed about news, events,
activities and services, please complete and
return our
Consent
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A Sermon delivered at St Matthew's Church, Northampton,
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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 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."
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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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Latest Covid-19 Information |
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(Updated 07.04.2021) |
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To read the latest information about the
Coronavirus and the impact it has at St
Matthew's, please
click here. |
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Remember
Kingsley's Fallen WW2 Heroes |
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(Updated 04.09.2020) |
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St Matthew's Church has been appealing for
information to bring the stories of over 40
World War Two heroes from Kingsley to life. |
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Read more... |
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When you shop online the
easyfundraising way with any of their
4000+ registered shops, they turn that
commission into a donation for St Matthew's
Church. |
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Raise funds for St Matthew's Church every
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Thursdays in term time from
10:00am to 11:30am. For more information
click
Here. |
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Guide Book |
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Information about the new Guide Book can be
found
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What's New |
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26 March 2021 |
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April's edition of St Matthew's Mail is now
available. |
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St Matthew's Mail |
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Download St Matthew's Mail subscription
form. |
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18 March 2021 |
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April has been added to the Worship
Calendar. |
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Worship Calendar |
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April has been added to the Weekday Scripture
Readings |
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Scripture Readings |
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9 December 2020 |
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The music list for December is now
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Music
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