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Saturday 15 June, 1130
Katie Harris' Community Drum Circle St Laurence Parish Church |
Saturday 15 June, 1800/1930
Taize Service followed by "The Sultan and the Saint" Feature Film St Laurence Parish Church |
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Full Events Listing 2019
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Saturday 15 June, 1800
Taize Service (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taizé Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Saturday 15 June, 1930
"The Sultan and The Saint" Film (St Laurence Parish Church) The Sultan and the Saint tells one of the great, lost stories from history. Set in a past period of East-West conflict, it speaks with urgency to our present. Two men of faith, one an itinerant Christian preacher, the other the ruler of a Muslim Empire, bucked a century of war, distrust, and insidious propaganda in a search for mutual respect and common ground. Narrated by Jeremy Irons, and starring Zach Beyer, Alexander McPherson, Eric Kramer, Erik Solliard, Patric Boyer and Aaron Bliden Presented by the Franciscan Third Order of Gloucestershire |
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Sunday 16 June, 1900-2030
Illuminate Stroud - Engine Room (St Laurence Parish Church) Fun and friendship, inspiration, worship and prayer, specifically for young people aged 11 to 18 |
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Wednesday 19 June, 1930
The Feast of Corpus Christi - Stroud Team Celebration (St Laurence Parish Church) Honouring the Holy Eucharist. A service in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, arranged by Deirdre Baker and led by Father Jeffrey Green, assisted by Father John Hunnisett |
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Saturday 22 June, 1900
"Sing! 2019" Three Choirs Concert Featuring Pamoja Gospel Choir, Gloucester & District Christian Choir, and The Rosary School Choir (St Laurence Parish Church) All proceeds in aid of The Door Youth Project charity 
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Saturday 22 June
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Lindisfarne, Northumberland |
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Sunday 23 June, 1500
Review of the Stroud Team Ministry with Canon Dr Andrew Braddock Director of Mission and Ministry, Diocese of Gloucester (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Wednesday 26 June
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Saturday 29 June
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ St Andrews, Scotland |
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Sunday 30 June
Stroud Team Ministry Joint Holy Communion (St Laurence Parish Church) Followed by a 'bring & share' lunch in the Church Hall |
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Monday 1 July, 0800-1600
Antique and Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Wednesday 3 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Findhorn, Moray, Scotland |
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Saturday 6 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Iona, Inner Hebrides |
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Sunday 7 July, 1100
'Cowshed' Holy Communion (St Laurence Parish Church) A Service steeped in the Christian mystical tradition: simplicity, silence, scripture, music, contemplation and an inclusive Holy Communion Led by Revd Judy Howard |
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Sunday 7 July, 1400-1600
Sunday Afternoon Social (St Laurence Church Hall) Providing a safe and welcoming space for all sorts of different people to meet up and chat, have tea/coffee and snacks. Includes activities for children, and we particularly welcome anyone coming with games, actvities or anything else to help provide a friendly and rich afternoon. Organised and presented by Pammy Michel |
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Wednesday 10 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Kendal, Cumbria |
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Thursday 11 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire |
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Saturday 13 July
SVA Stroud Valleys Artspace Present "Playground Fest 2019" (St Laurence Parish Church/Bank Gardens) A new festival of play aimed at children, but inclusive of adults, with activities, workshops and entertainment. Saturday's entertainment is at Bank Gardens with Silly Science, APE Project, Access Bikes, and more. Plus Live Music from 12 noon with Kostka Band Band Camp, Community Unlimited, Burda Legree and John Street Ska Orchestra. Mini Morris, Sound Scape and Paper Jungle will be doing amazing things at St Lawrence’s Church. Plus a fantastic procession at 11am and a picnic competition for best picnic spread and arty hamper! |
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Saturday 13 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Ormskirk, West Lancashire |
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Wednesday 17 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Cheshire |
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Saturday 20 July, 1800
Taize Service (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taizé Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Saturday 20 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales |
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Sunday 21 July, 1900-2030
Illuminate Stroud - Engine Room (St Laurence Parish Church) Fun and friendship, inspiration, worship and prayer, specifically for young people aged 11 to 18 |
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Wednesday 24 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales |
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Friday 26 July - Sunday 28 July
Awakening the Wild's "DanSing Festival 2019" (St Laurence Parish Church & Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud) A festival of awakening and reconnecting with our wild nature, through movement, voice, community and world class live music. With an exquisite line-up of musicians and facilitators from the world of conscious dance, voice and sacred/world/folk music, in what promises to be a magical weekend. A Stroud Sacred Music Festival event in association with Keef Wesolowski-Miles |
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Saturday 27 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ St David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
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Wednesday 31 July
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
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Saturday 3 August
Girish Patel & Friends "The Journey of Peace" @ Carmarthen, Wales |
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Sunday 4 August, 1100
'Cowshed' Holy Communion (St Laurence Parish Church) A Service steeped in the Christian mystical tradition: simplicity, silence, scripture, music, contemplation and an inclusive Holy Communion Led by Revd Judy Howard |
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Sunday 4 August, 1400-1600
Sunday Afternoon Social (St Laurence Church Hall) Providing a safe and welcoming space for all sorts of different people to meet up and chat, have tea/coffee and snacks. Includes activities for children, and we particularly welcome anyone coming with games, actvities or anything else to help provide a friendly and rich afternoon. Organised and presented by Pammy Michel |
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Monday 5 August, 0800-1600
Antique and Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Friday 23 August - Sunday 25 August
"Stroud Fringe 2019" (St Laurence Parish Church) Details to be confirmed in due course |
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Sunday 1 September, 1100
'Cowshed' Holy Communion (St Laurence Parish Church) A Service steeped in the Christian mystical tradition: simplicity, silence, scripture, music, contemplation and an inclusive Holy Communion Led by Revd Judy Howard |
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Sunday 1 September, 1400-1600
Sunday Afternoon Social (St Laurence Church Hall) Providing a safe and welcoming space for all sorts of different people to meet up and chat, have tea/coffee and snacks. Includes activities for children, and we particularly welcome anyone coming with games, actvities or anything else to help provide a friendly and rich afternoon. Organised and presented by Pammy Michel |
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Monday 2 September, 0800-1600
Antique and Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Sunday 15 September, 1900-2030
Illuminate Stroud - Engine Room (St Laurence Parish Church) Fun and friendship, inspiration, worship and prayer, specifically for young people aged 11 to 18 |
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Saturday 21 September, 1200
"In Ones and Twos" - Saturday Lunchtime Piano Concert (St Laurence Parish Church) A special Saturday lunchtime piano concert of solo and duet performances, featuring Deirdre Baker, Ann Hastings, Noah Ladds, Liz Rymer, Chris Williams, and Kathy Williams |
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Saturday 21 September, 1800
Taize Service (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taizé Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Saturday 28 September -
Sunday 29 September Good on Paper - "Hidden Notes" vol 1 (St Laurence Parish Church) A brand new two day festival event from Stroud's very own monthly arts listing magazine, Good on Paper. Featuring unique performances by modern classical composers from leading independent record labels, the event includes an international array of artists from Austria, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Ukraine, Canada, Japan, Argentina and the UK. 
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Sunday 6 October, 1100
'Cowshed' Holy Communion (St Laurence Parish Church) A Service steeped in the Christian mystical tradition: simplicity, silence, scripture, music, contemplation and an inclusive Holy Communion Led by Revd Judy Howard |
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Sunday 6 October, 1400-1600
Sunday Afternoon Social (St Laurence Church Hall) Providing a safe and welcoming space for all sorts of different people to meet up and chat, have tea/coffee and snacks. Includes activities for children, and we particularly welcome anyone coming with games, actvities or anything else to help provide a friendly and rich afternoon. Organised and presented by Pammy Michel |
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Monday 7 October, 0800-1600
Antique and Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Saturday 19 October, 1000-1600
"Praying With Icons" with Dr Andrew Paterson (St Laurence Parish Church) Dr Andrew Paterson will be introducing the visual language of icons and sharing ideas on using them as aids to contemplative prayer. The day will include slide-talks, discussion and plenty of opportunities for practising this approach to prayer. Andrew is an artist and art historian with a particular interest in the connections between painting and prayer or meditation. He has been studying the icon tradition in depth for the last ten years, and in 2017 he was awarded a doctorate by the University of Edinburgh for his thesis on sacred portraiture in late antiquity and the origins of the Christian icon. He has studied the traditional technique of icon-painting in egg tempera under the guidance of two iconographers, Sister Petra Clare and Paul Martin, and exhibited a selection of his work at Southwark Cathedral during Lent 2019. 
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Saturday 19 October, 1800
Taize Service (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taizé Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Sunday 20 October, 1900-2030
Illuminate Stroud - Engine Room (St Laurence Parish Church) Fun and friendship, inspiration, worship and prayer, specifically for young people aged 11 to 18 |
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Thursday 31 October, 1930
Stroud Festival Presents - A Selection of Operatic Arias with a 'Revolutionary' theme Featuring mezzo soprano, Clare McCaldin (St Laurence Parish Church) |
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Saturday 2 November
Terry Oldfield & Soraya Saraswati - "Magical Flutes with Songs and Mantras for Peace" (St Laurence Parish Church) A Stroud Sacred Music Festival event |
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Sunday 3 November, 1100
'Cowshed' Holy Communion (St Laurence Parish Church) A Service steeped in the Christian mystical tradition: simplicity, silence, scripture, music, contemplation and an inclusive Holy Communion Led by Revd Judy Howard |
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Sunday 3 November, 1400-1600
Sunday Afternoon Social (St Laurence Church Hall) Providing a safe and welcoming space for all sorts of different people to meet up and chat, have tea/coffee and snacks. Includes activities for children, and we particularly welcome anyone coming with games, actvities or anything else to help provide a friendly and rich afternoon. Organised and presented by Pammy Michel |
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Sunday 3 November
Terry Oldfield & Soraya Saraswati "Exploring the Sounds of Inner Stillness" A Mindfulness and Music Workshop (Old Town Hall, The Shambles, Stroud) A Stroud Sacred Music Festival event |
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Monday 4 November, 0800-1600
Antique and Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Saturday 16 November, 1800
Taize Service (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taizé Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Sunday 17 November, 1900-2030
Illuminate Stroud - Engine Room (St Laurence Parish Church) Fun and friendship, inspiration, worship and prayer, specifically for young people aged 11 to 18 |
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Sunday 1 December, 1100
'Cowshed' Holy Communion (St Laurence Parish Church) A Service steeped in the Christian mystical tradition: simplicity, silence, scripture, music, contemplation and an inclusive Holy Communion Led by Revd Judy Howard |
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Sunday 1 December, 1400-1600
Sunday Afternoon Social (St Laurence Church Hall) Providing a safe and welcoming space for all sorts of different people to meet up and chat, have tea/coffee and snacks. Includes activities for children, and we particularly welcome anyone coming with games, actvities or anything else to help provide a friendly and rich afternoon. Organised and presented by Pammy Michel |
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Sunday 1 December -
Sunday 8 December Stroud Community Christmas Tree Festival 2019 (St Laurence Parish Church) Organised and presented by Mike and Toni Lambert |
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Monday 2 December, 0800-1600
Antique and Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Sunday 15 December, 1600
Stroud Town Centre Carol Service (St Laurence Parish Church) Arranged under the auspices of Churches Together in Stroud, in association with Stroud Sacred Music Festival |
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Sunday 15 December
Illuminate Stroud - Engine Room (St Laurence Parish Church) Fun and friendship, inspiration, worship and prayer, specifically for young people aged 11 to 18 |
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Saturday 21 December, 1800
Taize Service (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taizé Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Tuesday 24 December -
Wednesday 25 December Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services (St Laurence Parish Church) |
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Advance Notice of Events in 2020
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Friday 27 March, 1900
Gloucestershire Police Male Voice Choir 50th Anniversary Spring Concert - in aid of Meningitis Now! (St Laurence Parish Church) Over the years, the Gloucestershire Police Male Voice Choir has raised more than £750,000 for local charities and other good causes, and in 2020 they are celebrating their Golden Jubilee. To mark this notable milestone, they are putting on a series of concerts across the county throughout 2020, and this Stroud concert is in support of local Stroud-based charity Meningitis Now! A great evening of fantastic choral music. 
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St Laurence: The Festival Church
Good On Paper Party 2019
Saturday 5 January 2019
Stroud Wassail 2019
Saturday 12 January 2019
Stroud Film Festival 2019
Saturday 9 March - Sunday 24 March 2019
Stroud Sacred Comedy Festival 2019
Friday 15 March - Saturday 16 March 2019
Easter Holy Week 2019
Sunday 14 April - Sunday 21 April 2019
Stroud Jazz 2019
Saturday 25 May 2019
Stroud Sacred Music Festival 2019
Friday 5 July - Saturday 6 July 2019
SVA Playground Fest 2019
Saturday 13 July - Sunday 14 July
Awakening the Wild's "DanSing Festival 2019"
Friday 26 July - Sunday 28 July 2019
Stroud Fringe Festival 2019
Friday 23 August - Sunday 25 August
Good on Paper's "Hidden Notes"
Saturday 28 September - Sunday 29 September 2019
Stroud Community Christmas Tree Festival 2019
Sunday 1 December - Sunday 8 December 2019
Advent 2019 @ St Laurence
Sunday 1 December - Tuesday 24 December 2019
Saturday 5 January 2019
Stroud Wassail 2019
Saturday 12 January 2019
Stroud Film Festival 2019
Saturday 9 March - Sunday 24 March 2019
Stroud Sacred Comedy Festival 2019
Friday 15 March - Saturday 16 March 2019
Easter Holy Week 2019
Sunday 14 April - Sunday 21 April 2019
Stroud Jazz 2019
Saturday 25 May 2019
Stroud Sacred Music Festival 2019
Friday 5 July - Saturday 6 July 2019
SVA Playground Fest 2019
Saturday 13 July - Sunday 14 July
Awakening the Wild's "DanSing Festival 2019"
Friday 26 July - Sunday 28 July 2019
Stroud Fringe Festival 2019
Friday 23 August - Sunday 25 August
Good on Paper's "Hidden Notes"
Saturday 28 September - Sunday 29 September 2019
Stroud Community Christmas Tree Festival 2019
Sunday 1 December - Sunday 8 December 2019
Advent 2019 @ St Laurence
Sunday 1 December - Tuesday 24 December 2019
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for your event please contact
office@stroudcmt.plus.com
or telephone 01453 759099 (Monday-Friday 1000-1230)
or contact us here
