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Friday 22 June
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET St Laurence Parish Church, 1930 |
Saturday 30 June
HUW WILLIAMS "150 Years of Great Organ Music" St Laurence Parish Church, 1930 |
Full Events Listing 2018
150th Anniversary Year
Whilst there has been a church on the site of St Laurence for well over 700 years, in 2018 we are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the re-building of the main body of the church in 1868. We have a really exciting and full programme of events and activities for everyone to enjoy taking place throughout our anniversary year, and we do hope that you will be able to join us for many of these. Let's celebrate our great past - and at the same time look forward to St Laurence being at the centre of the town's life for the next 150 years!
Please note that some of our planned events are provisional and may be subject to change.
Please ensure that you visit our website on a regular basis for the latest news
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Please ensure that you visit our website on a regular basis for the latest news
- and do follow us on Facebook and Twitter
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Thursday 21 June, 1900-2100
The Alpha Course @ Holy Trinity "Why and how do I pray?" (Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud GL5 2HZ) Every Thursday night to 26 July: A thrilling way to embark on, put deep roots in, and/or renew your Christian faith. Experiential, authentic, fun, interactive, inclusive, friendly and transformative, for everyone as individuals and as a church. Each session includes a meal, live talk and group discussion. |
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Sunday 24 June, 0930
Taizé Communion Service (St Laurence Parish Church) Led by Revd Ian Cooper and Steve Saville Revd Simon Howell Presiding |
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Thursday 28 June, 1900-2100
The Alpha Course @ Holy Trinity "Why and how do I read The Bible?" (Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud GL5 2HZ) Every Thursday night to 26 July: A thrilling way to embark on, put deep roots in, and/or renew your Christian faith. Experiential, authentic, fun, interactive, inclusive, friendly and transformative, for everyone as individuals and as a church. Each session includes a meal, live talk and group discussion. |
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Saturday 30 June, 1930
"150 Years of Great Organ Music" Organ Recital by Huw Williams Director of Music at Bath Abbey (St Laurence Parish Church) With live projection camera action Followed by refreshments and a chance to meet Huw Williams Bar available Tickets £10 from The Church Office, The Shambles, or Stroud Subscription Rooms 
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Sunday 1 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 Simon Howell and Revd Judy Howard |
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Monday 2 July, 0800-1600
Antique & Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Thursday 5 July, 1900-2100
The Alpha Course @ Holy Trinity "How does God guide us?" (Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud GL5 2HZ) Every Thursday night to 26 July: A thrilling way to embark on, put deep roots in, and/or renew your Christian faith. Experiential, authentic, fun, interactive, inclusive, friendly and transformative, for everyone as individuals and as a church. Each session includes a meal, live talk and group discussion. |
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Stroud Sacred Music Festival 2018
Entrance to all this year's events is by donation at the door
Friday 6 July & Saturday 7 July
St Laurence Parish Church
and other venues in Stroud Town Centre
St Laurence Parish Church
and other venues in Stroud Town Centre
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Thursday 12 July, 1900-2100
The Alpha Course @ Holy Trinity "How can I resist evil?" (Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud GL5 2HZ) Every Thursday night to 26 July: A thrilling way to embark on, put deep roots in, and/or renew your Christian faith. Experiential, authentic, fun, interactive, inclusive, friendly and transformative, for everyone as individuals and as a church. Each session includes a meal, live talk and group discussion. |
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Thursday 19 July, 1900-2100
The Alpha Course @ Holy Trinity "Does God heal today?" (Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud GL5 2HZ) Every Thursday night to 26 July: A thrilling way to embark on, put deep roots in, and/or renew your Christian faith. Experiential, authentic, fun, interactive, inclusive, friendly and transformative, for everyone as individuals and as a church. Each session includes a meal, live talk and group discussion. |
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Saturday 21 July, 1200-1330
Saturday Lunchtime Classical Music Piano Concert with Deirdre Baker and Friends (St Laurence Parish Church) Featuring Ann Hastings, Liz Rymer, Kathy Williams, and guest pianist Christopher Boodle, and including works by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Grieg and Gershwin Admission free |
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Saturday 21 July, 1800
Taizé (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taize Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Revd Simon Howell and Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Thursday 26 July, 1900-2100
The Alpha Course @ Holy Trinity "What about the church and sharing my faith?" (Trinity Rooms, Field Road, Stroud GL5 2HZ) Every Thursday night to 26 July: A thrilling way to embark on, put deep roots in, and/or renew your Christian faith. Experiential, authentic, fun, interactive, inclusive, friendly and transformative, for everyone as individuals and as a church. Each session includes a meal, live talk and group discussion. |
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Thursday 2 August, 1430
"Stroud's First Hot Air Balloon" (St Laurence Church Hall) A talk by Mark Davies for Stroud & District U3A Paul Hawkins Fisher, the Stroud Historian, witnessed James Sadler make the first ever balloon ascent from Stroud in 1785, and William Capel, owner of The Grove (now Hawkwood), recorded in his diary that he saw Mr Green's ascent in 1834. Sadler was a pastry cook and confectioner who became the first Englishman to build and fly a hot-air balloon - in Oxford in 1784 - and the first person to cross the Bristol Channel by air. Mark Davies is an Oxford local historian, guide, public speaker and author of the first biography of Sadler. |
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Sunday 5 August, 1030
150th Anniversary Service with Stroud Team Joint Churches (St Laurence Parish Church) |
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Monday 6 August, 0800-1600
Antique & Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Saturday 18 August, 1800
Taizé (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taize Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Revd Simon Howell and Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Sunday 2 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 Simon Howell and Revd Judy Howard |
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Monday 3 September, 0800-1600
Antique & Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Thursday 6 September, 1430
"The Suffragette Movement" (St Laurence Church Hall) A talk by Sue Jones for Stroud & District U3A DR SUE JONES took early retirement from teaching to research the history of women’s suffrage, gaining a PhD in the subject. She has written for Cheltenham Local History Society Journal and the Pittville Works website, is the author of "Votes for Women - Cheltenham and The Cotswolds", and has given many talks on the subject. Sue lives in Stroud. |
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Saturday 15 September, 1800
Taizé (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taize Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Revd Simon Howell and Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Friday 28 September
Seckou Keita African Cora Concert (St Laurence Parish Church) A Stroud Sacred Music Festival event in association with Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking |
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Sunday 30 September, 1030
Joint Churches Holy Communion (Holy Trinity, Slad) |
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Monday 1 October, 0800-1600
Antique & Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Saturday 6 October
Caldicot Male Voice Choir and The Band of the Gloucestershire Constabulary (St Laurence Parish Church) Music Concert in Association with Longfield |
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Sunday 7 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 Simon Howell and Revd Judy Howard |
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Saturday 20 October, 1800
Taizé (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taize Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Revd Simon Howell and Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Thursday 1 November
"The Dangerous Book" Launch With Martin Palmer and Jay Ramsey (St Laurence Parish Church) An artistic re-telling and new translation of excerpts from The Bible |
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Friday 2 November/Saturday 3 November
"Still Point" Celebration of All Souls and Samhain (St Laurence Parish Church) |
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Sunday 4 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 Simon Howell and Revd Judy Howard |
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Monday 5 November, 0800-1600
Antique & Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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November
Poppy Cascade (St Laurence Parish Church) Commemorating 100 years since the end of the Great War |
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Sunday 11 November
Remembrance Day 100th Anniversary "The Armed Man" - A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins (St Laurence Parish Church) With Sheila Macbeth (Natural Voice Network) |
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Thursday 15 November, 1930
Stroud Local History Society Annual General Meeting, followed by "TH&J Daniels Ltd, Engineers, Stroud" (St Laurence Church Hall) A famous Stroud family firm for over 120 years, and once one of the largest employers in the area An illustrated talk by Ray Wilson for Stroud Local History Society |
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Saturday 17 November, 1800
Taizé (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taize Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Revd Simon Howell and Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Christmas 2018 @ St Laurence
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Sunday 2 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 Simon Howell and Revd Judy Howard |
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Monday 3 December, 0800-1600
Antique & Collectables Fair (St Laurence Church Hall) |
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Saturday 15 December, 1800
Taizé (St Laurence Parish Church) A recreation of a traditional French-based Taize Service, featuring lights, candles, icons, scripture readings and meditative silence Led by Revd Simon Howell and Steve and Juliette Saville |
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Christmas Eve
Monday 24 December Crib Service, 1600 Festival of Lessons, Readings and Carols, 1830 (St Laurence Parish Church) Christmas Day Tuesday 25 December Holy Communion, 0930 |
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Sunday 30 December, 1030
Joint Churches Holy Communion (All Saints, Uplands) |
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Full Events Listing 2019
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Thursday 4 April, 1930
Annual Parochial Church Meeting (St Laurence Church Hall Lounge) |
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Sunday 14 April - Sunday 21 April
Easter Festival 2019 |
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St Laurence
The Festival Church
Stroud Sacred Music Festival 2018
Friday 6 July - Saturday 7 July 2018
Stroud Community Christmas Tree Festival 2018
Sunday 2 December - Sunday 9 December 2018
Christmas Festival 2018
Sunday 2 December - Tuesday 25 December 2018
Easter Festival 2019
Sunday 14 April - Sunday 21 April 2019
Stroud Fringe 2019
Friday 6 July - Saturday 7 July 2018
Stroud Community Christmas Tree Festival 2018
Sunday 2 December - Sunday 9 December 2018
Christmas Festival 2018
Sunday 2 December - Tuesday 25 December 2018
Easter Festival 2019
Sunday 14 April - Sunday 21 April 2019
Stroud Fringe 2019
If you would like to hire St Laurence Church
for your event please contact
office@stroudcmt.plus.com
or telephone 01453 759099 (Monday-Friday 1000-1230)
or contact us here
for your event please contact
office@stroudcmt.plus.com
or telephone 01453 759099 (Monday-Friday 1000-1230)
or contact us here
