Easter Songs of Praise
Join us for this fabulous Dorchester Team churches celebration of Easter with all your favourite Easter hymns!
Easter Day Service
A Family celebration of Easter day with joyous hymns and a family communion. Do join us!
Good Friday Devotion
A 3 hour service of reflection with music, readings and prayers There will be the opportunity to arrive and leave at points during the Devotion.
Maundy Thursday Supper
Shared meal, followed by 8pm Communion and stripping of the altar Please let the Rectory office know if you are going to attend (although you are very welcome even if you don't!) admin@dorchester-abbey.org.uk
Palm Sunday Procession & Service
Start at the War Memorial for a short procession with donkey down to the Abbey for a Palm Sunday Service to celebrate the arrive of Jesus in Jerusalem. All ages welcome!
English Music Festival
Each English Music Festival is a dynamic and inspiring event, and all ten Festivals thus far have demonstrated just how exciting this music is; with each Festival, the EMF not only fulfills the ever-increasing demand for live performances of these all-too-often unheard works, but also plays a seminal role in restoring English music to its [...]
Santa Monica Choir – Free Concert
Santa Monica, California, High School Choir on tour in the UK.
OSJ – Bach St John Passion
Written for Good Friday in 1724, the passion was the centrepiece of Bach’s year-long cycle of liturgical cantatas. Perhaps the biggest joy of the St John Passion is that, for all the ferocity and sorrow of the Good Friday story, it’s a truly optimistic work, anticipating the resurrection with music suffused with light and hope. [...]
Lent Lunch
3rd March – The Rectory with Sue Booys 10th March – Church House, Queen St with Dawn Dudley 17th March- 24 Bridge End with Carolyn Oakley 24th March – 3 Haven Close with Catherine Paul 31st March – 4 Drayton Rd with Meg Fisher 7th April – The Manor House, Overy with Julie Taylor 14th April – Abbey Guest House with Judy [...]
Caring for Creation – Expert Panel
A panel of local experts will gather to interact and respond to questions on the subject of Climate Change and our care of Creation