The principal Church Festivals in 2010 are:
Lent - Holy Week - Easter - Bedford Park Festival - Patronal Festival - Advent & Christmas
Sunday 3 January 2010 : Epiphany (transferred)
10am: Family Eucharist
6.30pm: Evensong
Sunday 31 January 2010: Candlemass (transferred)
10am: Procession and Choral Mass with Holy Baptism (right)
6.30pm: Evensong & Benediction
Sunday 7 February 2010 : Confirmation
10am Parish Eucharist and Confirmation
Celebrant:The Rt Revd Michael Marshall, Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of London
LENT 2010
Lent at St Michael & All Angels 
Sundays throughout Lent
The Sunday morning sermons during Lent will focus on deepening our understanding of various parts of the Mass
Lent Lunches - 12.30pm: Lunch in various homes in the Parish
to raise money for our Lent Charity Appeal
On My Desert Island: At the 6.30pm Evensong, members of the congregation gave personal reflections on faith and the arts.
Fridays throughout Lent
Stations of the Cross
6.30pm Meditations on the Stations of the Cross
Wednesday 17 February 2010: Ash Wednesday
12.30pm Mass and Imposition of Ashes
5pm Children's Service and Ashing
8pm Solemn Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
Preacher: Father Kevin Morris, Vicar
Sunday 21 February 2010: Lent 1
10am Parish Eucharist
Preacher: Father Stephen Stavrou, Assistant Curate
'Praying as we gather'
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Helen Wareham
Sunday 28 February 2010: Lent 2
10am Parish Eucharist
Preacher: Rt Revd Paul Williams, Bishop of Kensington (right, greeting little boy)
'Praying the Liturgy of the Word'
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Andrew Bickley
Sunday 7 March 2010: Lent 3
10am Parish Eucharist
Preacher:Sarah Lenton, Subdeacon
'Praying the Eucharistic Prayer'
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Jane Thomson
Sunday 14 March 2010:
Mothering Sunday
10am Family Eucharist, with distribution of flowers
Preacher: Sarah Lenton
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Kelvin Murray
Sunday 21 March 2010: Lent 5
10am Parish Eucharist
Preacher: Father Graham Morgan Kt., Assistant Priest
'Praying after Communion'
6.30pm Evensong
On my desert island – Michael Robinson
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HOLY WEEK
During the first days of Holy Week we will explore the meaning of the Eucharist in relation to the Passover Meal
Sunday 28 March 2010 : Palm Sunday
(Summer time begins)
10am Palm Procession and Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong
Monday 29 March 2010: Holy Monday
8pm Mass and address
Tuesday 30 March 2010: Holy Tuesday
8pm Mass and address
Wednesday 31 March 2010: Holy Wednesday
12.30pm Mass
8pm Mass and address
THE TRIDUUM
Easter at St Michael & All Angels
Thursday 1 April 2010: Maundy Thursday
10.30am Chrism Mass at St Paul 's Cathedral
8pm Solemn Eucharist of the Lord's Supper, Washing of Feet
and Watch at the Altar of Repose
Preacher:
Fr Stephen Stavrou, Assistant Curate
Friday 2 April 2010: Good Friday
Noon Children's Passion (right)
1pm Stations of the Cross
2pm The Liturgy of the Lord's Passion
Preacher:
Fr Kevin Morris, Vicar
8pm Tenebrae: a meditation on the Cross, with music, readings and slides - led by Sarah Lenton, subdeacon
Sunday 4 April 2010: Easter Day
5am Vigil and First Mass of Easter
(followed by Parish Breakfast)
10am Parish Eucharist of Easter for all the family, with Easter egg rolling!
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
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Sunday 18 April 2010 APCM:
11.30am Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Followed by Parish Lunch
Thursday 13 May 2010: Ascension Day
10am Mass
5pm Children's Service
8pm Solemn Eucharist
Sunday 23 May 2010: Pentecost (Whitsun)
10am Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
Sunday 30 May 2010: Trinity Sunday
Thursday 3 June 2010: Corpus et Sanguis Christi
8pm Solemn Con-celebrated Mass
and Procession of the Blessed Sacrament
Preacher: Fr Brutus Green, Assistant Curate, St John's Hyde Park
THE BEDFORD PARK FESTIVAL
Saturday 12 June - Sunday 27 June 2010
Saturday 12 June 2010: Green Day Fete 
11am Opening of the Festival
and Church Fete on Acton Green
(opposite church)
Sunday 13 June 2010:
Green Day Fete
10.30am Open Air Mass
on Acton Green
Preacher: Fr Robert Mackley
Assistant Chaplain, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Noon Green Day Fete continues
Sunday 27 June 2010: Festival Mass
10am Solemn Sung Eucharist, with Festival Choir and Orchestra
Followed by Lunch in the Vicarage Garden
Monday 12 July to Friday 16 July 2010: Pilgrimage
Parish Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
Sunday 15 August 2010: Blessed Virgin Mary
10am Parish Eucharist and Procession
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
Friday 17 September - Sunday 19 September 2010
PATRONAL FESTIVAL
Sunday 26 September 2010: Patronal Festival Sunday
10am Choral Eucharist
Procession from Acton Green and Parish Eucharist
(Children to dress as St Michael or an angel)
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
Wednesday 29 September 2010: Feast of St Michael & All Angels
8pm Solemn Sung Mass
Preacher: Rt Revd Graeme Knowles, Dean of St Paul's
Sunday 3 October 2010:
Harvest Thanksgiving
10am Family Eucharist and presentation of gifts (right)
Sunday 31 October 2010:
All Saints' Day (transferred)
10am Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
Tuesday 2 November 2010:
All Souls' Day
8pm Requiem Mass
Requiem Masses are offered in November for the departed.
Names to be commemorated at any of these services
may be written in the book at the back of the church.
Sunday 14 November 2010:
Remembrance Sunday
9.45am Requiem Mass and Procession to the War Memorial (right)
Tuesday 16 November - Thursday 25 November 2010
Pilgrimage
Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Sunday 21 November 2010:
Christ the King
10am Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong and Benediction
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS
Christmas at St Michael's
Sunday 28 November 2010: Advent Sunday (the Church's New Year)
10am Parish Eucharist
followed by Parish Lunch
6.30pm Advent Carol Service
Reflective Service of music, Scripture and poetry
Sunday 19 December 2010: Advent 4
10am Parish Mass
6.30pm Nine Lessons and Carols - traditional service with readings, carols, choir and processions followed by mulled wine and mince pies
Friday 24 December 2010: Christmas Eve
4pm Children's Crib Service: Children are invited to come dressed as
angels, shepherds, kings etc - come early to get a good seat or
play a full part.
11.00 Carols at the Church door
11.55pm Midnight Mass
Saturday 25 December 2010: Christmas Day
10am Parish Eucharist of Christmas