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Landscaping - replacement trees
November 2020



Early in 2020 St Alfege Church was delighted to receive a grant of just over £39,000 from The Veolia Environmental Trust for soft landscaping and the creation of a community memorial garden as part of its Heart of Greenwich Place and People project. The project includes the planting of replacement trees, new planting in both the north and south courtyards, the creation of a community memorial  garden and returfing of the green in the West courtyard.   

Nine replacement trees were planted in the west and south courtyards in November 2020. This included three elm, two hornbeam, two liquidambar and two mulberry trees.  We would like to thank the team from the tree department of Royal Borough of Greenwich led by James Hedges and Jack Partridge for their expertise, hard work and enthusiasm for this project as well as Veolia Environnmental Trust which supported this.

Please see the replacement tree plan for the location of the trees.
 
The replacement trees include:

2 low level mulberry trees in the south courtyard - like St Alfege Church mulberry trees have links to the Tudor period. 
5 new trees including three elm and two liquidambar on the west green
2 hornbeam at the entrance to the west courtyard by the cobbled area. 

The new trees are well established and resilient to disease and drought. 

The horse chestnut on the green immediately opposite the west door is in good health as is the horse chestnut in the community memorial garden area with the seating around it.    The large plane opposite St Alfege Passage is also doing well.

The Heart of Greenwich project has always been about access and about legacy. What an exciting opportunity we have, not only to welcome people into our beautiful church courtyard with these new trees, but to gift them to our community to enjoy for the next hundred years.
 
Wendy Foreman, 15/10/2020
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We have a range of Sunday and weekday services at St Alfege, including daily prayer, children's services, Lugandan fellowship, Taizé and Evensong. Everyone is welcome to our services.

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Sunday Services


Sunday 8am, Holy Communion (BCP)
This is a said communion service in church according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer lasting about 35 minutes.  It is quiet and contemplative. The congregation normally gathers at a local coffee shop after the service. Please note this service does not take place in August.


Sunday 10am, Parish Eucharist  

This is a full, sung communion service attended by up to 200 people in the congregation every week.  The service, from Common Worship, includes a sermon and cathedral-standard singing with St Alfege Church Choir.  Many volunteers are involved in welcoming, reading and serving.  This service lasts about an hour and ten minutes and uses traditional language on most Sundays.

This service is broadcast live on our YouTube Channel, @StAlfegeChurch. You do not have to sign up or log in, and we do not broadcast the distribution of communion.

Children's Church gathers for worship in the Church Hall during term time.

Refreshments are offered in the hall after the service, and everyone is welcome.
 

Sunday 4pm, Choral Evensong  (monthly)
Join us for Choral Evensong which is sung on the last Sunday of every month at 4pm (excluding August) and lasts for about an hour. Enjoy the beauty of language and music in cathedral-style evensong according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer with St Alfege Choir led by Director of Music, Joshua Ryan. Please note that there is no Choral Evensong in August. However there is a special Bell Ringers' Evensong on Sunday 30 August at 4pm.


Sunday 3pm, Okutendereza mu Luganda (monthly)
A service in Lugandan is held every second Sunday of the month at 3pm in the church. This is an Anglican service organised and led by Okutendereza mu Luganda, a fellowship of Lugandan speakers from Uganda and Rwanda. Everyone is welcome.


Sunday 5:30pm, Abide (monthly)

A contemplative service on the first Sunday of every month at 5.30pm featuring silence, liturgy, prayers and music from the Taize and Northumbria Communities, and lasting for about 45 minutes. Please note that there is no Abide service in August.

 

Weekday services

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8:30am, Morning Prayer

A said service of prayer and Bible reading, lasting approximately 20 minutes. We meet in the St Alfege Chapel, in Church.

Thursday 8am, Holy Communion

A said service of Holy Communion, lasting approximately 40 minutes. We meet in the St Alfege Chapel, in Church. Please note that this service does not take place in August.