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Sunday Services in the Chapel

We meet for Service every Sunday at 11.00am.

HOLY WEEK 2025

Maundy Thursday | 17 April | 7pm
‘Tenebrae’ Service: A dramatic prelude to the sadness and loss of Good Friday.

Good Friday | 18 April 12 | 12-3pm
Reflections on the last words of Jesus from the Cross through word, music and silence. Come and go as you please.

Easter Sunday | 20 April | 11am
Celebrate the Resurrection through music and word.

Please note that the Sunday Service on 4 May will be at 3pm - the Induction of Revd Cathy Bird as Minister of Union Chapel. All are welcome!

 

If you are unable to join our services in person we upload them to our YouTube channel every Monday.

See our full list of upcoming services and other events here.

 

For regular mailings on Church activities and events, select Church updates on our sign up form here.

 

Worship at Union Chapel

Our worship draws from different church traditions, spirituality and the arts.

  • Prayerful, yet alternative atmosphere for spiritual nourishment and growth
  • Reflections on contemporary issues in the light of the Bible
  • Music drawn from Classical, Jazz, Gospel, contemporary worship, and traditional hymns

Communion Service takes place on the first Sunday of each month.

All are welcome.

Services will be filmed, and you may be photographed for promotional purposes. If you'd like not to appear on camera, please indicate to staff on arrival.

 

Music in worship

The architecture of Union Chapel sought to enhance the great tradition of non-conformist hymn singing.  Famously, the most well-known of Union Chapel’s Ministers, Rev Henry Allon required his congregation not only to attend on a Sunday but also to meet on a Thursday evening to rehearse the singing.  They would even sing the Hallelujah Chorus as a congregation!

Famous hymn-writers W.H. Monk (Abide with me) and H.J. Gauntlet (Once in royal David’s City) were involved in the design of our world-famous Henry Willis organ.

We continue this tradition today.  Although we cannot match over a thousand people singing together at a Sunday evening service, we promote music of high quality in our services. 

We have an excellent team of musicians who regularly perform led by Masashi Fujimoto and Anthony Fort. Claudina Edwards, Ben Comeau, Ed Kemp-Luck are also regular artists.