A warm welcome to the church of Holy Trinity and St Mary, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1DF

Parish Rhythm Survey 2026

Dear friends,
As part of our discernment work as the PCC, we have been thinking about how our parish rhythm of services feeds and sustains us as Christians and disciples, and how accessible and attractive to those who are not part of our church family yet.
We want to approach this prayerfully, sensitively and in an informed way. The questions below are designed to understand what you, our existing congregation are looking for to sustain you on your journey of faith and to help you to grow.
So, we’re not just asking questions about what we currently do, but also about ideas you might have for other services, maybe things we’ve done before and stopped doing, or things you’ve been part of elsewhere that you think might be good here.
This is part of our information gathering, so if you’d like a wider conversation around this then please do let me know or talk to one of our Readers or Churchwardens.
When filling in the questions please be honest. Tick “not for me” if you think you will never come to this service, otherwise tick any of the other boxes that apply; if you have no preferences, leave that section blank.
Thank you for your time and thoughts. Please return completed forms by Trinity Sunday.  You don’t need to put your name on, but if you’re offering help it would be good to know!


Fr Lee

The Eucharist


At the core of our life together is the Eucharist (Holy Communion, Mass, Lord’s Supper), everything else flows out of this. The Eucharist is our spiritual food; it is where we encounter the risen Christ in bread and wine and so should form an important and accessible part of our life together.
We use two forms of service for the Eucharist. At our main Sunday service and feast days we use Common Worship. This is in more contemporary language, has a structure that flows from us gathering, into the word, prayer and then the sacrament. Common Worship has a variety of seasonal adaptations that can be used and a choice of wording in some parts of the service.
At our 8:30 on Sunday and 10:00am on Thursday (and 6:00pm on the first Sunday of the month) we use the Book of Common Prayer. The language in this service is familiar to those who are used to it but is more traditional language. There is very little variety in what can be adapted in this order of service.

Daily Prayer


Daily Prayer is part of the unceasing prayer of the Church. For many people it provides a clear start or end to the day, giving space to think about the day ahead or reflect on the day gone as well as an opportunity to hear the Word of God and consider the needs of the Church, the world and our community in prayer. Morning or Evening Prayer lasts at the maximum for half an hour. It has a set structure, we say one or more psalms together, hear two Bible readings, say The Benedictus or The Magnificat and are led in prayer. We use the phone app or the Daily Prayer books whichever people find easier. No-one is asked to do or say anything they don’t want to! Night Prayer (Compline) is shorter, roughly about 15 minutes. We have the psalm(s), a shorter reading, responses between the officiant and congregation, and we say the Nunc Dimmitis. It’s shorter as monks were encouraged to learn it off by heart in case they were away from the monastery overnight.

6. Study Groups


We have run a few study groups over the last year looking at different aspects of our faith. It might be that the day and/or time have meant some people can’t come so we’re reviewing this as well.

Adding your name is optional but please include it if you volunteered for anything in your responses above