Phillip Dawson
@phillipdawson.bsky.social
Priest in the Church of England | Rector (from Jan ‘26) @stolavehartst.bsky.social | Curate, St Giles-in-the-Fields | Hon Asst Priest, St George’s Bloomsbury | Chaplain, The LSHTM | Member of Synod, Diocese of London | http://onebodyonebread.blogspot.com
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Join us for traditional candlelit carol services, thoughtful preaching & sublime choral music in our beautiful medieval church, where all are always welcome: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/advent-ch...
#advent #christmas #cityoflondon #towerhill #carols #christmascarols #ninelessons #midnightmass
#advent #christmas #cityoflondon #towerhill #carols #christmascarols #ninelessons #midnightmass
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join us for traditional candlelit carol services, thoughtful preaching & sublime choral music in our beautiful medieval church, where all are always welcome: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/advent-ch...
#advent #christmas #cityoflondon #towerhill #carols #christmascarols #ninelessons #midnightmass
#advent #christmas #cityoflondon #towerhill #carols #christmascarols #ninelessons #midnightmass
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Choral Evensong at St Olave Hart Street
Tonight - Tuesday 11 November 5.30pm-6.15pm
Join us in our beautiful medieval church for submlime music and the timeless liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer.
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
Tonight - Tuesday 11 November 5.30pm-6.15pm
Join us in our beautiful medieval church for submlime music and the timeless liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer.
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Choral Evensong at St Olave Hart Street
Tonight - Tuesday 11 November 5.30pm-6.15pm
Join us in our beautiful medieval church for submlime music and the timeless liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer.
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
Tonight - Tuesday 11 November 5.30pm-6.15pm
Join us in our beautiful medieval church for submlime music and the timeless liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer.
#ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
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A huge thank you to The London Storyteller for leading our parish walk today, connecting the parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields to St Olave Hart Street through the world of Restoration London as witnessed by Samuel Pepys. A wonderful day which included a glimpse of The Lady Mayor's Show!
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A huge thank you to The London Storyteller for leading our parish walk today, connecting the parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields to St Olave Hart Street through the world of Restoration London as witnessed by Samuel Pepys. A wonderful day which included a glimpse of The Lady Mayor's Show!
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A great pleasure to welcome current and former staff of Cory Group for the Corynthians Remembrance Service today & see the company 'Roll of Honour' that was rediscovered this year. The text of the sermon 'And there's another country' is at this link: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/11/serm...
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A great pleasure to welcome current and former staff of Cory Group for the Corynthians Remembrance Service today & see the company 'Roll of Honour' that was rediscovered this year. The text of the sermon 'And there's another country' is at this link: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/11/serm...
Reposted by Phillip Dawson
It was a great pleasure to welcome the Master and members of the The Worshipful Company of Fuellers for a combined celebration of 'Fuellers Sunday' and the Feast of All Saints! Glorious music from our choir as ever! Text of the sermon at the link below: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/11/serm...
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It was a great pleasure to welcome the Master and members of the The Worshipful Company of Fuellers for a combined celebration of 'Fuellers Sunday' and the Feast of All Saints! Glorious music from our choir as ever! Text of the sermon at the link below: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/11/serm...
Free Family Play Days in St Giles Churchyard
Tuesday 28 October, Wednesday 29 October, Thursday 30 October - 11am-4pm
We welcome back Assemble Play for three free Family Play Days this half term. All welcome.
www.stgilesonline.org/post/free-ha...
#familyplay #halfterm #londonforfree #camden
Tuesday 28 October, Wednesday 29 October, Thursday 30 October - 11am-4pm
We welcome back Assemble Play for three free Family Play Days this half term. All welcome.
www.stgilesonline.org/post/free-ha...
#familyplay #halfterm #londonforfree #camden
October 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Free Family Play Days in St Giles Churchyard
Tuesday 28 October, Wednesday 29 October, Thursday 30 October - 11am-4pm
We welcome back Assemble Play for three free Family Play Days this half term. All welcome.
www.stgilesonline.org/post/free-ha...
#familyplay #halfterm #londonforfree #camden
Tuesday 28 October, Wednesday 29 October, Thursday 30 October - 11am-4pm
We welcome back Assemble Play for three free Family Play Days this half term. All welcome.
www.stgilesonline.org/post/free-ha...
#familyplay #halfterm #londonforfree #camden
Wonderful to have visitors from the Episcopal Diocese of New York with us in church on Sunday. How fortunate they had heard of Hyacinth Bucket/Bouquet - or my sermon may have been difficult to explain!! onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/10/serm...
Sermon-Keeping Up Appearances?
Hyacinth and Richard aboard the QEII (BBC) A sermon given during Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Sunday 12th October 2025 ...
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October 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Wonderful to have visitors from the Episcopal Diocese of New York with us in church on Sunday. How fortunate they had heard of Hyacinth Bucket/Bouquet - or my sermon may have been difficult to explain!! onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/10/serm...
“Churchwardens find love in the Book of Common Prayer”
a lovely article by Madeline Davies in the Church Times of the marriage of our Churchwardens Catherine and Oliver at St Giles-in-the-Fields
#CofEPeeps #BookofCommonPrayer #LondonChurches
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
a lovely article by Madeline Davies in the Church Times of the marriage of our Churchwardens Catherine and Oliver at St Giles-in-the-Fields
#CofEPeeps #BookofCommonPrayer #LondonChurches
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Tinder-united churchwardens find love in Book of Common Prayer
Oliver Flory and Catherine Campbell, wardens of St Giles-in-the-Fields, were married there last month, having met on Tinder ten years ago
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September 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“Churchwardens find love in the Book of Common Prayer”
a lovely article by Madeline Davies in the Church Times of the marriage of our Churchwardens Catherine and Oliver at St Giles-in-the-Fields
#CofEPeeps #BookofCommonPrayer #LondonChurches
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
a lovely article by Madeline Davies in the Church Times of the marriage of our Churchwardens Catherine and Oliver at St Giles-in-the-Fields
#CofEPeeps #BookofCommonPrayer #LondonChurches
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Each stole, altar frontal, chasuble & cope Jacquie Binns has made has a story to tell. This year she celebrates 40 years as an ecclesiastical textile designer with events bringing together her work, these stories & the people & churches they were made for : www.stgilesonline.org/post/stole-n...
September 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Each stole, altar frontal, chasuble & cope Jacquie Binns has made has a story to tell. This year she celebrates 40 years as an ecclesiastical textile designer with events bringing together her work, these stories & the people & churches they were made for : www.stgilesonline.org/post/stole-n...
A great privilege to introduce today's Daily Service on
BBCRadio4Extra talking about the beautiful Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Christ Church Southagte and my calling as a priest. Listen on the IPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@williammorrissocuk.bsky.social @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social
BBCRadio4Extra talking about the beautiful Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Christ Church Southagte and my calling as a priest. Listen on the IPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@williammorrissocuk.bsky.social @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social
Daily Service - Sacred Expressions: The Arts in Worship - BBC Sounds
This week's Daily Service reflects on how the arts enrich our spiritual lives.
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September 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A great privilege to introduce today's Daily Service on
BBCRadio4Extra talking about the beautiful Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Christ Church Southagte and my calling as a priest. Listen on the IPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@williammorrissocuk.bsky.social @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social
BBCRadio4Extra talking about the beautiful Pre-Raphaelite stained glass in Christ Church Southagte and my calling as a priest. Listen on the IPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@williammorrissocuk.bsky.social @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social
A huge thank you to Churchwarden Brian for the excellent talk last night about some of the memorials and inscriptions at St Olave Hart Street and to Colin and our wonderful choir for the glorious service of Choral Evensong beforehand.
#samuelpepys #squaremilechurches #greatfireoflondon
#samuelpepys #squaremilechurches #greatfireoflondon
September 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A huge thank you to Churchwarden Brian for the excellent talk last night about some of the memorials and inscriptions at St Olave Hart Street and to Colin and our wonderful choir for the glorious service of Choral Evensong beforehand.
#samuelpepys #squaremilechurches #greatfireoflondon
#samuelpepys #squaremilechurches #greatfireoflondon
It was announced this morning that I have been appointed as the next Rector of St Olave Hart Street. Sad to leave St Giles-in-the-Fields so soon but a great honour and privilege and very excited about this new chapter! Here's a pic of some of the St O's gang from earlier in the year! #LondonChurches
September 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It was announced this morning that I have been appointed as the next Rector of St Olave Hart Street. Sad to leave St Giles-in-the-Fields so soon but a great honour and privilege and very excited about this new chapter! Here's a pic of some of the St O's gang from earlier in the year! #LondonChurches
My sermon today reflects on the gap between who is remembered as “the greatest” on the walls of this church (& many others) & who Jesus describes as the greatest. Text at the link: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/08/serm... #stbartholomew #RememberSlavery
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Sermon-Who is the Greatest?
The Second Lord Baltimore Cecilius (Cecil) Calvert (1605-1675) by Gerard Soest, c. 1670 A sermon given during Holy Communion (BCP) at St Gil...
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August 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My sermon today reflects on the gap between who is remembered as “the greatest” on the walls of this church (& many others) & who Jesus describes as the greatest. Text at the link: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/08/serm... #stbartholomew #RememberSlavery
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Play-in-the-Fields with Assemble Play
Free Family Play Days
Thursday 21st August
Friday 22nd August
11am-4pm
St Giles-in-the-Fields Churchyard, WC2H 8LG
All welcome!
Free Family Play Days
Thursday 21st August
Friday 22nd August
11am-4pm
St Giles-in-the-Fields Churchyard, WC2H 8LG
All welcome!
July 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Play-in-the-Fields with Assemble Play
Free Family Play Days
Thursday 21st August
Friday 22nd August
11am-4pm
St Giles-in-the-Fields Churchyard, WC2H 8LG
All welcome!
Free Family Play Days
Thursday 21st August
Friday 22nd August
11am-4pm
St Giles-in-the-Fields Churchyard, WC2H 8LG
All welcome!
A great joy to be back to officiate Choral Evensong at Holy Sepulchre London with their world class choir yesterday. Services at HSL stop in August - catch Evensong in the next few weeks if you can (Wednesdays from 5.15pm) - final service of term 30th July. hsl.church #CofEPeeps #evensong #anglican
July 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A great joy to be back to officiate Choral Evensong at Holy Sepulchre London with their world class choir yesterday. Services at HSL stop in August - catch Evensong in the next few weeks if you can (Wednesdays from 5.15pm) - final service of term 30th July. hsl.church #CofEPeeps #evensong #anglican
Family Summer Play Days in the St Giles Churchyard run by Make Do Play - Wednesday 30th July, 6th August, 13th August, 20th August supported by St Giles-in-the-Fields, Dragon Hall and Camden Council. Child-led outdoor play with loose parts. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
July 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Family Summer Play Days in the St Giles Churchyard run by Make Do Play - Wednesday 30th July, 6th August, 13th August, 20th August supported by St Giles-in-the-Fields, Dragon Hall and Camden Council. Child-led outdoor play with loose parts. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
A great joy to baptise Leo this afternoon at St Mary le Bow and very grateful for the help of his brother Jude in the service as the water, oil and candle bearer! #baptism #christening #cityoflondon #anglican #cofe #cofepeeps
July 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A great joy to baptise Leo this afternoon at St Mary le Bow and very grateful for the help of his brother Jude in the service as the water, oil and candle bearer! #baptism #christening #cityoflondon #anglican #cofe #cofepeeps
Please join us at St Giles-in-the-Fields as our fascinating ‘Year for Service’ series of talks continue. Emeritus Professor Lis Howell : “A Voice to the Voiceless” - Sunday 13th July at 6.30pm during Evensong. Details below! #cofepeeps #evensong #centralLondonchurches
July 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please join us at St Giles-in-the-Fields as our fascinating ‘Year for Service’ series of talks continue. Emeritus Professor Lis Howell : “A Voice to the Voiceless” - Sunday 13th July at 6.30pm during Evensong. Details below! #cofepeeps #evensong #centralLondonchurches
We have more amazing women joining us to speak at Evensong this month, giving their insights on putting faith into action through acts of service. Please join us at St Giles-in-the-fields for Evensong every Sunday at 6.30pm. Nearest Tube : Tottenham Court Road.
June 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We have more amazing women joining us to speak at Evensong this month, giving their insights on putting faith into action through acts of service. Please join us at St Giles-in-the-fields for Evensong every Sunday at 6.30pm. Nearest Tube : Tottenham Court Road.
Preaching before the third church AGM of the year today! It will be a great privilege to be at St. George's Bloomsbury for the Sung Eucharist at 10.30am - the text of my sermon is at the link below:
onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/05/serm...
onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/05/serm...
May 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Preaching before the third church AGM of the year today! It will be a great privilege to be at St. George's Bloomsbury for the Sung Eucharist at 10.30am - the text of my sermon is at the link below:
onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/05/serm...
onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/05/serm...
A great joy to be back with the lovely people of St Olave Hart Street today to celebrate Holy Communion before they gathered for their Annual Meeting. The text of my sermon inspired by the glorious readings from Acts & the Gospel of John is at this link:
onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/05/serm...
onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/05/serm...
May 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A great joy to be back with the lovely people of St Olave Hart Street today to celebrate Holy Communion before they gathered for their Annual Meeting. The text of my sermon inspired by the glorious readings from Acts & the Gospel of John is at this link:
onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/05/serm...
onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/05/serm...
Thanks to everyone who came to our special VE Day 80 Evensong on Thursday at St Giles-in-the-Fields. The choir sang beautifully, Tom gave a cracking sermon. Thanks to members of the Household Cavalry who came to yet another service this week & all who helped serve refreshments afterwards! #CofEPeeps
May 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to our special VE Day 80 Evensong on Thursday at St Giles-in-the-Fields. The choir sang beautifully, Tom gave a cracking sermon. Thanks to members of the Household Cavalry who came to yet another service this week & all who helped serve refreshments afterwards! #CofEPeeps
Please join us at St Giles-in-the-Fields this evening, Thursday 8th May at 6.30pm for a special service of Choral Evensong marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day: www.stgilesonline.org/post/ve-day-...
#veday80 #veday #choralevensong #bcp #bookofcommonprayer #centrallondon #anglican #churchofengland
#veday80 #veday #choralevensong #bcp #bookofcommonprayer #centrallondon #anglican #churchofengland
May 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Please join us at St Giles-in-the-Fields this evening, Thursday 8th May at 6.30pm for a special service of Choral Evensong marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day: www.stgilesonline.org/post/ve-day-...
#veday80 #veday #choralevensong #bcp #bookofcommonprayer #centrallondon #anglican #churchofengland
#veday80 #veday #choralevensong #bcp #bookofcommonprayer #centrallondon #anglican #churchofengland
A brief "Thought for the Day" given at today's lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street drawing on the text of part of Mark 13 - the 'Little Apocalypse' and my experience on the morning of the terrorist attack in London 20 years ago: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/04/thou...
April 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A brief "Thought for the Day" given at today's lunchtime service of Holy Communion at St Olave Hart Street drawing on the text of part of Mark 13 - the 'Little Apocalypse' and my experience on the morning of the terrorist attack in London 20 years ago: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/04/thou...
Today as millions of Christians are without a permanent leader on earth & we meet for our Annual Meeting, our scriptures help us answer the question - what does it mean to be this church? My sermon given today at St Giles-in-the-Fields: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/04/serm...
April 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Today as millions of Christians are without a permanent leader on earth & we meet for our Annual Meeting, our scriptures help us answer the question - what does it mean to be this church? My sermon given today at St Giles-in-the-Fields: onebodyonebread.blogspot.com/2025/04/serm...