St. Anne's Church, Park Hill, Moseley is a parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

 located in Moseley

Moseley

Moseley is a suburb of Birmingham, England, two miles south of the city centre. The area is a popular cosmopolitan residential location and leisure destination, with a number of bars and restaurants...

, Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

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History

The church dates from 1874 and is by the architect Frederick Preedy. It was originally a separate parish, but is now part of a united benefice with St. Mary's Church, Moseley

St. Mary's Church, Moseley

St. Mary's Church, Moseley is a parish church in the Church of England located in Moseley, Birmingham.-History:St. Mary's Church, Moseley was licensed by the Bishop of Worcester in February 1405, and the 600th anniversary was celebrated in 2005 with a series of special events.The church is medieval...

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List of Vicars

• Averyl Bradbook (Priest in Charge of St Anne's and Vicar of St Mary's)
• Jeremy Dussek (Priest in Charge and then Vicar)

Patterns of Worship at St Anne's

• 11:00am Sung Eucharist (3rd Sunday - Teaching Eucharist)
• (10:00am Matins on the 2nd Sunday)
• 5:00pm Alternative Evening Worship (4th Sunday) - Services such as Taize, Healing, Celtic, Songs of Praise and Cafe Style

Patterns of Worship at St Mary's

• 8:00am Holy Communion
• 10:00am Sung Eucharist (3rd Sunday - Teaching Eucharist)
• 6:30pm Evensong (1st Sunday - Choral Evensong unless special festival services)

Special festival services that has fallen on the first Sunday has included Advent Lessons and Carols, All Souls service and Harvest Festival.

For both the 10:00am and 6:30pm services at St Mary's they are sung by either the Robed Choir or the St Mary's Singers and on some occasions jointly.

The 3rd Sunday Morning is a Teaching Eucharist.

Organ

The organ is by Brindley & Foster

Brindley & Foster

Brindley & Foster was a pipe organ builder based in Sheffield who flourished between 1854 and 1939.-Background:The business was established by Charles Brindley in 1854. He was joined by Albert Healey Foster in 1871 and the company acquired the name Brindley & Foster.Charles Brindley was born in...

 and dates from 1907. It was overhauled by Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd

Nicholson & Co (Worcester) Ltd

Nicholson & Co Ltd is a company that manufactures pipe organs.The Nicholson's were a family of organ builders originating from Rochdale, Lancashire in the North of England. When John Nicholson moved to Worcester in 1841 he obtained permission from the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral to...

 in 1984. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register

The Organ has been sampled and is the instrument which is provided with the Hauptwerk Virtual Organ.

List of Organists

• W. Berridge-Hicks 1897 - ca. 1912 - ???? (formerly organist of St. Aidan's Church, Small Heath)
• Herbert E . Knott ca. 1920 and ca. 1921
• Peter Howard