The website of St Mchael’s – the ancient and historic church of Parish of Bray with Braywood. Made famous (or infamous!) in proverb and folk song, the parish is widely known, because of the turncoat ways of a number of its vicars in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

The origins of the Parish Church can be traced back to the year 1293, though much has happened by way of restoration and repair, since.
The boundaries of the parish have also altered over the years, no longer as widespread as once they were, parts of Windsor and Maidenhead are still within the bounds.

Worship in St Michael’s is based on a well-established pattern within the Anglican Communion. At the early morning Services of Holy Communion on Sundays we follow the Book of Common Prayer – as indeed happens at Evensong. Parish Communion at 10 o’clock on Sunday mornings is choral, the service being in the new Prayer Book, “Common Worship”, we use “Order One.”

Lent Readings, a Silent Reflection
and Discussions
Wednesday evenings, 29 Feb, 7, 14, 21 and 28 March

Meet in the church at 7.45 p.m. for refreshments and an 8.00 p.m. start. The evening will include readings, a silent reflection and discussions based on the book
‘I Thirst’ The Cross - The Great Triumph of Love by Stephen Cottrell. The evening will draw to a close with the Office of Compline and should finish around 9.15 p.m. All are welcome.

Organ Appeal Fund

Completion of the emergency work on the structure of the church has, at last, allowed us to take a serious look at the organ; the last of the items included in the appeal. A subcommittee of the PCC has been formed with a remit to gather and assimilate information from
as many sources as possible; these include Diocesan organ advisers, independent advisers, organ builders and other church organ projects. The advice, so far, is that we should consider a new build, positioned at the East end of the North aisle; thus returning the organ to its original position prior to 1965.

The organ committees overriding problem is trying to find the best instrument available for a church with a high standard of music, within a budget that is, as yet, unknown! At the moment we have some options available with costs varying between £120,000 and £260,000 not including VAT! Other considerations for the committee are those associated with the re-ordering in the church. The removal of the old instrument and the introduction of a new instrument at the East end of the church will create opportunities as well as problems. It is important, therefore, that no major decisions be made without the full co-operation of both the PCC and the congregation.  A notice board, with some of the design options and types of organ available, will be displayed in the church and any comments or concerns will, of course, be welcome.

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