Mystery Worshipper

King of Kings, Oceanside

Celebrating Pentecost with balloons, two sermons, a xylophone, and cinnamon crumb cake
19 May 24
California, USA

St Nicholas of Myra, Brighton

Ascension Day service with a beautifully constructed sermon and a eucharist of quiet intimacy
9 May 24
East Sussex, England

Christ Church Lutheran, San Francisco

A well-organized service, planned with care and thoughtfulness, with lively, festive hymns
5 May 24
California, USA

Funeral of Brian Mulroney, Notre Dame, Montreal

Beautiful funeral mass, with bilingual homily, in honour of the 1980-90s prime minister
23 Mar 24
Quebec, Canada

Holy Family, Jerome

Heavenly to be in this historic, mining-town church, but no welcome whatsoever from the regulars
20 Apr 24
Arizona, USA

St Jude, Wexford, Toronto

Choral evensong celebrating an Anglican order of nuns is overpowered by a blasting organ
17 Mar 24
Ontario, Canada
St Mary and St Martha, Tornonto

St Mary and St Martha, Toronto

A friendly welcome, plus a reminder that God knows exactly when we will die – to the minute
17 Mar 24
Ontario, Canada

St John the Evangelist, Cairns City

Relaxed worship and a barefoot reading in a church that knows how to respond well in a crisis
3 Mar 24
Queensland, Australia

Holy Trinity, Sloane Square

Rose-coloured vestments, a fine sermon, and a crying baby on Mothering Sunday in Chelsea
10 Mar 24
Chelsea, London, England

Holy Trinity, Toronto

A hybrid communion service in church and on Zoom, with hymns, readings and prayers from the congregation online
3 Mar 24
Ontario, Canada

Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle

A thoughtful sermon, beautiful singing from the choir, and pews which made rude noises
25 Feb 24
Australia

Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson

Beautiful space, well-organized worship, earthquake instructions, but no welcome or personal greeting
18 Feb 24
New Zealand
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