Services & Events
All advertised services and concerts at Lincoln’s Inn Chapel are open to the public and anyone is very welcome to attend. Sunday services always take place at 11:30, during the legal terms. The Michaelmas Term Calendar is available here. Forthcoming special services and events are detailed below:
Our services are usually celebrated according to the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, offering the beauty of seventeenth century language accompanied by our professional choir. We also host a range of popular special services throughout the year, such as Call Day celebrations, the annual Family Day and Barbecue, and two Christmas Carol Services; as well as a number of annual lectures – the most recent of which can be downloaded below.
Regular sermons and lectures
There are three annual addresses given in the Chapel at Lincoln’s Inn:
- The Warburton Lecture has been a fixture of the Chapel’s life since it was established in 1768 by William Warburton, former Preacher and later Bishop of Gloucester. It usually takes place in June each year. More information on the history of the lecture may be found here. The text of the most recent lecture, given by The Reverend Canon James Woodward, the outgoing Principal of Sarum College, is available here.
- The Wigs & Mitres Address was founded in 1995, and sees a visiting bishop (‘mitre’), barrister or judge (‘wig’) speak on a matter of mutual concern to the Church and the legal profession. The text of October’s address (the ‘mitre’), given by The Right Reverend Dr John Inge KCVO, formerly Bishop of Worcester, is available here.
- ‘The John Donne Address celebrates the connection between the Inn and former Preacher John Donne (1572-1631), and usually takes place in March each year. The most recent address, given by Professor Philip West of Somerville College, Oxford, is available here.