Prior to the building of the modern chapel in the centre of the compound, the small mud and thatch chapel behind and to the left of the HM’s house was used for morning and evening prayer.
On Sundays the whole school went to the Luganda service of Morning Prayer in the village church. Confirmed girls went to Holy Communion there on the first Sunday of each month. The few Roman Catholic girls attended their church in Gayaza village.
The completion of the new chapel in 1963 made it possible to have English Language services which, although still basically Morning or Evening Prayer or Holy Communion from the Prayer Book, were made more suitable for adolescent girls. Services were taken by a variety of English and Ugandan priests who came from Kampala or Mukono, and by members of staff.
By 1967, there were two services in the chapel every Sunday, junior and senior; but the services had become optional by 1969, so then there was only one, and in the 70’s difficulties with transport and insecurity meant we could only have morning services.
Bible studies were not confined to girls; a flourishing staff fellowship developed as more Ugandans joined the staff and the natural CMS fellowship merged into it. As more staff children got to Sunday school age, many not Luganda speaking, we began a staff children’s Sunday school, following the morning service, open to Kabanyolo and other friends as well. The pattern of Holy Week – beginning with a procession on Palm Sunday; then plays on incidents in Holy Week from Monday to Wednesday; Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday; a midday Meditation on Good Friday with a Passion Play in the evening; singing by the choir at 4.30 a.m. on Easter Day; a service of Holy Communion and an evening service of Carols and/or an Easter play – has continued and developed as more and more often Easter has fallen in term time.