Lent has only just begun but the publishing schedule for the Newsletter doesn’t quite match up with the way Easter falls this year. So here, in brief, is a list of the special services for Holy Week this year.
Palm Sunday 29th March
11am Palm Sunday Eucharist with Dramatic Reading of Mark’s Passion
6.30pm Love Bade Me Welcome: English Music & Readings for Holy Week
St Mary’s Choir sing:
Finzi Lo, the full, final sacrifice
Walton Drop, drop slow tears
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 30th March – 1st April
8.00pm Compline & Meditation
Maundy Thursday 2nd April
8.00pm The Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper
With Watch of Prayer until Midnight
Good Friday 3rd April
10.00am Children’s Good Friday Workshop with Hot Cross Buns
12.00pm Children’s Stations of the Cross
1.00pm An Hour at the Cross: Meditations for Good Friday
2.00pm The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion & Death
Holy Saturday 4th April
8.00pm The Easter Vigil and Liturgy of the Lord’s Resurrection
Followed by a party
Easter Sunday 5th April
8.30am Traditional Language Eucharist
11.00am Festival Eucharist for Easter Day