Holy Week Services 

You are warmly invited to experience the story of Christ’s death on the cross and resurrection from the grave through word, image, reflection and music.

 

Sunday 9 April, Palm Sunday
8.00 am     Holy Communion, St Mary’s
9.30 am     Holy Communion with Kids’ Church, St Luke’s
10.45 am  Holy Communion, St Mary’s.
 We will start our service in St Mary’s, in a
change from previous years

10.45 am  Zone2 and Kids’ Church, Parish Centre
6.30 pm    Choral Evensong, St Mary’s

Monday 10, Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12 April
7.00 pm     The Stations of the Cross, St Mary’s
9.00 pm    Compline, St Mary’s
The church will be open for quiet prayer and
meditation between these two services

Wednesday 12 April
11.30 am   Holy Communion, St Mary’s

Thursday 13 April, Maundy Thursday
8.00 pm    Holy Communion (‘The Last Supper’)
followed by Vigil, St Mary’s

Friday 14 April, Good Friday
9.30 am    Meditations on the Cross of Christ, St Luke’s
10.45 am  Hot cross buns followed by the Holiday Club
grand finale with a Zone2 family service,
Parish Centre
2.00 pm    Liturgy of the Cross, St Mary’s.
The choir will sing motets by Bach, Brahms,
Bruckner, Casals, Lotti and Tallis and the
anthems ‘God so loved the world’, Stainer and
‘In a garden’, Bach

Saturday 15 April, Easter Eve
9.00 pm    Easter Vigil and first communion of Easter
The choir will sing movements from
Haydn’s ‘Little Organ Mass

Sunday 16 April, Easter Day
8.00 am     Holy Communion, St Mary’s
9.30 am     All Age Holy Communion, St Luke’s
10.45 am   Sung Eucharist, St Mary’s
The choir will sing movements
from Mozart’s ‘Coronation Mass’
with chamber orchestra and organ.
10.45 am  Zone2 family service: Contemporary
worship, with Holy Communion, Parish Centre
6.30 pm     Evening Prayer, St Mary’s