Easter life, 2021

Easter life & hope is ours, even in the midst of this ongoing cultural moment... Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week is not far away now – how are you and I approaching Holy Week this year? We had hoped that we would be back in gathered church together but, given government restrictions that are currently in place until after Easter, that will sadly not be the case and we will meet online, by DVD made up for many homes and in print form.

Whilst for some, the pre-Covid routines of life don’t exist and some days we hardly know which day it is, we wanted to provide a framework for Holy Week this year which gives us an opportunity to come together every day as a church family in prayer as well as offering online reflections and services from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday that will help us to look up afresh, reflect, remember and thank God for what Easter means to us as Christians. We are alternating the times of prayer together morning and evening to give as many as possible the opportunity to pray. *Zoom link for these 30minute prayer gatherings. Please do plan to join us on this journey as we seek to declare and proclaim to the watching world that death is defeated and that Jesus is alive!

Saturday 27th March 10 am – 11 am: collect your Palm Crosses from St Peter’s church.

Sunday 28th 9.30am On-Line service with Johnny preaching the last in our James series on our church Facebook page, youtube and elsewhere.

Sunday 28th 10.30am a Zoom conversation over a cuppa?

Monday 29th 8am* prayer together – Matthew 24 v 1-3 ‘Revealing’

Tuesday 30th 8pm* – prayer together - Matthew 26 v 1-5 ‘Plotting’

Wednesday 31st 8am* prayer together – Matthew 26 v 6-9 ‘Anointing

Maundy Thursday 1st April

7am onwards: Reflection and worship on our church Facebook page and Youtube

7.30pm online service on our church Facebook page and Youtube

8 pm* prayer together– Matthew 26 v 14-16 ‘Betraying’

Good Friday 2nd April

7am onwards: Reflection and worship on our church Facebook page and Youtube

8am* prayer together – Matthew 27 v 45-46

1200 Good Friday Service on our church Facebook page and Youtube

Saturday 3nd April

7am onwards: Reflection and worship our church Facebook page and Youtube

Easter Sunday 4th April

7am onwards: Reflection and worship our church Facebook page and Youtube

9.30am Online Easter day celebration on our church Facebook page youtube and elsewhere.

10.30am a Zoom conversation over a cuppa?

There's plenty of resource & gospel goodness in this resource put together by Glenn at EasterMeansHope.com: look at this great video piece.

We are an Easter people and resurrection is our song!