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    ASH WEDNESDAY 26 February

    12.20pm – Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes in the Peace Chapel

     

    7.30pm – Service of Ashes, with music and reflection in the Chancel

     

     

    SUNDAYS IN LENT 

    8am services – CANCELLED

     

    10am services

    will include a reading of the gospel by multiple voices.

    The gospel readings this year are the great (and long) texts which have been read in Lent since the third century

    to prepare candidates for baptism. You may wish to read them ahead of each service.

     

    1 March – The Temptations of Jesus – Matthew 4:1-11

    8  March – Nicodemus meets Jesus – John 3:1-17

    15 March – The Samaritan woman at the well – John 4:5-15

     CANCELLED 22 March – The healing of the man born with blindness – John 9:1-41

    CANCELLED 29 March – The raising of Lazarus – John 11:17-44

     

    Sunday 8 March

    A Time to Pause resumes with Cate Thorn – a space to gather and share in silence.

     

    Sunday 29 March CANCELLED

    11.30am – the Annual General Meeting of the Parish will be held.

     

     

    PALM SATURDAY 4 April

    9am-12noon – Parish Workshop CANCELLED

    Make palm crosses, decorate the church for Palm Sunday,

    rehearse the readings, music and song for the season, hot cross buns.

     

    PALM SUNDAY 5 April

    8am service CANCELLED

     

    10am – Procession, Blessing of the Palms and Reading of the Passion Story. CANCELLED

    This service begins by recalling the entry into Jerusalem of Jesus,

    welcomed by the crowds who waved palm branches as he rode on a humble donkey.

    Then the focus changes to the week ahead – Holy Week –

    as we tell the story of the events that will take place on Thursday and Friday, in the form of a dramatic reading.

     

    12noon – Installation of the Labyrinth CANCELLED

    The labyrinth is a prayer walk made of river stones which is laid out in the church
    and available for anyone to walk during the week.

     

    4.00pm – The Viva Voce choir bring us a concert within the labyrinth called “Journey to Jerusalem”. CANCELLED

     

     

    LABYRINTH HOURS CANCELLED

    Monday 6 April – Thursday 9 April 

    10am-5pm

    Come and walk the labyrinth.

     

    DANCE IN THE LABYRINTH CANCELLED

    Monday 6, Wednesday 8, Thursday 9 April

    1pm-1.15pm

    This year Jenny De Leon offers a dance entitled 'Forgiveness'.

    The music, sung by the Monks of Dip Tse Chok Ling Monastery, is called 'Prayers of Forgiveness'.

     

    FIRST TUESDAY CONCERT CANCELLED

    Tuesday 7 April

    12.10pm

    Rare and exquisite piano music by Franz Liszt.

    John Wells will play the beautiful "Via Crucis", a masterly musical piece which focuses on The Way of the Cross.

     

    WEDNESDAY 8 April

    12.20pm – Eucharist CANCELLED

     

    THE GREAT THREE DAYS OF EASTER

    MAUNDY THURSDAY 9 April  

    7pm – Last Supper Eucharist, and the stripping of the church CANCELLED

     

    We remember the Last Supper Jesus had with his disciples,
    and prepare the church for the sorrow of Good Friday.

     

     

    GOOD FRIDAY 10 April  

    10am – a service of word and song focussed on the cross CANCELLED

    We hear told the story of the crucifixion of Jesus, this year according to St Matthew.

     

    11am – Removal of the labyrinth CANCELLED

     

    5pm – Good Friday Concert CANCELLED

    Michelle Scullion, a celebrated NZ-based flautist and film score composer,

    will present a programme called the World of Flutes.

    She will be performing her own compositions and that of some other composers:

    Bach, Leonard Cohen, Gluck, Gounod and Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

    The concert will also feature Sally Barratt-Boyes (mezzo-soprano), who will be singing two songs

    (An Irish Blessing by Velma Frye and All in the April evening by Katharine Tynan and Hugh Roberton).

    Bishop John Bluck will be giving some readings for the contemplative occasion.

     

     

    HOLY SATURDAY 11 April

    8pm – The Great Vigil of Easter and Renewal of Baptismal Vows CANCELLED

     

    This service begins outside,
    then we carry the Paschal Candle into the darkened church
    and hear the stories of our faith read and then we proclaim Christ is risen!
    We renew our baptism vows and share in the Eucharist.

    Supper afterwards.

     

     

    EASTER DAY 12 April

    Services at 8am and 10am CANCELLED

     

    The 10am service is a feast of music and the Easter story

    as we celebrate the most important day in the church year.

    LENT & EASTER 2020

    ALL EASTER SERVICES AND THE LABYRINTH ARE CANCELLED