Lent and Easter 2021
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For Christians, Easter is the most important season of the year - a time for reflection and learning, filled with the promise of God's grace, redemption and healing. This year, perhaps more than ever, we feel the need of Easter's message of hope and renewal.
But you don't have to share Christian beliefs to know that the observance of Easter is a big part of our cultural heritage and has shaped its art, music and literature. If you would like to explore the symbolism and meaning of Easter, please feel free to join one of our services and know that we will welcome you warmly. To keep everyone safe during the continuing pandemic, we have a mix of public and online only services. Scroll down for details and if in any doubt about a service's details, please call us on 01273 698601. 'Thy Will Be Done' - Online Lent Course Mondays, 15 February - 22 March, 2.15 - 3.30pm Online only - bit.ly/StMarysKTLent All are welcome to join us over the next six weeks as we explore, rediscover and meditate upon the words of the Lord's Prayer - words that are so familiar to us that perhaps we have forgotten to think about their meaning, their depth and our enduring relationship with them. Our sessions will draw on insights in the book 'Thy Will Be Done' by theologian Stephen Cherry (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2020). You may wish to buy the book for the course, but it isn't essential to have a copy. Ash Wednesday Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes Wednesday, 17 February, 12.30pm This service is open to the public with Covid precautions in place. Ash Wednesday Online Eucharist Wednesday, 17 February, 8pm Online service only - bit.ly/StMarysKT Palm Sunday - Liturgy of the Palms and the Passion Sunday, 28 March, 10am Online service only - bit.ly/StMarysKT We begin Holy Week on Palm Sunday with the remembrance of Christ's celebrated entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of his last week on earth. The service includes the moving narrative of Christ's Passion from the Gospel of St Mark. Maundy Thursday Liturgy Thursday, 1 April, 8pm Public service and Online - bit.ly/StMarysKT The Maundy Thursday liturgy commemorates Christ's Last Supper with his disciples and his institution of the sacrament of the Eucharist or Holy Communion. This service usually includes the ceremony of the Washing of the Feet, but we will be unable to do this year. Sadly, we will also be unable to observe our usual vigil after the service, representing the Garden at Gethsemane, where Jesus spent the night in prayer before his crucifixion: 'Could ye not watch with me one hour?' Good Friday Liturgy Friday, 2 April, 2pm Public service and Online - bit.ly/StMarysKT Our Good Friday service commemorating the suffering and death of Jesus is held at St Mary's at 2 pm. We leave the church in silence. Easter Vigil and the Service of Light Saturday, 3 April, 8pm Online service only - bit.ly/StMarysKT A beautiful service that begins in darkness and erupts into light and song as we celebrate the risen Christ. Easter Day Eucharist Sunday, 4 April, 10am Online service only - bit.ly/StMarysKT The culmination of Passiontide - a beautiful, joyous service that brims with the sense of new life, hope and redemption. Back to Services Back to Home |
Jesus is Condemned to Death. Second Station of the Cross, by Hove artist Harry Mileham, 1923.
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