EASTER SUNDAY 12 APRIL
SUNDAY WORSHIP – in the absence of worship in our own Sanctuary may I direct you to BBC Radio 4 at 08.10am Easter Sunday 12th APRIL – Christ is risen! In a spiritual gathering across the nation, Radio 4 broadcasts a specially compiled service to celebrate the joyful story of Easter resurrection with the Archbishop … Read more
Good Friday
St John 19: 16b – 30 So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. Pilate also had an … Read more
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday John 13: 1 – 11 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart … Read more
Holy Wednesday
St John 13: 21 – 32 After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was reclining next to him; Simon Peter therefore motioned … Read more
Prayer Calendar April Week 2
APRIL PRAYER CALENDAR (from 8 April) Wednesday 8 AprilOn Monday evening we learned that the Prime Minister had been taken in to ICU as a precautionary measure in case he needed to go on to a ventilator. As this calendar is about prayer rather than politics, let us pray earnestly for his recovery, for the … Read more
Holy Tuesday
St John 12: 20 – 25 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.And Jesus … Read more
Holy Monday
Holy Monday St John 12: 1 – 11 (KJV) Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then … Read more
05 APRIL 2020
Palm Sunday Readings Let the birthing of flower, insect and bird be a sign of renewal and resurrection all around us. In the Manse garden, a single iris has grown tall through a bush of thorns; its purple and delicate yellow radiant in stark contrast to needle thin stick brown branches. Almost unseen, the iris … Read more