Special Services

Lenten Compline

 
Every Wednesday in Lent (after Ash Wednesday) there will be a service of Compline in church at 7.00 p.m. which will begin with exerpts from one of our Lent study books.
 
Lenten Compline
Each Wednesday (from the 21st Feb.)
7.00 p.m. in Church
 
Morning Prayer

Every weekday throughout Lent there will be a service of Morning Prayer at The Beacon at 9.00 a.m.  This is an opportunity to offer your day to God, asking him to bless us in all that we say and do.  This simple service last around 20 minutes.

Morning Prayer
Every Weekday
9.00 a.m. at The Beacon

 

 

Palm Sunday
Sunday 24th March


Due to the Wilmslow Half Marathon our Palm Sunday celebrations have altered this year.  We shall be holding our Palm Procession and main service at 3.30 p.m. beginning at the Rectory gate.  There will be no 6.30 p.m. service on this day.

Palm Sunday
Sunday 24th March
Palm Procession & Family Service
3.30 p.m. in Church

 
Maundy Thursday
Thursday 28th March
 
From the Latin word mandatum meaning ’commandment’ the name Maundy is taken from the gospel reading on this day when Jesus says to his disciples, “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another.”  On this day Jesus set the example of loving service by washing his disciples feet and by offering to them the Last Supper with another new commandment, to “do this in remembrance of me.”  This service ends with the stripping of the altar and a one hour vigil.
 
Maundy Thursday
Holy Communion & Vigil
Thursday 28th March
7.30 p.m. in Church

 

Good Friday
Friday 29th March

The word ‘good’ has a meaning beyond something that is wholesome and relates directly to being ‘holy’.  On this most sombrest of days we reflect on Jesus’ death on the cross and on what caused him to be nailed there.  Whilst we proclaim the glory of the cross we confess also our sin and brokenness, recognising that it was for love of us that he faced torture, humiliation and death in this most sordid way.

Good Friday
Proclamation of the Cross
Friday 29th March
10.00 a.m. in Church


Easter Day
Sunday 31st March

Some things, even some very important things, are at heart a matter of opinion and a matter of choice, the resurrection of Jesus isn’t one of them.  Jesus either rose from the dead or he didn’t.  If he did then we must believe and trust in all that he did because he wasn’t simply a special person he was a unique person with an authority above and beyond any other.  If he didn’t then much of what he said and did pointed forward to his death and beyond and so the authority of his teaching would be fatally undermined.

At Easter we celebrate the most astounding event in human history, and we give thanks and praise to God that the gates of heaven have been opened to any and all who believe and trust in the name of his son Jesus.  There will be two services on Easter Day, a said service at 8.30 a.m. and a sung service at 10.00 a.m.

 

Easter Day
Holy Communion
Sunday 31st March
8.30 a.m. Said Service
10.00 a.m. Sung Service

 

 
 
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