Easter 2011

 

Maundy Thursday

 

  7.30 pm       Mass of the Lord’s Supper                                         All Saints’

  7.30 pm       Eucharist of the Lord’s Supper                                  St Nicolas’

 

Jesus’ command, ‘love one another’ is powerfully symbolised in the washing of feet.  The simple Eucharistic celebration draws us to the Upper Room where Jesus celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples.  As the church is stripped bare, the vigil of prayer begins in both churches as we respond to Jesus’ words:  ‘could you not watch with me one hour?’  Sign up to take part in the vigil of prayer in both churches until midnight.

 

 

Good Friday

 

10.30 am       Devotional Service                                                     All Saints’

10.30 am       Devotional Service                                                     St Nicolas’

10.30 am       Family ‘Celebrate!-style’ service                                St Mary’s

  2.00 pm       Celebration of the Lord’s Passion                              All Saints'

  2.00 pm       Celebration of the Lord’s Passion                              St Mary’s

 

In great solemnity we celebrate Christ’s victory over death.  The service is simple and stark because the feeling of Christ’s suffering and death is intense, yet at the same time we know that triumph is near.  Again we hear the account of the Passion, we revere the cross as the throne of victory and we share simply in Christ’s gift of his body.

 

 

Holy Saturday

 

  9.00 pm       The Easter Vigil of the Resurrection of the Lord        St Mary’s

  9.00 pm       The Easter Vigil of the Resurrection of the Lord        All Saints'

 

This is the night of all nights in the year.  The ceremonies of the new fire and Easter candle unite us with the earliest Christians, waiting for Christ to break forth from the tomb.  We hear the history of our salvation from the Old Testament, renew our own baptismal commitment and share in the new life of Easter by receiving the sacrament of Our Lord’s risen body and blood.

 

 

Easter Sunday

 

  8.00 am       Said Eucharist                                                            St Mary’s

  9.30 am       Celebrate!                                                                   St Mary’s

  9.30 am       Family Eucharist                                                        St Nicolas’

10 30 am       Parish Mass with procession                                   All Saints'

11 00 am       Family Eucharist with procession                            St Mary’s

  6.30 pm       Evening Prayer                                                           St Mary’s

  6.30 pm       Choral Evensong and Benediction                          All Saints'