Services This Week
Dear All,
Services this week are taking place in person or via livestream through our YouTube Channel. Please find gathering times and service sheet links below. Please also note that British Summer Time (BST) begins at 1am on Sunday 31 March, when the clocks will go forward 1 hour. (This is especially important to take into account for those of you who are planning to attend our Easter sunrise service.)
Wednesday 27 March
12.30pm - BCP Holy Communion
Thursday 28 March / Maundy Thursday
5.30pm - Holy Communion & Footwashing Service
Service Sheet: Here
Friday 29 March / Good Friday
12pm - Meditations on the Seven Last Sayings of Christ from the Cross
2pm - Good Friday Service
Service Sheet: Here
Sunday 31 March / Easter Sunday
6:15am (BST) - Sunrise Service
11am (BST) - Holy Communion Service
Sermon: ‘He is not here, He is risen!’
Service Sheet: Here
Other news:
Gardening Afternoon: Tomorrow (Wednesday 27 April) we are inviting church members to come between the hours of 1pm and 3pm to help tidy up the churchyard in advance of the Easter weekend.
Volunteer Rota: In addition to the sign-up sheet in church, we are making it easier to volunteer by attaching an online rota with the weekly email here. (N.B. There will be an initial delay before access is granted to the form, in order that only church members can see and edit it.) Please do consider if you are able to help out in any of the ways listed – we are particularly in need of regular volunteers to set-up tea and coffee and stay a little longer after each service to wash-up/leave away. Many thanks!
Giving: As always we are grateful for all of your gifts! Offerings may still be given during this time via a basket collection during live services, Standing Orders, or one time bank transfer, via BACS (Sort Code: 20-17-19 / Account Number: 30851477 / Account Name: St Edwards Church). There is now also a SumUp machine by the door of the church, for those of you who wish to give contactlessly: Simply power on, enter the amount you wish to give on the screen, and then tap your card.
Exciting Holiness:
The Collect for Holy Week (24-28 March):
Almighty and everlasting God, who in your tender love towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Collect for Good Friday (29 March):
Almighty Father, look with mercy on this your family for which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of sinners and to suffer death upon the cross; who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
