Spring is here and so is the April parish magazine.
Check inside for information about Holy Week and Easter, plus the results of the Farnham Poetry Competition, news from Badshot Lea, the Church Cat and much more.
Picture by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash.
The March parish magazine is out now and you can download it below.
The last day of the month is Easter Sunday so the magazine contains all our Lent, Holy Week and Easter details, as well as information on other events such as the Farnham Poetry Competition Awards Evening (March 9th), Mothering Sunday (10th), the Easter Craft Market (16th), a collection for refugees (22nd), Unseen Artists (23rd-24th) and many more.
The Badshot Leader takes up the middle six pages with information about the village past and present, including what’s on and planning issues, plus a piece on ‘Badshot Lea’s forgotten hero, William Crumplin.
Elsewhere, there’s a report on Lesley and Alan’s farewell and a thank-you from them; thoughts from Lesley Shatwell, who has just retired; prayer; pictures of events which took place in the parish last month and lots more.
Happy reading and happy Easter!
Your April magazine is out now, full of information, news and views, including what is happening this Holy Week as we approach Easter. There are details about Holy Week meditations, Good Friday and Easter services and a Good Friday Walk of Witness, as well as events after Easter. Did you know we are organising a Gin Evening with local distiller Nibbs Gin? And we have a quiz evening coming up too, plus a plant sale, a Christian Aid concert and much more!
You can also read the winning poems in the Farnham Poetry Competition, hear about Open the Book, and find out what groups like the WI are doing. There is prayer and some thoughts from the Ministry Team and the Church Cat!
You can find the magazine here:
Follow the story of Holy Week and Easter in our outdoor Easter Experience in St John’s Churchyard, from April 4-18. You will follow stations which will take you from Gethsemane to the Garden Tomb, via the Courtyard and Golgotha, and discover the story behind the betrayal, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Easter Experience will be open at all times and there will be signs explaining what to do.
In today’s meditation, Pilate knows he will live with regret and Barabbas celebrates strength and yet can’t look on the man who has taken his place and is now going to die. There are questions to meditate on: what we do for an easy life, how we forgive ourselves, what causes might be worth fighting for or even risking our lives for, what about pacifism?
Join us online and in person as we travel through Holy Week, from Palm Sunday, which recalls Jesus entering Jerusalem in triumph yet riding on a donkey, through the events which led to his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
There will be Palm Sunday services in all of the churches tomorrow (March 28):
St John’s, Hale, at 9.30am;
St George’s, Badshot Lea, at 10am;
St Mark’s, Upper Hale, at 11am.
From Monday to Good Friday we will have the following services in church:
March 29, 7.30pm: Holy Monday Meditation – St John’s;
March 30, 7.30pm: Holy Tuesday Meditation – St John’s;
March 31, 12pm: Holy Wednesday Service – St Mark’s;
March 31, 7.30pm: Holy Wednesday Meditation – St John’s;
April 1, 7.30pm: Maundy Thursday Service – St John’s;
April 1, 7.30pm: Maundy Thursday Service – St George’s;
April 2, 9.30am: Good Friday Liturgy – St John’s;
April 2, 11am: Good Friday All-age Service – St Mark’s;
April 2, 2pm: Good Friday Hour at the Cross – St George’s.
The following online services will be available on Facebook and the website:
April 1, 7.30pm: Maundy Thursday;
April 2, 9.30am: Good Friday;
April 3, 8pm: Holy Saturday;
April 4, 10.30am: Easter Day.
For the services, click here.
Please also join us for Easter Sunday services in the churches followed by socially distanced Easter Egg hunts:
St John’s, Sunday, April 4, at 9.30am;
St George’s, Sunday, April 4, at 10am;
St Mark’s, Sunday, April 4, at 11am.
Each day there will also be extracts from our online Easter drama, Company on the Road, on YouTube and Facebook.
May you feel blessed as you journey through this week.
Picture by Duncan Sanchez on Unsplash.
Every day from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday we will be posting extracts from our Easter drama, Company on the Road, written by Mary Gibson, here on the website and also on social media. Each evening we will post some questions to reflect on, along with the video.
Today is Palm Sunday.
The story of Jesus’ last week is told by his friends, disciples, bystanders and other key witnesses, from his entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, to his death and the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Follow the story here and find us on social media:
Instagram – @badshotlea_hale
Twitter – @B_Lea_and_Hale
Facebook – @badshotleaandhale
On the first three days of this Holy Week we will be having services of Compline with a short video and reflection. Today we look at Jesus Trial.
As these services use a clip from a longer piece, you cannot click through to YouTube for the film clip, as the clip doesn’t stop if you do!
https://youtu.be/C5BcK8p3hsI&rel=0
On the first three days of this Holy Week we will be having services of Compline with a short video and reflection. Today we look at the Watch.
If you click on the YouTube logo at the bottom of the screen you can make the video full screen. This doesn’t work on the video clip, as the clip doesn’t stop if you do!
If you cannot see the responses at the top of the screen, please move your mouse so that it is not over the video.
https://youtu.be/C5BcK8p3hsI&rel=0
Article referred to in meditation:
On the first three days of this Holy Week we will be having services of Compline with a short video and reflection. We start today with the foot washing.
As these services use a clip from a longer piece, you cannot click through to YouTube for the video clip, as the clip doesn’t stop if you do!
I have just discovered that my videos have text over the words I put into them. If you move the mouse away from the video these other display items will disappear, allowing you to read the text.
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