LENT
February 18 Ash Wednesday
10.30 am Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes
7 pm Sung Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes
Mondays in Lent: Godly Reading
February 23, March 2 and 9 at 7.30pm
In the Lady Chapel: followed by hot chocolate and fruit loaf.
Fridays in Lent: Stations of the Cross
February 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20 and 27 at 12 noon
Followed by soup lunch
Wednesday March 25 The Feast of the Annunciation
7 pm Eucharist with hymns and address
HOLY WEEK
March 29 Palm Sunday
8 am Holy Communion (1662)
9 am Every Age Service
10.15 am Procession of Palms
Gather in the churchyard for the procession, led by donkeys and a brass quartet; followed by Sung Eucharist in the Abbey.
5 pm Evensong
March 30 Monday in Holy Week
7 pm Eucharist with Address
Preacher: Fr Chris Davidson
March 31 Tuesday in Holy Week
7 pm Choral Compline with Address
Preacher: Fr Christopher Davies
April 1 Wednesday in Holy Week
7 pm Eucharist with Address
Preacher: The Revd Jennifer Elliott de Riverol
THE SACRED TRIDUUM
April 2 Maundy Thursday
7 pm Sung Eucharist with Footwashing, Stripping of the Altars and Watch until Midnight
April 3 Good Friday
10 am Ecumenical Walk of Witness
Meet at the Methodist chapel, Town Green.
12 noon Stations of the Cross
Followed by hot cross buns.
2 pm The Liturgy of Good Friday
7 pm The Seven Last WordsH
Haydn’s String Quartet movements played by the Cavick Quartet, interspersed with meditations given by Fr Simon Talbott.
April 5 Easter Day
8 am Holy Communion (1662)
9 am Every Age Service
10.30 Sung Eucharist
5 pm Choral Evensong and Benediction
Preacher: Margaret Hartley.