Sunday 17th April Palm Sunday
This was the day of Jesus' celebratory entry into Jerusalem where the crowds placed palm fronds under the donkey's feet.
8.00 am Eucharist
9.00 am Towcester CE School, Islington Road, for the traditional Palm Sunday Procession to Church and Family Eucharist
11.15 am Sunday Special Service
6.00 pm Faure's Requiem performed by Towcester Choral Society
Monday 18th April 7.30 pm
Service of Prayer for Healing
Tuesday 19th April 7.30 pm Meditation and Compline
Compline is an ancient service of prayer for the end of the day.
Wednesday 20th April 7.30 pm Meditation and Compline
Thursday 21st April
Maundy Thursday 7.30 pm Eucharist of the Last Supper, followed by Watch of Prayer until Midnight
After the service there will be a prayer vigil in the Lady Chapel representing Christ's agony in the garden of Gethsemene. All are welcome to come along and pray. Stay for a short while or as long as you wish.
Friday 22nd April
Good Friday
Jesus is crucified. He is on the cross for six hours before He dies. Then the curtain of the temple was rent from top to bottom, the sky darkened, tombs opened and there was an earthquake.
10.00 am Good Friday United Worship for everyone, arranged by Churches Together in Towcester
1.00-3.00 pm Liturgy of the Cross
A two hour devotional services with readings, prayer before the cross and Communion
Saturday 23rd April
6.00 pm Eucharist at Easton Neston
Easter Eve 8.00 pm Easter Vigil
Starting in darkness, outside church, the ‘new fire’ is lit, and then from it the Easter Candle. In church the light of Christ is shared as we light candles. We listen to the story of God’s people from creation and exodus onwards, through to the dying and rising of Jesus. Baptismal vows are renewed and we share in the first Eucharist of Easter.
Sunday 24th April Easter Day
The women visit the tomb and find the stone rolled away and the grave empty. An angel tells them that He is risen.
9.30 am Parish Eucharist
11.15 am Matins and Holy Communion
11.15 am Eucharist at Caldecote
