Services in the Presteigne Group of Parishes next Sunday 25 February (Lent 2) are as follows:11.00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer: traditional language) Presteigne6.30 Holy Communion (Common Worship: contemporary language) DiscoedAnyone is welcome to join us for either the morning or the evening service. If you are unable to join us in person you can find the Collect and Gospel reading elsewhere on this page, for use at home with the short service for Lent provided last week.
Services in the Presteigne Group of Parishes on Sunday 18 February (Lent 1) are as follows:9.30 Morning Service (Common Worship: contemporary language) Lingen11.00 Holy Communion (Common Worship: contemporary language) PresteigneEveryone is welcome to come to either of these services. If you are unable to join us in person, you can find a Service for Use at Home in Lent, including the Collect and Readings for this Sunday, elsewhere on this page.
As part of the Lenten activity in Presteigne, Michael Tavinor will be leading a course of four seasonal study sessions exploring the origins of our hymn-singing tradition, taking place on Friday afternoons in March in the town's four churches. Who do our hymns belong to? Which tradition claims them? Is that a Catholic hymn, or a Methodist one? Participants will joining in singing some of the hymns under Michael's expert leadership and discover more about the theology that <a></a>underpins them.Each talk will last for about an hour, and will be followed by tea and cake.Friday 1 March 2pm in the Assumption of Our Lady and St Therese Catholic Church, King's Turning RoadFriday 8 March 2pm in St Andrew's Parish Church, Broad St/Church StreetFriday 15 March 2pm in the Methodist Church, Scottleton StreetFriday 22 March 2pm in the Baptist Church, Hereford StreetEveryone is welcome to attend these sessions, whether you regularly attend any of our churches, or none.
Please join us as we mark our pilgrimage through the penitential season of Lent towards Holy Week and Easter. On Wednesday 14 February at 7pm there will be a service of prayer and readings in St Andrew's, Presteigne to mark Ash WednesdayThis will be followed by services of Compline (Night Prayer) with a short homily at St Michael's, Discoed, at 7pm on Tuesday evenings, lasting no more than 25 minutes. These take place on 20 and 27 February, and 5, 12 and 19 March.Everyone is welcome to attend any or all of these services.
