All are very welcome to join us at our services and events as we enter the most important week of the Church's year.

Saturday 28th March - The Eve of Palm Sunday (The Eve of the Sunday next before Easter):

4:00pm: The Scena Mundi Theatre Company and Durham University Students Performance - The York Skinners' Entry into Jerusalem. (Free admission.) 

Sunday 29th March - Palm Sunday (The Sunday next before Easter):

11:00am: Procession of Palms and Holy Eucharist including the Proclaiming of the Passion according to Matthew in dramatized form (Common Worship), followed by tea and coffee in the Institute across the road. (This service will commence in the Institute.)

6:00pm: Said Evensong with Hymns (Book of Common Prayer)

Tuesday 31st March - Holy Tuesday (Fig Tuesday):

9:30am: Holy Communion at St Mary's, Coxhoe, DH6 4DD

Wednesday 1st April - Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday):

10:00am: Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer), followed by tea and coffee in the Vestry.

Thursday 2nd April - Maundy Thursday:

6:00pm: Holy Eucharist with the Stripping of the Altars and Watch

Friday 3rd April - Good Friday:

2:00pm: Liturgy of the Day and Sung Passion

Saturday 4th April - Holy Saturday (Easter Eve):

8:00pm: The Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter 

Sunday 5th April - Easter Day:

11:00am: Holy Eucharist on Easter Day Common Worship), followed by tea and coffee in the Institute across the road.

A Prayer for Holy Week:

Lord Jesus, this Holy Week we follow you on your sorrowful and glorious journey, your journey to the Cross and Resurrection. Today we ask that we may walk with you, give us grace to see the deep love you show us. As you were welcomed with joy and acclaim to the Holy City, your betrayal by the crowds soon overwhelmed their cries of Hosanna. On the Cross, you made yourself servant taking the sins of the world upon yourself. May our lives reflect your desire to serve God our Father first; that we may serve you in our brothers and sisters. When we face suffering and disappointment, may we know your love. When we are feeling lost, may we know that you are with us. When we are worried, may your Cross be a sign of hope and strength. May this Holy Week be for us a time of renewal in faith and love. Through Christ Our Lord. 

Amen.

Father Christopher Warren, Churches Together in Hexham 

Wishing you a blessed Easter filled with the joy of the Resurrection, the warmth of God’s love, and the hope of new beginnings, from all at St Oswald's.