All are very welcome to join us at our Procession and Parish Eucharist on Palm Sunday, marking Christ's entry into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week, followed by refreshments in the Institute.
***Please note - British Summer Time begins today; clocks go forward one hour! This service will begin in the Institute across the road for the procession across to Church.***
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated. Then he said to them, ‘I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.’ And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want.’
(Mathew 26:36-39, New Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)
Setting:
Mathias - Communion Service
Hymns:
128
129 (t.i)
112
125
Psalms:
31:9-16
Readings:
Philippians 2:5-11
The Passion according to Matthew (in dramatized form)
Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intention for the Day:
The Anglican Church of Melanesia - The Most Reverend Leonard Dawea
Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:
Prison Chaplains: HMP Holme House, Stockton-on-Tees - The Reverend Kate Brooke and The Reverend Andrei Petrine; HMP Durham - Mrs Paula Barber; HMP Frankland (High Security) - The Reverend Rachel Farnham; HMP/YOI Low Newton (Women) - The Reverend Rebecca Feeney
Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Monthly Deanery Intention - March 2026:
Lanchester Deanery
The Collect of the Day:
Almighty and everlasting God, who in your tender love towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
The Post Communion:
Lord Jesus Christ, you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant, and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation: give us the mind to follow you and to proclaim you as Lord and King, to the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
***Unless otherwise stated, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (2000); *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).***
