All events Calendar Lent & Easter

These are Lent & Easter events this year.

Ash Wednesday Holy Communion with imposition of ashes

for 1 hour
Walsham-le-Willows, St Mary the Virgin
The Causeway Walsham le Willows Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3AA, United Kingdom

Everyone is welcome to join us as we start Lent together with our reflective services and impostion os ashes.

Ash Wednesday Holy Communion with imposition of ashes

for 1 hour
Westhorpe, St Margaret
Church Road Westhorpe Stowmarket, IP14 4SU, United Kingdom

Everyone is welcome to join us as we start Lent together with our reflective services and impostion os ashes.

Benefice Walking Group

for 2 hours
Badwell Ash, St Mary
The Street Badwell Ash Bury Saint Edmunds, IP31 3DH, United Kingdom

Everyone is welcome (including well-behaved dogs) to join us for our walks around our beautiful benefice. We will meet at 10am and set off at 10:15am. Maps and route plans will be available so everyone can walk at their own pace. Refreshments will be provided at the end point of the walk.

Benefice Lent Course

Every Wednesday at for 1 hour, 30 mins
Please note that this event will not start until
Badwell Ash, St Mary
The Street Badwell Ash Bury Saint Edmunds, IP31 3DH, United Kingdom
Langham, St Mary the Virgin
Langham Bury Saint Edmunds, IP31 3EE, United Kingdom
Finningham, St Bartholomew
Church Road Finningham Stowmarket, IP14 4JB, United Kingdom
Westhorpe, St Margaret
Church Road Westhorpe Stowmarket, IP14 4SU, United Kingdom
Walsham-le-Willows, St Mary the Virgin
The Causeway Walsham le Willows Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3AA, United Kingdom
Wattisfield, St Margaret
The Street Wattisfield Diss, IP22 1NS, United Kingdom

This Lent we are encouraged to put down deep roots of hope by connecting with God who is with us at all times. We will be following The Church of England’s Lent theme for 2025 is Living Hope.

In Lent we journey with Jesus on the difficult and thorny road that leads all the way to the cross on Good Friday – and beyond, to the transformation of Easter Day.

God invites us to bring to him our own journey through everyday life. In the disappointment of daily setbacks and the pain of deeper hurts, we discover that God is present with us. And God promises a future where all things are healed and made new.

Living Hope offers us the opportunity to deepen our hope in God and be part of what God is doing to bring hope in the world.

The readings and reflections explore how we can have hope in times of frustration or uncertainty; the hope found in joining with others; the invitation to notice signs of hope around us; the courage to face reality and pursue a hopeful future; and the ways God transforms death into life at Easter.