These are Lent & Easter events this year.
A less formal service of Holy Communion for the second Sunday of Lent. We will think about the most famous verse in the Bible!
The Messy Church team will re-enact St Matthew's Passion Story as we begin Holy Week.
The most important time of the year for Christians begins with Holy Communion on Maundy Thursday. We re-enact how Jesus washed the feet of his disciples on the night before he died, and how he instituted the "Lord's Supper" of bread and wine. Finally, the service ends in silence and darkness as we recall how Jesus and the disciples left the Upper Room for the garden of Gethsemane- with Jesus shortly to face arrest, torture and death.
We walk through Hellifield, meeting at the school at 1pm, and arriving at church in time for the 2pm service. Our witness is a modern version of the "Stations of the Cross" , singing and praying as we recall the events of Good Friday.
A quiet service of prayer and reflection on Good Friday, with the reading of St John's Passion narative
After our villages have held their afternoon services on Good Friday, we carry a large cross from Maypole Green in Long Preston up to the Edge on Long Preston Moor. This is truly a Walk of Witness with a difference - we keep silence en route, except to sing Good Friday hymns.
Join us 1000ft up on Long Preston Moor to celebrate the dawning of Easter Day. Wrap up warm!!
Our celebration of the resurrection of Christ: the most important moment in human history brings new hope and joy to us all in 2026. Wine and soft drinks are served afterwards.