These are Lent & Easter events this year.

Palm Sunday service with donkey

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
St Mary's, Stoke D'Abernon
Address
Stoke Road Stoke D'Abernon Cobham, KT11 3PX, United Kingdom

A service to commemorates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, beginning Holy Week, featuring blessing and processing with palm branches, hymns of praise, and readings of the Gospel of the Passion, reflecting on Jesus' impending suffering and death before Easter.

Compline

Occurring
Every day at for 1 hour
Start date
Please note that this event will not start until
Venue
St Mary's, Stoke D'Abernon
Address
Stoke Road Stoke D'Abernon Cobham, KT11 3PX, United Kingdom

Compline is the final Christian prayer service of the day, a quiet, contemplative night prayer recited before sleep, marking the end of the daily cycle of Liturgy of the Hours. It involves psalms, scripture, a short reading, prayers for protection, and the Nunc Dimittis, serving as a time for reflection, asking for forgiveness, and committing oneself to God's care overnight, often leading into the "Great Silence" in monasterie

Maundy Thursday Service with washing of feet and stripping of the altar

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
St Mary's, Stoke D'Abernon
Address
Stoke Road Stoke D'Abernon Cobham, KT11 3PX, United Kingdom

This service commemorates the Last Supper, Jesus's new commandment to love, and leads into the solemnity of Good Friday by symbolically stripping the church bare, removing all decoration, candles, and linens to mirror Christ's humiliation and abandonment, leaving the space stark and empty in preparation for the crucifixion. This ancient tradition, often done after the Eucharist and foot washing, symbolizes Jesus being stripped of His garments before the crucifixion and leaves the church dark and silent

Dawn Service

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
St Mary's, Stoke D'Abernon
Address
Stoke Road Stoke D'Abernon Cobham, KT11 3PX, United Kingdom

A special sunrise Christian worship service held on Easter Sunday morning, celebrating Jesus' resurrection as the first light appears, symbolizing new life breaking from darkness, often featuring an Easter fire, Paschal candle, scripture readings about salvation, hymns, and communion, connecting worshippers to the empty tomb and Christ's victory over death.

Festal Eucharist for Easter Sunday

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
St Mary's, Stoke D'Abernon
Address
Stoke Road Stoke D'Abernon Cobham, KT11 3PX, United Kingdom

A Festal Eucharist for Easter is a grand, joyous Christian church service celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection, featuring elaborate music , special readings , liturgical elements like lighting candles from the Easter candle, and special prayers, all centered on the Holy Communion (Eucharist) as a joyful remembrance of the new life and hope brought by the Resurrection, unlike standard Sunday services.