Happy Easter
He is risen, alleluia
Dear Friends
We have journeyed together through Lent, exploring puzzling questions, but the last week of Jesus’ life takes us on a different sort of journey. We begin the week hopefully as we enter Jerusalem with Jesus and we join with the crowds acclaiming him King. But all too soon the storm clouds gather as Passover
approaches. The disciples gathered for that meal know it will be the last, They claim they will be faithful.
Like the disciples we gather in the upper room professing our faithfulness, yet we, like them ,shall all abandon him. In the garden we fall asleep and fail to watch and wait. Mingled with the crowd we forget our shouts of “Hosanna” and bay for his blood “Crucify him!”. He hangs on the cross and we weep. His body is laid in the tomb and our hearts are empty. Is there really nothing….? And just as we are tempted to give up, the light of the Resurrection shines through the
darkness and hope and joy explode in our hearts. He is risen. Yes, he really is!
A blessed and exuberantly joyful Easter to you all. Rev’d Debbie
Vale and Cotswold Edge
The parishes of Pebworth, Dorsington,
Honeybourne, Willersey with Saintbury,
Weston sub Edge and Aston sub Edge
Holy Week and Easter 2015
Monday 30th March Reflection 7.30
Aston sub Edge
Tuesday 31st March Reflection 7.30 Honeybourne
Wednesday 1st April Reflection 7.30
Weston sub Edge
Maundy Thursday 2nd April 8 pm:
The liturgy of Maundy Thursday including
thefootwashing and the watch until
midnight.
Willersey
Good Friday 3rd April:
9am Journeying with the cross—Aston sub Edge
9.30 Journeying with the cross—Weston sub Edge
10.15 Journeying with the cross—Saintbury
11am Journeying with the cross—St Peter’s,
Willersey
12 noon Journeying with the cross—Willersey Methodist Church
1pm At the foot of the cross—Honeybourne
1.30 pm At the foot of the cross—Dorsington
2pm The liturgy of Good Friday—Pebworth
6.30 pm Meditation— Aston sub Edge
Holy Saturday 4th April 8.30pm:
The Vigil, Renewal of Baptismal Vows,
The first Eucharist of Easter
Dorsington
Easter Sunday 5th April
9.30am Holy Communion—Willersey
9.30 am Eucharist—Pebworth
10.00 am Eucharist—Weston sub Edge
10 00 am Eucharist—Honeybourne
11.00 am Eucharist—Dorsington
6.30 pm Holy Communion—
Aston sub Edge