A variety of services and events are being held by a group of rural churches to celebrate the Easter season.
St John’s Church in Peasedown, along with St Julian’s in Wellow, St James’ in Foxcote and St Julian’s Shoscombe – known collectively as the St J’s Group – have something for everyone.
Leader of all four churches, Revd Matthew Street, said: “Easter is the most important Christian festival of the year. The events that unfolded in Jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago have shaped our faith. Jesus’ death and resurrection tell us a huge story about the sacrifice that one man made for the rest of humanity and the love God has for us all.
Come and find out more about the Easter story at one of our special weekend events, whether that’s our Meditation evening on Maundy Thursday, the Churches Together Walk of Witness on Good Friday, or our Easter Sunday Celebrations.”
The four churches, along with sister churches in Peasedown St John, will be hosting:
Maundy Thursday – 5th April – ‘Waiting in the Garden of Gethsemane’ 7pm, St John’s Church Peasedown, followed by (Social Event) at 8pm.
Good Friday – 6th April – Peasedown Churches: Together United Service and Family Walk of Witness, followed by coffee and hot cross buns, from 10am at Peasedown Methodist Church. Meditation on the Cross, 3pm, St Julian’s Church Wellow.
Easter Day – 8th April – Easter Day Holy Communion,
10am, St James’ Church Foxcote
Soul Food Lite + Holy Communion, 10.30am, St John’s
Church, Peasedown
Easter Day Holy
Communion, 11.15am, St Julian’s Church Wellow
Easter Day Soul Food Celebration, 4.30pm, Peasedown Youth Centre
For more details visit the new look website for the St J’s Group, www.stjsgroup.org, which includes details of future events, the church’s work in the community, activities going on during the week and live recordings of Sunday sermons.
