Good Friday
Our Good Friday Eucharist is at St Thomas' Church at 10 am, and Revd Mother Amy-Elizabeth Sheridan will be leading the service.
If you're unable to join us in person, we will be sharing services and reflections on our facebook page throughout the day - just click on this link - Leesfield Parish
A favourite hymn for Good Friday is "My Song Is Love Unknown"
Representatives of the member churches of Churches Together in Lees and District have come together to record a special service for Good Friday, which can be found on their facebook page from 7 pm.The link to their facebook page is - https://www.facebook.com/churchestoginlees
Holy Saturday
Our Holy Saturday Easter Vigil is at 7pm at St Agnes Church.
Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil or the Great Vigil of Easter, is a liturgy held in Church as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. Historically, it is during this liturgy that people are baptized but for obvious reasons that won’t be happening in 2021. It is held in the hours of darkness between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Day – most commonly in the evening of Holy Saturday or midnight – and is the first celebration of Easter.
This year will be a little different to previous years as it will be ‘A Service of the Word’, rather than a ‘Eucharistic Service’ and led by our Authorised Lay Minister, Neil Crook. The service will include the lighting of the Paschal Candle which Neil will then carry into church and part way through the service we will all ‘Renew our Baptismal Vows’. There will be Prayers, Readings, a Talk and even some Hymns to listen to but not sing, unfortunately and no communion.
