Ash Wednesday 2021

Hi folks

We are flying through the year - we are already in the second half of February 2021! Scary or what?

As we approach Easter, we enter the gates of Lent - the 40 days of preparation for the joint most important event in history - Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Without these days, Christmas doesn't make sense - just as Christmas doesn't make sense without Holy Week and Easter.

Lent starts wirh Ash Wednesday, the day on which we burn the old palm crosses - signifying the end of last year's event, and that we are preparing for a whole new season of remembrance. As we start, we use the sombre service in our Prayer Book - a normally quiet service that allows us to be introspective and signifies the seriousness of the day.

Although this service is normally read in a dulled church, we cannot join together in the building, but we will join online and allow the service, readings, prayers and quiet to speak for themselves. I hope that you will be able to join me on Wednesday evening at 8pm via Facebook.

Our Celebration of Wholeness and Healing has been transferred to Thursday evening at 530pm for the next few weeks in Lent, to allow us to worship each Wednesday at 8pm.

If you have any problems, any issues, any prayer requests, or anything you'd like to speak about - please contact me immediately.

Regards
Johnny

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