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Serving God in the heart of our community since 1881

St Andrew's Church, Taunton

www.standrewstaunton.org.uk
 

 

Services for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday,

Easter Eve and Easter Day 2007

 

We are delighted to welcome The Venerable Dick Acworth to lead many of services at St. Andrew’s during this week.

 

Maundy Thursday 5 April

Gethsemane - isolation and betrayal

 

8.00pm - Sung Eucharist

With the Venerable Dick Acworth

Procession of the Sacrament and The Watch. The Lady Chapel will be decorated as a Garden of Waiting and set apart for quiet contemplation, as we seek to watch and wait with the disciples. The Watch will conclude at midnight and include at

 

11.45pm - Night Prayer

 

Good Friday 6 April

Calvary - the darkest hours

 

1.00pm - Stations of the Cross

with St. Andrew's Reader Katharine Smith

 

2.00pm - Solemn Liturgy

with the Venerable Dick Acworth

 

Easter Eve - Saturday 7 April

Something extraordinary is about to happen

 

8.30pm - Easter ceremonies

with Holy Communion, and renewal of Baptismal Vows. (Incense is used at this service.)

With the Venerable Dick Acworth

 

Easter Day - Sunday 8 April

He is risen indeed!

 

8am - Holy Communion

a quiet and reflective start to Easter Day

 

10am - Family Communion

Bring posies of flowers to lay at the foot of the cross and then to take out to members of our community. The service will include our popular children's Easter egg hunt.

With the Venerable Dick Acworth

 

We hope that you will join us

for these services

 

Top picture by George Boxley, taken from The Way of the Cross by Katharine Smith. © Redemptorist Publications 2007 and used with permission

 

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