Lent Actvities 2024
‘CHURCHES TOGETHER’ LENT 2024
LENT LUNCHES
Please come to our weekly simple soup lunches followed by guest speakers. Donations from the lunches go to the charity concerned. All lunches start at 12.30 and to be held at the Church Centre, Winscombe EXCEPT the last lunch which will be held at Cheddar Catholic Church. All very welcome.
Further information from Hilary Hagen 01934 842511
Holy Week Events and Services
PALM SUNDAY: SUNDAY 24th MARCH
Services of Holy Communion will take place at each of our churches as follows: St James the Great, Winscombe 9.30am. All Saints, Sandford 11.00am. St John’s, Churchill 11.00am
ECUMENICAL STATIONS OF THE CROSS: MONDAY 25th MARCH 7.00 pm.
Join local churches at a Service of readings and reflections, rememberingJesus’ Way of the Cross. To be held at :Our Lady Queen of Apostles Catholic Church, Tweentown, Cheddar.
COMPLINE: TUESDAY 26th MARCH AND WEDNESDAY 27th MARCH.
St James the Great, Winscombe at 7.00pm
MAUNDY THURSDAY: THURSDAY 28th MARCH
St John’s, Churchill 7.00pm: Stripping of the Altars
GOOD FRIDAY WALKS OF WITNESS: FRIDAY 29th MARCH
Winscombe: Please join us for an ecumenical Walk of Witness on Good Friday (29th March) starting at the Church Centre at 10.00 am and culminating in a short service at the Lynch Chapel.
Churchill: There is a Good Friday Service at St John’s starting at 2.30 pm. Following the service there will be a Walk of Witness to the Methodist Church in Front Street, Churchill.
EASTER SUNDAY: SUNDAY 31st MARCH
Services of Holy Communion will take place at each of our churches as follows: St James the Great, Winscombe 9.30am. All Saints, Sandford 11.00am. St John’s, Churchill 11.00am
Church of England Lent Study for 2024
Watch and Pray
Watch and Pray challenges us to seek God in both familiar and unfamiliar places: in darkness and in quiet; in movement and migration; in the healing and transforming work of the Spirit; in the weeping of Holy Week and in the joy of Easter morning.
This Lent we are encouraged to wait expectantly for God to meet us and sustain us through the storms and trials we all face.
The Church of England’s Lent theme for 2024 is Watch and Pray: Wisdom and hope for Lent and life.
On the night he was betrayed, Jesus kneels in darkness in the Garden of Gethsemane. Though he pleads with his disciples, “Stay here with me … Watch and pray,” they all fall asleep, leaving him alone in his hour of deepest suffering.
This Lent all of us are encouraged to draw on the wisdom of Black Spirituality, particularly the practice of “tarrying” (waiting) as a community to draw closer to Jesus and to each other. Combining exuberant singing, fervent prayer and quiet lament, such services typically take place at night and last somewhat longer than the “one hour” Jesus asked of those first followers.
This year’s resources have been inspired and informed by the 2024 Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book, Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for people of faith by Selina Stone (SPCK). The daily reflections booklet for adults (CHP) exploring the same themes has been written by Carlton Turner, and there is also a daily challenge booklet for children and families (CHP).
Watch and Pray invites us to seek God in both familiar and unfamiliar places this Lent: in darkness and in quiet; in movement and migration; in the healing and transforming work of the Spirit; in the weeping of Holy Week and in the joy of Easter morning.]
You can also download the ‘Watch and Pray’ app to your phone or tablet