HOLY WEEK is, and always has been, the most important week of the year for Christians.  For many, it is seen as a Pilgrimage which we walk with Christ.

It may seem to you that there are a lot of services, but Holy Week is the most important festival to observe, so please plan carefully how you will spend the week and try to come to a least one of the services on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.  It is very important to realise that we can only truly celebrate our Lord’s resurrection on Easter Day if we have also walked and suffered with him during Holy Week.  Holy Week asks the vital question to which Easter is the only answer

Easter week at KCM (Printer friendly version)
 

PALM SUNDAY , 9 April

On this day, we celebrate the triumphal entry Jesus made into Jerusalem.  We carry palms and walk in procession.  The celebration is full of hope and joy – but the mood is short-lived, for Palm Sunday foreshadows the suffering and humiliation. So the reading of our Lord’s Passion stands by itself, with no sermon needed.

9.15 am  Sung Eucharist with Procession and the
Blessing of Palm Crosses.

11.00 am Morning Worship with Procession and the Blessing of Palm Crosses.
 

MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK, 10 April

9.15 am  Morning Prayer
5.30 pm  Evening Prayer
8.00 pm  Compline (Night Prayer)
 

TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, 11 April

10.00 am Holy Communion
5.30 pm  Evening Prayer
8.00 pm  Compline (Night Prayer) and Meditation
 

WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK, 12 April

9.15 am  Morning Prayer
5.30 pm  Evening Prayer
8.00 pm  Service of Celebration of God’s Forgiveness with Holy Communion

This special service at 8.00 pm gives a chance for each of us to take stock of our lives.  With time for reflection and general confession, we are given the opportunity to fully prepare ourselves in Holy Week.  The service will end with Holy Communion.

MAUNDY THURSDAY 13 April

This is the day when we give special thanks to God for the gifts of Holy Communion. At the final meal, Jesus commanded his friends, ‘Do this in remembrance of me.’

9.15 am  Holy Communion
5.30 pm  Evening Prayer

8.00 pm  Sung Eucharist with the Stripping of the Altar and then a Silent Vigil of Prayer will follow as we remember Jesus’ watch of prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane.  Please feel free to quietly come and go during the Vigil which will last till about 11.00 pm.

GOOD FRIDAY, 14 April

Today, we try to picture the Cross and what it means to us as we follow Christ today

9.30am Procession of Witness from the United Reformed Church in Darkes Lane to St John’s Methodist Church in Baker Street for a short Service at 10am.

12 noon  Following Jesus on his way to the Cross – led by members of the congregation

The Church remains open between these services for prayer

2.00 pm  The Cross of Christ sung by the Choir under the direction of William Reeve. This is a devotional service with Readings and Music and the congregation will also be able to sing. The Service will end at 3.00pm
 

EASTER EVE 15 April

8.00 pm  A Service of Light, Music, Words and the Renewal of Baptismal Vows

This Service anticipates the joy to be found on Easter Day.  First, a new light is lit, symbolising God’s light.

This light, the Paschal Candle, is carried into the darkened Church. Then we hear, through Bible readings, the story of how God has always been caring for and leading his people.  Then we all renew our baptismal vows – our statement of faith in the risen Christ.  The service ends quietly, yet with a sense of hope, as we go home to await …….
 

EASTER DAY 16 April 2006

9.15 am  Sung Eucharist for Easter
11.00 am Morning Worship Communion for Easter with Children’s Groups and Creche