Easter at The River Idle Benefice Churches
About 40 people gathered, a little bleary eyed, on Easter Sunday at 6.30am to celebrate what is now an annual event at Pusto Hill Farm. As dawn broke, we celebrated the joy of Easter morning, thinking about how Jesus rolls our stones away, singing and praying together whilst being immersed in a full sensory experience of new life, complete with the birds and cows joining in! Afterwards, we were rewarded for our early rise with bacon and egg butties served by Jean
Easter at St James Porchester Nottingham
The Church started Holy Week open as members of the congregation had produced artwork for the Gedling Deanery Way of the Cross. We celebrated a church family Passover style meal, where Robin Aldridge from the Churches Ministry among Jews came to explain all the elements and meaning. Afterward we shared communion in church. Good Friday involved the Walk of Witness with an open air service at Mapperley Top. Despite the rain about 60 came together from local churches. We held our annual
Easter at St Stephens Nottingham
Holy week was a big week in the life of St Stephens. Children from St Stephens C of E School put together a Holy Week Pilgrimage and came to live it out in church at their Easter Service. Each class (year group) shared different aspects of the Easter Story. The whole school filled every seat in church including standing room at the back. We then had Wednesday and Thursday as Retreat Days, sharing this time with Urban Abbey (House of Prayer
5th April
Today we pray for the Archdeacon of Nottingham, Phil Williams and the Diocese of Delaware – the Episcopal Church.
4th April
Today we pray for Archdeacon of Newark, Tors Ramsey and also The Diocese of Saint Davids – The Church in Wales
3rd April
Today we pray for Wollaton Park, St Mary and also the Diocese of Davao – the Episcopal Church in the Philippines
2nd April
Today, we pray for Trinity Church Nottingham. We also pray for the Diocese of Dar-es-Salaam – the Anglican Church of Tanzania.
1st April
Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions, faith to our lives, hope to our communities, and love to our hearts. The Diocese of Damaturu – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
Bishop Paul’s Easter Sermon in Southwell Minster
In Bishop Paul's Easter sermon in the cathedral, he said, “because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, there is always hope.” “With all that is happening in our world at the moment, and maybe in our lives too, we need the Easter story as much as ever. Here is the true story of hope over despair, light over darkness, and the power of love over hatred, because of Jesus.” "Our Easter faith is about the love of God
31st March
Christ is risen! Alleluia. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). The Church in the Province of the West Indies