10:30AM ALL SAINTS, EALING W5
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VISION SUNDAY 28th APRIL 2019. DO JOIN US! LUNCH PROVIDED.
Vision casting in the sermon.
Reflection on the year that's been with the online report post-worship over coffee.
Elections and discussion about the future vision over sandwich lunch.
10:30 Worship
Noon meeting early lunch and finish for 1pm
Reflection on the year that's been with the online report post-worship over coffee.
Elections and discussion about the future vision over sandwich lunch.
10:30 Worship
Noon meeting early lunch and finish for 1pm
GET ARTY THIS EASTER
Keeping the hours - church open noon til three Good Friday and when at Worship over Holy Week and Easter weekend.
The
Stations of the Cross have formed part of Christian devotion at
Passion-tide for many centuries because they enable us to engage
actively with the path of suffering walked by Jesus.
They
originated when early Christians visited Jerusalem and wanted to
follow literally in the footsteps of Jesus, tracing the path to
Calvary. They would pause for prayer and devotion at various points.
Eventually those pilgrims brought the practice back to their home
countries and ever since then Christians of differing traditions have
used this form of devotion.
In
the late fourteenth century the Franciscans were given the
responsibility for the holy places of Jerusalem and they erected
tableaux to aid the devotion of the visitors. These kinds of images
are now commonplace inside churches, and occasionally outside them.
This
year we might begin to create
our own version of the stations,
offered by you.
Thank you.
Please
produce your image/creation on the canvas boards available in church. Bring your own drawing and painting medium if you wish but supplies available
Feel
free to create your design in what ever way you wish? You may want to
do a representation of the story in the bible reference, or maybe you
are drawn to one part of the words? What does this station’s Title
say or mean to you? Remember this is your image- there is no wrong
or right!!
AND
REMEMBER WE ARE ALL CREATIVE- NOT IN THE SAME WAY - WE ARE ALL MADE
IN THE IMAGE OF THE CREATOR GOD!
Station ONE
Jesus in agony in the Garden of Gethsemane
Bible reference: Matthew 26:36-39
Station TWO
Jesus Is arrested
Bible reference: Matthew 26:47-50:
Station THREE
Jesus Is condemned to death
Bible reference: Matthew 26: 57, 59-66
Station FOUR
Peter denies Jesus
Bible reference: Mark 14:72
Station FIVE
Jesus takes up his cross
Bible reference: John 19: 13 -17
Station SIX
Simon of Cyrene
Bible reference: Luke 23:26
Station SEVEN
Women of Jerusalem
Bible reference: Luke 23: 27 – 28
Station EIGHT
Jesus is nailed to the cross
Bible reference: Mark 15: 22 -24
Station NINE
Jesus, His mother and his friend
Bible reference: John 16: 26 – 27:
Station TEN
Jesus dies on the cross
Bible
reference: Luke
23: 44 – 46
Station ELEVEN
Jesus is buried
Bible reference: John 19: 38 – 42
Station TWELVE
The Resurrection of Jesus
The people of God gathered in worship Easter Sunday – this station is our service of the Resurrection - living art!
Bible reference: Luke 24.1-12
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER
From
earliest times, Christians have gathered to recall the story of God’s
saving work, from creation through to the death and resurrection of
Jesus. It is a hope that for each one of us this Easter there is a
real experience of the new life that is a passing from darkness to
light. Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday,
the sixth Sunday of Lent is sharply juxtaposed with the Passion
narrative, a complementary feature of that service.
We move then to Maundy Thursday (19:30). The Last Supper took place in "the upper room" of the house believed to have been owned by John Mark and his mother, Mary (Acts 12:12). This room is also the site of Pentecost. Here, Christ washed his disciple's feet. “Maundy" comes from the Latin word mandatum, meaning "command" from Christ's words in John 13:34, "A new commandment I give unto you." Maundy Thursday is the first of the three days known as the "Triduum," and after this a more sombre attitude prevails because after his Last Supper, Christ went outside the Old City of Jerusalem, crossed the Kidron Valley, and came to the Garden of Gethsemane, a place whose name means "Olive Press," where olives still grow today. There He suffered, knowing what would befall Him: he knew He would be taking on all the sins of the world, He knew that, for some people, this Sacrifice would not be fruitful because they would reject Him. His Apostles fall asleep, He is betrayed by Judas with a kiss, He is seized by "a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief Priests and the ancients of the people" and taken before Caiphas, the high priest, before being taken to Pontius Pilate the next morning.
Good
Friday
will see All Saints participate in “The Ealing Passion Walk
of Witness” gathering at St
Mary’s
at
9:55am for readings and prayers. After this we will process to Christ
the Saviour Church. There will be songs that
all
the
gathered
can join in with. At 11.20am
the dismissal will involve those gathered and passers-by being
invited to Haven
Green Baptist church for refreshments.
In
the
afternoon
All
Saints will be open from
noon
to keep the hours til three and culminate in a service to
finish at 2:30 – a simple spoken service.
Holy
Saturday
will be marked this year at 6pm at St Paul’s Cathedral as local
churches accompany candidates for confirmation for their confirmation
there. This chimes with the early church’s preparation of
candidates for the commitment they would make to become followers on
‘the way’ through baptism on Holy Saturday after a period of
reflection and prayer as a catechumen. All Saints celebrates the
confirmation of those we have had the privilege of preparing.
On Easter Sunday at 10:30 the Easter Gospel will be proclaimed with joy as our congregation is joined by the congregation from the 8 o’clock Book of Common Prayer service. This is an opportunity to come together across the generations and celebrate the resurrection.
Eastertide commences.
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