We have just one service in the Presteigne Group of Parishes on Sunday 13 April (Palm Sunday)11.00 Churches Together Service St Andrew’s Presteigne Preceded by a Prayer Walk beginning at the Baptist Church, Hereford Street, starting at 10.30, and arriving at St Andrew’s in time for the ecumenical service. Everyone is very welcome to join us for the walk, the service, or both, whichever church you normally attend. If you are unable to join us in person, you can find the Collect and Gospel for the day in a downloadable document elsewhere on this page.[PHOTO: The Flemish Tapestry in Presteigne Church depicting the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, believed to date from around 1510.]
Services in the Presteigne Group of Parishes next Sunday 6 April (Lent 5/ Passion Sunday) are as follows:9.30 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer: traditional language) Lingen11.00 Holy Communion (Common Worship: contemporary language) PresteigneEveryone is most welcome to join us for either of these services. If you are unable to join us in person, you can find the Collect and Gospel Reading for the day elsewhere on this page, together with a Pause for Thought by our Rector, Revd Stephen Hollinghurst, for this Sunday, which is known as Passion Sunday, marking how Jesus Christ told his disciples about His approaching death.
Holy Week and Easter Services in the Presteigne Group of Parishes13 April Palm Sunday11.00 Churches Together Service St Andrew’s Presteigne Preceded by a Prayer Walk beginning at the Baptist Church, Hereford Street at 10.3017 April Maundy Thursday7.30 Holy Communion at St Michael’s DiscoedA short, simple service remembering the Last Supper shared by Jesus Christ with his disciples18 April Good Friday12 Noon Lingen7.30 PresteigneShort, simple services remembering Jesus Christ’s arrest, trial and Crucifixion20 April Easter Day08.30 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer: traditional language) Knill09.30 Holy Communion (Common Worship: contemporary language) Lingen11.00 Choral Holy Communion (Common Worship: contemporary language) PresteigneA family celebration of Easter, with hymns led by St Andrew’s Choir18.30 Holy Communion (Common Worship: contemporary language) DiscoedEveryone is most welcome to attend any of these services.
We have just one service in the Presteigne Group of Parishes next Sunday, 30 March (Lent 4):11.00 Songs of Praise on Mothering Sunday Presteigne Everyone is very welcome to join us on this special day.If you are unable to join us in person, you can find elsewhere on this page a Collect and Reading for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, together with a reflection on the reading by oour Rector, Revd Stephen Hollinghurst, which also includes a postscript relating the reading to Mothering Sunday. You are very welcome to download these for use at home with the service for Lent provided a few weeks ago.[Photo: William Nutter, 1795 / Yale Institute of British Art /Wikimedia Commons]
