It was the tradition for Christians to visit their church on Shrove Tuesday to confess their sins and clean their soul, thus being shriven (absolved) before the start of Lent. Shrove Tuesday is the last day of the Christian liturgical season historically known as Carnival or Shrovetide before the penitentional season of Lent and people would indulge in foods they might give up in Lent.Both our parishes enjoyed pancakes and the fun of racing as we tossed them in our pans!For more pictures click the link!
Existing members will have received a letter – please can you respond accordingly and within the time line set. Failure to renew will result in you not being on the Roll.. If you are not on the Electoral Roll and wish to be on it, please ask the Electoral Roll Officer at the church for an Application form. · St John’s: Rebecca Harrison Alternatively email Reverend Lesley areadean.pendle@blackburn.anglican.org
Lent Devotionals – free books with readings for every day of Lent up to Easter Sunday, will be available in our churches on Ash Wednesday. Lent Course – This year's Diocesan Lent Course, 'Hear our Prayer' led by Bishop Philip has five sessions. It examines the prayer lives of five Old Testament figures who prayed, how that relates to the prayer life of Jesus and by doing so, we can reflect on our own prayer lives. The sessions are: · Personal Prayer (Hannah) · Ambitious Prayer (Elijah) · Hopeful Prayer (Ezekiel) · Communal Prayer (Esther) · Constant Prayer (Daniel) The videos (15020 minutes each) are available to view and download on the discipleship app, 'fruitful'. They can also be accessed via our Diocesan YouTube channel here fruitful - Get the App Download Now! Fruitful: The Diocese of Blackburn App is available to download now to your smartphone or tablet. It's free to download and features resources developed right here in Lancashire for the people of Lancashire click on the link below DOWNLOAD NOW - APPLE DOWNLOAD NOW - GOOGLE
We talked about love and how we know we are loved and how we share our love with others. We then thought of God’s love and sang ‘God’s love is very wonderful’ and Gil played the pano for us. The children all made beautiful coloured hearts and all enjoyed juice and biscuits.
