Services at Holy Innocents during Holy Week and Easter are as follows:March 24th: Palm Sunday Sung Eucharist at 10amMarch 25th: Eucharist at 7.30pmMarch 26th: Eucharist at 12noonMarch 27th: School Eucharist at St James' School at 9.15amMarch 27th: Stations of the Cross at 12noonMarch 28th: Maundy Thursday Sung Eucharist at 7.30pmMarch 29th: Good Friday Liturgy at 1.45pm, with church open from 12noon for silent prayerMarch 30th: Easter Vigil at 8.30pmMarch 31st: Easter Sunday Sung Euchatist at 10amFor more information and streaming links see our website https://www.holyinnocentsff.org/ and our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/holyinnocentsff
Services at Holy Innocents Church over the Christmas period are as follows:Sunday 24th December at 10.00am: Sung Eucharist for the 4th Sunday of AdventSunday 24th December at 11.30pm: Midnight Mass by candlelight - The First Eucharist of ChristmasMonday 25th December at 10.00am: Christmas Morning: Eucharist for the Nativity of the LordThursday 28th December at 11.00am: Sung Eucharist for The Holy Innocents, with guest preacher Revd Nick Watson, Area Dean, South Manchester & Stretford Deanery, followed by lunch.All services aside from the Eucharist on Christmas Day morning will be streamed live via the church website and church's Facebook page.More information including service leaflets will be available via links from the Services and Events page in the week leading up to 24th December.
Palm Sunday April 10th10.00am: Sung Eucharist with Palms and Olive BranchesMonday, April 11th7.30pm: EucharistMaundy Thursday, April 14th7.30pm: Sung Eucharist of the Last SupperGood Friday, April 15th1200: Silent prayer with music and reflection from 1.15pm1.45pm: The Liturgy of the PassionHoly Saturday, Easter Eve, April 16th8.30pm: The Great Vigil of Easter – BaptismEaster Day, April 17th1000.am: Sung Eucharist of the Lord’s Resurrection
We are reopening the church again for public worship following the end of the current lockdown period in England on Wednesday 2nd December 2020. This means our first service will be on Thursday 3rd December 2020 at 7.30pm, and will be followed by our first Sunday service on 6th December 2020 at 10am. We will be following the same guidelines we laid out when we started back in July, which are on our website and outlined in the message below which was circulated when we first restarted public worship.<span style="font-size: 1rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">We are pleased to announce that we will be open again for public worship with a celebration of the Eucharist on Sunday, 5th July, at our normal time of 10am.</span>We begin our re-opening cautiously, with a shorter service than normal, using recorded music and with a set of measures to make our service as safe as possible for all who come. A copy of our detailed plan and risk assessment has been published on our website (below this message).For those who do not wish to join us in person at the moment, we are preparing our usual podcast recording which will be available to download or stream from the website.There is a copy of the service leaflet on our website and also a second leaflet with guidance (below) as to what you can do to minimise risk for you and for others who attend. Please take a moment to read the guidance before you come. Both leaflets will be available in church, but if you wish you can download them onto a smartphone or ipad and bring them with you.We have set a maximum number of people we can accommodate with physical distancing of 70. We don’t expect to hit this in these first few weeks, but if we do then we may have to turn people away. We may increase this limit with experience.I hope and pray that we will find our way through this uncertain time of re-opening together, adjusting at different times but as one worshipping community.Revd. Richard Young
