Join us for our first celebration of Easter. Here is a description of what happens ay this service.

This is the great climax of Holy Week and of the whole Christian year, we proclaim that Jesus Christ has triumphed over death and lives among us.

We begin the vigil with the Service of Light in which the resurrection is symbolised by lighting the a fire from which the Easter (Paschal) candle is lit, outside the church followed by a procession into the church. If the weather is fine we will start in the park opposite the church.

We continue with reading from the bible. We start with Old Testament readings describing the Creation, the Crossing of the Red Sea and the Promise of a New Covenant. The Gloria follows, after which comes a reading from Romans about Baptism and New Life in Christ followed by the Gospel account of the Empty Tomb.

The Liturgy of Baptism begins with a procession to the font where the water is blessed and we all renew our own baptismal vows.

The resurrection-feast reaches its climax in the Liturgy of the Eucharist – the first Mass of Easter, when we celebrate in the only way possible the new life which is ours through the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!