Services for Easter Sunday take place at St Peter’s and throughout the day at our churches in the Launde Deanery Community – See all the details here:

Easter Sunday

Easter services at St Peter’s Church this Easter and next week a special family service at Thorpe Langton on Sunday 12th April, as some of our families are away over the holidays. Everyone welcome.

• Easter Sunday, St Peter’s Church, 5th April 11.00am

Easter Sunday

After the sorrow of Good Friday and the quietness of Easter Saturday, Easter Sunday celebrates the great mystery and heart of the Christian faith, that Jesus came back to life, rising from death, his body restored and whole again. Christians call this ‘The Resurrection’

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
John 3.16

The Resurrection

On the morning of the third day after Jesus died, the gospels recount his coming back to life. Versions between the accounts differ slightly, but either singly or as a group, the first people to learn of his resurrection were women, notably Mary, who mistook Jesus for the gardener. When he spoke to her and said her name, she recognised him and reached out to touch him. He gently told her not to, as he was not yet ascended to his Father.

This moment is profound on many levels. Jesus asked Mary, ‘Whom do ye seek’ Who are you looking for?’ A deep question for us all on this day. Who do we look for, whom do we seek? What do we want and what do we need? If we seek Jesus, what does finding him mean to our lives both now and in the future?

For our children, this lovely day is a promise of Easter eggs and possibly an Easter egg hunt! Read all about different ways to remember Jesus while enjoying that very special Easter egg!

Alleluia! He is risen!

He is risen indeed, ‘Alleluia!’

The main feeling today is one of joy. A love supreme and glorious in its mystery offered to us all without reservation or restraint.

The Church of England has a really useful guide online called Easter Day, Fact File which you might enjoy reading