We are delighted to announce that we have a new page dedicated to our worship patterns in St Peter’s and the Launde Deanery.
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Launde Deanery Minster Community Worship is found here for services in villages across our area.
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?
Whom do ye seek?
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!
Two services at St Peter’s Church this Easter and a family service for children at Thorpe Langton on Sunday 12th April, as some of our families are away over the holidays. Everyone welcome.
Good Friday Reflection, 2pm – 3pm and
Easter Sunday 5th April 11.00am
Good Friday
Good Friday is the most sombre and saddest day of the Christian calendar. We remember Jesus’s death upon the Cross; the most brutal end to life we could imagine. We remember his sacrifice, his promises and kindness to the prisoner crucified with him and the awful moment we all feel at times, that God, his father abandoned him in his greatest hour of need.
Why is it Called Good Friday?
This strange name for something so horrendous seems almost cruel in its irony. The reason for this paradox perhaps, lies in the evolution of our language and the way words change their meaning over time. The word ‘good’ in older times also meant ‘pious’ and reflected personal behaviour. In other words, ‘being good’. So ‘Good Friday’ was a day to observe, pray, fast and remember the death of Jesus. To be ‘good’ on that Friday and behave appropriately, as we would when a loved-one dies, seems more understandable in that context.
The real reason why Good Friday is ‘Good’
‘Good Friday’ though has always been about hope in the worst of times. The word, ‘good’ is used for this day, because Jesus’s dreadful death was not the end. In fact, it was the beginning. Jesus’s suffering and death on his cross was the last sacrifice. Everyone who comes to him will find salvation and love.
The most beautiful gift of love and new life, which can be described with only one word…GOOD
Good Friday for children
Traditionally, in the UK, Good Friday is marked by eating hot cross buns – a lovey soft bread flavoured with cinnamon and marked with crosses, served hot and oozing with butter! A super treat after six weeks of restraint during Lent. Hot cross buns are on sale everywhere and throughout the year, but to enjoy one on Good Friday is a real treat.
Making an Easter Garden
Making an Easter Garden, or drawing or painting one is a lovely Good Friday activity. These miniature gardens are made simply on a plant pot tray, with a little plant pot disguised as the tomb, with a cloth inside and a stone cover. This stone comes off on Easter Sunday. The surrounding tray is filled with little plants or grass to represent the hill and topped with the three crosses, of Jesus and the two men crucified alongside him.
St Peter's Church, Church Langton 