Easter
Here at St Basil’s we don’t want to “rush to Easter Sunday”. Instead, we want to enter into the dramatic actions of Jesus’ journey from the garden to the cross to the grave and pause to feel their significance before celebrating the risen King on Easter Sunday!
Psalm and A Song
Every morning of Holy Week we will be gathering together on Zoom at 7am to start the day in the Psalms and in worship.
Maundy Thursday
On the night before Jesus died, he went to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane and took with him some of the disciples. This is the setting of Jesus' great wrestle with the reality off the cross to come and the moment of his great prayer: "yet not my will be done but yours".
To mark this moment in the journey to the cross we are gathering for silent prayer to meditate on the agony of the garden and what this great moment of surrender means for us.
The barn will be open for private prayer between 8pm and 10pm and will take place in silence other than the reading of scripture at 8pm and 9pm. If you've never sat in silence for this long before (not many have!) please don't worry you can come and be present for as long as you can handle and then go!
The main advice: bring a Bible so you can read and reflect and come dressed warm!
Good Friday
We are gathering on Good Friday for an "hour at the cross" – a more reflective service of worship, prayer and a short talk focussed on the cross of Jesus.
This will be held at 12-1pm at the prayer cabin, outside in the orchard. Children are welcome and we will have some craft activities for them to do, however it will be a quieter service of reflection.
Easter Sunday
Join us for an all-age Easter extravaganza in the barn at 10am (café from 9.30am) as we gather to celebrate the risen Jesus! Our service will be Superhero themed so please come dressed accordingly!