Friday 30 March – Good Friday
9am Holy Communion
Preaching: Geoff Broughton
(No Kids Church)
Sunday 1 April – Easter Sunday
9am Holy Communion
Preaching: Byron Smith
(There will be no Sunday evening service on 1 April)
4 APRIL 7.30-9pm – SPIRITUALITY IN THE PUB
Held at the PADDINGTON RSL CLUB 220-232 Oxford St, Paddington, opposite the Town Hall. Topic: “Wounds and Vulnerability”. Speakers: Fr Jamie Calder sj and Barry & Fay Dalton. Moderator: Sr Anne Jordan pbvm. Donation entry.
Sunday 8 April
Preaching: Jess Lyons
9am Holy Communion
6pm Evening Prayer
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday: this weekend we walk with the disciples and crowds, witnessing and remembering the climax of the stories of Jesus in his passion, death and resurrection.
Why have people kept returning to the events of this weekend? For centuries, in poetry, music, painting, film, sculpture and theatre, artists have created countless masterpieces depicting characters and scenes in this story. In the writings of theologians, philosophers, ethicists and historians, thinkers have pondered and interrogated every detail of these well-known Gospel narratives. Yet they never feel exhausted.
From a kiss of betrayal to an unexpected breakfast on the beach, the scenes are dramatic, visceral, moving. The Gospel narratives are soaked in the Hebrew scriptures, being filled with echoes of the past and hints of promised futures.
The death and resurrection of Jesus lie at the heart of Christian faith, welcoming such an overabundance of meaning that we can return again and again and each time find new insight, fresh significance, unexpected disturbance, surprising comfort. A single weekend is not enough to explore the riches that lie here.
Thus, over the coming six weeks, we’ll be diving into the meaning of Jesus’ death and resurrection in a series crafted for the season of Easter. We’ll be hearing from a variety of speakers from amongst our congregations. Our guide will be a little book by celebrated theologian Rowan Williams called God with Us: The meaning of the cross and resurrection – then and now.
Whether you know the stories backwards or are meeting them for the first time, there will be material to chew on and be nourished. After all, there’s only so long you can live on the spiritual equivalent of chocolate eggs.
Join us as our new sermon series starts at 9am or 6pm on Sunday 8th April.
21 April PEACEtalks
29 April Something New