Category: Easter

Celebrating Easter

Celebrating Easter

St. Mary’s After the Service Coffee time           Easter—“He Is Risen” rings through my ears and in my heart.  Our Easter Sunday provided us opportunities to make wonderful memories.  Firstly, the weather suited the day—with patches of broken clouds and sun shining through.  At least the morning was dry.             The eleven o’clock morning service …

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26 Saturday–Easter Activities

26 Saturday–Easter Activities

Every year St. Mary’s Sunday School does an activity with the young people around the story of Gethsemane.  The result is a beautiful flower display that the children create with potted blooming plants.  Above is this year’s result. “Maverick” and I had lunch with friends in the afternoon, as well as spending the afternoon with …

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Easter Weekend Review

Easter Weekend Review

Easter weekend is a four-day affair here in the UK.  Our parish offered several ways of worshipping and celebrating the sacred memorial of Christ’s death and resurrection.      One of the annual Good Friday activities is called The Walk of Witness.  Congregants meet at a starting point—usually a church, then process through the community, stopping along …

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