Sharing in the Holy Week journey

in 2020 in the benefice of Ross, Walford and

Brampton Abbotts

Although we can’t be physically together this year,

we can still all travel the Holy Week journey alongside

each other, wherever we are.

Here are some suggestions of ways to do that.

Items listed in BLUE with this logo are opportunities to share with

parishioners from the parishes of Ross, Walford and Brampton Abbotts.

Find the links and info you need on our website:

https://rawchurch.org.uk/holy-week-and-easter-2020/

Items in purple with this logo are opportunities to share

with Christians from across Hereford Diocese.

Info and links on the diocesan website: www.hereford.anglican.org

National Church of England links and info are at:

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online

See also the Church of England’s Facebook page

We have also included BBC radio and TV listings through Holy Week in black.

Palm Sunday

9am The national digital Church of England

service of Holy Communion for Palm Sunday

will be led by the Bishop of Manchester.

9.30 Join our Ross, Walford and Brampton

Abbotts Benefice Palm Sunday Eucharist. The focus for this service is the events of that first “Palm

Sunday,” Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, greeted

by crowds of people to welcome him. Prerecorded.

11am BBC 1 The BBC Palm Sunday Service is a pre-recording coming from

Hereford Cathedral and led by the Dean the Very Rev Michael Tavinor.

A walk for Palm Sunday 4pm Helped by some photos and our imagination we will set out at 4.00 pm towards

Abacus Nursery and return via the Bowling Club; stopping to pray at various places

for our schools, planet, security, life etc.

You may want to have your imaginary tea waiting for you as alas this year there is no

Bring & Share Lunch!

Monday 6 April

Morning Prayer 9am

Join Chris on Zoom as he leads Morning Prayer.

(Link on our website)

BBC Radio 4: 4.30-5pm Beyond Belief: Sin Many Christians believe that Jesus died to atone for the sins of the

world. But what does that actually mean and how do we define

what a sin is? Ernie Rea is joined in the studio by Dr Gemma

Simmonds, Director of the Religious Life Institute in Cambridge; Robyn Ashworth-Steen, Rabbi at Manchester

Reform Synagogue and a human rights lawyer; and Davinder Panesar, transpersonal psychologist and author.

Tuesday 7 April

Morning Prayer 9am. Join Colin on Zoom as he leads morning prayer.

Follow the link from our website where you can also download the service.

Wednesday 8 April

Morning Prayer 9am. Join Freda on Zoom as she leads morning prayer.

Follow the link from our website where you can also download the service.

BBC Radio 3 3.30pm Choral Vespers from Westminster Cathedral

BBC Radio 4 8.45-9pm Lent Talks Lent Talks is a personal perspective on an aspect of the

story leading up to Easter. This year’s theme is identity - losing and gaining identity; struggling with

identity; accepting and owning identity. In this episode, Bishop of Loughborough Guli Francis-Dehqani

reflects on her journey of identity as an Iranian-born British Christian.

Night Prayer 9pm Join Caroline on Zoom. An opportunity to pray together at the close of the

day. A mix of quiet and words from Compline, the ancient late night monastic office. A perfect night

cap for a peaceful night!

Follow the link from our website where you can also download the simple words we will be

using. Please have a candle with you to light during Night Prayer.

Maundy Thursday (also on next page)

Morning Prayer 9am

Join Derek on Zoom as he leads morning prayer.

Follow the link from our website.

A Maundy Thursday address by Bishop Richard will be able to be found on

the diocesan website and Facebook page during the course of the day.

Maundy Thursday continued

Maundy Thursday Resources for

Meditation You will be able to find Maundy Thursday

scripture readings, some images, and

music for meditation during the day

on our benefice website.

7.30pm Join us on Maundy Thursday evening on Zoom

for a simple Eucharist

We invite you to participate in this service from your kitchen or dining room

table, if you are able, as we recall Jesus gathering his disciples around a table

for the Last Supper.

Link from our benefice website where you can also download the order of

service.

Good Friday

Morning Prayer 9am

Join Sean on Zoom as he leads morning prayer.

Follow the link from our website where you can

also download the order of service.

The Dean will be leading a simple service for

Good Friday.

You will be able to find more details in due course,

and a link to this, on the diocesan website

Good Friday benefice resources for meditation

Resources for reflecting on Good Friday in our lives today.

These will include scripture readings, thought starters, music, and images.

You are invited to use these resources at your own time and pace.

BBC Radio 4 3-3.30pm Good Friday Meditation

Baptist minister Revd Richard Littledale presents a personal reflection for Good Friday. He meets artists and

commentators whose work has been much affected by the iconic Christian imagery of the cross. Historian Iszi

Lawrence finds the cross a challenging image which nonetheless has influenced the whole iconography of Western

art. Neil McGregor has been enthralled by Salvador Dali’s depiction of the cross since he was a boy.

BBC 1 1.40pm Heavenly Gardens

Starting from Good Friday, a brand new religious programme launch, Heavenly Gardens. Former chorister and

garden lover Alexander Armstrong, along with garden designer Arit Anderson,

visit six spectacular gardens across the United Kingdom, which are all steeped in faith and spirituality.

BBC Radio 2 8-10pm At the Foot of the Cross

Recorded at Maida Vale Studios, join Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and Euphony Voices for an assortment of spiritual

and traditional music. The programme will feature a dramatic retelling of the Crucifixion and the events leading up

to it, written and narrated by author Frank Cottrell-Boyce. With special guest performances from the BBC Radio 2

Young Choristers of the Year 2019, singer/songwriter Lucy Grimble, and spoken words from poet and theologian

Siku.

BBC 2 9pm Pilgrimage: The Road To Istanbul

Follows seven well-known pilgrims on the final leg of their journey along an ancient military route to the historic

city of Istanbul, which has been transformed into a modern-day path of peace.

Holy Saturday

Morning Prayer 9am

Join Christine on Zoom as she leads morning prayer.

Follow the link from our benefice website

where you can also download the Order of Service.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will be posting a reflection on the national

church website (see above).

Easter Day

BBC Radio 4 8.10-9am

The Archbishop of Canterbury will lead a meditation to celebrate

the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

BBC Local Radio During the Coronavirus crisis, as previously announced, the BBC has launched a

virtual church service on Sunday mornings across local radio in England. See local listings.

9.30am Easter Day Benefice Eucharist

Celebrate Easter 2020 Together!

This pre-recorded service will be led by our Rector with contributions

from around our churches and some archive Easter music from

St Mary’s choir.

10am Bishop Richard and Bishop Alistair will lead diocesan

Easter Day worship.

This will be Bishop Alistair’s final service before retirement.

BBC 1 10.45am Sunday Worship A special edition of Sunday Worship, with an Easter Sunday service

coming from Bangor Cathedral in Wales, led by the Dean of Bangor, the Very Reverend Kathy Jones

BBC Radio 4 1.30-2pm Three Vicars Talking

Three Vicars Talking is back for an Easter special. The programme brings together the Reverends Richard Coles,

Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser. Easter is the busiest time of the Church’s year - from Ash Wednesday through to the

Resurrection, these three vicars share their stories and experiences.

BBC Radio 3 3pm Easter Festal Evensong from Norwich Cathedral

BBC Radio 3 5.30-6.45pm Words And Music

Words and Music presents an Easter Sunday special celebration of music, prose and poetry on BBC Radio 3. Music

and readings on the theme of Eastertide, Spring and the Passover. Including prose by Tolstoy, Richard Yates and

Jane Austen, poetry by TS Eliot and Christina Rossetti, and music by Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Judy Garland.

All information is as accurate as we could make it at time of publishing (4/4/2020) but in this fluid situation there

may be errors or omissions, or unforeseen changes to schedules and worship detail.