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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.