On Holy Saturday (30th), at 8pm, we will gather around the Easter fire for an Easter Vigil. We will retell the Christian story to one another through readings and prayer as we await the rising of Jesus, the coming of the Light of the World.
This is an outdoor service in our churchyard, so please come dressed warmly and waterproofed for a time outside. You may also like to bring a folding chair. Thank you.
This Good Friday, join us at 2pm as we mark the final hour of Jesus’ life. A contemplative service, which will include a dramatised reading, come with us to the foot of the cross.
On Maundy Thursday (28th) at 6pm we will celebrate the Last Supper together, the poignant Holy Communion in the upper room before the dramatic events of Good Friday unfold. We will also strip the sanctuary to represent the grief and emptiness of the coming few days. All are welcome.
This Holy Week, our wooden cross will remain outside the church, and you are invited to add daffodils to it to remember a loved one. The cross will be beautified, even in our loss. We continue to pray for all those who grieve and all those who have gone to heaven ahead of us.
We will be marking the events of Easter with a series of different services both here at St James and at our sister church Holy Trinity Church Tidworth. Please refer to our schedule on the picture below. All are welcome at any or all of them, as we celebrate the climax of the Christian year.
Here are details of our Easter Services, both here at St James and at our sister church Holy Trinity Church Tidworth. We hope to worship together with you at one or more of these services this Holy Week and Easter.
Below are our in person service this Holy Week. Do join us as we approach the sadness of the cross and the joy and victory of Easter morning. All welcome.
Join us for worship at 10am on this Easter Sunday! We will be online on our Facebook page, and on Castledown FM. There will also be an outdoor in person service in the churchyard, also at 10am.
Now we are able to have slightly longer outdoor services, please do dress warmly and bring your folding chair or picnic blanket as available seating is limited. Hope you can join us at one of our services to celebrate the joy of Easter together.
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Children’s Church met today to have a Stations of the Cross Service in the churchyard and remember Jesus making His journey from the last supper, to the Garden of Gethsemane, to arrest, and death, until He was laid in the tomb. It was a great time of togetherness for our group as we await Easter Sunday with hope. The Stations remain up and available for everyone to use for another week, and readings and prayers can be found at this link: https://stjamesludgershall.com/2021/03/29/stations-of-the-cross/
Friends, here is a quick reminder of the Holy Week services and events here at St James:
All week: our Stations of The Cross in the Churchyard
Maundy Thursday: in addition to our published programme, an outdoor Holy Communion service at 10:30am. There will also be online services available from the Cathedral on Thursday throughout the day.
Good Friday: a video led Stations of The Cross contemplation will be broadcast on this page at 1pm
Holy Saturday: an in person outdoor Easter Vigil and Service of Light in the churchyard around the Easter fire, and also an online broadcast Easter Vigil here on this page, all at 8pm.
Easter Sunday: Dawn Service broadcast on this page from Sidbury Hill at 6:30am, followed by an in person churchyard service or Holy Communion and an online service also broadcast by Castledown FM at 10am.
Rev’d Tim and Rev’d Jimmy will also be distributing Communion on your doorstep, if you live in our parish and would like them to do this and are unable to come to our in person Communion on either Thursday or Sunday. If you would like to have your name added to their list, please message us. Thank you.
St James', Ludgershall and Faberstown 