“Hosanna” is the cry from the crowds as Jesus enters Jerusalem this Palm Sunday. It means “Please, Save Us”. It is a cry of adoration and praise but it is also something more than that. It is a beseeching, an earnest request, a heartfelt plea. The people of Jerusalem want delivering from their Roman oppressors, just as Moses delivered the Israelites from Egypt.
Days later desolation, anger and fear have set in and the cry from the crowds turns to “Crucify”. The King that they had hoped would save them had failed to deliver. And so we are invited this week in different ways across both All Saints and St Marys to enter again into God’s salvation story. It is one that saves and delivers but not in the way that anyone might expect. Come, draw near, look, watch, pray, weep and live the story of love, courage and hope.
This Palm Sunday
10 am – Palm Sunday Procession and Sung Holy Communion – St Marys
10.30am (Gather at 10.15am at Church) – Palm Sunday Procession with Band and Junior Church – All Saints
7pm – Generations film and pizza – The Vicarage
The Week Ahead
Tuesday 4th April 19.30 Compline and Holy Habits Reflection – All Saints
Wednesday 5th April 9.00am – Celtic Morning Prayer – All Saints
19.30 – Compline and Holy Habits Reflection – St Marys
Thursday 6th April 18.30 – Agape – All Saints
19.30pm – Maundy Thursday Holy Communion and Watch – St Mary’s
Friday 7th April 10.00 – Children’s Good Friday Activities with Egg Hunt – All Saints
1.30pm – Sung Liturgy of Good Friday – St Marys
2pm – Last Hour at Cross – All Saints
Saturday 8st April 10am – Prepare Church for Easter St Marys
12.00 – 2pm –Saturday Lunches – St Marys
19.30 – Easter Eve Vigil – St Marys
Sunday 9th April 8am – Holy Communion – All Saints
10am All Age Communion – St Marys
10.30am – All Age Communion – All Saints
6.30pm – Choral Easter Festival Evensong – St Marys
May God be at your side, with you and watching and waiting this Holy Week.
Blessings
Revd Lizzie
St Mary's, Fishponds 