Ash Wednesday
First day of Lent, 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays).
Ash Wednesday Services
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of our journey through Lent. It is a principal feast in the Church of England and traditionally is a time of fasting and penitence.
This year Ash Wednesday falls on 5th March and there will be 2 Holy Communion Services in our Benefice, one in Chipping Sodbury Church at 10.00am and one in Old Sodbury Church at 7.00pm.
The name Ash Wednesday comes from the practice of burning ashes made from the palm branches which were blessed on Palm Sunday the previous year. The ashes are then put on the foreheads by making the sign of the cross and saying the words "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return". Ashes were used as a sign of grief in the Old Testament and are now used as an external sign... Read more >>
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Palm Sunday
Sunday before Easter.
The feast commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.
Sodbury Vale Benefice Holy Week and Easter Services
Palm Sunday 13th April
Regular services in each of our churches
Maundy Thursday 17th April
10.00pm Holy Communion Church Centre, Chipping Sodbury
7.00pm Holy Communion St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
Good Friday 18th April
2.00pm Service at the foot of the cross St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
Saturday 19th April
7:00pm Easter Vigil St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Easter Sunday 20th April
9.30am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Old Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St James’, Horton
6.00pm Easter BCP Holy Communion St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Sodbury Vale Benefice Holy Week and Easter Services
St John's Church & Centre
Maundy Thursday 17th April
10.00pm Holy Communion Church Centre, Chipping Sodbury
7.00pm Holy Communion St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
Good Friday 18th April
2.00pm Service at the foot of the cross St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
Saturday 19th April
7:00pm Easter Vigil St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Easter Sunday 20th April
9.30am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Old Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St James’, Horton
6.00pm Easter BCP Holy Communion St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Bank Holiday: Good Friday
Sodbury Vale Benefice Holy Week and Easter Services
St John's Church & Centre
Good Friday 18th April
2.00pm Service at the foot of the cross St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
Saturday 19th April
7:00pm Easter Vigil St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Easter Sunday 20th April
9.30am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Old Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St James’, Horton
6.00pm Easter BCP Holy Communion St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Sodbury Vale Benefice Holy Week and Easter Services
St John's Church & Centre
Saturday 19th April
7:00pm Easter Vigil St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Easter Sunday 20th April
9.30am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Old Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St James’, Horton
6.00pm Easter BCP Holy Communion St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Easter Sunday
Sodbury Vale Benefice Holy Week and Easter Services
St John's Church & Centre
Easter Sunday 20th April
9.30am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Chipping Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St John’s, Old Sodbury
11.15am Easter Holy Communion St James’, Horton
6.00pm Easter BCP Holy Communion St Adeline’s, Little Sodbury
Bank Holiday: Easter Monday
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