Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Party, St Catherine’s Hall, Tuesday 4th March

Drop in between 2.30pm and 4pm or stay all afternoon and help raise funds for St Catherine’s restoration. £5 to include 2 pancakes and tea or coffee. There will also be a raffle. Sign-up sheet at the back of the church. Gluten free available on request. Names before 2nd March please.

Ash Wednesday: Our Eucharists with the imposition of ashes will be at 10.30 am in St Andrew's Wickford and 8.00 pm in St Mary's Runwell. All are welcome.

LENT 2025 - ON A JOURNEY

A five week course looking at journeys in the Bible. We are offering this course the week commencing 10th March. If you are interested in attending please let us know your preferences in order (1,2,3) and you will be allocated to a group. The options are Tuesdays at 7.30 pm, Thursdays at 2.00 pm, and Thursdays at 7.30 pm. If you are prepared to host a group please also let us know. Do you have any special requirements that need to be considered? Please let a member of the ministry team know.

The Bible is full of journeys made by people guided by God. Some are shorter and some are longer. All are transformational. Life is often thought of as a journey. There are high points and low points, paths where we travel swiftly and paths where we feel bogged down, there are some times when we feel like we have come to a dead end and some times when the future ahead looks far away. In this course we look at five particular biblical journeys and think about how the people involved might have felt, and what responses they evoke in us when we hear them. Do they remind us of our own journeys with God? 

• Week 1: Abraham’s wanderings 
• Week 2: The Exodus 
• Week 3: Ruth and Naomi 
• Week 4: Jesus journey to Jerusalem (based on St Luke’s gospel) 
• Week 5: Paul’s missionary journeys (based on Acts)

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Water Into Wine Band - Hill Climbing For Beginners.