A few photos from the 10.30 Eucharist service this morning. The sanctuary was bedecked with lily flowers (some contributed by members of the congregation in memory of loved ones); the garden scene under the altar shows the stone rolled away.
Cross relegated to the distance - today, we celebrate the stone rolled away from the tomb.
The sanctuary was awash with colour - here, lilies (some given as memorials for departed loved ones).
The children made Easter baskets during the service.
Our Palm Sunday service started with a procession into the street and back
David leads a procession of the choir and congregation along the street at the start of the service
David leads a procession of the choir and congregation along the street at the start of the service
We used the following as a post-communion prayer:
Almighty God, whose Son entered not into glory before he was crucified, may we, walking in the way of the cross, find it to be for us the way of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
This year’s Lent and Easter services are as follows:
Lent
Wednesday 10 February
7.30pm: Ash Wednesday – Eucharist and imposition of ashes
Wednesdays in Lent
12-2pm: Lent lunch and reflection
Monday 15 February
7pm in St Ninian’s: PACT Lent Study: Pilgrimage
Monday 22 February
7pm in the North Church: PACT Lent Study: Pilgrimage
Monday 29 February
7pm in the Salvation Army Citadel: PACT Lent Study: Pilgrimage
Holy Week and Easter Week
March 21-23: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
7.30pm in the Lady Chapel: Compline and Reflection
March 24: Maundy Thursday
11am Holy Communion (SPB)
7pm Seder Meal and Reflection
Ceremony of Feet or Hand Washing
Stripping of Altar
March 25: Good Friday
10.45am Walk of Witness starting at St John’s Kirk
12pm: Three hours devotion
March 27: Easter Sunday
7am PACT dawn service at Quarrymill, led by Major Linda Dunlop of the Salvation Army
8:30am Holy Communion followed by Easter Breakfast between the two services for both congregations
10:30am Sung Eucharist
Come along after school on Tuesday 9th February to our Pancake Party. There will be activities for all ages including tabletop challenges and games, mask decorating and a mini Mardi Gras procession. Find out what Shrove Tuesday and Lent are all about and enjoy some pancakes together! For more information please email us at , message us on Facebook or phone 01738 634999.
Here are a selection of images from the various services at St John’s over Christmas.
Christingle Service
On Christmas Eve we invited children and grown-ups for a celebration of the Christmas story. There was great excitement in the Threshold as small people (and some big ones) dressed up as angels, shepherds, and kings. Mary and Joseph came and we had a most energetic donkey!
As well as the presentation of the Christmas story we also celebrated with Christingles. Some of the older children helped explain the meaning of the Christingle and passed out the different parts to members of the congregation. As we built our Christingles we sang verses of a Christingle song. Then it was time to light our candles (or break our glowsticks). The church was darkened and we passed the flame to each other around the church, showing the light of God coming into a dark world.
Midnight Eucharist, Christmas Eve
The church was lit by candles for the midnight Eucharist with favourite carols and anthems by the choir, including Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium.
Santa’s Visit
Santa visited the Buggy Club!
Epiphany
To finish off Christmas, we celebrated the feast of the Epiphany, remembering the wise men who came so far to see Jesus.
On Sunday we bade a fond farewell to our Lay Reader, Lis Burke. From the new year onward she’ll be working with the Alyth, Blairgowrie and Coupar Angus group ministry.
Toward the end of the service, Graham presented Lis with a gift from the congregation:
Alison also presented her with a gift from the choir.
Of course, there was also chocolate cake in the Threshold afterwards to celebrate Lis’s many years with us, in the congregation, in the choir and latterly as Lay Reader.
In celebration of Lis’s many years in the congregation, latterly as Lay Reader, there was cake in the Threshold afterwards 🙂
