Round up of Holy Week and Easter services in the Gazette area

CHURCHES in the Gazette area are preparing to celebrate Easter. Our thanks to churches who have contributed to the details below. They extend a warm welcome to all to join them.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Mar 2013, 07:00 BST

LITTLEHAMPTON

All Saints’ (Church of England), Wick Street, Wick

Good Friday (March 29), meditation and songs, noon-1pm. Easter Day (March 31), holy communion, 8am; Easter communion, 10am.

Arun Community Church

Good Friday, 6.30-8.30pm, a reflective installation of Jesus’ journey to the cross, at the Wickbourne Centre, Clun Road.

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Easter Sunday, meeting, 10.30am, Littlehampton Academy, Fitzalan Road.

Littlehampton Baptist Church, Fitzalan Road

Monday to Wednesday (March 25-27), 1-1.30pm and 7-7.30pm; Thursday, 1-1.30pm, Sacred Space in Holy Week. Maundy Thursday (March 28), 7pm, communion. Maundy Thursday, 8pm, to Easter Sunday, 8am, 60/60 Prayer Room. Good Friday, noon-1pm, reflection. Easter Sunday, 10am, family service with baptism.

Parkside Evangelical Church, St Flora’s Road

Maundy Thursday, 7.30pm, communion service. Easter Sunday, 10.30am, Easter celebration; 6.30pm, evening service.

St Catherine’s (Catholic), Beach Road

Saturday, March 23, 6.30pm, Palm Sunday vigil mass. (Palm Sunday, March 24), 11am, mass. Good Friday, 3pm, celebration of the Lord’s Passion. Holy Saturday (March 30), 7.30pm, Easter vigil. Easter Sunday, 11am, Easter Mass.

St James’ (Church of England), East Ham Road

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Palm Sunday, 10am, parish mass. Maundy Thursday, 7.30pm, The Lord’s Supper. Good Friday, 10am-noon, children’s workshop (free); 1.30pm, The Passion of The Lord. Holy Saturday, 7.30pm, Easter vigil. Easter Day, 10.30am, family service.

St Joseph’s Convent (Catholic), East Street

Palm Sunday, 10.30am, mass. Maundy Thursday, 6.30pm, evening mass of the Lord’s Supper. Good Friday, 3pm, celebration of the Lord’s Passion; 7pm, stations of the cross. Holy Saturday, 7pm, Easter vigil. Easter Sunday, 10.30am, Easter mass.

Society of Friends (Quakers), Church Street

Sunday, March 24, meeting, 10.30am. Sunday, March 31, meeting, 10.30am.

Littlehampton United Church (URC/Methodist), High Street

Easter Day , 10.30am, Easter celebration and communion.

EAST PRESTON

St Mary’s (Church of England), Station Road

Palm Sunday, 8am, eucharist; 10am, eucharist with palm procession. Monday to Wednesday, March 25-27, 7.30pm, eucharist with meditation. Maundy Thursday, 7.30pm, sung eucharist with the washing of the feet and the vigil until midnight, preacher Fr David Farrant. Good Friday, 10.15am, procession of witness from Lashmar Road to St Mary’s Church, via the north shops; 2pm, liturgy of the day, preacher Fr David Farrant. Holy Saturday, 8pm, Easter vigil, and first eucharist of Easter, preacher Fr David Farrant. Easter Day, 8am the eucharist; 10am, family eucharist.

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