Dear Friends,
Spring is finally here and it has been wonderful to see spring flowers and blossom appearing, and to hear the joyful song of birds each day. This April we will be celebrating Easter fairly late, on April 20th. Holy Week begins with our Palm Sunday service on April 13th and there will be a variety of Holy Week services at our Church and in other parishes within the Lordsbridge Team. Please see below for further details. All are most welcome to join us in our Easter celebrations on Easter Morning at the church. On the very first Easter morning, something totally unexpected happened. Imagine the womens’ surprise when they found an empty tomb, and an Angel who asked them: why are you looking for the living among the dead? Jesus is not here, but he has risen (Luke 24:5) The news brought by the women that Jesus was not dead, but alive and waiting for them, didn’t make sense to Jesus’s friends that first Easter morning. Luke tells us that the apostles did not believe them, dismissing it as an impossible fairy story. The news that Jesus is alive and raised from the dead flies in the face of what we know to be true – that death is the end; no way back; the end of our earthly existence. The logical response is unbelief because our own life experience teaches us death wins. But the Easter message is that death is not final because in and through Jesus we can have eternal life with God, if we choose to follow Him. Thanks to Jesus’s death and resurrection, life and love get the last word. Love is stronger than death. What an incredible message of hope. Regardless of who we are, how we have lived our lives, or what we believe (or don’t), God’s promise of life and love remains open to us all.
Wishing you and your family a very happy and blessed Easter.
God Bless,
Clare
Rev’d Clare Coates
Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org
07818618795
Services in April
Sunday 6 April
9:30am Holy Communion and Sunday Club with Revd Clare
Sunday April 13 Palm Sunday
9:30am Holy Communion with Revd Clare
3:00-4:00pm Wild Church at the Cabin. An outdoor family service suitable for children of all ages, to engage playfully, actively and creatively with God’s natural world.
Thursday 17 April Maundy Thursday
6pm Holy Communion with handwashing, led by Revd Clare
Friday 18 April Good Friday
2-4pm The church will be open for private prayer and reflection, with prayer stations and music. All welcome.
Easter Day Sunday 20 April
9:30am All age Holy Communion with Revd Clare, followed by an Easter Egg hunt
Sunday 27 April
9:30am Morning Worship for all ages with Peter Cornwell and Charlotte Kalinsky
Zoom Services
Worship at Home – All Lordsbridge Zoom Service
Every Sunday, 11.00am. Join any time from 10.50am: https://zoom.us/j/82311473640.
Weekday Services
Wednesdays
1st Wednesday of the month, 9:00am at the Cabin
And in the following weeks, on zoom. All welcome.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89886404258?pwd=TUowNlY3bVBSUThEa0pRTmZoT0liUT09
Friday night prayers at 7:30pm, on Zoom
All most welcome to join us on Fridays for night prayers starting at 7.30 pm with chat and prayer actually beginning at 7.45 pm.
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74928194654?pwd=ModszJXGbkzYudWzjxmZ6F8uWyu5bL.1
Meeting ID: 749 2819 4654
Passcode: 3v4ZAQ
For more information, please email Michaela McNeill on mjvmcn@gmail.com.
What’s On
Tuesday Toddlers in the Cabin
All welcome to join us for free play, craft, story and fun!
Tuesdays
Every other week, 1:00-3:00pm The Colour Wheel – Hardwick Mindful Colouring Group
£4 donation which includes refreshments and materials. For more information contact Nicky.
Thursdays
10:30am-12noon Bumps and Babies with Ali in the Cabin. All welcome.
Saturdays
1st Saturday of every month: 10.00am-12noon, Pippins, in Hardwick School Hall.
Drop in for a cuppa, cake and a chat!
Useful Contacts
Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org
Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974
Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org