We are remembering HRH Prince Philip
St James’ will be open for prayer Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm. Candles can be lit in memory of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, for the Royal Family and the nation. Any floral tributes should be left at the Easter Garden on the Westgate side of St James’. A book of condolence will be available in St James’ from Monday 12th April.
A Service of Commemoration will take place on 18th April at 6pm.
You can also submit a message to the Church of England's public online book of condolence, and access prayers and liturgy
Remembering His Royal Highness Prince Philip | The Church of England
Easter Update
Alleluia. Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed! Alleluia.
We have come through the pilgrimage of Lent and Holy Week together, and as surely as sunrise and Spring the Easter Resurrection has come! The joy and new life of Easter tell us there is everything to hope for. Christ is risen, death is put to death, and no darkness is forever.
Holy Week services were well attended, and it meant so much to experience the Passion of Christ together, and allow God to reach deep into the circumstances of our lives and secrets of our hearts. We were so impressed by the Choir’s virtual performance of Stainer’s ‘Crucifixion’! Do watch again at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0o7EuPUEEc
We rejoice now that we can choose to celebrate the Resurrection together, with public worship continuing to take place under COVID-secure conditions at St James and across the Deanery. For more details, please look at the Parish Notes following the link above. Gradually, and safely, we hope to bring our congregations and choirs back together. All services at St James are also livestreamed at facebook.com/louthchurch.
Meanwhile, just as the women at Easter could greet their risen Lord in the garden of his burial, so we are greeting our loved ones in our own gardens. We open our hearts, which may indeed be ‘wintry, grieving and in pain’ as it says in the Easter hymn to allow Christ to ‘bring them back to life again’.
We hope you will come and visit the Community Easter Garden on the Westgate side of St James, and even add to it by contributing a potted plant. And do also take advantage of the Summer opening hours beginning on April 6th (Mon-Sat, 10-4pm) to admire the smaller Easter Gardens made by the children of St Michael’s School in the porch and our lovely Easter flowers inside, thanks to Samantha Kettle.
With the help of Eastgate Union Church, we have distributed Holy Week & Easter Craft Bags to 60 children. The wonderful work of the Pastoral Care Network, including the Community Larder, continues. The Trinity Centre will re-open more fully, including our SHINE Mental Health Network, on the 12th April. The Baby Bank in Church House will be open from the 14th April, Wednesday and Friday mornings only. Life returns!
So we will leave you with the Easter Greeting, and in the love of Christ.
Alleluia. Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed! Alleluia.
Arabella Milbank Robinson (Assistant Curate, Team Parish of Louth)
James Robinson (Rector of Legbourne Woldmarsh, Rural Dean of Louthesk)
