All services will begin at 10:00 am at the designated church. PLEASE NOTE: It looks like Covid is circulating again, we encourage everyone to wear their masks at church. Date Church Notes Mar 26   Seagrave 5th Sunday of Lent Apr 2   Greenbank   Communion / Palm Sunday According to the Gospels, Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem, and the celebrating people there laid down their cloaks in front of him, and also laid down small branches of trees. The symbolism of the donkey may refer to the Eastern tradition that it is an animal of peace, versus the horse, which is the animal of war A king came riding upon a horse when he was bent on war and rode upon a donkey when he wanted to point out he was coming in peace. Jesus' entry to Jerusalem would thus symbolize his entry as the Prince of Peace, not as a war-waging king. Apr 7 Seagrave 7:30 pm - Good Friday Service According to the accounts in the Gospels, the Temple Guards, guided by Jesus' disciple Judas Iscariot, arrested Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Judas received money (30 pieces of silver) for betraying Jesus and told the guards that whomever he kisses is the one they are to arrest. The high priest condemned Jesus for blasphemy, and ultimately sentenced him to death. Apr 9 Bethel Cemetery 6:30 am - Easter Sunrise Service Coffee & muffins to follow at Greenbank Church The first Easter Sunrise Service recorded took place in 1732 in the Moravian congregation at Herrnhut in the Upper Lusatian hills of Saxony. After an all-night prayer vigil, the Single Brethren, the unmarried men, of the community, went to the town graveyard, God's Acre, on the Hill above the town, to sing hymns of praise to the Risen Saviour. The following year, the whole Congregation joined in the service. Thereafter the "Easter Morning" or "Sunrise Service" spread around the world with the Moravian missionaries. Apr 9 Seagrave Easter Sunday The New Testament teaches that the resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith. The resurrection established Jesus as the powerful Son of God and is cited as proof that God will judge the world in righteousness. God has given Christians "a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead". Christians, through faith in the working of God are spiritually resurrected with Jesus so that they may walk in a new way of life. Please follow these regional COVID-19 restrictions. Click below to view the live stream Sunday services.  You will be able to log in anytime after 9:50 AM.