Fourth Sunday in Lent
(Mothering Sunday)
11.00 am. Family Communion
Hymns: 558, 487, 253, 507.
Next Sunday, 22nd March – 5th Sunday of Lent – Passion Sunday – 8.00 am. Holy Communion; 11.00 am. Matins; 4.00 pm. ‘Sacrifice Triumphant’ (see below)
OPERATION SMILE! – our first Away Giving charity for 2026. During the month of March, we will be collecting for the charity Operation Smile, which is dedicated to improving the lives of children with cleft conditions. Did you know that some babies are unable to suck from birth? They are unable to feed or eat properly and so fail to thrive. Soon they know they look different. Their speech is not easily understood. Other children ignore them, tease them, or laugh. If during the pregnancy either the palate, or top lip, or both, fail to close properly it leaves a hole, a cleft. In the UK, corrective surgery is routinely conducted after birth. It is free. For some a child’s smile is priceless and for some it costs cash. For those youngsters unable to ask clearly “Why me?” or “How do I make friends without my smile?” there is an answer. Please support Operation Smile this month. Thank you.
On Sunday 22nd March, at 4.00 pm, there will be a rendering of the Passion Cantata ‘Sacrifice Triumphant’, music by Basil Harwood (1859-1949). The music is interspersed with readings from the bible and congregational hymns. This act of worship will be a fitting way of marking our entry into Passiontide and Holy Week.
Holy Week and Easter Services
Palm Sunday 29th March. 11.00 am. Holy Communion with Distribution of Palms
Tuesday in Holy Week, 31st March. 12.00 noon. Holy Communion
Wednesday in Holy Week, 1st April. 12.00 noon. Stations of the Cross – at St. Wulstan’s
Maundy Thursday 2nd April. 7.00 pm. Eucharist of ‘The Last Supper’
Good Friday 3rd April. 10.30 am. United Act of Witness in Great Malvern Priory grounds
12.00 noon. Devotional Service with readings and hymns at LMP
Easter Day 5th April. 11.00 am. Family Communion