The season of Lent is a period of 40 days excluding Sundays, that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Eve.  Lent comes from the word “spring” and, like spring, Lent is a time of renewal, reflection and rebirth.

Services:

HOLY WEEK, AND EASTER AT HOLY TRINITY

Palm Sunday, April 1st
8:00 a.m. Eucharist with Blessing of Palms
10:00 a.m. Procession, Eucharist and Blessing of Palms. Our young people are with us as we celebrate the beginning of Holy Week

Maundy Thursday, April 5th
10:30 a.m. Holy Communion
7:30 p.m.  Liturgy of the Last Supper - You may need to plan ahead with your socks, shoes and stockings if you are going to join in the foot-washing on Maundy Thursday.  It is also fine to attend and not have your feet washed!

Good Friday, April 6th
10:30 a.m. Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion.
Beautiful music and powerful words enhance the
elemental brutality of the cross
12:00 - 3:00 p.m. Vigil of Prayer
 
Holy Saturday, April 7th
7:00 p.m. “Testimony of a Naked Man”
We join our brothers and sisters at St. Mark’s,
12953 20th Avenue, for a fascinating presentation
of the whole of Mark’s Gospel.  It will be an excellent
way of preparing for Easter Day.

 Easter Sunday, April 8th
 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion
 10:00 a.m. Festal Eucharist

Lenten Study Course:

Read MARK and learn

….and inwardly digest!  This year we are making Mark’s Gospel the focus of our Lenten study.  It is the very earliest version of the Good News that has come down to us, and forms the basis of both Matthew and Luke.  Studying these ancient words and the beliefs of the people for whom they were written greatly enhances our appreciation of the story of our salvation.  We hear a section of Mark’s wonderfully succinct, yet amazingly vivid Gospel on almost every Sunday during 2012.  This course will make our engagement with these scriptures more meaningful and relevant.

Session V – “I believe – help thou my unbelief” - Wednesday 28th March at 7:30 p.m. and repeated on Friday 30th March at 2:00 p.m. 

• What relevance does such an ancient document have for the belief of men and women of today?

Interdenominational Lenten Lunches begin on Thursday, February 23rd, and will be held this year at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, 12953 20th Avenue, Surrey.  The lunches are every Thursday throughout the season of Lent, from 12:00 noon – 1 p.m.  Please come each week for coffee, tea, soup, a roll and some spiritual nourishment.  All are welcome!

The Thursday Eucharist will continue throughout Lent at as usual, at 10:30 a.m.  Many people find this a helpful spiritual focus in the middle of the week.