Experience Easter 2023

Experience Easter

There are a variety of services and events taking place around the Benefice of Cinderford with Littledean (Forest of Dean) during Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter Sunday itself.

All welcome at any or all to Experience Easter, the stories of that very first Easter and what it means for us today.

Services & Events

Palm Sunday – Sunday 2 April – Benefice Service starting in Triangle, 10.30 am with a procession to join the service at St Stephen’s
(if you would find it easier to not walk, please head straight to St Stephen’s, where the same readings and songs will also being at 10.30 am)
There are no other services around the Benefice that morning.

Holy Week Services – St Ethelbert’s, 7.00 pm
(Holy Communion services with a short reflection and readings)
– Monday 3 April
– Tuesday 4 April
– Wednesday 5 April

Maundy Thursday Meal & Service – Thursday 6 April – St Stephen’s, 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm
(Holy Communion service as part of a shared meal remembering the events on the first Maundy Thursday and ‘Last Supper’)

Good Friday – Friday 7 April
– Joint Service, Littledean URC, 10.00 am
– CTiC March of Witness starting from Triangle, 12 noon
– Last Hour at the Cross Reflections, St Ethelbert’s, 2.00 pm

Easter Sunday – Sunday 9 April
– Sunrise Service, Littledean Hill Road, 6.15 am; followed by breakfast
(just opposite the junction with Dockham Road)
– Easter Communion, St Ethelbert’s, 9.30 am
– All Age Easter Communion, St Stephen’s, 11.00 am
– Easter Messy Church, St Stephen’s, 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
(Crafts, activities, songs, stories and a shared meal)
– Holy Communion at Hanover Court, 3.00 pm