Holy Week and Easter at St Michael's 2020
This year, we will be joining with each other electronically, using orders of service you can download and live-streamed services. This page will be updated as services are finalised, so please come back and check on it from time to time!
The Diocese of Oxford are also live-streaming services this Holy Week, starting with a Eucharist on Palm Sunday at 10 am. A complete list of live-streamed Holy Week services put on by the Diocese can be found here. There are more resources from the Church of England website. For those who prefer to watch a service on the television, BBC1 has a programme called Sunday Worship every Sunday morning. For details go to the webpage Sunday Worship or use your usual way of checking TV programmes!
The following services are currently planned at St Michael's:
The Diocese of Oxford are also live-streaming services this Holy Week, starting with a Eucharist on Palm Sunday at 10 am. A complete list of live-streamed Holy Week services put on by the Diocese can be found here. There are more resources from the Church of England website. For those who prefer to watch a service on the television, BBC1 has a programme called Sunday Worship every Sunday morning. For details go to the webpage Sunday Worship or use your usual way of checking TV programmes!
The following services are currently planned at St Michael's:
Easter Sunday
9.30 am Parish Communion live-streamed at www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst . This is our public Facebook page, and you can access it without having a Facebook account. You can also continue to watch it after the event. The Order of Service, and material for running a Kidz Church session, can be downloaded below.
11.15 am Family Service, live-streamed on Zoom – go to this website and join meeting 172 324 765. If prompted for a password, type 371121. You shouldn't need to join Zoom to take part.
9.30 am Parish Communion live-streamed at www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst . This is our public Facebook page, and you can access it without having a Facebook account. You can also continue to watch it after the event. The Order of Service, and material for running a Kidz Church session, can be downloaded below.
11.15 am Family Service, live-streamed on Zoom – go to this website and join meeting 172 324 765. If prompted for a password, type 371121. You shouldn't need to join Zoom to take part.
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Details of other services for Holy Week are below.
Palm Sunday
9.30 am Parish Communion live-streamed at www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst . This is our public Facebook page, and you can access it without having a Facebook account. You can also continue to watch it after the event.
11.15 am Family Service, live-streamed on Zoom – go to this website and join meeting 172 324 765. If prompted for a password, type 371121. You shouldn't need to join Zoom to take part.
9.30 am Parish Communion live-streamed at www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst . This is our public Facebook page, and you can access it without having a Facebook account. You can also continue to watch it after the event.
11.15 am Family Service, live-streamed on Zoom – go to this website and join meeting 172 324 765. If prompted for a password, type 371121. You shouldn't need to join Zoom to take part.
Parish Communion Service on Palm Sunday. The following order of service can be used with the live-streamed service as above, or it is suitable for use independently at home..
| order_of_service_5th_april_2020__adult_version_.pdf |
Kidz Church on Palm Sunday: Karen Allen has prepared instructions for running a session about Palm Sunday for your children at home, including activity sheets. Click on the documents below.
| kidz_church_05.04.2020.pdf |
| pictures_for_bible_story_and_picture_clues__page_352_.pdf |
| splash__sheets_for_splash___pages_353_and_354_.pdf |
| palm_cross_instructions.pdf |
Music and Meditation service for Palm Sunday. This will be available as a Youtube playlist at any time. Click here to start the playlist. The other items in the service should follow sequentially. The order of service is below - download it to follow the service.
| music___meditation_2020_-_order_of_service.pdf |
Maundy Thursday
8.00 pm Eucharist of the Last Supper, live-streamed at www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT TO WATCH THIS SERVICE. JUST CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE!
8.00 pm Eucharist of the Last Supper, live-streamed at www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT TO WATCH THIS SERVICE. JUST CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE!
| order_of_service_maundy_thursday_2020__adult_version_.pdf |
Good Friday
11.15 am Family Service on Zoom. Just click here to take part in the service - that should be all you need. If you enter the meeting via the Zoom app on your device and want to use the meeting ID it is 172 324 765 and the Password is 371121. To take part in activities during the service, get hold of a bread roll or slice of bread and a glass of non-alcoholic red drink to represent wine. You can also join in the songs using musical instruments (shakers etc) if you have them. We also hope to show this service live-streamed on Facebook (www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst - you can watch this without having a Facebook account).
Good Friday Reflections. There are seven reflections on the Good Friday story, using images from the East windows of St Michael’s Church. Download file below at any time.
11.15 am Family Service on Zoom. Just click here to take part in the service - that should be all you need. If you enter the meeting via the Zoom app on your device and want to use the meeting ID it is 172 324 765 and the Password is 371121. To take part in activities during the service, get hold of a bread roll or slice of bread and a glass of non-alcoholic red drink to represent wine. You can also join in the songs using musical instruments (shakers etc) if you have them. We also hope to show this service live-streamed on Facebook (www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst - you can watch this without having a Facebook account).
Good Friday Reflections. There are seven reflections on the Good Friday story, using images from the East windows of St Michael’s Church. Download file below at any time.
| good_friday_reflections_2020.pdf |
Six talks for Good Friday by Bishop Steven are available to listen to here.
The Week that changed the World
This brand new audio resource is a re-telling of the Holy Week story in 12 installments, each around 7 minutes long, by New Testament scholar Rev Dr Peter Walker, who has led many tours to the Holy Land. Peter uses insights from archeology and biblical research, to bring the story of Jesus' journey from Palm Sunday to Easter Day alive in its historical context. St Michael's has a paid-for a licence to enable us to use this resource at no cost. Just click here to access the site.
This brand new audio resource is a re-telling of the Holy Week story in 12 installments, each around 7 minutes long, by New Testament scholar Rev Dr Peter Walker, who has led many tours to the Holy Land. Peter uses insights from archeology and biblical research, to bring the story of Jesus' journey from Palm Sunday to Easter Day alive in its historical context. St Michael's has a paid-for a licence to enable us to use this resource at no cost. Just click here to access the site.
Palm Crosses
We have been able to distribute palm crosses to a number of members of our church. You can watch them being blessed by Rev John Castle in this short video:
We have been able to distribute palm crosses to a number of members of our church. You can watch them being blessed by Rev John Castle in this short video:
| blessing_of_palm_crosses.mp4 |
If you don’t have a palm cross, there are ideas for making them, suitable for all ages,
at www.oxford.anglican.org/coronavirus-covid-19/livestream/palm-sunday
at www.oxford.anglican.org/coronavirus-covid-19/livestream/palm-sunday
Holy Week Hymns
You can download these traditional Holy Week hymns to sing at home or use for reflection and prayer.
You can download these traditional Holy Week hymns to sing at home or use for reflection and prayer.
| holy_week___easter_hymns__traditional_.pdf |