2004 Easter Services Listing - Town Centre and beyond

A selection of the main services in and around Harrogate celebrating the redeeming death and resurrection of Jesus, the Son of God:
Palm Sunday 4 April
9:30am Praise Procession (meeting at the corner of Gladstone Road and Hookstone Road, ending at St Mark's (Map)
9:50am Procession of Palms with band and choir, leading to 10am Family Eucharist, Christ Church (Map)
10:00am Passion Play, St John's (Map)
10:30am Palm Sunday service, St Luke's (Map)
10:30am Morning Worship, New Life in Christ (at the New Park school) (Map)
10:30am Morning worship led by Peter Blades, Oatlands Methodist (Map)
10.30am Palm Sunday service, St Paul's (Map)
10:30am Morning service led by Ian Day, Trinity (Map)
10.45am Family service with Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion, Woodlands (Map)
11:00am Procession and Holy Communion, St Mark's (Map)

5:00pm All Age Worship, St Mark's (Map)
6:00pm Evensong, BCP, Christ Church (Map)
6:30pm Communion, Oatlands Methodist (Map)
6:30pm The Passion according to Matthew (Schultz, rather than JSB), sung by Heritage Singers, Starbeck Methodist (Map)

Maundy Thursday 8 April
7:30am Mass, St Wilfrid's (Map)
10:00am Healing Communion, Wesley (Map)
11:00am Holy Communion, St Mark's (Map)
11:00am Holy Communion, St Peter's (Map)

6:00pm Eucharist, St Peter's (Map)
7:00pm Sung Mass of the Last Supper & Procession to the Altar of Repose for the Watch of the Passion (until midnight), St Wilfrid's (Map)
7:30pm Eucharist of the Last Supper, followed by Watch of the Passion until midnight, Christ Church (Map)
7:30pm Circuit Holy Communion at Hampsthwaite Methodist church with Preacher Rev Dr Mervyn Willshaw (Map)
7:30pm Passover Supper, St Mark's (Map)
7:30pm Mass of the Lord's Supper, St Robert's RC (Map)
7:30pm Communion Service, jointly with St Paul's and Harrogate Baptist Church, all welcome, West Park (Map)

Good Friday 9 April
9:30am Walk of Witness from Starbeck Methodist Church (Map), proceeding via St. Andrew's, St. Aelred's, Woodlands and then to Christ Church for 11am service (see 11:00am below)

9:30am All Age Worship, St Mark's (Map)

10.00am "Jesus, the Cross, and Me" Family Service, St Mary's (Map)
10:00am Children's Service, St Peter's (Map)
10:00am Service of reflection led by Rev Colin Emerson, Oatlands Methodist (Map)
10am Good Friday Service of prayer, Wesley (Map)
10-3:30pm Baptist Church open for quiet prayer - 'the sights and sounds of Good Friday' (similar to a prayer labyrinth), Baptist (Map)

11:00am Family Service at the end of the Holy Week children's project and S&WCT Walk of Witness, Christ Church (Map)

11:00am onwards Churches Together witness from Wesley to the Cenotaph in the town centre (Map). Procession leaves Wesley at 11am, arriving at the Cenotaph for 11:30am with hymns, songs, readings, drama, prayres and time for reflection. If wet, the service will be held in St Peter's church.

12-3pm Three hours by the cross, St Mark's (Map)
12-3pm Three Hour Devotion, St Wilfrid's (Map)

2:00pm Devotional Service, Christ Church (Map)
2-3pm Hour before the Cross, St Peter's (Map)
2-3:30pm "Jesus' Cross: life and peace in a time of terror?" Meditation with music, reading, hymns, silence, St Mary's (Map)
2:00pm Liturgy of the Cross with Communion, St Wilfrid's (Map)
2-4pm Good Friday and Easter Workshop, Harlow Hill (Map)
2:30pm Afternoon meditation, Starbeck Methodist Church (Map)
3:00pm Liturgy of the Passion, St Robert's RC (Map)

6:00pm Service of Reflection and Meditation, Bilton Grange URC, (Map)
7.00pm Evening service, St Paul's (Map)
7:00pm Service, Woodlands (Map)
7:30pm Requiem by Fauré, Christ Church (Map)
7:30pm Good Friday worship (45 minute service), Evangelical Free (Map)
7:30pm Passiontide Music and readings, St Mark's (Map)
7:30pm Stations of the Cross, St Robert's RC (Map)
7:30pm St Luke's Passion by augmented choir, Trinity (Map)


Easter Eve: Saturday 10 April
8:00am Ante communion (BCP), St Wilfrid's (Map)

6:00pm Vigil & First Mass of Easter (at the Styan Community Centre, Jennyfield) (Map)
8:00pm The Easter Vigil, St Robert's RC (Map)
8:30pm Service of Light (including the blessing of the Paschal Candle), Christ Church (Map)

Easter Sunday 11 April
6:00am Sunrise service at Brimham Rocks (Map)

8:00am Holy Communion, Christ Church (Map)
8:00am Mass (BCP), St Wilfrid's (Map)
8:00am Holy Communion, Trinity (Map)
8am Easter Holy Communion, Wesley (Map)
8:30am Holy Communion, St Peter's (Map)

9:00am Easter Holy Communion, All Saints' (Map)
9:00am Morning Worship, Evangelical Free (Map)
9:00am, Easter Breakfast Communion, St Paul's (Map)
9:00am Mass of the Resurrection, St Robert's RC (Map)
9:00am Holy Communion and breakfast, Starbeck Methodist (Map)
9:00am Holy Communion and breakfast, Woodlands (Map)
9:30am Holy Communion, St Mark's (Map)
9:30am Family Communion, St Peter's (Map)
9:45am Easter Sunday Service, Harlow Hill (Map)

10:00am Easter Day Celebration, Bilton Grange URC, (Map)
10:00am Parish Eucharist, Christ Church (Map)
10:00am Holy Communion, St John's (Map)
10:00am Sung Parish Mass with Easter Ceremonies, St Wilfrid's (Map)
10:30am Morning worship & Communion, Junior Church & Crèche, Baptist (Map)
10:30am Morning Worship with Holy Communion, Harrogate Christian Fellowship (Map)
10:30am Easter Guest Service, New Life church at Grove Road School (Map)
10:30am Easter Day celebration, St Luke's (Map)
10:30am "Raise your hopes!" All-age Easter Celebration, St Mary's (Map)
10:30am Easter Communion St Paul's (Map)
10:30am Morning Worship, New Life in Christ (at the New Park school) (Map)
10:30am Family Communion, Oatlands Methodist (Map)
10:30am Holy Communion, Trinity (Map)
10.30am Easter Service, Wesley (Map)
10:30am Easter Day Celebration with Communion and the welcome of new members, West Park (Map)
10:45am Morning worship, Starbeck Methodist (Map)
10.45am Morning Worship, Woodlands (Map)

11:00am Morning Worship, Evangelical Free (Map)
11:00am Holy Communion, St Mark's (Map)
11:00am Choral Communion, St Peter's (Map)

5:00pm Holy Communion, St Mark's (Map)
6:00pm Easter Praise, St John's (Map)
6:00pm Festal Evensong, St Wilfrid's (Map)
6:30pm Morning Worship, Evangelical Free (Map)
6:30pm Evening worship led by Bob Wise, Oatlands Methodist (Map)
6:30pm Service, Starbeck Methodist (Map)
6:30pm Choral Evensong, St Peter's (Map)
6:30pm Evening Communion, Wesley (Map)
6:30pm Evening Service, Woodlands (Map)
7:00pm Come sing Messiah, St Mark's (Map)

Details missing at time of publication from these and other church groups:
Society of Friends (Map)
Elim Pentecostal (Map)
Grove Road (Map)
St Andrew's (Map)
St Aelred's (Map)

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