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Easter Vigil

8th April 2020 by rolf

Traditionally, services have been held on Easter Eve, the Saturday evening before Easter Sunday. Theses services don’t have the same focus as Good Friday. The emphasis is on waiting, which are often called Vigils. Some of us may have waited by the bedside of a sick family member, perhaps a child or parent, and we’ve refused to go home, we’ve ‘kept a vigil,’ which means both waiting and watching. We’re not prepared to give up hope and we look for any sign that the person will get better.

The Easter Vigil is the same sort of thing. We enter into a spirit of waiting and watching, longing for the resurrection of Jesus.

St Luke’s is encouraged to join in with some national initiatives.

Rumours of Hope

Through Saturday night and on into Sunday morning you can stay up and join in with a series of acts of worship. Some people nap between each act, setting an alarm to wake for each act of worship. They start off well space out, but by the end the different acts come quite quickly. It is expected that Rolf will be featuring during the 3.45am slot on Hosea.

You can read about this national initiative here. Follow the event on Facebook, or go to the website.

Rumours of Hope 2020: A Vigil for Our Times—DRAFT PROGRAMME

8pm                       Mission Community of St Frideswide

9pm                       Deut 26:1-11 ‘wandering Aramaean’

10pm                    Ruth 1 (Ruth’s commitment to Naomi)

11pm                    Gen 3 (Fall)

12pm                    Psalm of lament

12.45pm              Exodus

1.30am                 Job 19 ‘I know that my redeemer liveth’

2.15am                 1 Samuel 1-2 excerpts (Hannah and Samuel);

3am                       Nehemiah

3.45am                 Hosea (foolishness)

4.15am                 1 Kings 18:22-39 (Elijah and the fire)

4.45am                 Looking forward

5.15am                 Reflection

FINISH @ dawn Canterbury Service of Light at dawn

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Up All Night

Another online vigil is available called Up All Night.

Morna Simpson, a friend of Rolf’s from vicar college, is hosting Up All Night.

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While we are building our extension, we are worshipping on a Sunday morning at St Luke’s Primary School, which is our linked church-school. It’s a five minute walk from our church building, so not too far at all.

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