Lent and Easter 2025 at St Columba’s
Journey to Easter 2025
Each year, Lent, Holy Week and Easter gives opportunity to explore the beauty and mystery of Christ’s life, death and resurrection; a time to assess what is important; a time to explore or deepen one’s faith. Jesus’ own hard road to the Cross is reminder and strength for the hard roads which we, or our loved ones, may also be required to travel. Whether the stories of Easter are familiar, whether you know this church well, or not, we invite you to be part of this significant season, a time of pilgrimage and discovery, leading to the profound celebrations of Easter morning.
Lent Appeal 2025
Our chosen charity for the Lent Appeal this year is Caxton Youth Organisation. Registered Charity 1090549 https://caxtonyouth.org/
The Caxton Youth Organisation is a small local Westminster charity, based in Pimlico with Clubs Rooms that are in the basement area of a council housing estate.
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The charity is already known to us as it was the recipient of our Lent Appeal 2011. Founded in 1948 by a couple of local residents in response to much needed help and support for young people aged 11 to 25 years who have learning disabilities and young people with autism. It provides crucial support for local families with evening clubs three times a week: fantastic opportunities to make friends, drama workshops, play games, life-skills, basic cooking lessons for the older ones. The charity also helps with employment applications, finding work, or training.
With your donations we hope to raise enough funds to pay for a five-day outdoor residential trip at a purpose-built centre in the countryside for eight young people plus three staff. Donations would help cover the costs for accommodation, catering, staffing, activities and transport to the centre. A chance for them to experience the countryside and activities such as abseiling, high ropes courses, archery, pond dipping. For donations: White Lent Appeal envelopes will be available in the pews during Lent (Gift Aid if you are eligible).
We are delighted to welcome guest speakers for a brief talk on the charity during the morning service on:
Sunday 9 March (first Sunday of Lent) – Stefan Filby, Head of Programmes
Sunday 13 April (Palm Sunday) – Esther Norman, Interim CEO
Please watch below this lovely short video clip ‘What Makes Caxton Youth Special’.
Services and Activities for Lent and Easter 2025
Ash Wednesday
Wednesday 5th March 1.00pm
First Sunday of Lent
Sunday 9th March 11.00am
Lent Appeal for Caxton Youth Project
Palm Sunday
Sunday 13th April 11.00am Palm Sunday Morning Service
Maundy Thursday
Thursday 17th April 8.00pm Maundy Thursday Holy Communion
Good Friday
Friday 18th April 11.00am Service for Good Friday
Easter Day
Sunday 20th April 11.00am Easter Morning Holy Communion & Easter crafts
Guided Prayer for Lent
Sundays in Lent (9th March – 20th April)
10.15am – 10.30am, Kirk Session Room
A time of quiet prayer, in the company of others, following meditations for the season.
Beyond Easter
Weekly study group, Wednesday, 7.15pm
For five weeks following Easter, change to explore further things of faith
Prayer for Lent
God of all seasons,
in your pattern of things
there is a time for keeping
and a time for losing,
a time for building up
and a time for pulling down.
In this holy season of Lent,
as we journey with our Lord
to the cross,
help us to discern in our lives
what we must lay down
and what we must take up;
what we must end
and what we must begin.
Give us grace
to lead a disciplined life,
in glad obedience
and with the joy which comes
from a closer walk with Christ.
Amen.
