Ash Wednesday

Wednesday 17 February

9.00 am Morning Prayer with Imposition of Ashes
12.00 noon Midday Prayer with Imposition of Ashes
7.30 pm Ash Wednesday Liturgy with Imposition of Ashes

Lent Groups 2010

In earlier times, Lent was the season of the Christian year when people spent time in preparation for their baptism on Easter Day. During Lent they would fast, think and pray about the things of faith.

This year we shall be using the six weeks of Lent in a similar way, studying six areas of our Christian faith:

God, the Bible, the Creed,
Prayer, Ethics, Community

Lent groups will meet on Wednesday evenings at 7.00 pm, starting on Wednesday 24 February, and will be led by a different person each week. This gives the six leaders the chance to bring their differing approaches to the topics and means the groups stay ‘fresh’.

Venue — in church unless otherwise advertised. Please sign up on the sheet in church foyer or email vicar@allhallowsleeds.org.uk

Simply Living
a spiritual discipline for Lent 

While ‘disciplines’ in the form of exercise routines are recognized as necessary for good physical health, the need for ‘disciplines’ for spiritual health is not so widely recognized. Observance of a Lenten discipline can be an important way to gain new perspectives about ourselves and what it means to follow Jesus today. It is also a way to help develop ‘a spirituality of cultural resistance’.That is the purpose of this calendar for Lent.

Questions, and suggestions for thought or action, are offered for each of the 40 days of Lent, plus the six Sundays in Lent. Set aside time each day to consider the day’s suggestions.

Looking forward to Holy Week

This is Holy Week

The All Hallows resource booklet This is Holy Week, containing prayers and readings for personal use during Holy Week, is available here.