Tuesday 29 March 2016
Midsummer Madness at St Mark's
Have you ever fancied being a Sumo
wrestler or trying your hand at jousting? Or working as a team to beat your rivals at
Lasertag? Are you in year 5 or above?
If so, come along to St Mark's College,
Audley End on Sunday 19 June from
3.30pm to 8pm for fun activities, food and fire! Plus a short talk from our mystery guest.
Tickets £8 per person
in advance only, from Erica in the church office telephone 01762
837272 or email erica.debnam@icknieldwayparish.com
(the church office will be closed from 4 – 18
April but please still leave your request and Erica will contact you on her return – thanks!)
Places are limited and will be
allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Event organised by the Parish of the
Icknield Way Villages.
Monday 21 March 2016
Easter in the Icknield Way Parish
Easter Services
Maundy Thursday
7.00pm
Holy
Communion Service at Elmdon
Good Friday
10.00am
Good
Friday @ 10 – Everyone is invited to Elmdon Church to enjoy hot cross
buns, Easter biscuits, hot chocolate, freshly ground coffee and smoothies, lots
of crafts and a brief service
contemplating the events of Good Friday and what it means for us.
2.00pm
Service
for Good Friday at Heydon
Easter Day
9.00am
Holy
Communion Service at Hamlet
10.40am
Family Communion Service at Great Chishill
followed by an Easter egg hunt!
Friday 18 March 2016
Good Friday @ 10
Friday 25 March - Good Friday
At 10.00am, everyone is invited to Elmdon Church to enjoy hot cross
buns, Easter biscuits,
hot chocolate, freshly ground coffee and smoothies, lots
of crafts and a brief service
contemplating the events of Good Friday and what it means for us.
Hopefully see you there!
Wednesday 2 March 2016
IWP Annual District Church Meetings
Great Chishill Monday 14 March at 7.30pm
St
Swithun’s Church
Hamlet Tuesday
15 March at 8pm
Hamlet
Church
Elmdon Tuesday 15 March at 7.30pm
Elmdon
Village Hall
Heydon Thursday
17 March at 6.30pm
Holy
Trinity Church
Strethall Sunday 20 March at 10am
St
Mary’s Church
Little Chishill Tuesday 22 March at
7.30pm
Little
Chishill Manor
Chrishall Tuesday 29 March at 8pm
Martinholme,
Crawley End
If you would like
to vote or be elected but are not currently on the electoral roll, please ask
for a form from the church office on 837272. (Must be over 16 years of age)
Please come along and support the work of your DCC!
Tuesday 1 March 2016
Easter Quiz and answers
Easter Quiz
1. On what day is Easter celebrated?
a)
Friday b) Saturday c) Sunday d) Monday
2. Where does the name Easter come from?
a)
An Anglo saxon goddess called Eastre b)A saint from the 6th century
c) An old word for east star
3. On Palm Sunday, Christians celebrate
that…
a) Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and was greeted by cheering crowds
b) Jesus sheltered under a palm tree during a thunderstorm
c) Jesus fed 5000 people
4. How long is Lent in western churches?
a)
21 days b) 30 days c) 4 days d) 49 days
5. Why do we have eggs at Easter
a) Jesus liked eggs,b) they taste nice
c) they are a symbol of rebirth
d) they are a symbol of sadness as they look like a tear drop
6. The night before his death, Jesus finished
the Passover meal with disciples by sharing:
a) bread and
water b) bread and wine
c) toast and jam
7. What traditionally happened on Ash Wednesday?
a) People
put ash on their foreheadsb) Fireplaces were cleaned out in time for Easter
c) People wash themselves with ashes from a fire
d) Fires are lit all over the world to celebrate Jesus’ time in the wilderness
8. What does Shrove Tuesday have to do with
Easter?
a) Shrove Tuesday is the: first day of Lentb) the last day to indulge before lent
c) the first day of Advent
d) the end of Lent
9. Lent is the time of:
a) feasting
b) celebration c) abstinence d) partying
10. Which of the following has nothing to do
with Shrove Tuesday:
a) Lean
Tuesday b) Fat Tuesday c) Mardi Gras d) Pancake day
11. The ashes of Ash Wednesday are made:
a) by monks in a monastery in Londonb) in Jerusalem and flown over to England
c) burning paper crosses
d) burning palm crosses saved from Palm Sunday last year
12.
During Lent Christians remember the time Jesus spent:
a) in the garden of Gethsemane b) in the wilderness
c) teaching his disciples
d) up Mount Olive
ANSWERS
1.
On what day is Easter celebrated?
a) Friday b) Saturday c) Sunday d) Monday
2.
Where does the name Easter come from?
a) An
Anglo saxon goddess called Eastreb)A saint from the 6th century
c) An old word for east star
3.
On Palm Sunday, Christians celebrate that…
a) Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a
donkey and was greeted by cheering crowdsb) Jesus sheltered under a palm tree during a thunderstorm
c)Jesus fed 5000 people
4.
How long is Lent in western churches?
a) 21 days b) 30 days c) 40 days d) 49 days
5.
Why do we have eggs at Easter
a) Jesus
liked eggs,b) they taste nice
c) they are a symbol of rebirth
d) they are a symbol of sadness as they look like a tear drop
6. The night before his death, Jesus finished the
Passover meal with disciples
by sharing:a) bread and water
b) bread and wine
c) toast and jam
7. What traditionally happened on Ash Wednesday?
a) People put ash on their foreheadsb) Fireplaces were cleaned out in time for Easter
c) People wash themselves with ashes from a fire
d) Fires are lit all over the world to celebrate Jesus’ time in the wilderness
8. What does Shrove Tuesday have to do with Easter?
a) Shrove Tuesday is the: first day of
Lentb) the last day to indulge before lent
c) the first day of Advent
d) the end of Lent
9. Lent is the time of:
a) feasting b) celebration c) abstinence d)
partying
10. Which of the following has nothing to do with
Shrove Tuesday:
a) Lean Tuesday b) Fat Tuesday c) Mardi Gras d)
Pancake day
11. The ashes of Ash Wednesday are made:
a) by monks in a monastery in Londonb) in Jerusalem and flown over to England
c) burning paper crosses
d) burning palm crosses saved from Palm Sunday last year
12. During Lent Christians remember the time
Jesus spent:
a) in the garden of Gethsemaneb) in the wilderness
c) teaching his disciples
d) up Mount Olive
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