Our Calendar

CHURCH CALENDAR FOR APRIL and MAY 2025

Weekly events at St Giles’:

Accidental Harmonies (Community Choir) – Monday at 7.30pm

Bell-ringing Practice – Wednesday at 7.30pm 

Coffee Stop – Thursday at 10.30am (Thomas Spencer Church Hall)

Sunday Social – 1st and 3rd Sunday, 2.00pm to 4.00pm in the church social area

Knit & Natter – 1st Thursday, 2.00pm to 4.00pm in the church social area

Flicks in the Sticks – Film night – 1st Friday of the month, 7.30pm in the church 

ALL SERVICES ARE LED BY THE REVD ASHLEY HINES, VICAR OF WHITTINGTON, WEEFORD, AND HINTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Wednesday 2 April

St Giles’:            9.30am – Morning Prayer with optional Holy Communion

SUNDAY 6 APRIL (Lent 5 – Passiontide)

St Giles’:            9.30am – Parish Eucharist (CW)

St Mary’s:         11.00am – Parish Eucharist

St Bart’s:           6.30pm – Parish Eucharist

Wednesday 9 April

St Giles’:            9.30am – Morning Prayer with optional Holy Communion

SUNDAY 13 APRIL (Palm Sunday)

St Giles’:            8.00am – Parish Eucharist (BCP 1662)

St Giles’:            9.30am – Morning Worship – Gill Hollis

St Mary’s:          11.00am – Parish Eucharist

Wednesday 16 April

St Giles’:            9.30am – Morning Prayer with optional Holy Communion

Thursday 17 April (Maundy Thursday)

Cathedral:        11.00am – Chrism Mass

St Giles’:            6.30pm – Agape Meal in the church hall followed by a short service in church

Friday 18 April (Good Friday)

War Memorial: 8.15am – Walk of Witness followed by service at Lichfield Methodist Church

Sunday 20 April (Easter Day)

St Giles’:             8.00am – Parish Eucharist for Easter with lighting of the fire

St Giles’:             9.30am – Celtic said service

St Bart’s:            6.30pm – Parish Eucharist for Easter

Wednesday 23 April

St Giles’:             9.30am – Morning Prayer – Helen Mullins

SUNDAY 27 APRIL (Easter 2)

St Giles’:             9.30am – Parish Eucharist (BCP 1662) – The Revd Canon Brian Maguire

St Mary’s:           11.00am – Morning Worship – Helen Mullins

Wednesday 30 April

St Giles’:             9.30am – Morning Prayer – Helen Mullins

SUNDAY 4 MAY (Easter 3)

St Giles’:             9.30am – Parish Eucharist (CW)

St Mary’s:           11.00am – Morning Worship – Helen Mullins

St Bart’s:             6.30pm – Parish Eucharist 

Wednesday 7 May

St Giles’:             9.30am – Morning Prayer with Eucharist

SUNDAY 11 MAY (Easter 4)

St Giles’:            8.00am – Parish Eucharist (BCP 1662)

St Giles’:            9.30am – Morning Worship – Gill Hollis

St Mary’s:          11.00am – Parish Eucharist

Wednesday 14 May (Matthias the Apostle)

St Giles’:            9.30am – Morning Prayer with Eucharist

SUNDAY 18 MAY (Easter 5)

St Giles’:            9.30am – Parish Eucharist (CW)

St Mary’s:          11.00am – Morning Prayer (BCP 1662)

St Bart’s:           6.30pm – Evensong (BCP 1662)

Wednesday 21 May

St Giles’:            9.30am – Morning Prayer with Eucharist

SUNDAY 25 MAY (Easter 6)

St Giles’:            9.30am – Parish Eucharist (BCP 1662)

St Mary’s:          11.00am – Parish Eucharist

St Mary’s:          1.00pm – Wedding of Rory Hunt and Jessica Hamilton

Wednesday 28 May 

St Giles’:           9.30am – Morning Prayer with Eucharist

St Mary’s:         2.00pm – Wedding of John Lutwyche and Megan Buesden

Thursday 29 May (Ascension Day)

St Mary’s:         1.00pm – Wedding of Michael Broadbent and Charlotte Barton

Online provision remains via our YouTube page (see below). Alternatively, you can contact our parish Reader Gill Hollis on 01543 432107 and request to be added to her e-mail list, or included in our St Giles’ WhatsAppgroup

You can follow prayers and services for our three parishes at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0KnuUe7DF8KzQ1tYYZN_nQ