Parish Churches of Yardley and Stechford

05/04/2026

Lent 2026 // Easter Sunday

God of unbounded joy,
God of undying love:
the women went to the tomb
to tend to the crucified dead
and came back the first preachers
of resurrection.
As we come back from our tomb today,
and begin to live again,
may we deliver with unbridled joy
what the world is dying to hear:
that death is never the end;
that love remains what is most divine;
and that you continue to live
in the beating heart of our humanity.
Amen.

03/04/2026

Lent 2026 // Good Friday

God of the crowds crying, ‘crucify!’
God on the cross crying, ‘forgive them’:
by doing and not doing,
we have repeated that Friday scene
in countless ways,
in countless places,
to countless sons and daughters.
We know not what we do
even when we know too well.
We are now facing death in a new way.
And human frailty. And human need.
And human solidarity.
Perhaps as we begin to see as you see
the reality of who we are,
we can finally begin to love as you love,
answer compassionately the cries we hear,
and be able to forgive, ourselves.
Amen.

02/04/2026

Parish of St Edburgha, Yardley
A service of Holy Communion to remember Christ’s last supper will begin this evening at 7:00.
All are welcome.

Lent 2026 // Maundy Thursday

God who washes our feet,
God who commands us to love:
before the prayers in the garden,
and the stations of the cross;
before the tomb and the spices
and the stone they put in place,
there was this moment
when you showed us what it meant
to be divine.
May we not forget
that the power to defeat death
was not what you wanted us to imitate.
It was to lay aside all other things
and to love.
Amen.

02/04/2026

It is a real blessing to be refreshed each year at our Maundy Thursday Chrism Mass at the Cathedral. Thank you to the Bishops and the Cathedral staff and choir for making this space for us today.
What a joy it is to serve in the Church of England Birmingham 🙏🏼

29/03/2026

In case you came across a Palm Procession near your local parish church and wondered what it was all about… Hosanna!

29/03/2026

Worship this morning starts at 10:15 with the Palm Procession from the Parish Hall.

29/03/2026

28/03/2026

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27/03/2026

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26/03/2026

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25/03/2026

All are welcome to join us this Sunday as we celebrate Palm Sunday together at St Edburgha, Yardley.