St Faith’s through the Church’s year Part Two: from Easter Eve to the A sequence of images of worship at St Faith’s following the church’s year, together with highlights of other services Part Two: from Easter Eve to the October Patronal Festival Click on each slide to move to the next slide

awaiting the Resurrection On Good Friday the High Altar is for once bare of all hangings and candles. Statues, bells and candlesticks in the vestry will soon be restored to their usual places in church

Holy Saturday Inside and outside the church, people are busy preparing for the services tonight and tomorrow

Holy Saturday Inside and outside the church, people are busy preparing for the services tonight and tomorrow

Easter Eve The Easter Vigil, Service of Light and first Mass of Easter On the night before Easter Day, the new fire is kindled outside the darkened church, before the Paschal candle is carried in. For the first part of this dramatic service, candles provide the only light

Easter EVE Welcoming the risen Christ A loud cacophony of sound heralds the coming of the light and the renewal of our baptismal vows. After the service fireworks in the church grounds proclaim the joy of the resurrection.

Easter Morning The church is well-filled for a recent Easter Day High Mass, with young people (with their balloons!) ready to receive their first Holy Communion The Easter Garden beneath the pulpit

Easter Day The Easter banners to left and right of the chancel screen are matched by the children’s banners carried below. At Festal Evensong, the choir prepare their musical offerings, and the processional cross shines in the procession to the choir at the end of the day’s celebrations.

Pentecost Pentecost, or Whit Sunday, is the Feast of the Holy Spirit and is celebrated as the birthday of the Church. St Faith’s is variously decorated with flying white doves and colourful balloons!

Pentecost The Church’s birthday is marked with balloons in the pews, red banners of the Holy Spirit – and a birthday cake from the children! The Paschal Candle, lit for the last time at this ending of the Easter season, is extinguished as the service ends.

Celebrating Saint Faith Our Patronal Festival falls on October 6th, and the week is marked by special services and festivities The ‘flower ladies’ are at work again, decorating the church – and the statue of our patron Saint Faith - in readiness for the week’s events

Patronal Pageantry Images of the congregation, choir and sanctuary party at the patronal week acts of worship

Red Letter Days at St Faith’s By night and by day, all ages take part in the celebrations at the end of our church’s year. Soon it will be Advent again... Red Letter Days at St Faith’s

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