The Lastingham Group of Churches

The Christian Year
The progression of the Church’s seasons, with their changing moods from sorrow to joy, lead us through the Christian story. They also reflect the changes of our mortal lives.

Advent

Christmas

Epiphany

Sorrow and penitence

Joyfulness and festivity

Lent	Holy Week	Easter	Pente- cost
Sorrow and penitence	PS, MT, GF, HS	Joyfulness and festivity	The coming of the Holy Spirit

PS = Palm Sunday
MT = Maundy Thursday
GF = Good Friday
HS = Holy Saturday

The ordinary Sundays
through the rest of the year

The Saints' Days & other Holy Days

Church Services
The Eucharist recalls the death and resurrection of the Christ. Its roots are pre-Christian and universal, and its rudiments can be traced back to the liturgy of the First Temple as it was celebrated from c.950 - c.625 bc.

The main service each week is the Sunday Eucharist at 10.30am, held in each village in rotation on a four-week cycle.

The 8 o’clock Holy Communion is another form of the Eucharist. Based on the order in the Book of Common Prayer of 1662, it is a service that is quiet and traditional.

A monthly Anglican Eucharist is held at Hartoft Methodist Chapel (from December till March it may be at a private house).

Morning and Evening Prayer, part of the Church’s regular cycle of prayer, are held at one of the churches each Sunday and some weekdays. Congregations will be smaller than at the 10.30 Eucharist, but this does not matter because the purpose is to keep the ‘lamp of prayer’ alight in each village.

Some like to follow the 10.30 service through the villages, or the 8 o’clock. Others attend the service at their own village – even though the service and the time is different each week.

Weekday services can be an alternative to Sundays, or an addition. The Wednesday Eucharist in Lastingham Crypt is popular. For a children’s service, some will find a Friday or a Saturday more convenient.

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More about the Christian Year

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Liturgical section

Sundays		La	Hu	Ap	Ro	Ha	Cr
Sundays		Sunday in month
0800	Holy Communion	3	2	4	1	-	2
0900	Morning Prayer	4	1 even	1 odd	2	-	3
1030	The Eucharist	1	4	2	3	2 1415	4
1530 Oct-Mar 1630 Apr-Sep	Evening Prayer	2	3 odd	3 even	4	-	1 odd
For fifth Sundays of the month, Christmas, Holy Week & Easter, Harvest Thanksgiving & Remembrance Sunday, please see separate notices. Enquiries: 01751 417344
Weekdays
0830	Morning Prayer	La	every Saturday*
0830	Morning Prayer	Ro	3rd Friday
0930	The Eucharist	La	every Wednesday in the Crypt
		La	3rd Saturday * (as announced)
		Ro	1st Friday *
1530	Evening Prayer	Hu	1st Monday**
		Ap	2nd Tuesday**
		Cr	4th Wednesday
La = St Mary Lastingham Hu = St Chad, Hutton-le-Hole Ap = Christ Church, Appleton-le-Moors Ro = St Mary & St Laurence, Rosedale Abbey Ha = Hartoft Methodist Chapel Cr = St Gregory, Cropton To see a map, click here * Specially suitable for children. ** Prayer slips from the Prayer Board are read out.