Churches in Keswick and the surrounding area are preparing to celebrate Easter with services and special events.
Among the highlights are a Walk of Witness on Good Friday (April 7) and a sunrise service in Crow Park on Easter Sunday (April 9) starting at 6.30am.
Those taking part in the walk will meet at the wishing well by Hope Park at 11am and it will be followed by hot cross buns and hot chocolate at Keswick Methodist Church. Both of these events have been organised by Churches Together in Keswick as the death of Jesus is marked and his resurrection celebrated.
Other services and events happening are as follows:
Keswick St John’s: Maundy Thursday 11am and 7pm Eucharist; Good Friday 10am family service followed by hot cross buns and 2pm Last Hour of the Cross; Easter Eve 8pm vigil with bonfire; Easter Day 8am Eucharist and 10am Sung Eucharist.
Crosthwaite Church: Good Friday Hour at the Cross at 2pm; Easter Sunday Underskiddaw 9am holy communion and Crosthwaite 10:30am Easter celebration and communion.
On Saturday April 8 there will be a children’s activity morning from 10.30am-noon with egg hunt, children’s Easter crafts, Easter garden making and more.
Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Lakes and St Charles, High Hill: Mass times for Easter are Maundy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper 6pm; Good Friday Veneration of the Cross 3pm; Holy Saturday Vigil Mass 8pm and Easter Sunday Mass 9am.
Keswick Methodist Church, Southey Street: Maundy Thursday 7pm The Last Supper & Tenebrae; Good Friday 10am meditation; Easter Sunday 10:30am Easter Holy Communion.
Kings Church: Easter Sunday 10:30am all age service at St Herbert’s School, Trinity Way.
Threlkeld St Mary’s and St John’s in The Vale: Maundy Thursday 5pm agape meal at the Rectory, Threlkeld; Good Friday 11am service at St John’s in the Vale followed at 11:45am by Walk of Witness to St Mary’s, Threlkeld with 2.45pm meditation at St Mary’s Threlkeld; Easter Day 9:30am Holy Communion at St Mary’s Threlkeld and 11am Holy Communion at St John’s in the Vale.
On Easter Sunday at 2pm there will also be an Easter egg hunt and refreshments in St Mary’s Churchyard
Borrowdale: Maundy Thursday 10am Eucharist at Holy Trinity, Grange; Good Friday 10am Meditation at Holy Trinity, Grange; Holy Saturday from 10am scrubbing and polishing at Holy Trinity, Grange; Easter Sunday 10am at Holy Trinity, Grange.
Thornthwaite cum Braithwaite with Newlands: Good Friday 2pm St Herbert’s Braithwaite; and Easter Sunday 10am Holy Communion St Mary’s Thornthwaite
Orthodox Church, Braithwaite: For Orthodox Services for Great and Holy Pascha, please consult the website orthodoxcumbria.org.uk.
