Celebrate Easter 2010

Saint Stephen’s Cafe
Easter openings

Good Friday 2 April noon-3.00pm
Easter Saturday 3 April 11.30am-3.30pm
Bank Holiday Monday 4 April – closed
Tuesday 5 April – open as normal 10.00am-3.30pm

23 March-4 April

Graeme Evelyn exhibits Stations of the Cross, a series of 15 contemporary carved painted panels for Easter, originally commissioned for Gloucester Cathedral.

Tuesday 23 March

7.30pm Easter drama The Narrow Road

Wednesday 24 March

1.00pm Sacred sounds for healing – lunchtime live concert with Jerome O’Connell and Sophie Pullinger. Free

Wednesday 31 March

1.00pm Henbury school band and choir – lunchtime concert. Free

Maundy Thursday

5.30-7.30pm critical.mass in Holy Week – soup (donations) and discussion in Saint Stephen’s Cafe before moving into chant and meditation with sacred sound and communion in the church. Every Thursday

Good Friday 2 April

10.00am Children’s worship and workshop – special Easter gathering for children and their adults and carers led by Revd Lizzie Kesteven. Meet in Cafe.

2.00-5.00pm Drawing Exchange: Vertical + Horizontal
A drawing workshop led by artist Kayle Brandon, exploring hidden aspects and stories in this sacred space: £5 donation. PLEASE BOOK (see below)

6.00pm Artist Talk and Stations of the Cross walk
Graeme Evelyn in conversation on his work, Stations of the Cross, exhibited in Saint Stephen’s over Easter, and his current project as artist-in-residence, the Reconciliation Reredos…

Stations of the Cross walk
7.30pm After the talk, experience walking the Stations of the Cross, the ancient practice of taking a virtual journey to the Holy Land by capturing the mystical imagination. With Saint Stephen’s priest-in-charge, Tim Higgins

Easter Saturday 3 April

2.00-4.30pm Get on Board! Gospel singing workshop – uplifting songs in glorious harmony led by Ali Orbaum of Gasworks Choir, and Chris Samuel of Bristol Voices: £10. PLEASE BOOK (see below)

7.00pm Celebrate the mystery of Easter – out of darkness comes new fire, the Light of resurrection and hope.

Easter Sunday 4 April

Simple communion, building community
Starts with breakfast in Saint Stephen’s Cafe with tea, coffee, cereals, croissants, toast and jam (donations only) and community news from 10am. Followed by liturgy and altar in the church 10.30am-noon

WORKSHOP BOOKINGS:
Deborah Harrison debharri (AT) blueyonder.co.uk