lent – Huddersfield Parish Church

Easter Programme

The Programme of Holy Week & Easter Services at Huddersfield Parish Church Please note Sunday 2nd April the Messiah Concert begins at 2.30pm.

This Friday the selection of music – below – surrounded by a simple liturgy. Space and time and music. “The Long Count” Treacherous Orchestra Grind 2015 “Allah, Muhamad, Char, Yaar” Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Shahen Shah 2012 “Muriwai” Breabach Astar 2016 “Haltijan hallussa” Värttinä Utu 2012

Tonight’s Secular Music Mass

Julie Fowlis- An Eala Bhan (The White Swan) The King Singers- That Lonesome Road. Leonard Cohen – Come Healing – Summertime – Charlie Parker

Worship on Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday marks an important turning point in the Christian year; beyond the Christmas season (which doesn’t officially finish until 2nd February) and on towards Holy Week and Easter. On Ash Wednesday there are two services which mark this transition. The service of ‘Ashing’ is an ancient custom where the ashes made from last year’s…

Lent at HPC

LENT AND HOLY WEEK ON ONE TAB! On Ash Wednesday there are two services which mark this transition. The service of ‘Ashing’ is an ancient custom where the ashes made from last year’s palm crosses of Palm Sunday are used to mark on the worshiper forehead a smudged cross as a sign and symbol of the…

Lent Talks

We have a very fine line up of speakers this year.

Bishop Tom Butler at Church

Wednesday Speaker

This Wednesday the lunch-time Eucharist is stradled by a Lenten Talk given by the Rev’d Robin Gamble, firstly at Huddersfield Parish Church at 11.00am and then at the University of Huddersfield at 2.00pm. Robin’s theme is ‘Lazerus, is Bowie now a friend of God? I’m intrigued where he will go with that theme, are you?…

Lenten Speaker

Today at 11.00am at Huddersfield Parish Church and then at 2.15pm in the University of Huddersfield, the Rev’d Dr John Pritchard will deliver the first of our Lenten Lectures. His theme will be – “United Keighley? (Re-imagining Interfaith encounter) Qq