
PACT Lent Programme: 5th March to 19th April 2014
Friday 18th April - Good Friday
PACT Walk of Witness - 9:30 am from Methodist Church in Station Road
10:00 am in Petersfield Square - PACT Good Friday Service led by John Callaghan
Lent is a time when Christians remember the 40 days and nights Jesus spent alone in the desert without food, being tempted by the Devil. Jesus used this time to prepare for His work by fasting and praying.
The weeks of Lent were once the time when new Christians, who were to be baptized on Easter Eve, were taught about the Christian faith and life. Those who had already been baptized thought again about the promises they had once made and promise to be true to them. Lent was a time for spring-cleaning lives, as well as homes.
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, the day after Pancake Day, six and a half weeks before Easter Day. The last week of Lent begins with Palm Sunday, which celebrates the day Jesus entered Jerusalem and the people lay down palms at his feet. Lent ends the day before Easter Sunday, which is known as Holy Saturday. Sundays are not counted in the forty days.
In the Roman Catholic Church, Lent officially ends at sundown on Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday), with the beginning of the mass of the Lord's Supper.
Once again PACT (Petersfield Area Churches Together) is offering a variety of ways in which we can journey through Lent together. You are welcome to come to as many of these events as you like. Please telephone the host/leader to book a place on your chosen course.
- Download the PACT Lent Programme Leaflet - but note that some details of the starting dates are not included in this paper copy.
From the PACT Webmaster:
- If you are running or hosting a Lent Course and need to have any details changed then please email me with the changes or updates: webmaster@pact.org.uk. Changes will be highlighted in red.
- If you are considering attending one or more Lent Courses please subscribe to the Lent Course email group then you will receive an email if there are any changes made or if further information about the Lent Courses become available.
At a Glance
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | ||||||
AM | The 12 Disciples St Mary's Buriton |
The 12 Disciples St Mary's Buriton |
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PM | The 12 Disciples St Mary's Buriton |
Kesher Course | Encounters: The Creed St Peter's |
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EVE | The Salvation Army |
The 12 Disciples St Mary's Buriton |
Encounters: The Creed St Peter's |
Frontline Studies Life Church CANCELLED |
Petersfield Choir |
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Pilgrim All Saints' Steep |
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Encounters: The Litergy St Laurence |
St Mary’s, Buriton - The Twelve Disciples: Seeing Jesus through their eyes
Leader/Venue | Contact Naomi 262586 | |
Day/Time | Mondays at 9:30* am and 2:30 pm | Starting on 10th March |
Leader/Venue | Contact Tom 233786 | |
Day/Time | Mondays at 7:30 pm | Starting on 10th March |
Venue/Contact | Contact Judith 269390 | |
Day/Time | Thursdays at 10:00 am | Starting on 13th March |
*The Monday 9.30 am group is a group especially for parents of young children (children will be welcome but not supervised at this group (excpet by their parents fo course!)
Note: These details have been updated from those published in the leaflet This is five sessions, each consisting of two 45 minute teaching slots using a DVD
and course book - two hours per session with a refreshment break between and a short
time of discussion at the end.
Kesher is a Hebrew word meaning 'connection'. It explores the connection between Judaism, Christianity, Israel and the Church. Very helpful for people to understand something of what is going on in the Middle East today. The first half of the course is a Bible study on the Lord Jesus; the second half gives a historical perspective, but with many references to scripture
Venue | Merrymeet, 38 Upper Heyshott, Petersfield | |
Day/Time | Wednesdays 2:30 pm starting 12th March | |
Host/Leader | Anne Randall will host and Christine Tully will lead | |
Contact | Anne 01730 265703 Christine 01730 262716 |
The Salvation Army, Petersfield
Captain Barrie Cox from The Salvation Army will once again be leading a series of studies based on the early Christian church and the letters of Paul. This will take place at the Salvation Army Hall on Sunday evenings during the lent period, and will commence at 6.30 pm.
Venue/Contact | The Salvation Army, Swan Street, GU32 3AD | Barrie 01730 601474 |
Day/Time | Sundays 6:30 pm - for six weeks | Starting on Sunday 9th March |
St Peter’s - Encounters : The Creed
We say it every week, but we don’t often get to look at what it means, and why it matters. What does it mean that Jesus was ‘eternally begotten of the Father’? Who are ‘the quick and the dead’? Are we part of ’one holy catholic and apostolic Church’?
This year’s course will be an opportunity to discuss all these things and more.
Each session will run twice, firstly on Friday at 12:00 noon in St Peters Church, and then on the next Tuesday at 7:30pm at the Vicarage.
Contact: Rev’d Will Hughes 01730 260464
Dates | Location | Time | Session | |||
Friday 7th March | St Peter's Church | 12:00 noon | 'I believe' and the making of the creeds | |||
Tuesday 11th March | The Vicarage | 7:30 pm | ||||
Friday 14th March | St Peter's Church | 12:00 noon | One God, the Father Almighty | |||
Tuesday 18th March | The Vicarage | 7:30 pm | ||||
Friday 21st March | St Peter's Church | 12:00 noon | One Lord, Jesus Christ | |||
Tuesday 25th March | The Vicarage | 7:30 pm | ||||
Friday 28th March | St Peter's Church | 12:00 noon | For our salvation He came down… | |||
Tuesday 1st April | The Vicarage | 7:30 pm | ||||
Friday 4th April | St Peter's Church | 12:00 noon | The Holy Spirit and the Church | |||
Tuesday 8th April | The Vicarage | 7:30 pm |
All Saints’, Steep and High Cross, Froxfield
The two parishes of Froxfield and Steep are offering an evening Lent Course using the newly published course produced by the Church of England, called 'Pilgrim', and the course focuses on The Lord's Prayer. Drop in for one session or attend more; we think it will be of interest and relevance for today.
Venue | Froxfield Village Hall | |
Day/Time | 4 Tuesday evenings starting 25th March, 7.30 pm | |
Contact | Rev'd John Owen on 01730 264282 |
Life Church Petersfield
Frontline Studies: Life on the Frontline
This creative and practical small group resource is a six-session DVD series for small groups seeking to help one another live fruitfully and faithfully for Christ in the daily places of life and work. Each session has a short film, discussion material, Bible reflections and stories illustrating how the principles have been worked out in real life. We may be old or young; healthy or infirm; rich or poor; employed or not. We may be busy or bored; optimistic or pessimistic; radically cutting edge or relatively retro. Whoever we are, as Christians, we have at least one thing in common: we each have a Frontline.
- Your Frontline: the place where you spend much of your time
- Your Frontline: the place where you meet people who don’t know Jesus
- Your Frontline: the place God has called you
- Your Frontline: the place of possibility and potential
Often though, we don’t see ourselves, our workplaces homes, colleges and clubs in this light. But what might God want to do where we are day by day? How might he use us? How will we grow?
The sessions are:
- The Frontline Call – What is my Frontline and why does it matter?
- The Frontline Commission – What happens when life on our Frontline feels difficult?
- The Frontline Community – How do all our various church activities equip us for our lives when we are apart?
- The Frontline Concern – How do you know what to do on your Frontline?
- The Frontline Cry – How does our Frontline shape our prayers?
- The Frontline Commitment – How can we sustain our commitment to one another on the Frontline?
For more details visit the web site of the The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity and read John Studd's Faith Comment from 11 September 2013 to see how one aspect of this course features in Life Church Petersfield services.
Venue | 11 Sussex Gardens, Petersfield (Caroline Freeland) | |
Day/Time | Thursdays 8:00 pm starting 6th March | |
Contact | John Studd 01730 264857 John@Studd-mail.org |
Sunday 2 March: This course will not be running
St Laurence - Encounters : The Scriptural Roots of the Liturgy
Led by John Huntriss
All are welcome. Please bring your Bible with you. There will be a break for tea/coffee and talks will be on four Tuesdays starting on 4th March 7.30 pm and ending about 9.30 pm
4th March | Baptism | |
11th March | Sanctuary | |
18th March | The Word | |
25th March | The Eucharist |
Venue/Contact | St Laurence Hall | |
Day/Time | Tuesdays 7:30 pm | Starting on Tuesday 4th March |
Petersfield Choir
Petersfield Choir will be performing a programme of Lent / Passiontide music. This will be similar to the Free Radicals' Easter Concert in previous years, but on a larger scale. It will be a relaxing evening of beautiful and contemplative music suitable for the season.
Venue | St Laurence RC Church, Station Road | |
Day/Time | Saturday 5th April at 7.30 pm |