Holy Week and Easter Services

We would love to welcome you to our Holy Week and Easter services in the Batley churches. All our services are open to anyone who would like to visit us. So if you’ve never worshipped with us before, please come along!

Monday (25 March) – 7pm Agape Service (St Paul’s Hanging Heaton) – a commemoration of the last week of Jesus’ life over a meal that we share together

Tuesday (26 March) – 7pm Holy Communion with Sermon (All Saints Batley) – a traditional said service of Holy Communion with a hymn and reflection

Wednesday (27 March) – 7pm Contemporary Tenebrae (St Thomas’, Batley) – a modern interpretation of a traditional service in the shadows, which uses readings, images and music

Maundy Thursday (28 March) – 7pm Liturgy of the Last Supper (St Andrew’s Purlwell) – we commemorate Jesus’ last night with his disciples and the meal of bread and wine they shared

Good Friday (29 March)

9am Stations of the Cross (St Andrew’s Purlwell) – a meditation on Jesus’ cross with fourteen different stations, representing fourteen events on the way to Jesus’ crucifixion and burial

10:30am Messy Church (St Thomas’, Batley) – an event for all the family using crafts and a story to remember Good Friday and Easter

10:30am Ecumenical Service (Central Methodist) – all the churches in Batley come together to give thanks for Jesus’ death

2pm Liturgy of the Cross (St Paul’s Hanging Heaton) – the traditional service of Good Friday, when we hear the story of Jesus’ death in full from John’s gospel, and venerate the cross

7pm Contemporary Tenebrae (All Saints, Batley) – a modern interpretation of a traditional service in the shadows, which uses readings, images and music

Easter Vigil (30 March) – 7pm Easter Vigil with Baptisms and Confirmations (Wakefield Cathedral) – come and support someone from our area as they are baptised and confirmed in Wakefield Cathedral

Easter Sunday (3l March) 

9:30am Easter Holy Communion (St Andrew’s Purlwell) – a festival service for Easter Day!

9:30am Easter Holy Communion (St Thomas’ Batley) – a festival service for Easter Day!

11am Easter Holy Communion (St Paul’s Hanging Heaton) – a festival service for Easter Day!

11am Easter Holy Communion (All Saints, Batley) – a festival service for Easter Day!