Rota: 23 March 2026 – 30 June 2026

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Week commencing 23 March

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Tuesday 24 March

9.30am
Bears and Prayers

Wednesday 25 March

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

T Anderton

Thursday 26 March

6.00pm
Sacred Space

Sunday 29 March

10.00am
Palm Sunday

At Vicarage

     

(Red)

C Honess L Pickersgill
First Reading: Isaiah 50.4-9a
N Jackson
Liturgy of the Passion: Matthew 26.14-end of 27
Dramatic reading

T Bond

A Lyons
R Greaves

Welcomer :
J Williams

Team Sanderson
H Sanderson
K Sully
V Newhouse

MC J Black
Cr T Anderton
Th D Waddington
Ac C Rowley
Ac C Valentine

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense.   This service is at a different location.   This service is likely to have high attendance. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 30 March

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Monday 30 March

7.30pm
Sanctuary for Holy Week, with anointing for healing and wholeness

(Red)

C Honess L Pickersgill

Tuesday 31 March

10.00am
Said Eucharist

(Red)

C Honess

Adm TBC

7.30pm
Tenebrae

 

C Honess L Pickersgill

Wednesday 1 April

10.00am
Said Eucharist

(Red)

C Honess

Adm TBC

7.30pm
Stations of the Cross followed by Compline

 L Pickersgill

Thursday 2 April

7.30pm
Maundy Thursday

   

(White)

C Honess

C Honess

MC TBC
Cr TBC
Th TBC
Ac TBC
Ac TBC

Friday 3 April

2.00pm
The Liturgy of Good Friday

Ryan to carry cross. No other servers.

 

C Honess L Pickersgill

C Honess

Saturday 4 April

10.00am
Remembering Jesus

 C Honess

Sunday 5 April

6.00am
Easter Vigil

   

(Gold)

C Honess L Pickersgill
Easter Vigil: Genesis 1.1-2.4
TBC
Easter Vigil: Genesis 22.1-18
TBC
Easter Vigil: Exodus 14.10-end, 15.20-21
TBC
Easter Vigil: Ezekiel 36.24-28
TBC
Easter Vigil: Zephaniah 3.14-end
TBC
Easter Vigil: Romans 6.3-11
TBC
Gospel: Matthew 28.1-10
L Pickersgill

C Honess

MC TBC
Cr TBC
Th TBC
Ac TBC
Ac TBC

10.00am
Easter Day

   

(Gold)

C Honess L Pickersgill
First Reading: Acts 10.34-43
C Peat
Gospel: Matthew 28.1-10
L Pickersgill

C Honess

J Black

A Lyons
C Peat

Welcomer :
V Newhouse

Team Hartley
C Sirrell
S Hilton
S Hartley
S Hatton

MC TBC
Cr TBC
Th TBC
Ac TBC
Ac TBC

6.00pm
Festal Evensong for Easter Day

   

C Honess Cantor:
L Pickersgill
OT Lesson: Song of Solomon 3.2-5
P Loveday
NT Lesson: John 20.11-18
G Hayward

L Pickersgill

Th T Anderton

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense.   This service is likely to have high attendance. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 6 April

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 8 April

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 R Hayes

R Grubb

Thursday 9 April

6.30pm
Sanctuary

 C Honess

Sunday 12 April

10.00am
Easter 2

 

(White)

R Hayes J Waddington
First Reading: Acts 2.14a, 22-32
N Jackson
Gospel: John 20.19-end
J Kennally

R Hayes

M Baines

M Bond
T Sirrell

Welcomer :
C Murphy

Team Fowler
H Fowler
M Fowler

MC A Hezel
Cr M Rowley
Ac C Rowley
Ac G Hayward

4.00pm
Messy Easter

 L Pickersgill

 This service will be streamed. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 13 April

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 15 April

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

M Rowley

Thursday 16 April

10.30am
Colton Lodges (service of hymns and prayers)

At Colton Lodges

 

Sunday 19 April

10.00am
Easter 3

   

(White)

C Honess J Black
First Reading: Acts 2.14a, 36-41
A C-McCoy
Gospel: Luke 24.13-35
J Black

C Honess

T Bond

J Hornung
T Mills

Welcomer :
J Williams

Team Rowley
C Rowley
J Blenkinsop
M Rowley
S Blenkinsop

MC L Pickersgill
Cr D Kirkham
Th D Waddington
Ac J Waddington
Ac R Greaves

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense.   This service is at a different location. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 20 April

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 22 April

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

M Herring

Sunday 26 April

10.00am
Easter 4

 

(White)

C Honess A Hezel
First Reading: Acts 2.42-end
C Gibbs
Gospel: John 10.1-10
T Anderton

L Pickersgill

J Bradley

A Lyons
R Greaves

Welcomer :
T Higgott

Team Kaye
C Wheelhouse
J Kaye
S Freer

MC J Black
Cr C Hayward
Ac J Sanders
Ac J Waddington
Adm J Kennally

 This service will be streamed. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 27 April

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 29 April

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 R Hayes

C Rowley

Thursday 30 April

6.00pm
Sacred Space

Sunday 3 May

10.00am
Easter 5

   

(White)

C Honess L Pickersgill
First Reading: Acts 7.55-end
D Woodcock
Gospel: John 14.1-14
L Pickersgill

C Honess

J Waddington

H Fowler
M Fowler

Welcomer :
J Kennally

Team Sanderson
H Sanderson
K Sully
V Newhouse

MC A Hezel
Cr D Waddington
Th T Anderton
Ac D Valentine
Ac G Hayward

6.00pm
Choral Evensong

 

L Pickersgill
OT Lesson: Zechariah 4.1-10
C Hayward
NT Lesson: Revelation 21.1-14
C Gibbs

C Honess

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 4 May

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 6 May

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

T Anderton

8.30pm
Compline by Candlelight

Sunday 10 May

10.00am
Easter 6

 

(White)

C Honess J Waddington
First Reading: Acts 17.22-31
C Murphy
Gospel: John 14.15-21
D Scholey

C Honess

L Pickersgill

J Hornung
T Mills

Welcomer :
A Lyons

Team Hartley
C Sirrell
S Hilton
S Hartley
S Hatton

MC A Hezel
Cr M Rowley
Ac C Rowley
Ac G Baines
Adm J Kennally

4.00pm
Messy Church

 This service will be streamed. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 11 May

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 13 May

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 R Hayes

R Grubb

Thursday 14 May

10.30am
Colton Lodges (service of hymns and prayers)

At Colton Lodges

 

6.30pm
Sanctuary

7.30pm
Ascension Day

 

(Gold)

C Honess
First Reading: Acts 1.1-11
TBC
Gospel: Luke 24.44-end
TBC

C Honess

TBC

Sunday 17 May

10.00am
Easter 7

   

(White)

C Honess J Black
First Reading: Acts 1.6-14
H Woodhead
Gospel: John 17.1-11
J Black

L Pickersgill

C Peat

M Bond
T Sirrell

Welcomer :
C Peat

Team Fowler
H Fowler
M Fowler

MC T Anderton
Cr D Kirkham
Th A Hezel
Ac C Rowley
Ac J Sanders

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense.   This service is at a different location. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 18 May

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 20 May

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

M Rowley

Sunday 24 May

10.00am
Pentecost

   

(Red)

C Honess A Hezel
First Reading: Acts 2.1-21
G Hayward
Gospel: John 20.19-23
A Hezel

C Honess

M Thorndike

A Lyons
T Mills

Welcomer :
C Murphy

Team Kaye
C Wheelhouse
J Kaye
S Freer

MC L Pickersgill
Cr C Hayward
Th D Waddington
Ac D Valentine
Ac R Greaves

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 25 May

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 27 May

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

M Herring

Thursday 28 May

6.00pm
Sacred Space

Sunday 31 May

10.00am
Trinity

   

(Gold)

C Honess L Pickersgill
First Reading: 2 Corinthians 13.11-end
J Kennally
Gospel: Matthew 28.16-end
L Pickersgill

C Honess

A Hezel

H Fowler
M Fowler

Welcomer :
V Newhouse

Team Rowley
C Rowley
J Blenkinsop
M Rowley
S Blenkinsop

MC J Black
Cr G Baines
Th D Waddington
Ac J Sanders
Ac J Waddington

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 1 June

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 3 June

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

C Rowley

8.30pm
Compline by Candlelight

Thursday 4 June

7.30pm
Corpus Christi

 

(White)

C Honess
First Reading: Genesis 14.18-20
TBC
Gospel: John 6.51-58
TBC

C Honess

Sunday 7 June

10.00am
Trinity 1

   

(Green)

C Honess J Waddington
First Reading: Genesis 12.1-9
J Messruther
Gospel: Matthew 9.9-13, 18-26
J Waddington

C Honess

J Black

M Bond
T Higgott

Welcomer :
C Peat

Team Sanderson
H Sanderson
K Sully
V Newhouse

MC A Hezel
Cr M Rowley
Th D Waddington
Ac D Valentine
Ac R Greaves

6.00pm
Choral Evensong

 

C Honess Cantor:
L Pickersgill
OT Lesson: 1 Samuel 18.1-16
H Woodhead
NT Lesson: Luke 8.41-end
D Schofield

L Pickersgill

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 8 June

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 10 June

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

T Anderton

Thursday 11 June

10.30am
Colton Lodges (service of hymns and prayers)

6.30pm
Sanctuary

(Red)

C Honess

Sunday 14 June

10.00am
Trinity 2

   

(Green)

C Honess J Black
First Reading: Genesis 18.1-15, 21.1-7
C Hayward
Gospel: Matthew 9.35-10.23
S Freer

L Pickersgill

M Baines

J Hornung
T Mills

Welcomer :
J Kennally

Team Hartley
C Sirrell
S Hilton
S Hartley
S Hatton

MC T Anderton
Cr D Kirkham
Th D Waddington
Ac C Rowley
Ac R Greaves

4.00pm
Messy Church

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 15 June

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 17 June

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

R Grubb

Sunday 21 June

10.00am
Trinity 3

   

(Green)

C Honess J Waddington
First Reading: Genesis 21.8-21
D Scholey
Gospel: Matthew 10.24-39
J Waddington

C Honess

T Bond

A Lyons
R Greaves

Welcomer :
T Higgott

Team Rowley
C Rowley
J Blenkinsop
M Rowley
S Blenkinsop

MC L Pickersgill
Cr C Hayward
Th T Anderton
Ac G Hayward
Ac J Sanders

 This service will be streamed.   This service includes the use of incense. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.

Week commencing 22 June

Service President/
Officiant		 Deacon Readings Sermon Intercessor Stewards/
Welcomer 		Refreshments Servers

Wednesday 24 June

10.00am
Said Eucharist

 C Honess

M Rowley

Thursday 25 June

6.00pm
Sacred Space

Sunday 28 June

10.00am
Trinity 4

 

(Green)

C Honess L Pickersgill
First Reading: Genesis 22.1-14
A Hezel
Gospel: Matthew 10.40-end
C Hayward

R Hayes

J Bradley

M Bond
T Sirrell

Welcomer :
J Williams

Team Kaye
C Wheelhouse
J Kaye
S Freer

MC J Black
Cr G Baines
Ac C Rowley
Ac G Hayward
Adm J Kennally

 This service will be streamed. 

If you cannot make any of the dates listed please try and swap with someone else on the rota, and inform your team leader. If you are reading or leading prayers please can you discreetly make your way to the lectern – or be close to it – before you are needed, so there are no unnecessary pauses in the liturgy.