News and Notices

Shriving Service

Our Shriving service this year is on Tuesday 17th February at 12:15pm, following the end of the Pancake Race. The racers will be there, having run to the church, and everyone is warmly welcomed!

Ash Wednesday

This year Ash Wednesday – marking the start of Lent – is February 18th. Our special services, with Holy Communion and ashing, will be at 10:00am and 7:00pm

Church in the Pub

On Monday 23rd February we’re launching “Church in the Pub” – a chance to ask questions and talk about the Christian faith in an evening session at The Bull between 7:30pm and 8:30pm, led by Fr. Ben

New appointment for our Curate

We offer our warmest congratulations to our Curate, Revd Hugh Reid, on his appointment to a new post in the Diocese of Chichester! His final service here in Olney will be on Sunday 1st March at 10:00am

Stations of the Cross – 15

Jesus Is Laid in the TombReading - John 19: 38-42 Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. He was...

Stations of the Cross – 14

Jesus Is Taken Down From the CrossReading - Luke 23: 50-53 Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting...

Stations of the Cross – 13

Jesus Dies on the CrossReading - John 19: 28-37 Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, ‘I am thirsty.’ A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the...

Stations of the Cross – 12

Jesus Gives us His MotherReading - John 19: 26-27 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing near by, he said to her, ‘Woman, here is your son,’ and to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’ From that time on, this disciple took her into...

Stations of the Cross – 11

Jesus Is Nailed to the CrossReading - Isaiah 53: 23-25 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed....

Stations of the Cross – 10

Jesus Is Stripped of His GarmentsReading - John 19: 23-25 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom....