St Wilfrid’s

15th March 2025 | Churches

Lent at Kibworth Benefice Churches

The Church of England’s Lent theme for 2025 is Living Hope. There are lots of resources available, including Daily Reflections via the Everyday Faith app: www.churchofengland.org/faith-life/exploring-faith/everyday-faith

Lent Prayers

Five sessions of Lent Prayers are being held on Tuesdays at 7.30pm from March 11 until April 8 at St Wilfrid’s Church Hall, including teaching on prayer and spending time in prayer. No need to book, all welcome.

Lent Lunches

St Wilfrid’s will be holding Lent Lunches at the Church Hall at 12 noon on the following Thursdays: March 13, 20 and 27, and April 10.

We offer a simple meal of soup with a bread roll followed by tea or coffee. So why not join us for friendly conversation, reflection, prayer and readings in fellowship with others?

Donations are welcome and will be given to charity. We look forward to welcoming you.

Candles for Easter

The church will be open on Monday 14 April, 2-4pm for anyone to come and light a candle in memory of a loved one. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.

Mothering Sunday 30 March

Family-friendly services will be held at two of the Benefice churches:

At Smeeton Westerby, 10am
At Kibworth, 10.30am

Maundy Thursday 17 April

Communion Service at Kibworth, 7.30pm

At this service Christians remember the Last Supper, when Jesus celebrated the Passover meal with his disciples before being betrayed and arrested.

Good Friday 18 April

Reflective Service at Kibworth, 2pm

A simple service involving a series of reflections and prayers, with readings from the Gospels and musical interludes.

Stations of the Cross at Smeeton Westerby, 7pm

A series of ‘stations’ depicting scenes from the events of Good Friday, with prayers and reflections offered at each one.

Easter Sunday 20 April

Join us to celebrate joy of Jesus’ resurrection. Everyone welcome!

Communion Service at Saddington, 9am

Communion Service at Smeeton Westerby, 10am

Communion Service at Kibworth,10.30am

Kibworth Mead Academy Year 7 Visit to St Wilfrid’s Church

In February, we were delighted to welcome 150 students from Kibworth Mead Academy to St Wilfrid’s Church, where they were able to explore the building and talk to us about the Christian faith, and the many ways in which the church reaches out into the local community.

About a third of the students chose to write on prayer cards laid out for them which they then displayed on a prayer tree in the church.

These very successful visits were enjoyed greatly by the students and accompanying teachers, and it has been agreed by all that these visits should become an annual event for each year 7 group from the Academy. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this a very special event.

Joy Hill