Lent, Holy Week & Easter
Please view the March-May 2025 preaching plan for details of regular worship across the Peak Circuit during Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Additional services to these are listed below.
Lent Courses
Peak Methodist Church at Bakewell:
Lent material: Holy Habits: Following Jesus by Andrew Roberts, led by Rev'd May Gladwin
Day & Time: Tuesdays, 2pm
Dates: March 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, April 1st, 8th
Peak Methodist Church at Youlgrave:
Lent material: The Lord's Prayer
Day & Time: Wednesdays, 2pm and 7pm
Dates: March 12th, 19th, 26th, April 2nd, 9th
Fountain Square Church:
Lent material: Sending God-a journey through Lent engaging our senses, led by Rev'd Carole Marsden.
Day & Time: Fridays, 11am-12 noon, followed by soup lunch (tbc)
Dates: March 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, April 4th, 11th
Hathersage Methodist Church (in The Lounge):
Lent material: Soul Food (www.methodist.org.uk/for-churches/soul-food/)
Day & Time: Tuesdays, 7pm – 8.30pm
Dates: March 11th, 18th, 25th, April 1st, 8th, 15th
Additional Services
Monday 14th April:
Circuit Service, 7pm, Peak Methodist Church at Castleton – guest preacher, Rev'd Ashley Cooper, Principal of Cliff College.
Maundy Thursday, 17th April:
7pm Evening Service (Tenebrae), Peak Methodist Church at Bakewell, led by Rev'd Fran Johnson.
7pm Evening service followed by soup and bread, Hathersage Methodist Church
Good Friday, 18th April:
- 10.45am, Peak Methodist Church at Bakewell, led by Rev'd Fran Johnson.
- 11am, Moorland House, led by Rev'd Gill Sharp.
- 8pm Sunset service, meet at top of The Dale road as it joins Ringinglow Road, led by Rev'd Jonathan Brook.
Easter Sunday, 20th April:
- 5.45am Sunrise service at Mam House Farm, Broken Road, Castleton, led by Rev'd Jonathan Brook followed by Easter Sunday Lunch (Roast turkey & trimmings) 12noon-2pm with The Hub @ Hope.
- 2.30pm, Moorland House, led by Rev'd Gill Sharp.
Events
Monday 14th April:Cliff Trek (www.cliffcollege.ac.uk/about-cliff-college/cliff-trek). Starts 9.30am Hathersage Methodist Church, arriving 5pm at Castleton, followed by 7pm Peak Circuit Service (see above – Additional Services).
Monday 14th April:Easter Outreach Stall at Bakewell Monday Market – Peak Methodist Church at Bakewell.
Good Friday, 18th April:Pageant in Bakewell Town Centre, 12 noon.
