Lent 2025
This year Lent begins on Wednesday 5th March. This is a time when we remember the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert - a time for self reflection, a time to fast and pray about God's expectations for us, maybe a time to give up something or do something new, to think about our lives and our interaction with others.
#Watch and Pray: Wisdom and hope for Lent and life
The Church of England’s Lent theme for 2025 is Living Hope.
In Lent we journey with Jesus on the difficult and thorny road
that leads all the way to the cross on Good Friday – and beyond,
to the transformation of Easter Day.
God invites us to bring to him our own journey through everyday life. In the disappointment of daily setbacks and the pain of deeper hurts, we discover that God is present with us. And God promises a future where all things are healed and made new.
Living Hope offers us the opportunity to deepen our hope in God and be part of what God is doing to bring hope in the world.
The readings and reflections explore how we can have hope in times of frustration or uncertainty; the hope found in joining with others; the invitation to notice signs of hope around us; the courage to face reality and pursue a hopeful future; and the ways God transforms death into life at Easter.
- Reflections via email: Sign up to our Lent reflection emails and receive daily messages straight to your inbox. Daily emails will offer Bible readings, short reflections and a practical challenge, as well as prayers linked to weekly themes.
- Daily reflections via Everyday Faith app: You can read and listen to daily Lent reflections from 5 March through the Everyday Faith app, the new daily devotional app from the Church of England, which is available to download here.
- Online services: Can't make it to church this Lent and Easter? Watch our weekly online worship services from across the Church of England and worship with us.
- Social media: Be sure to follow us across our social media channels – X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Threads – during the season for a variety of thought-provoking and inspiring content, as we explore the theme of 'hope'.
falls this year on March 30th and at 10.30am there will be services of Holy Communion at 10.30am in both churches, and a more traditional service at 9 am at Christ Church. Everyone is welcome