For Palm Sunday, St Mary’s Church Tenby held a parade with donkeys Andy and Dennis - expertly ridden by James.

Donkeys in St Mary’s Church Tenby for Palm Sunday
Donkeys in St Mary’s Church Tenby for Palm Sunday (Roz Oak)

They were also honoured to welcome the new Bishop of St Davids, Rt Rev’d Dorrien Davies, to the parade.

Bishop of St Davids, Rt Rev'd Dorrien Davies at the Tenby Palm Sunday Parade
Bishop of St Davids, Rt Rev'd Dorrien Davies at the Tenby Palm Sunday Parade (Roz Oak)

Easter highlights at St Mary’s Church include:

Maundy Thursday, 7pm – Sung Eucharist with Stripping of the Altars, followed by a short silent Watch

Good Friday, 10am – Ecumenical Walk beginning at Deer Park followed by a united service in Tudor Square; 2pm – ‘The Last Hour’ devotional service.

Easter Day – Dawn Service at Tenby Bandstand; 10am – Sung Eucharist

5 pm – The Easter Festival, a service of Nine Lessons and music. In the church newsletter, Rector Rev’d Andrew Grace writes: “The Easter Festival Service at 5pm on Easter Day will be my last service in St Mary’s and my last service before I retire. This service is a celebration of our Lord’s Resurrection, of course, and I look forward to a wonderful Easter celebration in words and music, in prayer and praise. But it will also be my last chance to say goodbye to our beautiful church family, and I do hope we will all be able to get together for this service, and for a glass of Easter wine afterwards.”