…… in line with Government instructions
OUR CHURCH BUILDINGS ARE CLOSED
except for Private Prayer, but the church community continues to flourish….on line….
ROTA OF SERVICES FOR FEBRUARY 2021
ALL THE SERVICES ARE BENEFICE SERVICES ON ZOOM.
CHURCH BUILDINGS ARE OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER ONLY.
To attend Zoom services please email reader.ruthdennigan@gmail.com at least 2 days beforehand and Ruth will send you an email with the link. You can ask for the link for just one service, or to be added to her list and receive the link for all future Zoom services.
Wednesday 3 February
| 9.00am | Online Zoom | Morning Prayer |
Friday 5 February
| 6.30pm | Online Zoom | Evening Prayer |
Sunday 7 February: 2nd Sunday before Lent
| G | 9.30am | Online Zoom | Morning Worship | Proverbs 8. 1, 22-31 Colossians 1. 15-20 John1. 1-14 |
Wednesday 10 February
| 9.00am | Online Zoom | Morning Prayer |
Friday 12 February
| 6.30pm | Online Zoom | Evening Prayer |
Sunday 14 February: Sunday before Lent
| G | 9.30am | Online Zoom | Morning Worship Kagera | 2 Kings 2. 1-12 2 Corinthians 4. 3-6 Mark 9. 2-9 |
Wednesday 17 February: Ash Wednesday
| P | 7.00pm | Online Zoom | Reflective Service | Isaiah 58. 1-12 2 Corinthians 5. 20b-6.10 John 8. 1-11 |
Friday 19 February
| 6.30pm | Online Zoom | Evening Prayer |
Sunday 21 February: Lent 1
| P | 9.30am | Online Zoom | Morning Worship | Genesis 9. 8-17 1 Peter 3. 18-22 Mark 1. 9-15 |
Tuesday 23 February
| 7.30pm | Online Zoom | Lent Group |
Wednesday 24 February
| 9.00am 10.00am | Online Zoom Online Zoom | Morning Prayer Lent Group |
Friday 26 February
| 6.30pm | Online Zoom | Compline |
Sunday 28 February: Lent 2
| P | 9.30am | Online Zoom | Morning Worship | Genesis 17. 1-7, 15-16 Romans 4. 13-25 Mark 8. 31-38 |
These services are correct at the time of going to press but there may be some changes.
Please check on the weekly notice sheet.
CHURCHES OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER ONLY
Coddenham: Thursdays 8am – 5pm
Creeting St Mary: Sundays 2pm-4pm
Creeting St Peter: Sundays 10am-3pm
Crowfield: Sundays 10am-4pm
Earl Stonham: Sundays 12pm-4pm
Gosbeck: Wednesdays and Sundays 9am-6pm
Hemingstone: Every day
Stonham Aspal: Sundays 10am-4pm
FROM THE RECTORY – A BEAUTIFUL DAY
It has been a wonderful day. White frost glistened in the golden sunlight. Trees, dripping melting ice, stood boldly against a clear wintry-blue sky. Birds busied themselves, no doubt making the most of the sun’s warmth after a miserable few days. Although the thermometer read zero, there was a feeling of warmth in the sunlit air. As we took our regulation walk, the beauty of it all lifted our spirits, and the spirits of all who we met on our travels.
It is not only the sun which brings beauty and lifts the spirits. In recent days a new neighbour has moved in. Looking up from my desk one recent morning I saw on the drive, wings outstretched and with the sunlight catching on his rich brown coat, a kestrel; just a few yards from the study window. Our seventh winter; and although we often see kestrels in the fields this is the first time that we have seen one in the Rectory garden. He (or she we’re not sure which) has visited several times since then. The kestrel is not the only new arrival. Migrant blackbirds have arrived in force. Every year in autumn, we gather windfall fruit around the base of our mighty pear tree. There it gently ferments until the blackbirds arrive, then swiftly it vanishes.
Now all is quiet. The mist has risen, the sky turns grey and the temperature is falling; night will soon be upon us. The daily news remains gloomy, the depths of winter are probably still to come but everywhere we look; across the garden and in the fields around us, there are signs of new life. One swallow may not a summer make (and the swallows are still many months away) but a day like today lifts the soul. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. (Psalm 24:1). Thank God that he shares its’ beauty with us.
Rev Philip
February 2021