The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Sunday 31st May 9:30 am Mustard Tree Church– informal service for families and children (at St Ed’s)Sunday 31st May 11:15 am Holy Communion for Trinity Sunday (at St Ed’s)Monday 1st June 10.30 am Funeral (at St Ed’s)Monday 1st June 5.00 pm Evening prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 2nd June 10:00 am til 12 noon Community Café (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 2nd June 6:00 pm Rspace (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 3rd June 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s )Wednesday 3rd June 3:00 am Standing Committee (at St Ed’s )Thursday 4th June 9.00am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 4th June 7.00pm Compline (at St Ed’s) Friday 5th June 9:30 am to12.00 noon Arts and Craft Group , - bring anything – art or craft - you fancy doing and coffee and tea are provided. (at Trinity church)Also Sunday 7th June 2026. At St Ed’s, 8 am Holy Communion, 9:30 am Mustard Tree, 11:15 am Service of the word 9.45am Friend in Deed Big Day of Kindness at Wensum Valley Golf Clubon-line services, watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyRingland: future services/events for Ringland St Peter’s: June 14th 10:30 am Holy Communion followed by refreshments (at St Peter’s)June 28th 3pm The Gathering @ Ringland (at St Peter’s)Taverham Fair as in recent years we will be joining in with the Churches Together stall at Taverham Fair on 27th June. If you are able to come and help set up the tent, or to be present at the fair for an hour during the day, please let Rev Paul know? It promises to be another opportunity for us as the Churches Together to offer a presence and a witness at the Fair.Sad news we were very sorry to hear that Roger Morriss has died. Roger and Valerie were regular attenders of the 8.00am service. Our prayers are with Valerie and the family at this sad time.Friend in deed – Big Day of Kindness next Sunday (7th) the charity that has been connecting older people in Care Homes with children is running a free fun day at Wensum Valley Golf Club. Posters with more details are on the noticeboards. Everyone is welcome!Cursillo Are you interested in Cursillo? A Christian discipleship weekend held in September? Details : Rev Stella 07815 089704PCC meeting for St Ed’s will be on Monday 8th June at 7.30pm at St Ed’sThe driveway is finished! Many thanks to Deeba’s who worked incredibly hard in the hot weather. It needs to remain closed to allow the surface to settle.Charitable giving Please let Rev Paul have any suggestions of charities. Foodbank The Foodbank bin is back at St Ed’s, and donations will be taken to the Norwich foodbank each week. Further information about the Foodbank is available, including agencies that can help people out of needing Foodbanks. If you would like to place items in this these will then be available for anyone who comes into church seeking food.If you are new…. It is great to see you today. If you are able to, please speak to a member of the ministry team. We look forward to getting to know you!St Ed’s needs…a new Treasurer and a Safeguarding officer. Please pray that the Lord will call people for these roles. (could it be you?) Further details from the Churchwardens.St Edmund’s Taverham Registered Charity Number 1185420
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” John 7 : 37 - 39Readings this week Acts 2 : 1 - 21; 1 Corinthians 12 : 3b - 13; John 7 : 37 - 39Thought for the weekToday is the celebration of Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first disciples, and on all those who believe in Jesus today. While there are several images used to represent, or to suggest, who the Holy Spirit is, including wind, flames, and a dove, the celebration of Pentecost is perhaps the one Christian festival of the year that is the least well known or understood, especially by people who are not yet believers or members of the church community.Yet in our Gospel reading Jesus uses an image for the Holy Spirit that can be understood by everyone. The image of water, particularly in these unusually hot days of the Bank Holiday! Refreshing, thirst – quenching, life – bringing, free – flowing. Jesus declared publicly “ Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7 : 38).The life of the Holy Spirit may well remain a mystery to many people. After all, Jesus said, “The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. (John 14 : 17). Yet I believe every human being will understand their own need. The thirst we each have in life for love, for hope, for meaning. For forgiveness and assurance. For acceptance. Jesus has won all these for everyone who believes. We can each receive these through the power and love of the Holy Spirit. Jesus says, ‘Believe. And ask’ Rev PaulPrayer for this weekGod, who as at this time taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. AmenHoly Spirit, sent by the Father, ignite in us your holy fire; strengthen your children with the gift of faith, revive your Church with the breath of love, and renew the face of the earth, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AmenWe give thanks for….. Our Annual meetingsThe work of Christian AidFor those who visit our churches and the welcome we are able to give them
The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Sunday 24th May 8:00 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 24th May 9:30 am Mustard Tree – Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 24th May 11:15 am Service of the Word (at St Ed’s)Sunday 24th May 13:00 pm Plant sale and crafts display continues (at St Ed’s)Sunday 24th May 3:00 pm The Gathering@Ringland (Informal Garden Church) (at St Peter’s)Monday 25th May 10.00 am to 4 pm Plant sale and crafts display (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 26th May 10:00 am til 12 noon Community Café (at St Ed’s)Note: work on the church driveaway begins on May 26th – please use the Glebe while the work is undertakenWednesday 27th May 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s )Wednesday 27th May 6:00 pm Ringland PCC (at St Peter’s)Thursday 28th May 9.00am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 28th May 7.00pm Compline (at St Ed’s) Friday 29th May 9:30 am to12.00 noon Arts and Craft Group , - bring anything – art or craft - you fancy doing and coffee and tea are provided. (at Trinity church)Saturday 30th May 2026 11:00 am Cursillo meeting (at St Peter’s)Also Sunday 31st May 2026. At St Ed’s, 9:30 am Mustard Tree, 11:15 am Holy Communion on-line services, watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyRingland: future services/events for Ringland St Peter’s: May 24th 3pm The Gathering @ Ringland (at St Peter’s)May 27th 6pm PCC meeting (at St Peter’s)May 30th 11am Cursillo Meeting (at St Peter’s)June 14th 10:30 am Holy Communion followed by refreshments (at St Peter’s)Baptism of Sam Frisby congratulations to Sam who was baptised last Sunday in the river at Ringland. Photos are available on our church Facebook pagesChristian Aid Week Envelopes are still available in church and we will continue to gather these to support the 2026 appeal.St Ed's Plant Sale and Display of Crafts 23rd – 25th May for Christian Aid - 10.30am to 4.00pm each day. Refreshments are available. Please bring your friends!Taverham Fair as in recent years we will be joining in with the Churches Together stall at Taverham Fair on 27th June. If you are able to come and help set up the tent, or to be present at the fair for an hour during the day, please let Rev Paul know? It promises to be another opportunity for us as the Churches Together to offer a presence and a witness at the Fair.Cursillo Are you interested in Cursillo? A Christian discipleship weekend held in September? Cursillo are having a meeting and service at St Peter’s Church Ringland on Saturday 30th May at 11.00am, with a shared lunch. Come along and find out more! Details : Rev Stella 07815 089704
For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17 : 1 – 3Readings this week Acts 1 : 6 - 14; 1 Peter 4 : 12 – 14, 5 : 6 - 11; John 17 : 1 - 11Thought for the weekWe have reached the last Sunday in Easter. In our Gospel reading Jesus has been speaking with His disciples at the Last Supper. But now He turns His attention heavenwards, and addresses His Father. This is a very rare moment, and we are led into the privilege of witnessing the heart of the love between the Father and the Son, in the power of the Holy Spirit. This is holy ground. We do not deserve to witness this moment, yet we are invited anyway.Some might see this as the heart of the Gospel. As frail and faltering human beings we are invited into God’s heart of love. We are offered forgiveness and new life, and to live in eternal life which is this present, wonderful awareness of God’s love surrounding us and filling us.Jesus prays in the Father’s presence for us as Jesus’ disciples in our world today. The Lord’s face has always been turned towards our world, and we are called to share Jesus’ love, and draw others to Him. Today marks the end of Christian Aid week. We celebrate all that is achieved through the love and compassion of Jesus in the hardest places. And that the Father is present, listens to us, goes with us, is always attentive to us, welcomes us, through the grace of the Son and in the power of the Holy Spirit. How truly blessed we are, and all believers in Jesus! Rev PaulPrayer for this weekO God the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: we beseech you, leave us not comfortless, but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. AmenRisen, ascended Lord, as we rejoice at your triumph, fill your Church on earth with power and compassion, that all who are estranged by sin may find forgiveness and know your peace, to the glory of God the Father. AmenWe give thanks for….. The work of Christian AidSean and Charlotte’s weddingSt Ed's Annual meeting on 18th May
