The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Sunday 9th February 8:00am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 9th February 9:30am Mustard Tree Nativity– informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 9th February 10:30 am Holy Communion (at Ringland Village Hall)Sunday 9th February 11:15 am Service of the word (at St Ed’s and livestream)Sunday 9th February 11:15 am Online Sunday service (livestream) Monday 10th February 5.00 pm Evening prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 11th February 10:00 am til 12 noon Community Café with activities for tots (at St Ed’s),Tuesday 11th February 6:00 pm Rspace (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 12th February 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s )Wednesday 12th February 5:00 pm Ringland PCC (at St Peter’s)Thursday 13th February 9.00am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 13th February 7.00pm Compline with meditation (at St Ed’s and livestream) Friday 14th February 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 15th February visit to Stain glass workshopAlso Sunday 16th February 2025, At St Ed’s, 9:30 am Mustard Tree, 11:15 am Holy Communion Plus online 11:15am Informal Service. For 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: February 9th 10:30 am Communion Service (at Ringland village Hall)March 2nd 4pm informal service at St Peter’sMarch 9th 10:30 am Communion Service at St Peter’sThe St Ed's Stained Glass Window restoration is nearly complete. We have been invited to visit the workshop on Saturday 15th February. Places are limited, so there is a sign up sheet at the back of St Eds church. Lent begins on 5th March Ash WednesdayThe 2025 Lent Appeal will raise money for the YANA (You Are Not Alone) telephone helpline. A Norfolk-based charity, YANA provides mental health support for people living and working in agricultural and rural communities, aiming to prevent loss of life through suicide.Rachel’s Operation will take place, God willing, on Sunday 16th February. Rev Paul will be off on special leave until Sunday 16th March. Please refer any matters needing attention in that time to the churchwardens or members of the ministry team. Rev Paul’s e mails and phone messages will be monitored.. Any help at St Ed’s and St Peter's during this time would be very welcome, Please pray for Rachel’s recovery.
My eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all nations: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel Luke 2 : 30 – 32Readings this week Malachi 3 : 1 - 5; Hebrews 2 : 14 - end; Luke 2 : 22 - 40Thought for this weekIt is always a special moment for new parents to present their new – born. For each of us, whoever we are, a relative, a friend, or a complete stranger, it is a privilege to meet a new born child for the first time, a whole new person, an identity to be revealed, a new life full of possibilities. This moment of encounter of Jesus being brought into the Temple is captured for us by the Gospel writer.A moment of sensitivity, pride, maybe even trepidation for Mary and Joseph. Simeon has been brought by the Holy Spirit to be present. Anna is present through her faithfulness and life of prayer. Both encounter Jesus in a moment of revelation, of patience rewarded, of real joy.So much of our time is filled each day with the details of living, the lists and tasks that so easily preoccupy us.We each need the Holy Spirit to guide us into times of holy encounter, of patience, of being in the right time, that are miracles in our lives.Jesus comes to each of us day by day. May we be open to these moments of encounter, to be filled with awe, and be changed. Rev PaulPrayer for this week - A blessingThe world is now too dangerous and too beautiful for anything but loveMay your eyes be so blessed you see God in everyone.Your ears, so you hear the cry of the poor.May your hands be so blessed that everything you touch is a sacrament.Your lips, so you speak nothing but the truth with love.May your feet be so blessed you run to those who need you.And may your heart be so opened, so set on fire, that your love, Your love, changes everything.From the Black Rock Prayer BookPeople to pray forFor new parentsFor those waiting for hopeFor all our congregations, that our worship and faith may deepen
The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Sunday 2nd February 9:30am Mustard Tree Nativity– informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 2nd February 11:15 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 2nd February 4:00 pm The Gathering@Ringland (Informal Garden Church) (at St Peter’s)Monday 3rd February 1:00 pm Funeral (at St Ed’s)Monday 3rd February 5.00 pm Evening prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 4th February 10:00 am til 12 noon Community Café with activities for tots (at St Ed’s),Tuesday 4th February 6:00 pm Rspace (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 5th February 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s )Wednesday 5th February 1:00 pm Funeral (at St Ed’s)Thursday 6th February 9.00am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 6th February 7.00pm Compline with meditation (at St Ed’s and livestream) Friday 7th February 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 9th February 2025, At St Ed’s, 8am Holy Communion, 9:30 am Mustard Tree, 11:15 am Service of the word (livestream) Also at Ringland Village Hall 10:30 Holy Communion. For 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: February 2nd 4pm informal service at St Peter’sFebruary 9th 10:30 am Communion Service (at Ringland village Hall)March 2nd 4pm informal service at St Peter’sMarch 9th 10:30 am Communion Service at St Peter’sThank you! We have now received our shares of the money very kindly donated for the Norfolk Churches Trust Bike Ride and Walk. Polly and Molly raised £650, of which St. Edmund’s church receives £309. They also visited so many churches they may be included in the wall of fame. Rev Paul raised £936.94 of which £468.47 has gone towards St Peter’s Ringland. A huge thank you from Molly, Polly and Rev Paul for everyone’s contributions and support. We are very grateful. This year’s event is on Saturday 13th September 2025. If anyone would like to cycle or walk, please let Molly or Rev Paul know.The Gathering is at St Peter’s Ringland on 2nd February, with fire pit, lights, live music, a special time of worship. From 4.00pmRosemary Cuff’s service will be at St Ed’s on Monday 3rd February at 1.00pmJanet Ransom’s service to give thanks for her life and faith is at St Ed’s on Wednesday 5th February at 1.00pm.Rachel’s Operation will take place, God willing, on Sunday 16th February. Rev Paul will be off work for a month to look after her until Sunday 16th March. Many thanks to our ministry team and to our Church Wardens for covering this time. Any help at St Ed’s during this time would be very welcome, Please pray for Rachel’s recovery.
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Luke 4 : 20 - 21Readings this week Nehemiah 8 : 1 – 3, 5 – 6, 8 - 10; 1 Corinthians 12 : 12 - 31; Luke 4 : 14 - 21Thought for this weekIt seems appropriate the ceasefire in Gaza has begun with the release of prisoners on both sides. Their release has brought much needed mercy and some release for those involved from the trauma and agony of the conflict.In our Gospel reading Jesus returns to His earthly home of Nazareth. Yet His visit is not to win favour. He is respected by the people at first, and praised. Yet Jesus did not come just to be given earthly accolades. As He reads from Isaiah’s prophecy, it is clear He has come to change our lives, transform our relationship with God, to put right and to set free.The episode ends with Jesus being hounded out of town, because He has come to upset, to stir, to bring justice, and to set us truly free from all that shackles, from ‘the sin that so easily entangles’ (Hebrews 12 : 1).Jesus offers us true freedom that lasts, that transforms, that calls all people back to the Lord who even restores spiritual sight to see things as they truly are, and reaches the prisoners locked in by fear, prejudice, loneliness, and all the other gaolers to afflict our lives.Jesus’ true freedom offered to each of us. True freedom for all people. Rev PaulPrayer for this week (inspired by Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18-19)The Spirit of the Lord is upon us! We have been called, we have been anointed, we have been given a task. So go out from this place into the mission field that is the world. We go carrying Good News to the world: news about freedom from oppression and healing for the afflicted. The time of the Lord's favour is now! Hallelujah! Amen. posted by Rev Gord on his blog, Worship Offerings. http://worshipofferings.blogspot.ca/People to pray forFor peace across the worldFor the ministry of the church amongst the poor, the oppressed, those enslaved by addictions and temptation, those who are downtrodden or broken – hearted. The ministry of Jesus today.
