The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Please note there will be no online services on Sunday 27th August:Sunday 27th August 8:00am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 27th August 9:30am Mustard Tree Church– informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 27th August 11:15 am Service of the word (at St Ed’s)Monday 28th August 5.00 pm Monday prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 29th August 10:00 am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (at St Ed’s), refreshments10am til12 noonWednesday 30th August 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Thursday 31st August 8.30am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 31st August 7.00pm Reflection with Compline (at St Ed’s and livestream)Friday 1st September 9:30 am to12.00 noon Arts and Craft Group , - bring anything – art or craft - you fancy doing and coffee and tea are provided cost £1. (at St Ed’s)Also Sunday 3rd September, At St Ed’s 9:30 am Mustard Tree Church,11:15 am Holy Communion. Plus online 7:30 pm Livestream Team Summer ConcertAdditionally at 8am daily (except Sunday) we will be posting a ‘Daily bitesize prayer’ on the St Ed's Facebook page.For on-line services, watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyRingland: future services/events at St Peter’s: 10th September 10:30 am Harvest Service 8th October 10:30 am Holy CommunionRev Paul and Rachel will be on leave until Monday 4th September. Livestream Team Summer Concert Come and hear our livestream musicians playing different kinds of music! Starting with some folk, Elton John, Bob Dylan and others, and then some worship. At St Ed’s, possibly outdoors, Sunday 3rd September at 7.30pm All welcome! Cycle for your church - Sat 9th September 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Join a sponsored bike ride or walk discovering beautiful churches, which also raises money for their repair and preservation. Simply get sponsored for each building you visit or make a donation. Cycle Ride Registration : can be online this year through norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk, or paper copies in St Ed’s. Harvest this year will be on Sunday 10th September. Our services at St Ed’s will include 8.00am Holy Communion, 9.30am Mustard Tree Church, a livestream service at 11.15am.There will also be a 10.30am service at St Peter’s RinglandWe have also been asked to hold a 2.00pm Civic Service at St Ed’s for Broadland District Council.Any donations or offers of help towards decorating St Ed’s would be very gratefully received – please speak to Margaret Miller. Thank youTools With A Mission who collect tools and other items to send to people who need them in Africa, are in great need of haberdashery items. There are comprehensive lists and contact information at the back of St Eds if anyone has anything they can donate. Many thanks. Paul Scarff
Then Jesus answered her, ‘Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.’ And her daughter was healed instantly. Matthew 15 : 28Readings this week : Isaiah 56 ,: 1, 6 – 8; Romans 11 : 1 – 2a, 29 – 32; Matthew 15 : 10 - 28Thought for the week : Jesus’ ministry was full of miracles. Times when people came to Him in great need, and He answered with healing, forgiveness, new hope, and a new beginning. Wonderful times that draw us into faith today and to believe this is Jesus in our world and our lives today.Yet I wonder if the greatest miracle is Jesus’ work in transforming the human heart. In our Gospel reading Jesus speaks of all that comes from our heart that has the potential to defile, disrupt, even destroy. Yet Jesus brings hope for each of us. By even the smallest amount of faith, the Lord can work wonders, if we will let Him. If we open ourselves to His work of healing, forgiveness and new life. Transforming our coldness, our hardness, our self – will, our self – centredness.Albert Einstein said, “It is harder to crack prejudice than an atom”. Yet with the Lord all things are possible. We can each experience the miracle of all that Jesus longs to do in our hearts, in our relationship with Him, in surrendering ourselves to His love and letting the Holy Spirit work in us.We can each be people that bring Jesus’ Light and love. With even a little faith, Jesus can change the world. Rev PaulPrayer for this weekGod our rock and our salvation so much of faith is waiting like a pregnant woman waiting in hope like a people under siege, holding out till relief comes like the soul lost in the darkness, unable to see even a glimmer of light yet stumbling through the night because somewhere out ahead, day will surely break God be with us in our waitingLiving God, keep us awake in faith, faith that acts; when our faith grows weary, strengthen us when our faith grows fearful, give us courage when our faith grows despairing, give us witnesses and when the faith of others falters, may we be a light in their darkness. — posted on the Christian Aid website. People to pray for :Youngsters receiving their exam resultsThose waiting for hope in their lives
The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Note: Our livestream services are taking a short break for the next few Sundays, you can however find all of our previous streamed services in the video section on our facebook pageSunday 20th August 9:30am Mustard Tree Church– informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 20th August 11:15 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 20th August 12:45 am Baptism (at St Ed’s)Monday 21st August 5.00 pm Monday prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 22nd August 10:00 am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (at St Ed’s), refreshments10am til12 noonWednesday 23rd August 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Thursday 24th August 8.30am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 24th August 7.00pm Reflection with Compline (at St Ed’s and livestream)Friday 25th August 9:30 am to12.00 noon Arts and Craft Group , - bring anything – art or craft - you fancy doing and coffee and tea are provided cost £1. (at St Ed’s)Also Sunday 27th August, At St Ed’s 8am Holy Communion, 9:30 am Mustard Tree Church,11:15 am Service of the word Additionally at 8am daily (except Sunday) we will be posting a ‘Daily bitesize prayer’ on the St Ed's Facebook page.For on-line services, watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyRingland: future services/events at St Peter’s: 10th September 10:30 am Harvest Service 8th October 10:30 am Holy CommunionRev Paul and Rachel will be on leave from Monday 21st August until Monday 4th September. Livestream Team Summer Concert Come and hear our livestream musicians playing different kinds of music! Starting with some folk, Elton John, Bob Dylan and others, and then some worship. At St Ed’s, possibly outdoors, Sunday 3rd September at 7.30pm All welcome! Cycle for your church - Sat 9th September 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Join a sponsored bike ride or walk discovering beautiful churches, which also raises money for their repair and preservation. Simply get sponsored for each building you visit or make a donation. Cycle Ride Registration : can be online this year through norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk Harvest this year will be on Sunday 10th September. Our services at St Ed’s will include 8.00am Holy Communion, 9.30am Mustard Tree Church, a livestream service at 11.15am.There will also be a 10.30am service at St Peter’s RinglandWe have also been asked to hold a 2.00pm Civic Service at St Ed’s for Broadland District Council.Any donations or offers of help towards decorating St Ed’s would be very gratefully received – please speak to Margaret Miller. Thank youTools With A Mission who collect tools and other items to send to people who need them in Africa, are in great need of haberdashery items . There are comprehensive lists and contact information at the back of St Eds if anyone has anything they can donate. Many thanks. Paul Scarff
“After He had dismissed the crowds , He went up the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came He was there alone, but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them. And early in the morning He came walking towards them on the lake” Matthew 14 : 27Readings this week : I Kings 19 : 9 - 18Romans 10 : 5 - 15Matthew 14 : 22 - 33Thought for the week : Jesus’ walking on water was a truly miraculous event. This was not even a stroll across still water, but the boat carrying the disciples was being ”battered by the waves”. It was perhaps, for many people, after the Resurrection, Jesus’ single most powerful and breath – taking miracle. It is certainly one that everyone remembers.It is such a testament to Jesus’ power and authority, even over nature itself. It is a witness to Jesus’ compassion and love for His disciples, including each of us who are disciples today. It is the call to believe, and to grow in faith for all who hear the Word. It is evidence of how Jesus has come to turn the world upside down, and challenge every man, woman and child into faith and following.It shows how the Lord is not remote from us. When Jesus saw the disciples were in trouble he was far away, a mountain. Yet he came to them. Even walking on the water, to be with them, to reassure them, to show He is always close.This is the reality of Jesus. He is the Lord who has drawn close, coming from heaven, shares our lives, offers us His hope. This is the Lord’s love. Jesus who offers His love in every situation. Rev PaulPrayers for this weekGod of our pilgrimage, You have willed that the gate of mercy should stand open for those who trust in you: look upon us with your favour that we who follow the path of your will may never wander from the way of life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, AmenLord of heaven and earth, As Jesus taught His disciples to be persistent in prayer, Give us patience and courage never to lose hope, But always to bring Our prayers before you; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. AmenPeople to pray for :For the church in places where it is hard to be a ChristianFor those affected by severe weather conditionsFor those new in the faith
