The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Sunday 11th September 8:00am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 11th September 9:30am Mustard Tree Church – informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 11th September 11:15 am A Service of Prayer and Reflection, remembering her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (at St Ed’s and livestream)Sunday 11th September 6:30 pm Sunday Club (livestream)Monday 12th September 8:45 am prayers (at St Ed’s)Monday 12th September 10.00 am Standing Committee (at St Ed’s)Monday 12th September 5.00 pm Monday prayers (at St Ed’s)Monday 12th September 7.30 pm PCC (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 13th September 8:45 am prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 13th September 10:00 am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (at St Ed’s), refreshments10am til12 noonTuesday 13th September 6:00 pm Rspace (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 14th September 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Thursday 15th September 8.30am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 15th September 7.00pm Reflection with Compline (at St Ed’s and livestream)Friday 16th 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 £3. (at Trinity Church building) Saturday 17th September 1:00 pm Wedding (at St Ed’s)Also Sunday 18th September: at St Ed’s, 9.30am Mustard Tree and 11.15am Holy Communion. Plus online 11:15am Informal Service and 6.30pm Sunday Club.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: Saturday 8th October Domino Singers 3.00pm Autumn songs, to support Christian Aid and St Peter’s Church.HM Queen thanksgiving and prayers All our services until the Queen’s funeral will contain opportunities to give thanks for the life and faith of HM Queen, and also to pray for the Royal Family and King Charles III. The church is open every day as usual, but for longer and there are prayers that can be used and taken away, and condolence sheets for messages. Flowers can be left at the war memorial near the door at St Eds. Archdeacon’s visit our Archdeacon, Ven Keith James, will be visiting us on 18th September. We hope this will be a joyful celebration and affirmation of our life and ministry at St Ed’s and St Peter’s. Ven Keith will be pleased to meet members of our congregation and to join with us in our worship that day.Rev Gill Osborne has been Licensed by Bishop Graham. Rev Gill will be speaking at a celebration service at St Ed’s on 25th September at 11.15am, followed by a Bring and Share lunch. There is a sign-up sheet at the back of St Eds if you would like to contribute to the lunch.Harvest at St Eds will take place on 9th October and will include a bring and share lunch.Domino Singers will be at St Peter’s Saturday 8th October 3.00pm. An afternoon of Autumn songs, in support of Christian Aid and St Peter’s Church. Everyone welcome.Shoeboxes will be greatly appreciated for our appeal in November. We will be collecting Christmas Shoeboxes as part of the Blythswood appeal. Shoeboxes are sent to people of different ages in the poorest parts Eastern Europe and beyond for Christmas. The boxes are filled with a variety of items to bring warmth and cheer to people who have very little. The shoe boxes have a wonderful impact on the lives of their recipients. They help to assure these people that they are remembered, prayed for and loved by the Lord.Our prayer for those receiving the shoeboxes is that they know God loves them, just as he loves each of us so deeply.More details will be provided next weekplease note the image of the Queen is used with permission from the Press Association
We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty the Queen at Balmoral on 8th September 2022. We are grateful for her loyal service to our country and the Commonwealth for just over 70 years. We are also deeply grateful for her life of service and her incredible Christian witness. Her faith in her Lord Jesus Christ was a wonderful witness and the bedrock of her life.St Peter’s church is open each day if you wish to come for a time of private prayer, reflection and remembrance. St Edmund’s Taverham is also open. A prayer on the death of Her Majesty The QueenGracious God, we give thanks for the life of your servant Queen Elizabeth, for her faith and her dedication to duty. Bless our nation as we mourn her death and may her example continue to inspire us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.We pray for her family and for our nation.May she rest in peace and rise in glory of her Lord.please note the image of the Queen is used with permission from the Press Association
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 4th September.Sunday 4th September 9:30am Mustard Tree Church – informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 4th September 11:15 am Traditional Sunday Service, Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Monday 5th September 5.00 pm Monday prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 6th September 10:00 am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (at St Ed’s), refreshments10am til12 noonWednesday 7th September 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Thursday 8th September 8.30am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 8th September 7.00pm Reflection with Compline (at St Ed’s and livestream)Friday 9th 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 £3. (at Trinity Church building) Also Sunday 11th September: at St Ed’s, 8am Holy Communion, 9.30am Mustard Tree and 11.15am Service of the word . Plus online 11:15am Informal Service and 6pm Sunday Club. 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: Saturday 8th October Domino Singers 3.00pm Autumn songs. For Christian Aid and St Peter’s Church.Wanted: new or used T shirts and polo shirts and new boxer shorts for wounded Ukranian soldiers in hospital. Can be left at St Ed's. Many thanks. Rev ValRev Gill Osborne will be Licensed to Taverham with Ringland by Bishop Graham in his chapel on 8th September. We are so pleased to welcome Gill and David to our church family and to our life and ministry. Gill will be speaking at a celebration service at St Ed’s on 25th September at 11.15am.Ride and Stride The annual Norfolk Churches Trust Bike Ride is on Saturday 10th September. Everyone is invited to be sponsored in walking or cycling between churches to raise money for the Trust and for our churches. Further details are in St Ed’s and St Peter’s or visit the Norfolk Churches Trust website at https://norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk/bike-ride-walk/Domino Singers will be at St Peter’s Saturday 8th October 3.00pm. Autumn songs, for Christian Aid and St Peter’s Church. Everyone welcome.Archdeacon’s visit our Archdeacon, Ven Keith James, will be visiting us on 18th September. We hope this will be a joyful celebration and affirmation of our life and ministry at St Ed’s and St Peter’s. Ven Keith will be pleased to meet members of our congregation and to join with us in our worship that day.
'But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.’ Luke ch14 verses13-14Reading for this week: Luke 14 : 13 - 14Prayer for the weekEver-loving God, we bow before you in reverence.You search for us, care for us, and welcome us home.We belong to you.Transform us into your likeness, and feed us through your generous Word.As we wait for the Spirit make us more and more signs of your hospitality, so your kingdom may come, on earth as in heaven.Amen~ from Nine Days of Prayers 2012, posted on the Diocese of Canterbury website. http://www.canterburydiocese.org/247liveit/novena2012/pocketprayers2012.pdf
