Ordinary time finished on Sunday the 25th of October with Bible Sunday. We now enter what is informally called “The Kingdom Season”. This season runs from All Saints’ Day, or to the eve of the First Sunday of Advent which, this year, falls on the 28th of November. The Kingdom season is a time when we celebrate and reflect upon the kingdom of God, ending with the great Feast of Christ the King on the 22nd of November. We then return to the beginning of the story on Advent Sunday which will be on the 29th of November this year. From then we will be following Lectionary Year B and St Mark’s Gospel.
As with all of the Church seasons we are called to go on a journey with Christ and this is especially true as the new vision of the Diocese of Lincoln of a Time to Grow Together comes into focus for us all, not just our own Benefice but our Local Mission Partnership and new Deanery. Some of us have already been involved with helping to develop it yet without the prayer and willingness of the people of our congregations and communities it will be simply words on a page.
On Bible Sunday I spoke of scripture being read through the lens of our Lord Jesus and that too must be our approach if we are to stabilise and grow as a Benefice. St Paul wrote to the Corinthians about being one in Christ. It is a call to be united in Christ. Unity in the Church is not optional. If you follow Jesus, you’re part of a people bound together by the same Lord, the same gospel, and the same mission “ We will not grow if we do not pray together, worship together, work together. That growth is not simply about numbers who attend church but growth within the community as we seek to love and serve those with whom we live.
On my most recent pilgrimage to what was known as Asia Minor, as a group we reflected on the 7 messages to the churches in the Book of Revelation. Each church had its merits, but also its flaws. Their way back, Jesus. We reflected on how we might have similar problems in our own churches, deaneries, diocese. I encourage you to read those messages and give thanks to God for those things which we do well and pray for help in those things with which we struggle.
As we approach Advent and the coming of our Lord Jesus I hope that you will pray that we, as the people of North Lafford, might grow together; in worship, in mission, spreading the good news of Jesus. As St Paul writes, “For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.” May we seek to inhabit those words together in the name of our Lord Jesus. With every blessing. Reverend Al.

Each year we hold a special service for the families and friends of loved ones that have departed. This year we are proud to announce that there will be a service in memory of all those we have loved and said a fond farewell to over the years at the following Churches
Ruskington All Saints
Cranwell St Andrew's
Leasingham St Andrew's

Come and join us, everyone is welcome

Would you like to meet up with friends or make new ones. All Saints is a Benefice initiative to help us do that. It is held at the Winchelsea Centre Ruskington on Mondays between 2pm and 4pm. We hope that as many people from across our communities will come along to enjoy fellowship, craft, activities and more. Please come along or if you want to volunteer please drop Reverend Al a line.

Join us for refreshments and good conversation at our monthly coffee morning
It’s been a busy month at St Edith’s, starting the month with the coffee morning, once again a good turn out , and the new bric-a-brac stall being a good attraction . This was then followed on the Monday evening with a Bingo, which is always well supported from villages round about. The proceeds being shared with the church.

A time to remember those who have offered their lives in the service of humanity. We remember those who have been a victim of war and conflict in our Communities and beyond.
In our Benefice, there will be an act of Remembrance in the following Churches;
All Saints Church Ruskington at 9.30am
St Andrew's Church Cranwell at 10.00am
St Andrew's Church Leasingham at 10.00am
St Edith's Church Anwick at 10.00am

Please come and join us,

This will be a service of Holy Communion. Everyone is welcome to come and join us in our beautiful church.

Sunday@3. The theme of light will continue in our Sunday@3 All Age Service on Sunday the 18th of October at 3pm at All Saints. Why not come and see?

Lots of stalls, home made jams, veg and refreshments.