In view of the Government announcements of a new four week lockdown we are now having to suspend our services in church. The church will however be open each day for private prayer. We are also introducing other opportunities for us to pray together:Praying Together each week - At St Ed’s many of us have adopted the practice of pausing wherever we are to say the Lord’s Prayer at 12 o’clock each day. It connects us with one another and brings us into the conscious awareness of the presence of God.Alongside this we will be giving a simple suggestion for each day of something you might like to pray about as we pray together for the world in all its trauma and anguish and also as we give thanks for God’s continued presence and faithfulness to us in this time of uncertainty and difficulty. On the website there will be a separate news item each week with prayer ideas for each day that week.The livestreams are continuing with the following services being made available via the St Ed's Facebook page:Sunday 8th November 9:30 am Spiritual communion with Rev Paul Sunday 8th November 10:45am Remembrance Service with Rev Paul and Rev Phil (service sheet attached)Sunday 8th November evening 6.30pm with Rachel and Sophie (for Sunday Club and the young at heart) craft template on separate newsitemTuesday 10th November 10am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people)Wednesday 11th November 10.30am Rev PaulWednesday 11th November 9pm Rachel’s Rectory RamblingsSaturday 14th November 9pm Prayers together - Each Saturday leading up to Christmas at 9.00pm we will be lighting a candle in church and hold a half hour time of prayer on livestream. Please send in any prayer requests or join online at the time!Watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyAdvent begins on Sunday 29th November.Care Homes We would like to be able to give a small package of toiletries, puzzle books, gifts and chocolate to residents in the Care Homes, especially those who are vulnerable and have lacked contact with their families. If you would like to make any donations of suitable items these can be left in St Ed’s church marked ‘Care Homes’. Thank you.
Starting tomorrow, Saturday 7th November, we are inviting you to join us online each Saturday evening at 9pm for 30 minutes of quiet contemplative prayer time together. Join us on the St Ed’s Facebook page at that time - or later ‘on catch up’.
Sunday Club on 8th November 2020 at 6:30pm via the St Ed's Facebook page will be creating a treasure chest.Please see and print the file (2 pages) attached to this item. The instructions on the template will help you to join in with the activity.All welcome.
In view of the Government announcements of a new four week lockdown from 5th November we are now reviewing all our services and livestreams. This will now affect Remembrance Sunday and the Christmas Fair, and all services in church – we will provide an update once we have had time to consider how best to proceed.As Christ’s people we need to pray, keep faith in Him, be people of hope and witness to the love and abiding presence of Christ in our lives and our communityThe words of our Gospel reading this week could not be more appropriate : ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’. Let us keep each other in prayer and be kind to one another as we look to the Lord to lead us from this difficult time into freedom and new beginnings. The livestreams are continuing.The following services will be made available via the St Ed's Facebook page:Sunday 1st November 9:30 am with Rev Paul Sunday 1st November 11.15am with Julian BryantSunday 1st November evening 6.30pm with Rachel and Sophie (for Sunday Club and the young at heart)Tuesday 3rd November 10am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people)Wednesday 4th November 10.30am Rev PaulWatch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.Services in church We are continuing to hold small services. The dates are :1st November 9.30am St Ed’sThe sign-up sheets for all these services are all at the back of St Eds church or contact Rev Paul to be added to the list. Tuesday evenings The next fortnightly Meditation and Compline is Tuesday 3rd November at St Peter’s Ringland, at 7.30pm At present unfortunately these will need to be restricted to anyone who has not been to a Sunday service in either church on the previous Sunday
