Dear everyoneI hope and pray you are surviving these challenging times. At the beginning of Lent I believed it was right to speak of this Lent as being a growing time. No-one could have imagined just how different Lent would become, but I believe in many ways it has been a growing time, not least in the opportunities we now have for personal prayer and spiritual growth, of listening to the Lord, and of being the church without so many of the distractions and encumbrances we have that can get in the way of our relationship with the Lord.Two ideas that have come from Rev Phil :1) Rev Phil has put together a Bible Study on 1 John for his Bible Study groups. If you would like to receive these Bible Studies and become part of an online group (through e mail), could you please e mail Rev Phil on revdphilcharlesworth@gmail.com if you would like to take part.2) We would normally hold an all – night vigil in church following our Maundy Thursday service to remember Jesus going from the Last Supper into the Garden of Gethsemane and praying to the Father. As you may know we divide the night into one hour slots, recalling Jesus’ words to His first disciples, “Could you not watch with me for one hour?” Matthew 26 : 40. If you would like to commit to spending an hour at home during the night of Thursday 9th April/Friday 10th please e mail me on vicarattaverham@gmail.com. I will compile the list of responses and send it round on Wednesday.We will continue our Livestreams, including on Palm Sunday at 10.30am on our Facebook page. Further details of Holy Week and Easter will follow.With every blessing for Jesus’ hope and protectionRev Paul
We begin our Holy Week journey with Palm Sunday on 5th April. Please join us for our live stream at 10.30am. To help you follow the service please find the service sheet attached to this news item.Make sure you have a piece of plain paper with you!!!
The Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, has recorded four Bible story videos to bring encouragement and entertainment to pupils at Diocese of Norwich schools and academies across Norfolk and Waveney.Details can be found here (if link fails go to https://www.dioceseofnorwich.org/news/bishop-of-norwich-creates-four-bible-story-videos-for-schools/ ) The stories will be shared through the school’s online learning platforms and are also available to view on the Diocese of Norwich YouTube channel. (if link fails go to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvGKxkn3fbLetIeFZl4mDSSFuh-PFFgDb )These were filmed on a phone by his daughter in Bishop’s House garden and kitchen. The four stories covered are Zacchaeus, the feeding of the 5,000, the paralysed man lowered through the roof and the parable of the good Samaritan. Enjoy!
A special podcast, recorded by Rt Revd Alan Winton, Bishop of Thetford for Passiontide Sunday on 29th March 2020, is now available to play, download and share. Visit hereThis short podcast contains a reading, reflection, some questions to ponder, and prayers. You might like to press pause and light a candle as a symbol of God’s presence with us.This is the second episode of a weekly podcast by, and for, the Diocese of Norwich called 'Sunday Hope'.Please let everyone know so together we can play this, and the following podcasts in this series, on Sunday and in the coming weeks!
