Advent starts here!The livestreams are continuing with the following services being made available via the St Ed's Facebook page:Sunday 29th November 9:30 am Spiritual CommunionSunday 29 November 11:15am with Rev Paul (service sheet attached)Sunday 29 November evening 6.30pm with Rachel and Sophie (for Sunday Club and the young at heart)Tuesday 1st December 10am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people)Wednesday 2nd December 10.30am Rev PaulWednesday 2nd December 9pm Rachel’s Rectory RamblingsSaturday 5th December 9pm Prayers together Watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyServices in church We are currently still awaiting confirmation of the new guidelines for services in church and over Christmas. The church will however still be open each day for private prayer. We also have other opportunities to pray together - see service list above.Care Homes Thank you so much for all the donations! We are shortly delivering the first batch of bags to Sunnycroft. We would still be grateful for donations if you are able to for the other Care Homes. Thank you!Nativity scenes display We are holding a Nativity scenes display at St Peter’s Ringland from Monday 21rd December to Wednesday 23rdThe church will be open 10.00am to 3.00pm each day.
Sunday Club on 29th November 2020 at 6:30pm via the St Ed's Facebook page will be hearing about a girl and lost coin.Please see and print the file (1 page) attached to this item to help you to join in with the activity.All welcome.
2020 St Ed’s Christmas cake raffleAs you may know, the St Ed's Christmas event was due to take place at the end of November 2020. This has had to be cancelled because of the current Covid restrictions and related lockdown.At the annual fayre we often have a ‘guess the weight of the Christmas cake’ competition – but obviously that is not possible this year. One of our talented bakers has already made the Christmas cake. So to give people an opportunity to win the cake, we are having to do things differently this year. As this all has to happen remotely, Sue Elmes has kindly agreed to coordinate the activity.If you wish to have a chance to win the cake please contact Sue to agree which number(s) (from 1 to 40) can be allocated to you and arrange payment. Each number allocated will cost £1. Sue can be contacted by phoning on 01603 260656 or sending an email to susie.elmes@gmail.comThe lucky winner should receive the cake in time for Christmas.
Welcome to our weekly Payer Hub.As we continue through these challenging times it can sometimes be useful to have a few things to help us with our bible reading and prayer. The following apps are really worthwhile and may be of help. They are all free and can either be downloaded in your App Store or accessed through the web pages. Lectio365 - a daily reading and reflective prayer time - link herehttps://www.24-7prayer.com/dailydevotional Redeeming Time - a great way to enable scripture reading - link herehttps://redeemingtime.app/Time To Pray - a short time of daily prayer for morning, evening and night from the Church of England - link herehttps://www.chpublishing.co.uk/features/time-to-prayPray as You Go - produced by the RC church. An Ignation form of reflective bible reading - link herehttps://pray-as-you-go.org/You Version - a whole wealth of daily bible reading plans to encourage greater depth of engagement with scripture - link herehttps://www.youversion.com/ Prayer suggestions this week:Sunday: Today is the Feast of Christ the King. We declare together that Jesus Christ is the King of kings and Lord of all.Monday: Is there any particular thing that God is prompting you to pray about this week?Tuesday: Pray or those who are hungry, lonely and afraid.Wednesday: Take a pause; focus on your breath which God has given. Give thanks for God’s presence with you in this present moment.Thursday: Pray for all those involved in planning our livestreams this week.Friday: As you pray the prayer that Jesus taught us spend a little longer dwelling on each phrase allowing it to lead you further into prayer.Saturday: Pray for all who are persecuted for their faith.Attached is a sheet of the above in case you prefer to print a copy for reference
