The livestreams are all continuing, and we are hoping these will include livestreams from the church building soon!The following services will be made available via the St Ed's Facebook page:Sunday 13th September 9:30 am, with Rev Phil (using spiritual communion Trinity liturgy on separate webpage) Sunday 13th September 11am, with Rev Paul (service sheet attached)Sunday 13th September evening 6.30pm with Rachel and Sophie (for Sunday Club and the young at heart)Wednesday 16th September: 10.30am Rev Paul/Rev PhilWednesday 16th September 9pm: Rachel’s Rectory Ramblings (with slippers) Watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.Also online : Tuesday 15th September 10am music for little ones (babies and toddlers)Rspace Zoom for teenagers every Tuesday at 7.00pm. Details Rev PaulServices in church We are continuing to hold small services. The dates are :13th September (11.00am at St Peter’s Ringland)20th September (9.30am indoors St Ed’s)27th September (11.00am at St Peter’s Ringland)The sign-up sheets are all at the back of St Eds church. Tuesday evenings We are also hoping to restart our times of meditation and Compline. These will be fortnightly, at St Peter’s Ringland, at 7.30pm beginning 22nd September. 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 SundayHarvest service The 9.30am service on 4th October will be outdoors. As this is our Harvest service we will meet whatever the weather! There is a sign- up sheet in St Eds church as usual. This service will also be livestreamed.
“Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised”. Psalm 119 : 36-37Bible reading: Matthew 18 : 15 - 20Thought for the weekAll our readings this week feature the call to turn back to the Lord, to follow His commandments, to turn away from sin, and the disruptive effects of following our own paths and our own desires.This week also marks the beginning of what has come to be known as ‘Creationtide’. The celebration of the Lord’s loving hand in Creation and the revealing of His presence, power and gentleness in nature.We are daily being reminded of the consequences of our own willfulness and self – centredness in the trauma suffered by our planet. In Matthew’s Gospel Jesus tells us sin can have a disruptive effect within the church and amongst believers if we are not careful, and needs to be dealt with.Yet there is Good News in the person of Jesus. He has come amongst us, and even took our sin to the Cross for our forgiveness and new life. This is the Good News for each of us when we turn back to the Lord. There is even hope for our planet – more blue whales have been sighted than for many years. Praise be to Jesus who calls us into His ways, and has won for us hope, forgiveness and a new beginning. Rev Paul Prayer for this weekAlmighty God, you search us and know us:may we rely on you in strength and rest on you in weakness,now and in all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
The following services will be made available via the St Ed's Facebook page:Sunday 6th September 9:30 am, with Rev Phil (using spiritual communion Trinity liturgy on separate webpage) Sunday 6th September 11am, with Rev Paul (service sheet attached)Sunday 6th September evening 6.30pm with Rachel and Sophie (for Sunday Club and the young at heart)Wednesday 9th September: 10.30am Rev Paul/Rev PhilWednesday 9th September 9pm: Rachel’s Rectory Ramblings (with slippers) Watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.Also from this Tuesday (8th) : our weekly Tuesday music for little ones (babies and toddlers) begins again online through our Facebook page, 10.00am. Please pray as we start again!Also online : Rspace Zoom for teenagers every Tuesday at 7.00pm. Details Rev PaulServices in church We are continuing to hold small services, The dates are :6th September (9.30am outdoors St Ed’s)13th September (11.00am at St Peter’s Ringland)20th September (9.30am indoors St Ed’s)27th September (11.00am at St Peter’s Ringland)The sign-up sheets are all at the back of St Eds or contact Rev Paul and he will add you to the list. Cycle for your churchSat 12 September 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Join a sponsored bike ride or walk discovering beautiful churches, which also raises money for their repair and preservation. Simply get sponsored for each building you visit or make a donation.Cycle Ride Registration: can be online this year through norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk We also have a limited number of paper copies in St Ed’s. Cathedral Silence :Monday 28 September at 7.00 pm - 8.00 pm Norwich Cathedral.A brief but silent haven from the concerns of daily life. Enjoy an extended period of silence, in the space of the Cathedral. Find one place to stay for the whole hour, or to move about the building; please wear shoes with soft soles to help maintain the silence. Entry is via the North West door. The cloister will be open from 6.30pm for meditative walking.
“Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it”. Matthew 16 : 25Bible reading: Matthew 16 : 21 – endThought for the weekThere have been many difficult choices over the past months. Our Government has been faced with so many decisions that have affected us all. Every organisation, every retailer, each one of us has had to make choices that have impacted others as well as ourselves.In our Gospel reading Jesus chooses the most difficult path of all. The road to Jerusalem and what He knows to be certain arrest, humiliation and death. He has chosen the way of sacrifice. The hardest way. He has chosen this path laying His own well – being aside. Jesus has chosen it for us, in His love for us. Jesus knows it is the way that leads to death for Him, and then life. Resurrection, and the invitation to eternal life for all those who will believe in Him.From the outset He knows He must stay with the choice He has made. There will be distractions, deflections. Those who would say that the road is too hard.We are called to follow Jesus. There are distractions and deflections. But in our own individual walk Jesus is with us. The Holy Spirit guides us and helps us. And our choice to follow affects those around us. May we bring glory to Jesus as we follow Him in the way of the Cross. Rev PaulPrayer for this weekGod of constant mercy,who sent your Son to save us:remind us of your goodness,increase your grace within us,that our thankfulness may grow,through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
