The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Sunday 9th June 8:00am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 9th June 9:30am Mustard Tree with Baptism – informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 9th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Sunday 9th June 10:30 am Holy Communion (at Sr Peter’s)Sunday 9th June 11:15 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Sunday 9th June 11:15 am Online Sunday service (pre-recorded)Monday 10th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Monday 10th June 5.00 pm Monday prayers (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 11th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 11th June 10:00 am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (at St Ed’s), refreshments10am til12 noonTuesday 11th June 6:00 pm Rspace (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 12th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 12th June 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 12th June 5:00 pm Evening Prayer (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 12th June 7:30 pm Alpha Bible Study (at St Ed’s)Thursday 13th June 8.30am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 13th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Thursday 13th June 7.00pm Compline with meditation (at St Ed’s and livestream) Friday 14th June 9:30 am to12.00 noon Arts and Craft Group , - bring anything – art or craft - you fancy doing and coffee and tea are provided. (at Trinity church)Friday 14th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Saturday 15th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Also Sunday 16th June, At St Ed’s 9:30 am Mustard Tree, 11:15 am Holy Communion. Plus Plant sale continues (if we have any plants left!) Plus online 11:15am Informal Service. For on-line services, watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyRingland: future services/events for Ringland St Peter’s: June 9th 10:30 am Holy Communion (in St Peter’s)July 8th 2:00 pm PCC meeting (in St Peter’s)July 14th 10:30 am Holy Communion (in St Peter’s)Alpha has started. Please pray for this exciting time, and please invite anyone you know for whom this would be helpful. Invitations are in church.Alpha meals if anyone would like to make a meal for Alpha (12 people) please let Rev Paul knowBring and Share lunch on Sunday 30th June from 12.45pm. If you would like to contribute some food there is a sign – up sheet at the back of churchChristian Aid our total donations has now reached £500. Thank you so much!Plant Sale – our plant sale at St. Edmund’s will continue whilst we have plants to sell. If you have plants to spare, please bring them along for sale and then buy some from our selection too! Pastoral Visitors we are reviving our Pastoral Visitors’ team. If you feel the Lord is calling you into this ministry, please let Rev Paul or Rev Phil know. There will be a six week course beginning on 18th June.
Our Alpha course is about to start! We would love to see you there.Alpha is for anyone who is curious to explore the big questions of life, faith and meaning. Over eleven weeks a series of interactive videos and conversations, each week beginning with a meal together, in an open, friendly and informal environment.We’re starting on Wednesday 5th June at 6.30pm at St Edmund’s Church, Taverham in Norwich, and after this date you can still join the course for the Wednesdays during June. Everyone is welcome. Further details : Rev Paul. vicar@stedmundstaverham.co.uk Tel : 01603 868217
Then Jesus said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.’ Mark 2 : 27 - 28Readings this week : Deuteronomy 5 : 12 - 15; 2 Corinthians 4 : 5 - 12; Mark 2 : 23 – 3 : 6Thought for this weekAfter all the celebrations and deeply important events of the Lord’s grace in Jesus’ incarnation, His arrest and crucifixion, and His amazing Resurrection, we are now in Ordinary time. It is a season, just as our lives tend to travel in seasons. Ordinary time is a time for embedding and rooting all we have heard and celebrated over the past months into the depths and realities of our daily lives. Having now heard of Jesus’ resurrection, we now become people of His Resurrection in all we are, and say and do each day.In our Gospel reading Jesus speaks of the Sabbath. Not as an imposed system of rules and regulations, but as a gift of the Lord’s grace to us in our lives. The importance of rest, and also the call to know who it is we truly belong to in this world. Who is our Lord, the one who holds us in His hands.Ordinary time is an opportunity to step aside from the busyness of the festivals to reflect more deeply on how our lives can be filled anew with the Lord’s grace and love. To allow the Lord to speak through the Holy Spirit, and reveal His love in our lives. A love so immense that our lives become far from ordinary! Rev PaulPrayer for this weekO God, the strength of all those who put their trust in you, mercifully accept our prayers and, because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without you, grant us the help of your grace, that in the keeping of your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, AmenGod of truth, help us to keep your law of love and to walk in ways of wisdom, that we may find true life in Jesus Christ your Son. AmenPeople to pray forOur Alpha courseSchools returning after half termOur PCC meeting
The following services will be available via the St Ed's Facebook page or by attendance (as stated below). Sunday 2nd June 9:30am Mustard Tree with Baptism – informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s)Sunday 2nd June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Mustard Tree Church– informal service for families and children. (at St Ed’s) Wild ChurchSunday 2nd June 11:15 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Monday 3rd June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Monday 3rd June 5.00 pm Monday prayers (at St Ed’s)Monday 3rd June 7.30 pm PCC (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 4th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Tuesday 4th June 10:00 am Tiny Tunes (music for all young people) (at St Ed’s), refreshments10am til12 noonTuesday 4th June 6:00 pm Rspace (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 5th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 5th June 10:30 am Holy Communion (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 5th June 5:00 pm Evening Prayer (at St Ed’s)Wednesday 5th June 6:30 pm Alpha Bible Study (at St Ed’s)Thursday 6th June 8.30am Church caretaking team (at St Ed’s )Thursday 6th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Thursday 6th June 7.00pm Compline with meditation (at St Ed’s and livestream) Friday 7th June 9:30 am to12.00 noon Arts and Craft Group , - bring anything – art or craft - you fancy doing and coffee and tea are provided. (at Trinity church)Friday 7th June 9am Quinquennial Inspection (at St Peter’s) Friday 7th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Saturday 8th June 10am to 5pm Plant Sale (at St Ed’s)Also Sunday 9th June, At St Ed’s 8am Holy Communion, 9:30 am Mustard Tree, 11:15 am Service of the word. Plus Plant sale continues (if we have any plants left!) Plus online 11:15am Informal Service. Also in Ringland St Peter’s 10:30 am Holy Communion ServiceFor on-line services, watch live if you are able --- or join later on 'catch up'.Everyone welcome.AdditionallyRingland: future services/events for Ringland St Peter’s: June 9th 10:30 am Holy Communion (in St Peter’s)July 14th 10:30 am Holy Communion (in St Peter’s)Alpha begins this week, on Wednesday 5th June. Please pray for this exciting time, and please invite anyone you know for whom this would be helpful. Invitations are in St Eds.Plant Sale – our plant sale at St. Edmund’s has started and will continue whilst we have plants to sell. If you have plants to spare, please bring them along for sale and then buy some from our selection too! Thatch in the Chancel of St Eds– the repair works began on Tuesday 28th May, and will last six weeks. Anyone is welcome to come and watch the thatcher at work over this time.Pastoral Visitors we would like to revive our Pastoral Visitors’ team. If you feel the Lord is calling you into this ministry, please let Rev Paul or Rev Phil know. There will be a six week course beginning on 18th June.
