Local Lynx No.131 - April/May 2020

Church Services for Bale and Stiffkey Benefice for April and May 2020
HC=Holy Communion. CFS=Church Family Service. MP=Morning Prayer. BCP=Book of Common Prayer CW- Common Worship
Parish
5 th April
12 th April
19 th April 26 th April
Palm Sunday
Easter Sunday
Bale 9.30am HC 9.30am HC 9.30am HC
Field Dalling 11.00am CFS 11.00am HC At Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP
Saxlingham At Field Dalling At Field Dalling 11.00am HC At Field Dalling
Gunthorpe 11.00am HC 4.30pm Silent Meditation 11.00am MP
Sharrington 9.30am MP BCP 9.30am HC 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC
Binham 11.00am HC 11.00am HC 11.00am CFS 9.30am HC
Morston 9.30am HC BCP 9.30am HC BCP 9.30am HC BCP
Langham At Stiffkey 11.00am Easter Celebration At Stiffkey 9.30am HC
Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Langham 9.30am HC At Langham
Parish 3 rd May 10 th May 17 th May 24 th May 31 st May
Bale 9.30am HC 9.30am HC 9.30am HC At Saxlingham
Field Dalling 11.00am CFS At Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP At Saxlingham
Saxlingham At Field Dalling 11.00am HC At Field Dalling 10.30am HC
Group Service
Gunthorpe 11.00am MP 4.30pm Silent
11.00am HC At Saxlingham
Meditation
Sharrington 9.30am MP BCP 9.30am HC 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC At Saxlingham
Binham 11.00am HC 11.00am HC 11.00am CFS 9.30am HC At Saxlingham
Morston 9.30am HC BCP 9.30am HC BCP At Saxlingham
Langham At Stiffkey 10.30am VE Day At Stiffkey 9.30am HC At Saxlingham
service
Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Langham 9.30am HC At Langham At Saxlingham
Additional Services
Holy Week Monday - Wednesday (6 th – 8 h April): Field Dalling, Seeing God around Us, 6.00pm.
Holy Week Tuesday – Thursday (7 th – 9 th April): Field Dalling, Mindfulness and Meditation, 8.00pm.
Maundy Thursday (9 th April): Field Dalling, Maundy Thursday service, 6.00pm.
Good Friday (10 th April): Field Dalling, Service of Reflection, 10.30am
Good Friday (10 th April): Morston, Stations of the Cross, 10.30am.
Good Friday (10 th April): Langham, Lift High the Cross, 12 noon.
Easter Eve (11 th April): Binham, Service of Light, 8.00pm.
Easter Day (12 th April): Egg Hunt; Stiffkey, 3.00pm.
Ascension Day (May 21 st ): Langham Rectory, 9.00am. Ascension Hymns in the garden followed by breakfast.
Regular Weekday Services
Binham: Tuesday, 6.00pm Evening Prayer Langham: Wednesday, 10.00am Holy Communion
RECTOR’S LETTER
Dear Friends and Parishioners,
How we look forward to Spring! All generations have.
The earth turns and we with her, desperate for warmth, light
and growth. The world endures many a thousand horrors,
most of man‟s devising, but the world itself is neutral. If we
are good stewards by and large we will be rewarded, if bad...
But bad we are. Animals, birds, fish, and all the rest, cannot
sin. We can and we do. The Almighty Lord God, the Creator
had a way to deal with that. He put on flesh and gave up His
Life, so that wretched man might Live.
Humanity is supremely special to God. We are made in
His image, but are flawed. In Christ there is the invitation to
be made flawless. No more cover-up, no more make-up.
Flawless.
Christians live in the light of Christ, in the consequence of
self-less Sacrifice, in the deepest power of Love.
3
This is from the end of the Gospel according to Saint
John, his account of the great turnaround. It was written in
everyday Greek, the day-to-day language of the eastern
Mediterranean. Chapter 20 verses 11 to 17:
“But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as
she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and
the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And
they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto
them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know
not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said,
she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew
not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith
unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where
thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto
her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni;
which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not;