Local Lynx No.146 - October/November 2022
The community newspaper for 10 North Norfolk villages.
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Church Services for Bale and Stiffkey Benefice for October and November 2022
HC=Holy Communion. CFS=Church Family Service. MP=Morning Prayer. BCP=Book of Common Prayer CW- Common Worship
Parish 2 nd October 9 th October 16 th October 23 rd October 30 th October
Bale
9.30am Harvest
9.30am HC
At Morston
Festival
Field Dalling 11.00am CFS At Saxlingham 11.00am MP At Morston
BCP
Saxlingham At Field Dalling 11.00am HC BCP At Field Dalling At Morston
Gunthorpe
11.00am Harvest Festival
At Morston
Sharrington 9.30am Harvest 9.30am HC 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC At Morston
Festival
Binham 11.00am Harvest 11.00am MP BCP 11.00am MP BCP 9.30am HC At Morston
Thanksgiving
Morston 9.30am HC BCP
Harvest Festival
9.30am MP BCP
10.30am HC Group
Service
Langham At Stiffkey 9.30am Harvest At Stiffkey 9.30am MP At Morston
Thanksgiving
BCP
Stiffkey 9.30am Harvest
Thanksgiving
At Langham 9.30am HC BCP At Langham At Morston
Parish 6 th November 13 th November
20 th November 27 th November
Remembrance Sunday
Bale 9.30am HC 9.30am HC Service of Remembrance 9.30am HC
Field Dalling 10.45am Service of Remembrance At Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP
Saxlingham At Field Dalling 11.00am HC BCP At Field Dalling
Gunthorpe
10.50am Service of Remembrance
Sharrington 9.30am MP BCP 9.30am HC Service of Remembrance 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC
Binham 11.00am HC 10.50am HC Service of 11.00am MP BCP 9.30am HC
Remembrance
Morston 9.30am HC BCP 3.00pm Service of Remembrance 9.30am HC BCP
Patronal Festival
Langham At Stiffkey 10.50am Service of Remembrance At Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP
Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Langham 9.30am HC BCP At Langham
Additional Services
Stiffkey: Friday 11 th November, Remembrance Day Gathering at the War Memorial, 10.45am.
Zoom Evensong on October 2 nd and November 6 th at 5.00pm. For further details please contact Ian Newton on
01328 830947 or email iannewton46@gmail.com.
RECTOR’S LETTER
Dear Friends and Parishioners,
This time of year, late summer/early autumn is for me a reflection of the Glory of God. I wonder if you know the poem by
Gerard Manley Hopkins “Hurrahing in Harvest”? “Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the stooks rise/ Around; up
above, what wind-walks! what lovely behaviour/ Of silk-sack clouds!” The Glory of God, mirrored there in nature is of course
one of the great themes of scripture.
In the Old Testament ‘glory’ is the visible and supernatural ‘showing’ of the majesty of God; and the Hebrew word for
‘glory’ (kabod) means ‘weight’ or ‘substance’’; and this making known of the presence of a personal Deity produces awe. Awe,
as well as the presence of God is hard to explain to one who has never experienced it, but it is something to be experienced by the
humble, devout believer. Adam and Eve felt no awe in the presence of God before the Fall, but surely did when they approached
Him afterwards. But approach they did, because He beckoned; and He beckons us still to a restored relationship with Himself, to,
in a sense, a life of glory.
There is a house in north Norfolk, which I have often visited which had, instead of the usual parapet (it’s quite a grand house),
stone letters proclaiming to all the world, the allegiance, the prayer, and the experience of the family down the centuries: “Gloria
Deo in excelsis”. It is God’s presence which bestows obvious favour and assurance on his people and marks them out as his own,
for his glory. To be with, and bless His people is what God wants – hence His covenant with Israel, hence the sending of His Son
for this contractual agreement was sealed everlastingly with the red blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
What distinguishes God? His Glory. What motivates God? His love. To what end does He work? The restoration of all
things, including our broken relationship with Him.
“God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that everyone that believes in him may not perish, but have
eternal life.” This is the heart of the Gospel. Not “God is love” – which is true but does not imply any action on His part. BUT
“God so loved…” that He gave. He gave. In a place and at a time God in Christ took off His robes of glory and was lifted up
only in shame and the Author of life died for what He had made. And that glorious degradation on behalf of the whole world is
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