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Local Lynx No.146 - October/November 2022

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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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