Local Lynx No.146 (v2) October-November 2022
The community newspaper fort ten North Norfolk villages.
The community newspaper fort ten North Norfolk villages.
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Church Services for Bale and Stiffkey Benefice for <strong>October</strong> and <strong>November</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
HC=Holy Communion. CFS=Church Family Service. MP=Morning Prayer. BCP=Book of Common Prayer CW- Common Worship<br />
Parish 2 nd <strong>October</strong> 9 th <strong>October</strong> 16 th <strong>October</strong> 23 rd <strong>October</strong> 30 th <strong>October</strong><br />
Bale<br />
9.30am Harvest<br />
9.30am HC<br />
At Morston<br />
Festival<br />
Field Dalling 11.00am CFS At Saxlingham 11.00am MP At Morston<br />
BCP<br />
Saxlingham At Field Dalling 11.00am HC BCP At Field Dalling At Morston<br />
Gunthorpe<br />
11.00am Harvest Festival<br />
At Morston<br />
Sharrington 9.30am Harvest 9.30am HC 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC At Morston<br />
Festival<br />
Binham 11.00am Harvest 11.00am MP BCP 11.00am MP BCP 9.30am HC At Morston<br />
Thanksgiving<br />
Morston 9.30am HC BCP<br />
Harvest Festival<br />
9.30am MP BCP<br />
10.30am HC Group<br />
Service<br />
Langham At Stiffkey 9.30am Harvest At Stiffkey 9.30am MP At Morston<br />
Thanksgiving<br />
BCP<br />
Stiffkey 9.30am Harvest<br />
Thanksgiving<br />
At Langham 9.30am HC BCP At Langham At Morston<br />
Parish 6 th <strong>November</strong> 13 th <strong>November</strong><br />
20 th <strong>November</strong> 27 th <strong>November</strong><br />
Remembrance Sunday<br />
Bale 9.30am HC 9.30am HC Service of Remembrance 9.30am HC<br />
Field Dalling 10.45am Service of Remembrance At Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP<br />
Saxlingham At Field Dalling 11.00am HC BCP At Field Dalling<br />
Gunthorpe<br />
10.50am Service of Remembrance<br />
Sharrington 9.30am MP BCP 9.30am HC Service of Remembrance 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC<br />
Binham 11.00am HC 10.50am HC Service of 11.00am MP BCP 9.30am HC<br />
Remembrance<br />
Morston 9.30am HC BCP 3.00pm Service of Remembrance 9.30am HC BCP<br />
Patronal Festival<br />
Langham At Stiffkey 10.50am Service of Remembrance At Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP<br />
Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Langham 9.30am HC BCP At Langham<br />
Additional Services<br />
Stiffkey: Friday 11 th <strong>November</strong>, Remembrance Day Gathering at the War Memorial, 10.45am.<br />
Zoom Evensong on <strong>October</strong> 2 nd and <strong>November</strong> 6 th at 5.00pm. For further details please contact Ian Newton on<br />
01328 830947 or email iannewton46@gmail.com.<br />
RECTOR’S LETTER<br />
Dear Friends and Parishioners,<br />
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<br />
Gerard Manley Hopkins “Hurrahing in Harvest”? “Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the stooks rise/ Around; up<br />
above, what wind-walks! what lovely behaviour/ Of silk-sack clouds!” The Glory of God, mirrored there in nature is of course<br />
one of the great themes of scripture.<br />
In the Old Testament ‘glory’ is the visible and supernatural ‘showing’ of the majesty of God; and the Hebrew word for<br />
‘glory’ (kabod) means ‘weight’ or ‘substance’’; and this making known of the presence of a personal Deity produces awe. Awe,<br />
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<br />
humble, devout believer. Adam and Eve felt no awe in the presence of God before the Fall, but surely did when they approached<br />
Him afterwards. But approach they did, because He beckoned; and He beckons us still to a restored relationship with Himself, to,<br />
in a sense, a life of glory.<br />
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),<br />
stone letters proclaiming to all the world, the allegiance, the prayer, and the experience of the family down the centuries: “Gloria<br />
Deo in excelsis”. It is God’s presence which bestows obvious favour and assurance on his people and marks them out as his own,<br />
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<br />
for this contractual agreement was sealed everlastingly with the red blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
What distinguishes God? His Glory. What motivates God? His love. To what end does He work? The restoration of all<br />
things, including our broken relationship with Him.<br />
“God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that everyone that believes in him may not perish, but have<br />
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<br />
“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<br />
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<br />
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