Local Lynx No.151 August/September 2023

Church Services for Bale and Stiffkey Benefice for August and September 2023
HC=Holy Communion. CFS=Church Family Service. MP=Morning Prayer. BCP=Book of Common Prayer CW- Common Worship
Parish 6 th August 13 th August 20 th August 27 th August
Bale 9.30am HC 9.30am HC
Field Dalling
11.00am Animal Blessing At Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP
Service
Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP At Field Dalling 11.00am HC At Field Dalling
Gunthorpe
11.00am MP BCP
Sharrington 9.30am MP BCP 9.30am HC 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC
Binham 11.00am HC 11.00am MP 11.00am MP 9.30am HC
Morston 9.30am HC BCP 9.30am MP BCP
Langham At Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP
Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Langham 9.30am HC BCP At Langham
Parish 3 rd September 10 th September 17 th September 24 th September
Bale 9.30am HC 9.30am HC
Field Dalling 11.00am Harvest Service At Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP
Saxlingham 11.00am MP BCP At Field Dalling 11.00am HC At Field Dalling
Gunthorpe
11.00am MP BCP
Sharrington 9.30am MP BCP 9.30am HC 9.30am MP CW 9.30am HC
Binham 11.00am HC 11.00am MP 11.00am MP
Morston 9.30am HC BCP 9.30am MP BCP
Langham At Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP
Stiffkey 9.30am MP BCP At Langham 9.30am HC BCP At Langham
Additional Services
Zoom services 6 th August and 3 rd September at 5.00pm. For details please contact Ian Newton on 01328 830947 or
iannewton46@gmail.com.
RECTOR’S LETTER
Dear Friends and Parishioners,
After a long winter I thought we would never see
sunshine again. I became quite accustomed to four
jerseys and an overcoat - in the house! Now at last there
is warmth, but we need rain! There are so many
splendid things about living in Britain and Ireland, but
also a few downsides.
This middle part of the year, though, comes with
pleasure (and a huge amount of work if you farm).
Despite soaring prices, we can have new potatoes and
gooseberries (not together); and there is music of all
sorts. If you planned and planted well in Spring there is
much to reward us. Tomatoes, rocket and lettuce in my
kitchen garden, and even good-sized figs. I’ve planted
so many roses here that even the house smells of them:
masking me and the dogs.
Good foundations then, lead to good construction.
That goes for the whole of life and for our faith. We did
not lay the foundations of our Salvation. That was done
for us. We did not begin to build from nothing. That too
is given. What we can do is to learn the architecture, to
ornament the building and make it our own. Buy, beg or
steal a Bible, a Prayer Book and talk to the Almighty.
He has a lot to say back, usually silently, but not always.
May I wish you a Splendid Summer, and a deep
verdant richness.
Yours truly,
Ian Whittle, The Rectory Langham 01328 830246
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‘Lo, I am with you always’
Wide fields of corn along the valleys spread;
The rain and dew mature the swelling vine;
I see the Lord in multiplying bread;
I see him turning water into wine;
I see him working all the works divine
He wrought when Salemward his steps were led;
The selfsame miracles around him shine;
He feeds the famished; he revives the dead;
He pours the flood of light on darkened eyes;
He chases tears, diseases, fiends away;
His throne is raised upon these orient skies;
His footstool is the pave whereon we pray.
Ah, tell me not of Christ in Paradise,
For he is all around us here today.
John Charles Earle (1849 -1903)
DUNCAN BAKER M.P.
N. Norfolk Conservative Assoc: 01692 557140
London Parliamentary Office 0207 2194841
www.duncanbaker.org.uk
JEROME MAYHEW M.P.
Broadland Conservative Assoc: 01603 865763
www.broadlandconservatives.org.uk