Gt. Massingham
Mary & the Angel Gabriel
"I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people." Luke 2.10
SUNDAY MARCH 17th 10.30 am
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
ST MARY, GT MASSINGHAM
Service of Thanksgiving and Blessing at St Mary’s Church
Recently several projects that we have been working on
have come to fruition so it seemed right to celebrate and thank God.
Wickes generously donated cupboards for our Food Bank and Robin Arbenz kindly installed them during our coldest winter months,
skilfully coping with uneven floors and curving walls. Many thanks to both.
A gift of a new Lectionary, given by the family in the memory of the late Rev’d Julian Thomson, was presented by Rev’d Michael Paddison to Stephen Hudson, Church Warden. Both gifts were dedicated to the Glory of God.
Gifts and donations from the villagers have meant we now have the long awaited toilet . New paths are in the process of being laid, but flooding of the church ground has delayed this. We also gave thanks for the work of the Food Bank team organised by Anna. Also the volunteers who clean, tidy and polish the church weekly and our groundsmen who all work to keep our church looking beautiful. Thank you to everyone.
(Photo's clockwise from top left :Revd Michael Paddison with Stephen Hudson,Revd Michael with Robin Arbenz and Glen Hammond from Wickes,The Foodbank team led by Anna 3rd from left )
MAUNDY THURSDAY 28th MARCH
THE PILGRIM'S CROSS
The Northern Leg of Pilgrim Cross stopped at St Botolph’s Church, Grimston for lunch on Maundy Thursday on their way from
Keyworth in Nottinghamshire to Walsingham, walking approximately 120 miles over 7 days. It was lovely to welcome them.
On the occasion of Northern Leg of Pilgrim Cross’ 75th Anniversary, we pray:
Pilgrim God who walks with us, even when the road seems long and the ground hard beneath our feet, we give thanks for the journey.
For the songs and the silence, the tears and the laughter, the safe spaces to be who we are and for the encounters and community,
both fleeting and sustained, which remind us that we never walk alone.
We pray for all our onward journeys; for those we will walk together with, those where our paths will cross and those where our routes will diverge:
That wherever our pilgrim-paths through life lead us, we may know that we are held in the shadow of the cross,
in the light of the resurrection and in the loving hearts of one another. Amen.
SATURDAY 13th APRIL 6.30pm
OMNIA VOICES in CONCERT
ST MARY, GT MASSINGHAM
We are pleased that Omnia returns to St Mary’s, Great Massingham with a beautiful concert of music spanning over 400 years. The programme begins with settings of English texts by composers including Orlando Gibbons, Bob Chilcott and Eleanor Daley, before closing with a selection of familiar folk and pop melodies including - Traditional arrangement of Danny Boy, and Lennon/McCartney’s Penny Lane.
Tickets £10 to include a glass of wine and nibbles. Omnia will be donating a portion of ticket sales to St Mary’s. Tickets at the door.
FRIDAY 19th APRIL 6.30pm
"MY TIME ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD"
ST ANDREW, CONGHAM
Join us for an illustrated talk by Congham adventurer, Alistair Macdonald.
£5 including a glass of wine.
Reserve a seat with Helen Lilley on 01485 600153, email helenlilley@hotmail.com or pay on the door.
FRIDAY 19th APRIL 7.30 pm
BINGO for ALL SAINTS CHURCH, ROYDON
GRIMSTON VILLAGE HALL
SATURDAY MAY 4th 10 - 12.00 pm
COFFEE MORNING for ALL SAINTS CHURCH, ROYDON
GRIMSTON VILLAGE HALL
FRI/SAT/SUN/MONDAY 10 - 13th MAY
QUILT EXHIBITION
ST ANDREW CHURCH, LT MASSINGHAM PE32 2JT
For many months, the Friends of St Andrew’s Church, Little Massingham, Norfolk and Quilts 4 Care Leavers have been working on a huge patchwork quilt project which will bring comfort to teenagers leaving the care system and at the same time help to restore a Grade I listed church on the at risk register.
The patchwork quilt tops will be exhibited at Little Massingham Church on Friday 10th and Saturday from 10.45 - 4.00 pm, on Sunday 12th May from 1.00 - 4.30 pm, and then, on Monday 13th May be there at 10.30 am.,
over 50 of the quilt tops will be wrapped around the church to give it one ENORMOUS hug! More info : www.fosalm.org
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