There is no service at Farlow for the first day of this month, so the only benefice service for the first day of the new year is at St Mary’s, Stottesdon, at half past four in the afternoon. This is … Continue reading
Morning Prayer will not be read at St Mary’s this week, but please use the lectionary readings given below in your own prayers. Readings for Morning and Evening Prayer this week: Monday (St Stephen the Deacon) MP: Psalm 13; Jeremiah … Continue reading
Really good celebrations of Christmas around our churches: Christingle at Cleeton at four on Christmas Eve, followed by the Middleton Scriven Carol Service in the kitchen at Manor Farm at six-thirty, and the midnight Holy Communion at Stottesdon. Then, on … Continue reading
A wonderful celebration yesterday evening at the Nativity Carol Service – candles in jars down the path to welcome us to the church, reindeer in the porch and the Bethlehem stable set out at the front of the nave. A … Continue reading
We have five services over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, to which everybody is more than welcome. Christmas Eve: 16:00 (4 pm) Christingle Service at St Mary’s, Cleeton St Mary 18:30 (6:30 pm) Carols and Readings for Christmas at Manor … Continue reading
MORNING PRAYER will be read at St Mary’s, Stottesdon, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week, all at 08:30. Readings for the daily office services this week are these: Monday MP: Psalm 146; Isaiah 52:13-53:end; II Peter 1:1-15. EP: Psalm 57; … Continue reading
Our final Advent look at the Old Testament is on Tuesday 20th December at 7:30 pm at the Rectory. The first two looked at the Genesis stories and the Law. The first one went on late into the evening (sorry … Continue reading
A Carol Service with a difference! Jo and Roz have been working on a Nativity play using the traditional carol service readings as narrative, and with children from the parish enacting the story as it is told (with a couple … Continue reading
We have two services in the benefice this Sunday, at Stottesdon and at Sidbury. The service at St Mary’s, Stottesdon, is our monthly Informal Worship, half an hour that includes one Bible reading, an address, prayers of intercession and three … Continue reading
Plenty, is the answer! Here is a sample: Monday 12th December: 19:30 (7:30 pm) Bible Study at the Rectory, Stottesdon: Thou shalt not… – The Law Tuesday 13th December: 19:00 (7 pm) Carol Service, St Mary’s, Stottesdon Wednesday 14th December: … Continue reading
