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NEWS FROM THE QUINTET BENEFICE
AYLMERTON
Food Bank — Thank you once again to all those who contribute to the Foodbank. This month the Foodbank would appreciate donations of Long-Life Milk, Tinned Fish, Tinned Meat, Tinned Vegetables, Tinned Tomatoes, Tinned Fruit, Squash, Fruit Juice, Washing Up Liquid Shampoo. Please leave your donations in church.
EAST RUNTON
A message from Jean Stewart:
We were very lucky with the weather on Good Friday, which actually stayed dry for the 19 people who joined the Walk of Witness, and on Easter Sunday the church was pleasingly full as we welcomed guest preacher, The Revd Dee Freeman to our service along with our Rector, Fr Jeremy, who was presiding. The church was beautifully decorated with flowers, along with lilies and roses given in memory of loved ones.
We have two Coffee Mornings to report on: firstly, the Chocolate Valentine event which took place in February raised £402, followed by the Hot Cross Bun even in March which raised £547. What fantastic results! We are so grateful for all the support given in your various and generous ways.
That money will be swallowed up with the urgently needed roof repairs, so we hope you will join us again for our Springtime Coffee Morning on Saturday 25th May, again in church, between 10 and 12 noon, when there will be the usual raffle, homemade cakes, plants, books and much more…….!
WEST RUNTON
Due to Monday 6th May being Spring Bank Holiday the next meeting of the “3C’s Club” will take place on Monday 13th May from 10.00am to 12 Noon at Holy Trinity Church, West Runton. So if you fancy coming along either to help with doing some cleaning in the church, or doing a spot of gardening in the churchyard, or even just for a coffee and a chat, then do please come along, you will be most welcome.
Our Coffee Mornings continue to take place every Friday in the Church Hall, West Runton from 10.00am to 12 Noon. Come along and enjoy a cuppa, a natter, and a couple of hours of relaxation.
The Lent Lunches proved a great success and each Friday all the tables were full. We are pleased to announce that, with the Gift Aid received on the donations, the amount raised was just over £900.00. Thanks to all who worked so hard to organize the Lent Lunches over the six-week period, to all who supported the Lent Lunches either by making the soup, donating the cost of the rolls, adding a donation on top of the cost of the meal, or just by coming along.
BEESTON REGIS
Times of Services – A reminder that from Sunday 5th May all our Services will now start at 11.00am. It should be noted that there will be no change to the format or style of the services – the first Sunday of the month alternating between Eucharist BCP and Morning Prayer, with the second and fourth Sundays being Eucharist services and the third Sunday being a Family Service.
Judy Wilkinson
LOCAL NEWS
Sheringham & District Philatelic Society — The eleven members attending our April meeting were treated to a top-notch display by Tony Taylor. He had brought along a selection from his very comprehensive and beautifully mounted collection of Moroccan Agencies stamps, covers, forgeries, printing errors and much more.
The Post Office in Morocco was first established in 1857. Stamps were produced by local entrepreneurs, to be used for specific local postal journeys only. Some of these stamps were only in use for a matter of months, making copies of these very hard to come by. The first stamps to be overprinted with the words “Moroccan Agencies” were Gibraltan stamps from 1890, examples of which were on display. These were soon followed by overprinted British stamps available from the 10 post offices set up within Morocco.
Tony’s collection included covers postmarked from each of these as well as all the stamps issued up until the last days of the British POs in Morocco in 1957. He concluded with a section on the stationery and cachets of Moroccan Hotels.
The next meeting is on Monday, 13th May at 7.30pm in the Church Hall, West Runton. This will be an evening of Members’ 4 board displays. Contact Jim O’Farrell on 01263721043 for further information.
DON’T FORGET CHRISTIAN AID WEEK – 12TH TO 18TH MAY
With your support, more families can build reliable and diverse incomes that bring them food security, better health, safer homes, increased resilience and hope. Please pray during Christian Aid Week that people pushed to the brink by poverty find the strength and opportunity to push back harder and fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
If you would like to make a donation then please go to:
https://give.christianaid.org.uk/donate
“And now faith, hope, and love remain, these three, and the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13. 13
ASCENSION DAY
Since the late fourth century, on the fortieth day of Easter the Church celebrates Christ’s ascension to heaven. This marks the end of his earthly ministry, and the Feast of the Ascension is therefore closely connected with the theme of mission.
There will be a Sung Eucharist to commemorate Ascension Day at Holy Trinity Church, West Runton on Thursday 9th May at 7.00pm.
PENTECOST SUNDAY
The season of Easter is celebrated for fifty days, culminating in the Day of Pentecost, which this year takes place on Sunday 19th May.
Matthew’s Gospel ends with Jesus’s final words to his disciples, that they should go to all nations and make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28.19-20).
In John’s Gospel, Jesus instructed his followers to pray for the coming of the Holy Spirit (John 14.15-17).
The feast of Pentecost celebrates the account of the Holy Spirit coming on the disciples empowering them for mission (Acts 2.1-47).
Ascension and Pentecost are closely linked. The Church is now to be the new body of Christ, filled with his life through the gift of the Holy Spirit.
TRINITY SUNDAY
Trinity Sunday falls on the first Sunday after Pentecost, so this year that is Sunday 26th May. Trinity Sunday is one of the few feasts in the Christian calendar that celebrates a doctrine rather than an event.
The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most difficult ideas in Christianity, but it is fundamental to Christians because it states what Christians believe God is like and who he is.
Each Sunday in the Nicene Creed we declare that:
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
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