Services

8.30 am Service;  The type of service varies. Most use the Book of Common Prayer and the service lasts about 30 minutes and is conducted  without hymns. Some services at Shereford instead use the booklet " Common Worship "  ( indicated by an asterisk ). 

10.30 am Morning Service;  Uses liturgy with hymns, lasting up to an hour. 

10.30 am Communion Service;  Uses contemporary ( " Common Worship " ) liturgy, with hymns, lasting about one hour. At Communion, young and old, whatever religious conviction, are welcome to come to the altar rail for a blessing. Those already Confirmed or who receive Communion at another place of worship, are welcome to receive the bread and wine. If you wish to consider becoming Confirmed ( confirming the vows said for you as a child at your christening / infant baptism ), please contact the Rector.

Family Service;   Held occasionally at Whissonsett, lasts  about 30 minutes with guitar - led hymns and songs, providing a good introduction for children, families and anyone who appreciates a touch of informality:

Leadership of services is shared between the Rector Revd. Robin Stapleford, Benefice Reader Richard Hirst and local retired clergy, with lay involvement.

 

                       

 

 

 

 

  November 2011 Services

 

Tues 1st

All Saints Day

Oxwick

12 noon

Celtic Midday Prayer

Rector RS

Wed 2nd

All Souls Day*

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist with Commemoration of the Departed*

Rector RS

Thurs 3rd

Whissonsett Village Hall

3.30-5.30 pm

‘Messy Church’

craft, singing & supper

MC team

Fri 4th

Brisley

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 5th

Cathedral

 11 am 

Confirmation 

Bishop Alan

Sun 6th Nov

Trinity 20

Wisdom 6.12-16
1 Thessalonians 4.13-18
Matthew 25.1-13

Gateley

Shereford

Whissonsett

Ryburgh

 8.30 am 

 8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

BCP Eucharist 

Eucharist

Eucharist 

BCP Mattins 

Rector RS

Asst Priest MI

Rector RS

Lay Asst RM

Wed 9th

Margery Kempe

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Fri 11th

Remembrance Day

Brisley Patch

10.55 am 

Wreath Laying Ceremony 

Rector RS

Sat 12th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 13th Nov

Rem. Sunday

Zephaniah 1.7,12-18
1 Thessalonians 5.1-11  
Matthew 25.14-30

Shereford

Colkirk

Brisley

Whissonsett

Ryburgh: Methodist Chapel

 8.30 am

10.15 am 

10.55 am 

10.55 am 

 

 2.30 pm

Eucharist  

Remembrance Service 

Remembrance Service 

Remembrance Service 

 

Remembrance Service 

Rector RS

Reader RH Rector RS

Asst Priest MI

Rector RS / Revd A King

Wed 16th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Fri 18th

Gateley

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 19th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 20th Nov

St Edmund

Ezekiel 34.11-16,20-24
Ephesians 1.15-23 
Matthew 25.31-46

 

Horningtoft

 

10.30 am 

 

 

Benefice

      (Patronal) Eucharist 

 

Rector RS / team

Wed 23rd

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Fri 25th

Whissonsett

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 26th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 27th Nov

Advent

Isaiah 64.1-9
1 Corinthians 1.3-9
Mark 13.24-37

Horningtoft

Colkirk

Ryburgh

Brisley

 8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

BCP Eucharist 

Morning Worship 

Eucharist 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Reader RH

Asst Priest

Rector RS

Wed 29th

St Andrew

Colkirk

Colkirk Rectory

10.30 am 

 7.30 pm

# Eucharist 

Advent Course / Compline

Archdeacon JA

 / Rector RS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   *Commemoration of the Faithful Departed for All Souls Day: If you would like a departed loved one remembered in the prayers, please inform the Rector in advance. You are welcome to attend the service, and to light a candle at the votive stand.

 

  # The Archdeacon of Lynn, the Venerable John Ashe, will be making his official quadrennial visit to the Benefice on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th November. He will look at the condition of each church building, and meet with people involved in the life of our churches, culminating with a morning service of celebration on the following Sunday Dec 4th.

 

 

   December 2011 Services

 

 

Thurs 1st

Whissonsett Village Hall

4 - 5.30 pm

‘Messy Church’

craft, singing & supper

MC team

Fri 2nd

Brisley

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 4th Dec

Advent 2

Isaiah 40.1-11
2 Peter 3.8-15a
Mark 1.1-8

Gateley

Shereford                                        

Ryburgh

 

Colkirk  

 8.30 am 

 8.30 am

10.30 am 

 

 3 pm

BCP Eucharist 

Patronal Eucharist

Eucharist  

      

Crib Service

Rector RS

Asst Priest

A’deacon JA /  

       Rector RS

Lay Asst RM

Wed 7th

St Ambrose

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Asst Priest JB

Fri 9th

Ryburgh

St Thomas chapel

 9.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Sun 11th Dec

Advent 3

Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11
1 Thessalonians 5.16-24
John 1.6-8,19-28

Horningtoft

Brisley

Whissonsett

Ryburgh

 8.30 am

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

 6 pm

Eucharist  

Eucharist 

Christingle 

Advent Carol Service

Rector RS/AS

Asst Priest

Rector RS

Rector RS

Wed 14th

St John of the Cross

Colkirk

Dunton

10.30 am 

  7 pm

Eucharist 

Carols by Candlelight

Rector RS

Rector RS

Fri 16th

Horningtoft

 7 pm 

Carol Service 

Rector RS

Sun 18th Dec

Advent 4

2 Samuel 7.1-11,16
Romans 16.25-27
Luke 1.26-38

Shereford

Colkirk

Ryburgh

Whissonsett

 8.30 am 

10.30 am 

 6 pm

 6 pm

Eucharist 

Eucharist

Carols by Candlelight

Carol Service

Rector RS  

Rector RS

Reader RH

Rector RS

Wed  21st

St Thomas

Colkirk

 

10.30 am 

 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Fri 23rd

Whissonsett

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 24th

Christmas Eve

Gateley

Colkirk

Whissonsett

 3 pm

 7 pm

11.30 pm

Carols by Candlelight  Carols by Candlelight 

Midnight ‘Mass’ (Eucharist)

Rector RS

Reader RH

Rector RS

Sun 25th Dec

Christmas Day

Isaiah 52.7-10
Hebrews 1.1-4[5-12]
John 1.1-14

Shereford

Horningtoft

Colkirk

Ryburgh

Brisley

 8.30 am 

 9.30 am

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Lay led Eucharist

Eucharist

Eucharist 

Morning Worship 

Rector RS

Reader RH

Asst Priest

Rector RS

Reader AS

Wed 28th

 

 

(no Service today)

 

Fri 30th

Colkirk Rectory

10 am

‘Julian’ Meeting          

          (contemplative prayer)

Rector RS

Sat 31st

 

 

(no MP today)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advent Course

See dates advertised near the front of this magazine.

Tuesday evenings or Saturday mornings

(apology: not Wednesdays as previously advertised)

 

 

  January 2012 Services

 

Sun 1st Jan

Naming of Jesus

Numbers 6.22-27 
Galatians 4.4-7 
Luke 2.15-21

Gateley

Shereford

Whissonsett

Ryburgh

 8.30 am 

 8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

BCP Eucharist 

Eucharist

Eucharist 

Prayer Book Matins 

Rector RS

Asst Priest MI

Rector RS

Lay Asst RM

Wed 4th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Asst Priest JB

Thurs 5th

Whissonsett Village Hall

4 - 5.30 pm

‘Messy Church’

craft, singing & supper

MC team

Epiphany Fri 6th

Brisley

 9.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Sat 7th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 8th Jan

Epiphany 1

Genesis 1.1-5 
Acts 19.1-7
Mark 1.4-11 

Horningtoft

Brisley

Colkirk

Whissonsett

 8.30 am

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

Eucharist  

Eucharist 

Eucharist 

Family Service 

Rector RS

Asst Priest MI

Rector RS

Reader AS

Wed 11th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Fri 13th

Ryburgh

St Thomas chapel

 9.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Sat 14th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 15th Jan

Epiphany 2

1 Samuel 3.1-10[11-20]
Revelation 5.1-10
John 1.43-51

Shereford 

Ryburgh

Whissonsett

Colkirk

Brisley

 8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

 4 pm 

Prayer Book Eucharist 

Eucharist 

Lay led Eucharist

Eucharist 

Alternative Service 

Rector RS

Rector RS

Reader RH

Asst Priest

Reader AS

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity  begins: Wed 18th

 

Colkirk

 

10.30 am 

 

Eucharist 

 

Rector RS

Fri 20th

Shereford

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 21st

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 22nd Jan

Christian Unity

Genesis 14.17-20
Revelation 19.6-10
John 2.1-11

Horningtoft

Ryburgh

        Methodist

Colkirk

Brisley

 8.30 am 

 9.30 am 

 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

Prayer Book Eucharist 

Ecumenical Service

 

Morning Worship 

Eucharist 

Asst Priest

Rector RS /     Methodist Min.

Reader RH

Asst Priest VS

Wed 25th

Conversion of St Paul

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Fri 26th

Whissonsett

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 27th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 29th Jan

Epiphany 4

Deuteronomy 18.15-20
Revelation 12.1-5a
Mark 1.21-28

Whissonsett

Walsingham

        (St Mary’s)

10.30 am

5 pm

Benefice Eucharist

Deanery

    Candlemas Service

Rector / team

Rural Dean:

    Fr McCrory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~  Prayer for Unity  ~

We thank you Lord

for the Oneness of humanity

a family in which we all partake

Let us pursue our common aims

that affirm and maintain

the good of all.

Amen

 

 

 

   February 2012 Services

 

 

Wed 1st

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Asst Priest JB

Thurs 2nd

Whissonsett Village Hall

 4 - 5.30 pm

‘Messy Church’

craft, singing & supper

MC team

Fri 3rd

Brisley

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 4th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 5th Feb

3 before Lent

Isaiah 43.18-25
2 Corinthians 1.18-22 
Mark 2.1-12

Gateley

Shereford

Whissonsett

Ryburgh                                           

 8.30 am 

 8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

Prayer Book Eucharist 

Lay led Eucharist

Eucharist 

Morning Worship  

Rector RS

Reader RH

Asst Priest MI

Rector RS

Wed 8th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Fri 10th

Ryburgh

St Thomas chapel

 9.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Sat 11th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 12th Feb

2 before Lent

Proverbs 8.1,22-31
Colossians 1.15-20
John 1.1-14

Horningtoft

Brisley

Colkirk

Whissonsett

 8.30 am

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

Eucharist  

Eucharist 

Lay led Eucharist

Family Service  

Rector RS/AS

Asst Priest JB

Reader RH

Rector RS

Wed 15th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

Fri 17th

Gateley

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 18th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 19th Feb

1 before Lent

2 Kings 2.1-12
2 Corinthians 4.3-6
Mark 9.2-9

Shereford

Ryburgh

Whissonsett

Colkirk

Brisley

 8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

 4 pm 

Eucharist 

Prayer Book Eucharist 

Eucharist 

Morning Worship 

Compline  & choruses

Rector RS/RM

Rector RS

Asst Priest

Reader RH

Rector RS

Ash Wednesday  22nd Feb

Colkirk

Whissonsett

10.30 am  

7 pm

Eucharist (with ashing)

Eucharist (with ashing)

Rector RS

Rector / team

Fri 24th

Whissonsett

 9.30 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sat 25th

Colkirk

 9 am 

Informal Morning Prayer 

Rector RS

Sun 26th Feb

Lent 1

Genesis 9.8-17
1 Peter 3.18-22
Mark 1.9-15

Horningtoft

Colkirk

Ryburgh

Brisley

 8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

Prayer Book Eucharist 

Eucharist

Eucharist 

Morning Worship 

Rector RS

Rector RS Asst Priest

Reader  AS

Wed 29th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector RS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LENT COURSE:

Wednesdays 7.30 – 9 pm or Saturdays 10.30 am – 12 noon

29th Feb.

7th March

14th March

21st March

28th March