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.

 
 

 

THE CHURCH YEAR (2nd half of 2010)

Selected Dates

29th June St Peter’s Day – Patronal Service at Dunton Sun. 4th July

15th August St Mary’s Day – Patronal Services at Colkirk & Whissonsett Sun. 15th August

24th August St Bartholomew’s Day – Patronal Service Brisley Sun. 22nd August

September / October - Harvest Festival season

18th October St (Dr) Luke’s Day – Healing Service Ryburgh Sun. 17th October

1st November All Saints Day – Patronal Service Oxwick Sun. 31st October

14th November Remembrance Sunday

20th November (Sat.) Confirmation Service at Norwich Cathedral

20th November St Edmund’s Day – Patronal Service Sun. 21st November

28th November (Sunday) Advent begins

30th November St Andrew’s Day – Patronal Service Sun. 28th November

6th December St Nicholas’ Day – Patronal Service Sun. 5th December

 

  

September 2010

 

Wed 1st

Colkirk

10.30 am

Eucharist 

Asst Priest JB

Thurs 2nd 

Whiss. Vill. Hall

3.30-6 pm

 ‘Messy Church’

MC team

Fri  3rd

Brisley

9.30 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sat 4th

Colkirk

9 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sunday 5th Sept

Trinity 14

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Philemon 1-21
Luke 14:25-33

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

Rector RS

Lay Asst RM

Wed 8th

Colkirk

10.30 am

Eucharist 

Rector

Fri 10th

Ryburgh

9.30 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sat 11th

Colkirk

9 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sunday 12th Sept

Trinity 15

Exodus 32:7-14;

1 Timothy 1:12-17

Luke 15:1-10

Horningtoft

Brisley

Colkirk

Whissonsett

8.30 am

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

Eucharist  

Eucharist with Baptism 

Eucharist 

Family Service 

Rector RS

Rector RS

Asst Priest

Lay Asst AS

Wed 15th

Colkirk

10.30 am

Eucharist 

Rector

Fri 17th

Horningtoft

9.30 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sat 18th

Colkirk

9 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sunday 19th Sept

Trinity 16

Amos 8:4-7

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Luke 16:1-13

Shereford 

Ryburgh

Whissonsett

Colkirk

Brisley

8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

4 pm 

BCP Eucharist 

Harvest Festival 

Eucharist

Eucharist 

Alternative Service 

Rector  RS

Rector RS

Asst Priest

Asst Priest

Lay Asst AS

Wed 21st

Colkirk

10.30 am

Eucharist 

Rector

Fri 23rd

Whissonsett

9.30 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sat 24th

Colkirk

9 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sunday 26th Sept

Trinity 17

Amos 6:1a, 4-7

1 Timothy 6:6-19
Luke 16:19-31  

Horningtoft

Colkirk

Ryburgh

Brisley

8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

BCP Eucharist 

Harvest Songs of Praise 

Eucharist 

Eucharist by ext. 

Rector RS

Rector RS

Asst Priest

Reader  RH

Wed 29th

Colkirk

10.30 am

Eucharist 

Rector

 

 

 

 

 

  

NEW TESTAMENT HARVESTIME BLESSING: 

May you hope in the living God, who offers for our richest enjoyment all good things:

Do good, be rich in good works, ready to share with generosity, storing up for yourselves a lasting legacy in the world to come;

holding on to everlasting life. 

1 Timothy 6: 17-19  (St Paul) 

Eucharist = Communion

Eucharist by ext = pre-consecrated bread and wine administered by a Lay Minister 

BCP = The ‘Book of Common Prayer’ of 1662 using traditional language

Other services use a contemporary liturgy known as Common Worship

Mattins = Morning Prayer

 

 

October 2010

 

 

Fri 1st

Brisley

9.30 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sat 2nd

Colkirk

9 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sunday 3rd Oct

Trinity 18

Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
2 Timothy 1:1-14
Luke 17:5-10

Gateley

Shereford

Whissonsett

Ryburgh                                           

8.30 am  

8.30 am   

10.30 am 

10.30 am

BCP Eucharist 

Harvest Festival

Harvest Festival

Morning Worship 

Rector RS

Reader RH

Rector RS

Reader RH

Wed 6th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Asst Priest JB

Thurs 7th

Whiss Vill Hall

3.30-5.30 pm

 ‘Messy Church’

MC team

Fri 8th

Ryburgh

9.30 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sat 9th

Colkirk

9 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sunday 10th Oct

Trinity 19

2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c

2 Timothy 2:8-15
Luke 17:11-19

Horningtoft

Brisley

Colkirk

Whissonsett

8.30 am

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

Harvest Festival

Harvest Festival 

Eucharist  by extension* 

Family Service 

Rector  RS

Asst Priest MI

Reader RH

Rector  RS

Wed 13th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector

Fri 15th

Shereford

9.30 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sat 16th

Colkirk

 

9 am  informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

Sunday 17th Oct

St Luke

Genesis 32:22-31
2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
Luke 18:1-8

 

Ryburgh

 

 

10.30 am

 

Benefice ‘Healing Service’ with Eucharist

                

 

Rector  RS & ‘team’

Wed 20th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Rector

Sunday 24th Oct

Last after Trinity

Sirach 35:12-17
 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
Luke 18:9-14

Horningtoft

Colkirk

Ryburgh

Brisley

8.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

10.30 am 

BCP Eucharist by ext. 

Eucharist

Eucharist 

Morning Worship 

Reader RH

Asst Priest Asst Priest

Reader RH

Wed 27th

Colkirk

10.30 am 

Eucharist 

Asst Priest

Fri 29th

Rectory

10 am

Julian Meeting (contemplative prayer)

Rector

Sat 30th

Colkirk

9 am 

informal Morning Prayer 

Rector

 

 

GMT: clocks back

 

 

Sunday 31st Oct

All Saints

Isaiah 1:10-18
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10

Whissonsett

Oxwick

Colkirk

10.30 am

3 pm 

4 pm 

Benefice ‘Family’ Eucharist

All Saints short service

All Souls candle lighting service - optional ‘pilgrimage’ between the two churches!

 

Rector RS &

‘team’

 

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Healing & the Church 

The healing ministry is a normal part of the Church’s life, going back to Biblical times.

In the Church of England it is usually conducted in a very sedate and peaceful way! In the context of a normal liturgical service: On 17th October we will have a familiar Communion or Eucharist service for the Benefice. The early Christian St Luke was a medical doctor, so it is appropriate to associate the ministry of healing with his ‘feast day’.

Healing in the Christian tradition is not simply a matter of being cured of an illness, but healing and wholeness of the soul in the broadest sense; having our lives enriched so that we might live in the best way, with peace in our hearts. This is the nature of our prayer for healing.

Instead of the ‘intercessions’ slot in the service, anyone who wishes will be invited to come forward to kneel and receive a brief and simple liturgical prayer, without the requirement to say what the prayer might be for – which is a personal thing, between you and God