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Help us to be servants of unity
We are in the middle of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, our annual challenge to 'lay seriously to heart the great dangers we are in through our unhappy divisions.' There are divisions within the churches and between the churches. Jesus prayed for his friends to be one, so that the world might believe. This week, we make a particular effort to join our prayers with his. Brethren, pray!
On Sunday it was great to welcome our brothers and sisters from Attleborough Methodist Church to the 10am Parish Eucharist in St Mary's, when we also welcomed a Methodist guest preacher, the Revd Alec Callaby. In his sermon he spoke about the miracle of the water made wine at the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, and reflected on the transformation that Jesus brings in our lives.
There will be midday Prayers for Unity at 12 noon tomorrow (Wednesday) at All Saints' Besthorpe, on Thursday at the Methodist Church, and on Friday at St Mary's. Please join us. There are also Eucharists during Unity Week on Thursday at 10am and Friday (the Conversion of St Paul) at 5pm.
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Children and young people are a valued part of our Church Family. You can see the dates for Sunday Club this term above. We also offer Sunday Club Plus on all other Sundays, Drop-in & Play every Thursday, Friday Fun Club once a month, Messy Church throughout the year and much more besides.
There'll be a meeting to review our children's work and make plans for the future this Thursday (24 January) at 7.30pm in the Upper Room. Everyone is welcome to come and contribute thoughts, ideas and enthusiasm, whether or not you're currently involved!
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It was great to have three new children joining the ranks of the probationers in St Mary's Choir on the Feast of the Baptism of Christ. They did really well! A week on Sunday, we'll be admitting Eleanor, who's now been singing for a year, as a full chorister. New children, aged 6 and over, are always welcome in St Mary's Choir: click here for full details or click here to get in touch with the Director of Music.
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Following a recent visit to St Mary’s by Anne Aves when she spoke about the work she is involved in in Israel in memory of former Rector John Aves, whose fifteenth anniversary of death falls this Friday, the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul, we're exploring the possibility of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 2020. There will be a meeting on Thursday 21 February at 7.30pm in the Upper Room, to which anyone who may be interested is warmly invited, with no commitment implied. Full details in February’s Link, which will be be published this Friday.
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