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Celebration of Marriage

27/9/2017

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This is a warm invitation to you and your family to come to the Parish Church at 4pm on Sunday 29 October for a special celebration of marriage.  This autumn Her Majesty The Queen and Prince Philip will celebrate their seventieth wedding anniversary, so it’s a good time for us all to give thanks for marriage and family life.
 
All husbands and wives are welcome to attend, whether you were married in Attleborough Church or not.  If you’re sadly bereaved, come and give thanks for the joys you shared and pray for your spouse.
 
We’ll be singing favourite wedding hymns and recalling the marriage vows.  Our guest preacher has a Royal connection: it’s Canon Jonathan Riviere, Rector of Sandringham and Domestic Chaplain to The Queen.  We’ll also be on the lookout for the longest-married couple who tied the knot in St Mary’s!
 
Before the service there’ll be a recital of popular wedding pieces on the church organ from 3.40pm: come early to enjoy the music.  After the service, there’ll be tea and cake in the Church Hall.
 
It’s difficult for us to reach everyone who might like to come, so please tell your friends and let them know they’re welcome.  If you’ve got any questions, ring the Church Office: 01953 454977.
 
The previous day, Saturday 28 October, Attleborough Heritage Group is organising ‘A Lovely Day for a Wedding’: a whole day’s extravaganza in St Mary’s with a display of wedding dresses and memorabilia, wedding fair and a talk in the evening.
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Into autumn in Attleborough

19/9/2017

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As always, there's lots planned for the autumn at St Mary's and you're welcome at all of it!  As well as all our usual Sunday and weekday services, group meetings, coffee mornings and so on, here's just a selection of what's coming up...

Friday 29 September: Michaelmas: 5pm Eucharist.

Saturday 30 September: 7pm Harvest Quiz (tickets £7 including fish and chip supper: buy by 25 Sept).

Sunday 1 October: Harvest Thanksgiving.  10am Harvest Eucharist with First Holy Communions.  Please bring non-perishable food for the Foodbank.  4.30pm Harvest Choral Evensong at All Saints' Besthorpe with St Mary's Choir, followed by tea.

Saturday 7 October: LOTS!
9.30am - 11am: Messy Church - breakfast bacon rolls and crafts to explore the Parable of the Prodigal Son
10am - 11.30am: Coffee & Chat in the Church Hall, with stalls raising money for St Mary's: our autumn fundraiser
11.30am: Blessing of Animals in St Mary's Churchyard (church if wet): all creatures great and small invited!  Hot chocolate and gingerbread afterwards.

Sunday 15 October: The Archdeacon of Norfolk preaching at 10am and 11.30am.

Wednesday 18 October: Feast of St Luke: 7.30pm Holy Eucharist with Healing Ministries.

Saturday 28 October: All day Wedding Extravaganza with display of wedding dresses and memorabilia, a wedding fair, and an evening talk on marriage in Attleborough with supper (tickets £7) in partnership with Attleborough Heritage Group.

Sunday 29 October: 4pm Celebration of Marriage - an uplifting service to give thanks for marriage and family life, open to all.  Preacher: Canon Jonathan Riviere, Rector of Sandringham and Domestic Chaplain to HM The Queen.  Tea and cake afterwards.  Organ recital of popular wedding pieces from 3.40pm.

Tuesday 31 October: 3.45pm - 5.30pm Saints & Sausages: an All Hallows' Eve party for children in church and Hall.

Sunday 5 November: All Saints' Sunday: 11.30am Patronal Festival Eucharist at All Saints' Besthorpe followed by two course lunch with wine (all welcome: let us know if you're coming for lunch).  6.30pm All Soulstide Service to Remember the Departed.

Sunday 12 November: Remembrance Sunday: 8am Holy Communion; 9.30am The Parish Eucharist (nb earlier time); 10.50am Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial in Queen's Square (in church if wet); 11.10am Remembrance Service; 6.30pm Evensong.

Thursday 16 November: 7.30pm Wine tasting at Attleborough Town Hall (raising funds for Christian Aid).

Saturday 25 November: 11am Confirmation at Norwich Cathedral.

Sunday 26 November: Feast of Christ the King: Festival services in the morning.  Attleborough Christmas Carnival in the afternoon with Carol-oke at 4.30pm.

Sunday 3 December: Advent Sunday: 6.30pm The Advent Procession (Advent carols, music and readings by candlelight).

Saturday 16 December: 11am Grand Christmas Draw in the Hall (tickets on sale from November: all proceeds to Church funds).
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Sealed with the Spirit

19/9/2017

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The Sacrament of Confirmation celebrates the presence of the Holy Spirit within us.  Confirmation continues what began at our Baptism.  In Baptism we became a member of the Body of Christ, the Household of Faith.  Confirmation is a gentle unfolding of what this means for us.  In Confirmation, we celebrate the fact that we are gradually being transformed, that we are growing up into the ‘unity of the faith and… the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ’ (Ephesians 4).
 
Before the Risen Jesus left his disciples, he promised that he would send another Advocate to be with them for ever, so that they could spread the message of his Good News throughout the world.  On the Day of Pentecost, the disciples experienced the truth of this promise when they were filled with the Holy Spirit.  It is the same Spirit who enters our lives in an active way in Confirmation.
 
This was the pattern in the early Church: first people were baptised, and then they had hands laid on them to empower them to live and preach the Gospel.  This pattern continues today as we become part of the Church.  First, we are baptised with water in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Then, in Confirmation, a bishop, a successor to the Apostles, lays hands on us and prays for us, so that we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, who comes to make a home in us.
 
We will be taking candidates to be confirmed at the Cathedral on Saturday 25 November.  Adults and children will be prepared in relaxed and informal groups in the weeks running up to the Confirmation.  If you haven’t been confirmed (or baptised), please think about it… and speak to the Clergy to register your interest or to ask any questions.  We’d love to help in any way we can.
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Patronal Festival music

5/9/2017

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