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"Warmly welcomed to our church"

27/10/2016

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In June we welcomed members of the Norwich branch of the Prayer Book Society to St Mary's for their AGM, a tour of the church, Evensong with the Choir of St Mary's and tea.

​The Michaelmas 2016 edition of the Prayer Book Society's national journal, 
The Prayer Book Today, includes the following appreciative report, which we reproduce here with the permission of the Editor, Canon Andrew Hawes SSC:


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AGM and Visit to St Mary's Attleborough, 16 June 2016
The Branch struck gold for the second time this year with our visit to this beautiful church, officially The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, standing in the centre of the market town of Attleborough, a position it has occupied for worship for a considerable time, Saxon foundations having been discovered.

The available church leaflet states ‘You are warmly welcomed to our church’ but this proved to be an understatement in our case.  The June edition of the Parish Magazine ‘The Link’ devoted a whole page to the Prayer Book Society, its history and imminent arrival in Attleborough.  Members attending included our PBS Regional Trustee, Nicholas Hurst, always a popular visitor.  We were given the use of the Church Rooms for our AGM, which was followed by a tour of the church, tea and the most magnificent weekday Sung Evensong.  Our hosts were even so kind as to say that it was a treat for them as well to have this special weekday service.

The church itself has so much of interest that space only allows the mention of a few items.  The Rood Screen catches the eye immediately, dated around 1500 and stretching across the nave and both side aisles, a width of 52 feet.  Above the screen is part of a wall painting, also dated around 1500, and a pair of ancient windows.  There is a pulpit with carving attributed to Grinling Gibbons, stained-glass windows of interest, an alms box that would have given trouble even to the Hatton Garden raiders and an ancient coffin lid set in the floor with a cross design in the form of a pair of battle-axes.

The Branch is indebted to so many people for our visit — among them our host, the Revd Matthew Jackson, who conducted the service, and the Revd Richard Stanton, his curate.  The organist and choir were excellent.  Our guide to the church gave us much valuable information and a smiling lady helper handed out piping hot cups of tea with biscuits.  Many thanks to all involved and — for anyone reading this who can visit Attleborough — do look round this lovely church and attend a service if possible.

http://www.pbs.org.uk/downloads/michaelmas2016pbt.pdf
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Servers' Dinner

20/10/2016

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​We are fortunate at St Mary's to have a good team of servers who give their time, energy and commitment to assist the worship of the sanctuary.  Last night most of our servers were able to gather for their annual dinner, which followed the evening Eucharist in the church.  The clergy joined them and a good time was had by all.
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Who are these, like stars appearing?

14/10/2016

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All Saints’ Sunday falls on Sunday 30 October.  This is a great day in the Church’s calendar.  At Besthorpe Church it is the Patronal Festival, so we will have a Eucharist in honour of All Saints at 11.30am that morning, followed by the Patronal Festival Lunch in the Drury Room.  Lunch will be two hot courses and will be served free of charge, with donations requested on the day.  If you hope to join us for lunch, please inform Judy Burroughes (452153) or the Church Office so that we can make plans.  Everyone’s welcome: come and celebrate with us!

At St Mary's we'll have a great festival Parish Eucharist with Holy Baptism at 10am, and the full choir will be singing glorious music at Festal Evensong at 6.30pm.
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Our Winter Bazaar needs our help

14/10/2016

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St Mary's Winter Bazaar
​Saturday 19 November

10am to 2pm
St Mary’s Church and Hall

 
We need…
  • Raffle and tombola prizes (we’ve only got one so far!): please drop them off in the Church Office
  • Lots of home baking as well as jams, pickles and preserves: this sells very well so we really can’t have too much
  • Your help on the day: we are rather short of stallholders so if you can spare some time, have a word with Jackie Amos (455553) or Pat Buttolph (454977)… if you’ve never done it before, so much the better: you will meet new friends!
  • As much publicity as we can get: take posters from the back of the church and display them in shops, pubs and businesses… and tell your friends… and bring them with you!
 
Your kindness is much appreciated.
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The Good Samaritan at Messy Church

8/10/2016

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This morning at Messy Church we were thinking about the parable of the Good Samaritan. After bacon rolls we had some fun crafts to do and the morning finished with a short prayer time. The next Messy Church is on 3rd December at the Methodist Church.
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Toilet twinning success!

8/10/2016

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Many thanks for your wonderfully generous support of our Harvest appeal to have the Hall toilets at St Mary’s ‘twinned’.

We had hoped to be able to twin one or perhaps two of our toilets, but actually raised a magnificent £635, which means we can twin all five toilets at St Mary’s and the one at Besthorpe Church, and make an extra donation too, providing ten new toilets for communities in Africa.  This is a great result: well done all!  And many thanks too to those who counted all the small change!

Toilet Twinning is administered by Tearfund, the UK Christian relief and development agency.  Click here to find out more about their work, or watch the video here!
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Raise the song of Harvest home

3/10/2016

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We celebrated Harvest Thanksgiving yesterday in the benefice.  At the Parish Eucharist the pennies (and larger sums!) which the Sunday Club and adult members of the congregation have been collecting were brought to the altar: later this week we'll know how much has been raised and how many of our Hall toilets we'll be able to 'twin' with new facilities in deprived countries via the 'Toilet Twinning' scheme (click the link for details).  During his sermon the Rector showed a video so we could see how the money will be spent.  Afterwards we enjoyed a simple Harvest Lunch of homemade soup, bread, fruit, cheese and cake in the Hall: the profit from the lunch will also go towards our toilet twinning.  In the afternoon Choral Evensong was sung at All Saints' Besthorpe followed by tea and lots of delicious cake.  We all enjoyed the traditional Harvest hymns and choral music all day.

​Many thanks to all who helped with the celebrations, and those who decorated both our churches beautifully... here are some photos of St Mary's decorated for Harvest 2016.
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