Weekly Notice sheet

Acle & Bure to Yare Benefice: Sunday Notices, 15^th February 2026

Today and the following Sundays:-

	Readings	8.00am	9.30am	11.00am (10.30am if stated)
15^th February Next before Lent	Exodus 24.12-18 Psalm 2 or Psalm 99 Matthew 17.1-9		Halvergate Holy Communion	Acle Holy Communion Reedham Morning Prayer
18^th February Ash Wednesday		10.30am Acle Holy Communion		7.00pm Reedham Evening Prayer
22^nd February 1^st of Lent	Genesis 2.15-17; 3.1-7 Psalm 32 Matthew 4.1-11	Acle Holy Communion	Halvergate Matins	10.30am Beighton Morning Prayer Freethorpe Holy Communion
1^st March 2^nd of Lent	Genesis 12.1-4a Psalm 121 John 3.1-17		Halvergate Holy Communion	Acle Morning Worship Reedham Holy Communion

Please pray that the glory around us, in others, and in us, may not be hidden from our eyes.

Diocesan Prayer Diary: for the parishes of the Deanery of Ingworth & Sparham (covering the upper Bure and Wensum valleys). The Sunday prayer:-

O God our Creator,
like the collier digging underground and the quarryman chiselling the face of the slate,
you are at work to discover treasure in unexpected places.
May we produce something beautiful for you, even from the darkness and the coldness,
that we may bring glory to your name and for the sake of the coming of your kingdom.

This week:-

Today 12 noon at St. Edmund’s: Meeting of Parishioners for the election of churchwardens.

Saturday 9.00am – 12 noon: Breakfast Café at Limpenhoe Village Hall.
5.30pm at Ely Cathedral: Evensong sung by our Benefice Choir.

Next week:-

Sunday 22^nd 12 noon at Freethorpe: Meeting of Parishioners for the election of churchwardens.

Tuesday 24^th 10.30am: service at Swallowtail Place, Acle in the Games Room: visitors welcome.
2.30pm at Acle Methodist Church: Lent Group session 1: What is a Sacrament?

Friday 27^th 2.30pm: Acle PCC meets.

Saturday 28^th 10.30am – 12.30pm: All Saints Drop-in at Beighton Church, including
at 11.00am: Meeting of Parishioners for the election of churchwardens.
2.00pm at St. Edmund’s: Service of Dedication of a new Royal British Legion Standard.

Future events and other notices:-

Acle Churches Together Lent Group (open to the whole benefice) will follow the York Course on The Sacraments, by Jane Williams, meeting at 2.30pm on Tuesdays at Acle Methodist Church, from 24^th February to 24^th March. Order the course book (£7) from Michael Pitt or the Rector.

Meetings of Parishioners for the election of churchwardens during March: Reedham Sun 1^st; Limpenhoe & Cantley Sun 8^th; Halvergate Sun 22^nd. Nomination forms are available in church and need to be with the Rector before the start of the meeting.

All of our churches have leaflets or booklets available about Christenings, Weddings and Funerals (including Ideas for my Funeral Service: a booklet to complete so that others know your wishes). Please avoid tidying them away: they are there to to advertise what we have to offer.

Benefice website: www.abychurches.co.uk
Martin Greenland (Rector) 01493 750393 rector@aclechurch.plus.com – off Thursday this week.