Weekly Notice sheet

Acle & Bure to Yare Benefice: Sunday Notices, 17^th August 2025

Today and the following Sundays:-

	Readings	8.00am	9.30am	11.00am (10.30am if stated)
17^th August 9^thafter Trinity	Isaiah 5.1-7 Psalm 80.1-2,9-20 Luke 12.49-56		Halvergate Holy Communion	Acle Holy Baptism Freethorpe, Reedham Morning Prayer / Worship
24^th August Bartholomew, Apostle	Acts 5.12–16 Psalm 145.1–7 Luke 22.24–30	Acle Holy Communion	Halvergate Matins	10.30am Beighton Morning Prayer Freethorpe Holy Communion
31^st August 11^thafter Trinity	Jeremiah 2.4-13 Psalm 81.1,10-16 Luke 14.1,7-14	Acle Holy Communion		10.00am Acle Celebrating Care

Please pray for young people receiving exam results this month.

For those bereaved of John Mandy (below); also Michael Browne (1^st anniversary).

Diocesan Prayer Diary: for the parishes of Lothingland Deanery (Lowestoft area).
The additional collect for today:-

Gracious Father,
revive your Church in our day,
and make her holy, strong and faithful,
for your glory’s sake
in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Today we welcome Lucas Cobb in baptism at Acle.

This week:-

Today 11.00am – 4.00pm at Wickhampton: Teddy Bear Parachute & Zip-wire.

Monday 11.30am at Beighton: Funeral of John Mandy.

Tuesday 3.30pm: Acle Churches Together committee meets at the Methodist Church.

Thursday 7.00pm at Brundall: an opportunity for PCC members to contribute to the developing Diocesan Strategy: what would help us move to a more hopeful, missional culture?

Friday 2.30pm: Acle PCC meets.

Saturday 10.30am – 12.30pm: All Saints Drop-in at Beighton Church.
7.00pm at Wickhampton: The Politeness of Princes: historian Imogen Corrigan on medieval table manners (£6.50).

Next week:-

Tuesday 26^th 10.30am: service at Swallowtail Place, Acle, in the Games Room (visitors welcome).

Wednesday 27^th 7.30pm at Freethorpe Village Hall: Bingo for All Saints’ Church repair funds.

Saturday 30^th 1.00pm at Halvergate: Wedding of Catlin Meyer & Curtis Robinson.

Future events and other notices:-

Tuesday 2^nd 10.00am: Reedham churchyard clear-up (August Outlook p.6).

We will still be Celebrating Care on Sun 31^st with the joint service at St. Edmund’s Church, but the follow-up public display in the church hall has been cancelled, due to lack of exhibitors. There will still be an opportunity to view a range of publicity over coffee after the service.

The Sisters of Bethany have expanded their programme for National Retreat Week further into the autumn: see www.sistersofbethany.org.uk/2025-retreat-program-norfolk-house/

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