Weekly Notice sheet

Acle & Bure to Yare Benefice: Sunday Notices, 1^st February 2026

Today and the following Sundays:-

	Readings	8.00am	9.30am	11.00am (10.30am if stated)
1^st February Presentation of Christ in the Temple	Psalm 24.[1-6]7-10 Hebrews 2.14-18 Luke 2.22-40		Halvergate Morning Prayer	Acle, Reedham Morning Prayer / Worship Freethorpe Holy Communion
8^th February 2^nd before Lent	Genesis 1.1 – 2.3 Psalm 136.1-9,23-26 Matthew 6.25-34	Acle Holy Communion		10.30am Beighton Holy Communion
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

Please pray for those who wait today for consolation and redemption.
For the pre-schools in Acle, Freethorpe and Reedham.

Diocesan Prayer Diary: for the parishes of the Deanery of Heacham and Rising.
The Sunday prayer:-

O Christ, the Bright and Morning Star,
when the night of this world is past
bring us with your saints to your promised light
and to that life which opens into everlasting day.

This week:-

Friday 2.30pm at Reedham: Funeral of Myra Rednall.

Saturday 9.00am – 12 noon: Acle Village Market at St Edmund’s Church Hall.

Next week:-

Tuesday 10^th 2.30pm at Wickhampton: Meeting of parishioners, followed by PCC.

Saturday 14^th 2.30pm at Reedham: Pancake Party. £5/£2.50: book with Kati (700915) by Thu 12^th.
Also Outlook copy date.

Future events and other notices:-

Acle Churches Together Lent Group will meet at 2.30pm on Tuesdays at Acle Methodist Church, from 24^th February to 24^th March. We’ll be following the York Course on The Sacraments, written by Jane Williams. Place an order for the course book (£7) with Michael Pitt or the Rector.

Meetings of Parishioners for the election of churchwardens have now been arranged. Those during February: Wickhampton (above); Acle Sun 15^th; Freethorpe Sun 22^nd; Beighton Sat 28^th. Nomination forms are available in church and need to be with the Rector before the start of the meeting.

Evensong sung by our Benefice Choir: Ely Cathedral, 5.30pm Sat 21^st February.

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