Pattern of Worship from July 2021

The Benefice Council has agreed to trial a new pattern of worship from July (to tie in with the lifting of Coronavirus restrictions). Our pre-Covid pattern was based on having two priests in the Benefice, which is no longer the case. More positively, we are providing more opportunities to worship together, with a less-crowded worship rota providing more opportunities for creativity.

The basic principle (see the table below) is that on the 1^st and 3^rd Sundays in the month worship will be locally-based, with services in most of our buildings. On the 2^nd and 4^th Sundays the encouragement is to come together, with early services using the Book of Common Prayer, followed by a single 11am service at Acle, Freethorpe, Reedham or another of our churches. There will be a Benefice Service on any 5^th Sunday, as before (but no longer at 10.30am).

The actual cycle is a 2-month one. The smaller congregations (Beighton, Limpenhoe, Wickhampton) will host a celebration of Holy Communion once every other month; the larger ones (Acle 11am, Freethorpe, Halvergate, Reedham) usually once each month – see the website or Outlook each month for details.