Claxton Village, Norfolk

  • This week’s services and events, 5-12 November

    Dear All

    I hope you are keeping well. Here is this week’s news from the Benefice and Barn:

    This Sunday’s services (Nov 5th) are 9.30am Communion at Claxton and 11am Morning Prayer at Carleton St. Peter. We’re gathering in The Barn at 4pm for Still with Saints – a warm invitation to all to

    come and be Still on All Saints’ Sunday, with music, silence, creative response and refreshment
    as we contemplate the Community of Saints who guide and bless our living.
    On Monday (6th) Warm Welcome at The Barn begins its weekly Winter opening between 11am and 4pm. Drop in to see us and enjoy hot drinks, homemade cakes, soup and more!
    At this week’s Online Art Cafe on Wednesday (8th, 10.30am), we’re looking at Wilf Perreault: In the Alley. Wilf is a Canadian artist whose work focusses on the vanishing world of the alleyway. Here is your Zoom invitation.
    The following Sunday (Nov 12th) is Remembrance Sunday. We will remember those who gave their lives from our villages and pray for peace and justice in our world today at our morning services: Rockland St. Mary at 9.30am; 10.50am at Bramerton, Claxton, Kirby Bedon and Surlingham.

     Looking further ahead, we’re holding our annual Tree of Light Service on Sunday December 3rd, 3.30pm. This service is intended to support anyone who’s bereaved and invitation cards and stars will be placed in the back of church in the week ahead. Please feel free to contact me or Helen for further information.  

    Thank you to everyone who has generously donated to Bishop Graham’s Ahli Hospital Appeal online or via The Rectory. I have forwarded £180 towards the hospital’s vital work.

     Best wishes,

     Nick

     

  • Eleven Says – Oct/Nov edition

    Please find attached the latest edition of the Eleven Says.

    A4 OCT NOV 2023 – 303

  • Eleven Says – Aug/Sept edition

    A4 – AUG SEPT 2023 – 302

  • Flower Festival, Sunday services and thanks

    I hope you are keeping well, dry and warm!
    This weekend sees Carleton St. Peter’s ‘Rock and Pop’ themed Flower Festival, plus refreshments, tombola and raffle, and all in aid of church funds. The Festival is open today until 4.30pm (Aug 5th) and tomorrow (6th) from 10.30am to 4.30pm. Sunday’s services (6th) are 9.30am Communion at Claxton, 11am Communion at Rockland St. Mary and 4pm Evensong at Bramerton.
    On the following Sundays in August we join together as a Group at the following times, dates and places:
    Aug 13th: 10am Group Communion Yelverton
    Aug 20th: 11am Group Communion Carleton St. Peter
    Aug 27th: 9.30am Group Communion Bergh Apton
    Finally, may I thank everyone who supported the Summer BBQ at the Rectory – a happy event despite the weather, which raised £90 for Christian Aid.
    Wishing you every blessing,
    Nick

  • Sunday services (June 18th and 25th) and forthcoming events

    Dear All,
    I hope that you are enjoying the weather and, if you’re a cricket fan, the start of the Ashes!
    This Sunday’s services (18th) are 9.30am Morning Worship at Claxton and 11am Communion at Kirby Bedon.
    Next Sunday (June 25th) sees communion services at 9.30am Surlingham and 11am Bramerton.  Cafe Church meets in Rockland Parish Room on the theme ‘The Cost of Living’.  Please drop in anytime between 10.30am and 12 Noon.  At 4pm ‘Still with the Sun’ in the Barn we reflect on the sun’s power and symbolism through words, music, stillness and refreshment.
    Looking ahead, Warm Welcome at the Barn is happening on June 26th, 11am to 2.30pm.  All welcome for refreshments, lunches and good company!
    Celtic Prayer meets in Surlingham Church porch at 10am on June 27th for quiet prayer and reflection in a peaceful setting.
    June’s Art Café in the Barn is open from 10.30am – 12 Noon on Wednesday 28th.  Come along for fresh coffee cake, and the chance to experience some nature art!
    Sadly for us, Revd Cate Turner has been appointed to a new ministry (to be announced later).  She will be greatly missed for all she has contributed during her three year curacy in Thurton benefice and valuable contributions she has made to our benefice.  July 30th will be her final Sunday, so it feels appropriate that we should say farewell to Cate and Iain in their benefice, at an 11am communion service in Bergh Apton, followed by a bring and share lunch in the churchyard (or village hall if wet).  This replaces the Hellington service advertised in Eleven Says.
    Finally, may I offer a big ‘Thank You’ to everyone who supported Christian Aid Week so generously.  £185.66 (including gift aid) was raised at May’s Warm Welcome and through donation envelopes received from the benefice.
    Best wishes,
    Nick

  • ElevenSays June-July 2023

    The June/July issue of ElevenSays can be read by clicking ElevenSays: June to July 2023

  • This week’s services, video and the coronation weekend

    Dear All,

    I hope you are keeping well and enjoying the Bank holiday weekend.
    This week’s service (Sunday 30th)when join our Thurton benefice friends at the 10am Group Communion at Ashby St. Mary.  Helen has filmed a service for this week that you can watch here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0IW9EMDlaw.
    Please keep King Charles and Queen Camilla in prayer as they prepare for next Saturday’s coronation. Due to a number of afternoon events being held in our villages on Sunday (May 7th) the Lunch in the Barn has been changed to Crowns, Coffee and Croissants at the earlier time of 9.30am – 11am.  Come and make a crown, enjoy a late breakfast and come along to the Coronation Thanksgiving service at St. Mary’s Church at 11am.  I would be most grateful if you would kindly share the attached flyers in church porches and on local noticeboards.
    Finally, thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Annual Parochial Church Meeting and Carleton’s Spring Fundraiser.
    With best wishes,
    Nick

  • This week’s services and events (April 23rd-30th)

    Dear All,

    I hope you are enjoying the good weather!
    Services on Sunday (April 23rd) are 9.30am Communion at Surlingham and 11am Communion at Rockland.  Also on the 23rd, Carleton St. Peter’s Spring Fundraiser offers fun for all the family between 2pm and 4pm, with teas, Easter trail, raffle and more.
    Warm Welcome at the Barn re-opens on Monday 24th on a monthly basis with our summer opening times, 11am-2.30pm.
    Celtic Prayer meets on Tuesday (25th) in Surlingham Church Porch.
    This year’s Annual Parochial Church Meeting is being held on Wednesday (26th). All parishioners are welcome to attend and partake in the cheese and wine interval!
    Art Cafe in the Barn is happening on Thursday (27th) 10.30am-12 noon. All welcome!
    Next week’s service (Sunday 30th) is 10am Group Communion at Ashby St. Mary.
    With Easter greetings,
    Nick

  • This week’s services and events

    Dear All,

    I hope Easter has begun well for you.
    Services on Sunday (April 16th) are 9.30am Morning Worship at Claxton, 11am Communion at Kirby Bedon. Cafe Church begins at 10.30am in Rockland Parish Room with ‘Ways of Believing’ as its theme.  At 4pm in the Barn, ‘Still in the Garden’ offers a quiet reflection on Jesus’ resurrection appearances with words, music, prayer and imagery.
    Rockland St. Mary’s Electoral Roll is open. Please contact me for further information.
    Wednesday’s Online Art Cafe (10.30am) is the Spring bring and Share. Feel free to drop in on Zoom and share images, objects or words that inspire you in this season. Your invitation is here –
    It’s books galore at Surlingham Church Book Sale on Saturday (22nd) 1pm-4pm in Church!
    Next week’s services (Sunday 23rd) are  9.30am Communion at Surlingham and 11am Communion at Rockland.  Also on the 23rd, Carleton St. Peter’s Spring Fundraiser offers fun for all the family between 2pm and 4pm, with teas, Easter trail, raffle and more.
    Looking further ahead, Warm Welcome at the Barn re-opens on Monday 24th on a monthly basis with our summer opening times, 11am-2.30pm.
    With Easter greetings,

  • Easter Week services and video

    Dear All,

    Our Easter celebrations began this evening with the Lighting of the New Fire, and in the morning we can greet the Easter Sunday dawn at the 6am Sunrise Service on Rockland Staithe. There are 9.30am communion services at Claxton and Kirby Bedon, 11am Morning Worship at Carleton St. Peter and 3.30pm Easter Readings and Hymns at Bramerton and Surlingham.

    Helen has recorded an Easter Sunday video service that you can watch here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdxW0or0XnA

    On Tuesday (Apr 11th) 10am Celtic Prayer takes place in Surlingham Church porch.

    Please note that Art Cafe in the Barn has been postponed from Wednesday (Apr 12th) to Thursday (Apr 27th).

    Services on the following Sunday (Apr 16th) are 9.30am Morning Worship at Claxton, 11am Communion at Kirby Bedon. At 4pm in the Barn, ‘Still in the Garden’ offers a quiet reflection on Jesus’ resurrection appearances with words, music, prayer and imagery.

    With warmest Easter greetings,

    Nick and Helen

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