Parish of Nork with Burgh Heath Key Dates - May to August 2024

 Below are some of the key dates for May to August 2024. Thank you very much to all who are involved in contributing to these different events. This is not an exhaustive list, but rather a list of all the dates we have to this point.

Worship in our churches

 For these four months, we will continue to have some whole parish services at 10 am, on the fourth Sunday of every month (with an additional whole parish service at the beginning of May). The whole parish services are listed a little later in this document.

 On the other weeks of the month, services will continue at 9 am at St. Paul’s and at 11 am at St. Mary’s, with the option of Zoom for those who are unable to join us in the buildings

Community Alive (family services at St. Paul’s) will continue to be on the 2nd Sunday of every month at 9 am. Messy Church (family services at St. Mary’s) will continue to be on the 3rd Sunday of every month (except August) at 11 am. Forest Church (in the St. Paul’s Backlands) will run in July and August on the fourth Sunday of the month at 3pm.

Our parish, 8 am, BCP communion service runs at St. Paul’s on Tuesday mornings every week.

‘Special Events / One-offs’

Parish Quiet Day - Saturday 11th May, 10 am - 4 pm at St. Mary’s

 Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) - Monday 20th May at 7.30 pm at St. Mary’s

Plant Sale to raise money for Christian Aid and BACSECT - Saturday 15th June from 2 - 4.30 pm at St. Paul’s

Parish Fundraising Bingo Night - Saturday 6th July evening (exact time TBC) in the St. Paul’s Hall

Parish Picnic - Sunday 28th July from 12-2 pm in the Vicarage Gardens

Craft Morning for Children & Families - Date TBC, this will be at St. Paul’s in the school summer holidays

Other key dates:

Community Alive (our Family Service based at St. Paul’s), at 9 am on the 2nd Sunday of the month

Everyone is welcome at these services & events, but they will be particularly geared towards families with children:

Sunday 12th May, 9 am Sunday 9th June, 9 am Sunday 14th July, 9 am Sunday 11th August, 9am

Messy Church (our Family Service based at St. Mary’s), at 11 am on the 3rd Sunday of the month

Everyone is welcome at these services & events, but they will be particularly geared towards families with children:

Sunday 19th May, 11 am Sunday 16th June, 11 am Friday 21st July, 11 am

(There will be no Messy Church in August)

Whole parish services at 10 am, on the fourth Sunday of the month (with an extra in May) are listed here:

● Sunday 5th May, 10 am at St. Paul’s ● Sunday 26th May, 10 am at St. Mary’s

● Sunday 23rd June, 10 am at St. Paul’s

● Sunday 28th July, 10 am at St. Paul’s (with parish picnic following in the Vicarage gardens) ● Sunday 25th August, 10 am at St. Mary’s

 

Forest Church in the St. Paul’s ‘Backlands’ (the land behind the church hall, where there are lots of trees) is on the 3rd Sunday of every month in the Summer at 3pm

Sunday 28th July, 3pm Sunday 25th August, 3pm 

8 am BCP Communion Services at St. Paul’s on Tuesday mornings

Every week.

Monthly Prayer Meetings

Across these four months, we are trying different ways of praying and these meetings are listed below:

Saturday 11th May, 10 am to 4pm, Parish Quiet Day at St. Mary’s

Monday 3rd June, 8 pm - Evening Prayers for the parish, with Compline - on Zoom Sunday 14th July, 5-7 pm, Parish Evening of Prayer at St. Paul’s

Monday 29th July, 8 pm - Evening prayers for the parish, with Compline - on Zoom

 

Little Roots (our parish toddler group) - Every Tuesday and Wednesday morning during term time, from 9 - 11 am at St. Paul’s

Michael Stevens and the team will continue to run Little Roots on both Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Little Roots runs in term time. It began again on Tuesday 16th April January and Wednesday 17th April, with a break in half term week on the 28th and 29th May, then running from Tuesday 4th June and Wednesday 5th June through to Wednesday 17th July. 

Food Bank Collections

These will be on Wednesdays, monthly at St. Paul’s, from 2-4 pm

Wednesday 22nd May, 2-4 pm at St. Paul’s Wednesday 26th June, 2-4 pm at St. Paul’s Wednesday 31st July, 2-4 pm at St. Paul’s Wednesday 28th August, 2-4 pm at St. Paul’s

Parish Walking Group

The Parish Walking Group, coordinated by Simon & Jane Morrison, meets on the third Saturday morning of each month, for walks of approximately 3-4 miles, led by members of the group.

Saturday 18th May Saturday 15th June Saturday 20th July Saturday 17th August

Refresh@10

These coffee mornings are on Saturdays from 10 am - 12 pm, run at St. Mary’s.

Saturday 25th May Saturday 29th June Saturday 27th July Saturday 24th August