Vicar Update and Parish News Page 2Parish of Nork with Burgh Heath Vicar Updates February 2nd 2025 Dear
Church Family & Friends,
Hoping
you're all well.
This
email is to share a few news updates and remind you of the dates in the parish
for the coming weeks.
Februprayer
Click Here for a copy of some Februprayer cards which were given out in church last Sunday
and will be available again tomorrow.
It
is a lovely idea from Sarah Gawkrodger. We are hoping each of us my commit to
praying every day in February - the card gives a space to choose our time.
Prayer topics may include Ideas
for things you may wish to pray for in the parish could be (they are only
examples - there are countless things we can pray for!):
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For a friend you could invite to church or to a
church activity
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For a new family to come and join one of our
children & families services - Community Alive, Messy Church or Forest
Church
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For our outreach activities such as: Refresh@10,
Little Roots, Craft opportunities, visits to schools, & services in our
nursing homes
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For our local residents associations and those from
the churches involved with both
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For our fundraising focus group as the plan our next
parish fundraiser in March
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For our Eco parish group - see below Eco-Parish
Bronze Awards for both Churches!
Yesterday
our Bronze Eco Parish Certificates arrived! One for each church and there will
be a wooden plaque also coming for each church. We can now begin work towards
silver!
Big
thanks to Jim Illingworth, Deirdre Jackson, Michael Stevens & Michelle
Cahill, who formed the group, alongside me, who worked on this. We also give
thanks for the work of Alastair Watson, who helped us so much before he
died.
Parish
Quiet Day
David
Packham is offering a parish quiet day to help us enter the period of Lent. This
will be on Saturday 8th March and will run from 10 am to 4 pm at St.
Mary's. Please see the flyeron our front page and speak to David for more information:
Curate@norkwithburghheath.com
Parish
Lent Course
George
Drewitt will be running a Lent course for our parish this year, on Tuesdays
11th, 18th, 25th of March and 1st and 8th April
at 7.30 pm in the St. Mary's vestry.
Please
contact George on: cw_nork@norkwithburghheath.com to register your interest.
More information to follow.
Chess
Sets
Rachel
Ruddmore and her lovely sons, Joshua and Rowan, are looking for any spare chess
sets anyone may have, as their school are collecting them. If you have one to
donate, please give one to Sue Wharton or I and we will pass them on to
Rachel.
Coming
up this week:
Sunday
2nd February, 10 am: Whole Parish Communion at St. Mary's Monday
3rd, Tuesday 4th & Wednesday 5th - Alex into our parish schools - please
pray for this! Monday
3rd February (pm): David Packham running bible study at Banstead
Manor- please pray for this! Tuesday
4th February, 8 am: BCP Communion at St. Paul's Tuesday
4th February, 9 am: Little Roots Toddler Group at St. Paul's Tuesday
4th February (pm): David Wright & Alex to the nursing homes to
offer communion services - please pray for this! Wednesday
5th February, 9 am: Little Roots Toddler Group at St. Paul's Wednesday
5th February, 2 pm: Women's Craft Group in the St. Mary's vestry
(side entrance to church) Sunday
9th February, 9 am: Community Alive Service at St. Paul's Sunday
9th February, 11 am: Communion Service at St. Mary's
Love
and prayers Alex
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