Weekly Notice sheet

Acle & Bure to Yare Benefice: Sunday Notices, 24^th August 2025

Today and the following Sundays:-

	Readings	8.00am	9.30am	11.00am (10.30am if stated)
24^th August Bartholomew, Apostle	Acts 5.12–16 Psalm 145.1–7 Luke 22.24–30	Acle Holy Communion	Halvergate Matins	10.30am Beighton Morning Prayer Freethorpe Holy Communion
31^st August 11^thafter Trinity	Jeremiah 2.4-13 Psalm 81.1,10-16 Luke 14.1,7-14	Acle Holy Communion		10.00am Acle Celebrating Care
7^t^h September 12^thafter Trinity	Jeremiah 18.1-11 Psalm 139.1-5,12-18 Luke 14.25-33		Halvergate Morning Prayer	Freethorpe Morning Prayer / Worship Acle, Reedham Holy Communion

Please pray for public transport providers, especially our local bus and rail services.

For those bereaved of John Mandy (below); also Michael Browne (1^st anniversary).

Diocesan Prayer Diary: continuing to pray for the parishes of the Lowestoft area.
The additional collect for today:-

Lord of heaven and earth,
as Jesus taught his disciples to be persistent in prayer,
give us patience and courage never to lose hope,
but always to bring our prayers before you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

This week:-

Tuesday 10.30am: service at Swallowtail Place, Acle, in the Games Room (visitors welcome).

Wednesday 7.30pm at Freethorpe Village Hall: Bingo for All Saints’ Church repair funds.

Saturday 1.00pm at Halvergate: Wedding of Catlin Meyer & Curtis Robinson.

Next week:-

Tuesday 2^nd 10.00am: Reedham churchyard clear-up (August Outlook p.6).

Future events and other notices:-

Monday 8^th 11.00am at St. Edmund’s: Funeral of Bob Crowe.

Friday 12^th: Bat Evening at Limpenhoe Church (£5). Tea/coffee from 5.45pm, talk by an expert at 6.15pm, followed by bat detecting in the churchyard.

We will still be Celebrating Care next Sunday with the joint service at St. Edmund’s Church, but the follow-up public display in the church hall has been cancelled, due to lack of exhibitors. There will still be an opportunity to view a range of publicity over coffee after the service.

The Sisters of Bethany have expanded their programme for National Retreat Week further into the autumn: see www.sistersofbethany.org.uk/2025-retreat-program-norfolk-house/

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