Weekly Notice sheet

Acle & Bure to Yare Benefice: Sunday Notices, 16^th August 2026

Today and the following Sundays:-

	Readings	8.00am	9.30am	11.00am (10.30am if stated)
16^th August 11^th after Trinity	Psalm 67 Romans 11.1-2a,29-32 Matthew 15.[10-20] 21-28		Halvergate Holy Communion	Acle Joint Holy Communion Reedham Morning Prayer
23^rd August 12^th after Trinity	Psalm 138 Romans 12.1-8 Matthew 16.13-20	Acle Holy Communion	Halvergate Matins	10.30am Beighton Morning Prayer Freethorpe Holy Communion
30^th August 13^th after Trinity	Psalm 26.1-8 Romans 12.9-21 Matthew 16.21-28	Acle Holy Communion		10.30am Freethorpe Joint Holy Communion for the Festival of Creation in Christ - readings

Please pray for young people receiving exam results this month.

For those bereaved of Rodney Turner, Sylvia Futter and Anne Hempsall; also Ma Kiu Tang
(1^st anniversary).

Diocesan Prayer Diary: the parishes of the Deanery of Heacham and Rising. The Sunday prayer:-

Gracious God, although we once were strangers,
you receive us as friends and draw us home to you.
Set your living bread before us,
so that we may be strengthened to continue the work
your Son has commissioned us to do..

This week:-

Today 11.00am – 4.00pm at Wickhampton: Teddy Bear Parachute & Zip Wire.
Also Outlook deadline date.

Monday 2.30pm at Beighton: Funeral and Burial of Ashes of Rodney Turner.

Thursday 7.00pm: Benefice Council meets.

Saturday 10.30am – 12.30pm: All Saints Drop-in at Beighton Church.
2.00pm at St. Edmund’s: Wedding (time corrected).

Next week:-

Monday 24^th 7.00pm: Limpenhoe, Southwood & Cantley PCC meets.

Tuesday 25^th 10.30am: service at Swallowtail Place, Acle, in the Games Room (visitors welcome).

Thursday 27^th 12 noon at Gorleston Crematorium: Funeral of Sylvia Futter of Acle (ex Beighton).

Friday 28^th 12 noon at Fishley Church: Funeral of Anne Hempsall of Acle.

Future events and other notices:-

Acle Churches Together autumn study group will be following John Bell of the Iona Community as he looks at Jesus’ ministry: the people he met; the things he said; the controversy he caused; and the affection he had for the marginalised; urging us to grasp more fully the implications of the incarnation as we approach Christmas. Course book + 4 Tuesday afternoon sessions £10, from Michael Pitt and Isobel Ashworth. Starts 2.30pm 29^th September (then Oct 27, Nov 24, Dec 15).

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