Lent and Easter 2012
Benefice Week of Prayer 2nd to 10th March
Friday 2nd 7pm Women's World Day of Prayer, Pulham Market Methodist Chapel
Saturday 3rd 9.15am Morning Prayer at Dickleburgh
Sunday 4th Normal SUnday services plus 11am dedication of the Ringing Room at Starston; 6.30pm Celebration at Pulham Market
Monday 5th 6.30am Rushall Prayers for the benefice; 9am Pulham Market Morning Prayer
Tuesday 6th 9am Pulham St Mary Morning Prayer; 7.30pm Lent course Pulham Market
Wednesday 7th 9am Thelveton Moring Prayer; 10.30am Communion available at Dickleburgh;2pm Guided meditation at Rushall Church; 7.30pm Lent Course Rushall
Thursday 8th 9am Starston Morning Prayer
Saturday 10th Quiet Day at Thelveton 10am to 1pm (Bring and Share lunch)
Holy Week:
Wednesday 4th April 10.30am Benefice Communion in Dickleburgh Church
2pm Meditation in Rushall Church
Maundy Thursday 7.30pm Benefice Communion at Dickleburgh
Good Friday 11.15am A Walk and Service of Witness at Pulham St Mary.
Crosses will be brought from Dickleburgh, Starston and Pulham St Mary. Those who wish to walk need to start Pulham Market at 10.30am. There will be warm drinks and hot cross buns available in church after the open-air service.
The Last Hour will be kept at Starston from 2pm.
At 6pm there will be Readings and hymns for Good Friday at Pulham St Mary. Easter Eve Saturday 7th April at 7pm “Lighting The Paschal Candle” in Dickleburgh Church. This is a short, but dramatic service which follows Christ from the entry into Jerusalem through to Resurrection. During the service the Easter Candle is lit and a long-lasting candle is lit for each of the churches in our Benefice, and the light is passed on to everyone in the congregation, each holding their individual candles. It is a service which can delight all ages and makes a moving introduction to the celebrations of Easter Day.
Easter Sunday Anyone wishing to experience the Sunrise service, we usually gather at Weybread Pits before dawn – which this year is going to be quite early!
All our churches have a communion service for Easter Day. Pulham Market at 8am in church and 10.45 am in the school; Dickleburgh and Pulham St Mary at 9.30am in church; Rushall, Starston and Thelveton at 11am in church. Starston will have BCP Communion.