The June 2020 issue of the Beacon is now available online in the Digital Resources section of the website. Click on the image or visit the Fakenham Beacon page and click the link to download.
We wish you a happy, safe and blessed month of June.
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The Weekly Bulletin for Pentecost Sunday, 31 May 2020, is now available to view and download from the website – just go to the Digital Resources section of the website and click into Sunday Bulletin. Or you are welcome to download directly from here.
The words to the hymns for Pentecost Sunday Morning Worship are also now available and can be accessed here.
Collect for Pentecost Sunday
Holy Spirit, sent by the Father,
ignite in us your holy fire;
strengthen your children with the gift of faith,
revive your Church with the breath of love,
and renew the face of the earth,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
The bulletin for the 7th Sunday of Easter is now available on the website – click into the Sunday Bulletin page under the Digital Resources secion of the website. Or if it’s easier, just download from here:
Bulletin – 7th Sunday of Easter
The bulletin contains the readings, prayers and collect that will be used in todays Morning Worship, and the words of the hymns that will be used can be found here:
Bishop Graham is inviting everyone across the diocese to join him at 9pm each evening between Ascension Day and Pentecost in a virtual Compline service. Together with millions of other Christians around the world we will be praying the words of Jesus, ‘Thy Kingdom Come’.
‘Compline’ is the ancient ‘office’ with which monastic communities end their day of prayer. The word comes from the Latin ‘completorium’ which means completion, so the day is complete when this time of prayer is offered.
The liturgy for each evening is available to download here.
Compline will be held every evening starting on Thursday 21 May (Ascension Day) until (and including) Saturday 30 May.
Zoom meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/95501245043?pwd=eHpDOGpiTmY4TmRYME1Tb21pM0VWQT09
Meeting ID: 955 0124 5043
Password: 955067
If you know someone without internet access who would like to join, they can phone 0203 481 5237 and enter the meeting ID and password when prompted.
Thy Kingdom Come invites Christians around the world to pray between Ascension and Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus Christ. What began as an invitation from the Archbishops’ of Canterbury and York in 2016 to the Church of England has grown into an international and ecumenical call to prayer.
JOIN THE GLOBAL WAVE OF PRAYER
21st – 31st MAY, 2020
PLEDGE2PRAY
Find out more, including prayers for you to use, from our PDF download here: THY KINGDOM COME
The weekly bulletin for the 6th Sunday of Easter, 17 May 2020, is now available under Digital resources on the church website, or can be accessed via this link:
> Weekly Bulletin – 17 May 2020
The bulletin contains the readings for tomorrow’s Sunday worship, together with the Collect and a reminder for those we hold in our prayers at this time.
Also available are the words for the hymns we will be using on Sunday. These have been pre-recorded by the choir of St Martins in the Fields, London and are especially available for the use of churches during lockdown. The hymn words are available here:
Our weekly bulletin is usually posted to the website on a Saturday, ready for the following Sunday. It contains as usual our weekly prayers, Sunday readings, the Collect, and timely announcements.
To reach the bulletin, click on the website heading ‘Digital Resources’ at the top of the website and you will see the Sunday Bulletin listed.
Additionally, we will try to publicise via an email to website subscribers each Saturday when the bulletin is posted, and send a link, like this: https://www.fakenhamparishchurch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Weekly-sheet-100520.pdf which will take you straight to it.
Today is usually market day of course and this week, 10th to 16th May, is Christian Aid week, so there would have been volunteers out and about in town giving the opportunity for people to donate. Christian Aid work with local partners and communities to fight injustice, respond to humanitarian emergencies, campaign for change, and help people claim the services and rights they are entitled to. As a charity which usually relies heavily on the special fund raising events which are run this week, Christian Aid will be facing financial challenges. Please take the time to look at the appeal on their website (christianaid.org.uk) and consider making a donation in lieu of what you may have donated this week at your local event. Thank you.
Norwich Cathedral is planning a poignant digital service to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the end of the Second World War in Europe.
Military flags in St Saviour’s Chapel at Norwich Cathedral (c) Bill Smith
After nearly six years of war, on 7 May 1945 Germany officially surrendered and the following day, celebrations broke out all over the world to mark Victory in Europe. For many though, the celebrations were bittersweet as people mourned the loss of loved ones and the war in the Far East continued.
Norwich Cathedral will be commemorating this moment in history with a special act of digital worship – A Service of Thanksgiving, Rededication and Hope on the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe – which will be published on the Norwich Cathedral Services YouTube Channel on Sunday 10 May. An order of service will also be made available on the Cathedral website for people to follow.
In the opening address, the Dean of Norwich, the Very Revd Jane Hedges, will pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
“75 years on from the end of the Second World War in Europe, we call to mind those who gave their lives in the service of freedom as part of the liberation from tyranny, oppression and occupation,” the Dean will say, before also speaking of the importance of looking to the future.
“We are ill-served if we simply look backwards at a moment like this; we must also look forward and proclaim with confidence Christ’s message of reconciliation for the whole world. In these days when the world is united in fighting against a threat to life and health, we are reminded that swords can be turned to ploughshares, spears into pruning hooks and even the fiercest of enemies can become friends. We dedicate ourselves afresh to this calling.”
During the service, General the Lord Dannatt, a former head of the British Army, will give a reading and a Second World War veteran will be joined by some young people to lead the act of rededication.
The Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, will deliver the homily and give the blessing.
The service will be available on the Norwich Cathedral Services YouTube Channel on Sunday 10 May.
The May edition of The Beacon has now been published on the website. A reflection by Audrey Sharp reminds us: “God is always with us. The building is closed but the church is open.”
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