August 1st August 8th August 15th August 22nd August 29th August Benefice Churches Trinity 9 Trinity 10 Trinity 11 Trinity 12 Trinity 13 2021 Blessed Virgin Mary Athelington Denham Athelington Hoxne Denham 11am RC Benefice Holy Syleham Wingfield CW Holy Communion + Communion Baptism of Harry Lambert EG/JM AugustAugust 20212021 NewsNews 11.15am EG BCP Holy Freedom and responsibility Horham Communion Patronal The Church of has issued guidance on the approach to church services now that all Festival legal Covid 19 restrictions have been lifted. We have freedom to go back to ‘normal’, but we Hoxne 9.30am EG 9.30am JM 9.30am JM 9.30am WW 4pm EG also have a responsibility to look after those who are cautious about doing so. These are the BCP Holy Café Church CW Holy Matins All-age arrangements we propose to adopt in the Hoxne benefice. Communion Communion service using art from art For our normal Sunday services: workshops - masks are optional; Redlingfield 9.30am RC - people can decide where to sit, but we do ask everybody to be sensitive to anyone who CW Holy prefers to maintain a social distance for the time being; Communion - we will sing hymns where people are comfortable with it; Syleham No Messy 10am ML 9.30am AV Church in Village BCP Holy - we will continue to exchange the Peace without physical contact (except for members of the August Service Communion same household); Wingfield 11am EG 6pm JM - we are now allowed to offer the wine as well as the bread at Holy Communion. The clergy CW Holy Evensong have agreed however that it is too soon for us all to be drinking from the same chalice. Communion + Baptism of Accordingly we will offer what is called “simultaneous administration” where the priest will Charlie Lynch briefly dip each wafer in the wine before placing it in each communicant's hand. The priest will not drink from the cup until everyone else has communicated. Online services We will designate one or two services each month as "extra-secure" and retain all the former Every Saturday and Sunday, Morning Prayer on facebook.com/WingfieldChurch, 8am precautions, for a trial period anyway, to allow those who are nervous about the removal of Every Friday: Compline on Zoom at 6pm restrictions to worship in an environment which feels safe to them. This month the BCP Some services in church will also be live streamed or uploaded onto facebook. Communion service at Hoxne on Sunday 1st August will be “extra-secure”.

On the rota above….. EG - Revd Eleanor Goodison JM - Revd John McCracken For larger services, such as the Lammas service on Wednesday 4th August at Hoxne, we will RC - Revd Richard Court ML - Mary Lewis JS - John Swann make individual plans. AV - Revd Canon Andrew Vessey WW - Wilf White

We will keep this approach under review. Any comments you have will be very welcome. We Copies of this newsletter are in churches. want everyone to be comfortable worshipping in church while taking advantage where we can Email Virginia on [email protected] to receive it by email. of our new freedoms. Revd Eleanor Goodison If you need help or just want to chat, please contact us: Revd Eleanor: 07876 143579 [email protected] Revd Eleanor usually works Friday to Monday and is available for urgent matters on Tuesday and Revd John: 07876 507288 [email protected] Wednesday. Thursday is her day off. Messages received on Thursday will normally be dealt with on Revd Richard: [email protected] Friday.

Sunday 1st August No Messy Church or Bible study Sunday 29th Sunday 26th September Car boot sale at Redlingfield on group in August. Back in September. All-Age service, 4pm in Hoxne church. 11am at Wingfield Church, Celebration Doorstep Green. 10am for sellers. 11am Come and enjoy the artwork created by of the feast of St Michael and All Angels. for buyers. For more details, please our young people at the summer art Revd Michael Womack will preach. contact [email protected] workshops in a specially designed Followed by drinks and nibbles.

service based on what they make. Tuesday 3rd Wednesday 11th More advanced Art workshop for young people, 12 yr Coffee & Cake Drop-in café at the Advance notices…….. Peter Demetriadi is planning to organise olds and up. Come along to this free art Village Hall in Syleham, 10am-11.30am. Saturday 4th Sept a church fête on Wingfield village green workshop on the theme of God’s created next year and would be grateful for help Come with a friend or on your own for a Hoxne Church Summer Fête, which is to world: 10am to 4pm, Gatehouse Farm, on an organising committee. Contact friendly chat or to browse magazines and be held from 2 - 5pm at Abbey Farm, Syleham Road, Hoxne, IP21 5BZ. Led by [email protected] if you books. Monthly on first Tuesdays Abbey Hill, Hoxne (Wilf's garden). There experienced art teachers. Picnic lunch would like to be involved. Thank you. provided. Covid precautions in place. will be a tea tent, ice creams, cakes and Rural coffee caravan produce for sale, plant & bric-a-brac stalls easyfundraising.org.uk Redlingfield: Wednesday 4th August, Booking essential, as places are strictly limited to 15. Contact Revd Eleanor to and games, crafts for children and It really is easy for anyone who shops (on Doorstep Green). tombolas and raffles. online...It costs you nothing and gives Wingfield: Tuesday 17th August, book your place and for more details. The artwork made will be used at a special all Offers of help on the day and donations the benefice a percentage of every- (Castle Crescent by the village sign). thing you spend. So far, we have Both 10am to 12 noon. Come along for a -age service on Sunday 29th August. of goods and prizes - cakes, garden raised £759 for the benefice this way warm welcome, coffee, cake, company, produce, plants, children's books, toys Saturday 21st – so it is well worth it! conversation and information. Although and games, good quality bric-a-brac, Hoxne Church monthly coffee mornings www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ provided, feel free to bring your own chair bottles (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), will be starting up again (hooray!!) on the hoxnebenefice. and mug if you feel more comfortable. raffle prizes will be gratefully received. third Saturday of each month, Stay in touch: commencing at 9.45 am in the church. For offers of help and for donations - Wednesday 4th Check out our facebook pages: Tea, coffee and cake! Book stall, bring- 01379 668359, [email protected] Annual Lammas Service at Hoxne, 6pm, facebook.com/WingfieldChurch or and-buy, raffle. All welcome. celebrating the first bread from the first Also Saturday 4th facebook.com/athelingtonchurch. grain of the harvest. Before the service, A talk on the history of St Margaret’s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______there will be a parade of tractors through Church, Syleham, by Baroness Elaine If you or someone you know August holidays Hoxne to the church. Come and welcome Murphy, local historian. In the church, needs help, don’t hesitate……... them. Hog roast and refreshments after Revd Eleanor and Revd John will be 6pm, with drinks and nibbles. Samaritans - It’s alright to ask for help the service. The collection will go to the taking holiday from the afternoon of Tel: 116123 Addington Fund, raising money for farming Sunday 15th August to Saturday 29th families in need. Please give generously. August. They will be away from the Church contacts benefice and will not be answering the Athelington: St Peter. Colin Palmer 01728 628747 Sunday 8th phone or checking e-mails. If you have Denham: St John the Baptist. Barbara Irwin 01379 669077, Hilary Castleden 01379 668458 Café Church for the benefice will be an administrative query, please e-mail Hoxne: St Peter & St Paul. Guy McGregor 01379 668434, Wilf White 01379 668046 back in church at Hoxne, 9.30am for [email protected]. If you Horham: St Mary. David Spall 01379 384239, Daphne Harvey 01379 384216 10am. Starts with coffee and croissants need a priest urgently, contact Revd Redlingfield: St Andrew. Hazel Abbott 01379 678217 Syleham: St Margaret. Mary Lewis 01379 669258, Sarah Buckley 01379 668480 and moves through discussion to prayer Richard Court Wingfield: St Andrew. Revd Eleanor Goodison 07876 143579 and worship. [email protected].