July 2020 Dear Friends Open for Prayer lives before God. Sometimes the mere act of waiting in the stillness and calm in church As many of you will be now aware, the UK will allow a solution to any problems we are Government has permitted places of worship facing to come to the surface of our minds. to open for private prayer. In the Orford In this precious space we are not called to do cluster of churches we have made the decision or say anything, rather to just be and wait. to open our churches on Sunday each week between 10am and 4pm. The churches No concern however small is too trivial to will then remain closed until the following hold before God in prayer. What may seem Sunday which will ensure all surfaces inside to others to be a small issue, might be a major the church are free of any potential Covid concern for the person worrying about it. 19 infection, and avoids the need for a deep The Christian writer Corrie Ten Boom once clean. Our aim in adopting this approach wrote the following about prayer: is to keep those entering our churches safe Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer whilst at the same time not putting a burden is too small to be made into a burden. on those volunteers who clean our churches. I would encourage people in the weeks and For many people in our communities, and months ahead to make use of the quiet and visitors, our churches represent a holy, sacred peace of our church buildings to enjoy some space where they can quietly sit and reflect time with God in prayer. on all that is going on in their lives and pray to God. A chance to step off the treadmill of God Bless constant activity and just be. Prayer gives us Reverend Giles the chance to hold all that is going on in our Team Rector Dear Readers The deadline for copy for the August issue of the Link is Tuesday 21st July, contributors please note. If you are seeing this issue on a website or similar and would like to have a copy emailed direct to you, please email me on [email protected] and I will arrange this best wishes Peter McGinity Editor The Link 2 Orford Cluster All of our churches in the cluster will be able you would like to be on the circulation list to decide from 14th June to open for private to access all these services, please email me on worship, bearing in mind the guidelines, i.e. [email protected]. sanitisers, social distancing, no touching of objects, etc. Orford Church has decided to On 31st of August we will have our annual open from 10am – 4pm each Sunday starting Gift Day. We have had 6 concerts cancelled on the 21st June. Please see parish news for with Snape Maltings as well as cancelled individual arrangements. weddings. We have still had to pay our monthly expenses, without the contributions Revd Giles Tulk and Graeme Kay have of worshippers. Please help us; we will be in done some terrific services on Zoom every Market Square the Bank Holiday Monday Wednesday evening and Sunday morning. from 9am – 1pm. They have brought our churches together in both the Orford and Hollesley clusters. We I hope all of you are keeping safe. are able to sing, hear readings, and also a very moving sermon from Giles. There has also With love and best wishes, been on Zoom monthly BCP Evensong and Taizé. Some special services have also been Jacki Maslin recorded and are available on YouTube. If ORFORD METHODIST CHURCH Broad Street, Orford Orford Methodist Church Minister: Rev. Martin Dawes Sudbourne & Tunstall Broad Street, Orford Minister: Rev. Martin Dawes 13 Grundisburgh Road, Woodbridge Baptist Church 13 Grundisburgh Road, Woodbridge IP12 4HJ. 01394 383674 IP12 4HJ. 01394 383674 SERVICES AND MEETINGS We are busy cleaning and sanitising the Letters, weekly DiaryALL and AGEPsalm Diary WORSHIP write- every Sunday at 10.30am January followed by coffee. church premises and putting in place safe ups, Children’s Stories, Painted Cards and so distancing as required by the Government. much more sent out. EVENING SERVICE as shown. We await the authority of the Methodist Services/Preachers for January Church for the re-opening of the church We are very grateful for donations given, for worship and weekday activities. In the which so far has covered costs for providing meantime our people continue to receive our weekly mailings.6th We 10.30amare also in receiptStephen Caley – Soup & Pud weekly mailings by post or email and join of some very local and generousLunch donations in with services streamed or via radio and to the church account – these have been 13th 10.30am Service arranged locally TV and via our website for daily devotions, gratefully received. prayers and poetry. Our thanks to those who 20th 10.30am Rev. Stephen Yelland have contributed toward Keeping in Touch Stephen Caley 27th 10.40am Rev. Martin Dawes – Covenant 3 and Communion MONDAYS TEA ROOM now open from 11am – 2pm (ish). Always serving lunch, coffee tea and cake – resuming on Monday 7th January at 11am after the Christmas break. WEDNESDAY LUNCH serving a two course OUR EXPERTISE AT YOUR SERVICE meal each Wednesday at 12.30 (this is a bookable meal) –– resuming on 9th January after the Christmas break. 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However, it is hard to let the occasion go without a few words of thanks At the same time she was assiduous in studying and appreciation. all aspects of the Ministry and she had great communication skills that allowed her to talk Clare was appointed Rector of Carlford in to all people about it in exactly the right way. 2005, becoming Rural Dean in 2012 in which post it fell to her to Chair regular meetings of Many have fond memories of Clare’s help, clergy and lay persons to handle administrative encouragement and guidance along the matters not least her arrangement of the pathways of our own ministries, and she had a leaders of services each Sunday and on festivals gift of the clearest soprano voice to touch the and other high days. The job required not heart of our congregations. only great energy but great tact and a very high order of organisation all of which she We wish her and her husband Mark who has displayed unfailingly. She called upon the been the incumbent at Melton a long and extensive panel she built up of retired clergy happy retirement in their Framlingham home. and lay preachers to support the all too few 4 Wilford Benefice Church Services Following the UK Government’s As soon as we have clarity, we will produce announcement on 23rd June that services may and publish a service rota for the churches resume in church, we are awaiting guidance in the Orford Cluster and distribute this. from the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Thank you for your understanding. Ipswich as to what is permitted within Rev Giles Tulk the broad guideline. Therefore, we cannot Team Rector publish a schedule of services at this stage for the July newsletter. 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