February 13th St Nicholas is hosting a Candlelight Experience featuring an acoustic string trio playing music by Coldplay, surrounded by thousands of LED candles. Tickets are on sale now, choose and book on www.lumos-experiences.com
The Pilgrim Course: Turning to Christ
This is a six week course for enquirers or new Christians who want to find out more about the Christian faith. Each session includes reflection on a reading from the Bible and the opportunity for discussion.
It will be held at Mark and Ruth's home beginning on Tuesday 24th February at 7pm.
Have a word with Paul if you are interested.
Lent is just around the corner. Ash Wednesday is 18th February.
Ash Wednesday Services:
10.00am Holy Communion Dereham
10.00am Holy Communion and ashing Swanton Morley
11.30am Holy Communion and ashing Shipdham
7.30pm Holy Communion and ashing Dereham
Sacred Space in St Nicholas Church: Sunday evenings during Lent at 4pm.
These are evenings of quiet reflection (4.00-4.30) followed by Bible study and Worship (4.30-5.15). These evenings are for the whole parish and not just for the congregations. Leaning how to pray and praying better will be at the heart of each evening, as the disciples asked, ‘Lord, teach us to pray’.
Sunday 22nd February Introducing Prayer
Sunday 1st March Prayer and the Senses
Not on the 8th March (Licensing of the new Rector of Mattishall 5pm)
Sunday 15th March Prayer and Music
Sunday 22nd March Prayer and Language
Sunday 29th March Prayer and Fasting
Sunday 5th April Putting it together at Easter
Lent Courses
Lent Course - All are welcome to attend the Lent course running in Shipdham It will run at The Rectory on Monday evenings with Rev Laura and in a home on Thursday afternoons with Rev Doreen. We will be doing the Lentwise course by Paula Gooder. The course is described like this...'As we journey through life we face challenges - both big and small. What spiritual essentials will help us survive life's storms? Lentwise is a five session course that helps us deal with the rigours of real life.' Do contact Rev Laura or Rev Doreen for more information. Fliers with all the details will be available soon.
Lent Lunches in Church House 12noon for 12.30pm
Fridays in Lent are February 27th, March 6th, March 13th (with Café Communion, 11.30 for 12noon) and March 20th.
Please get a free ticket (available on Sunday 1st February) from Sue Barker or call Church Office on 01362 693143 to help us with numbers for catering. All proceeds from the lunches will be split between Nelson’s Journey and Church Funds.
St Nicholas Church Dereham Fundraising Committee are holding an Easter Coffee morning in Church House on Saturday April 4th from 10.00 to 12.30. If you have any items you would like to donate suitable for raffle prizes or Tombola these would be most appreciated. There will be a box at Back of Church on Sundays or speak to Susanne or any member of the Fundraising Committee.