S E R V I C E S                                                                        

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F E B R U A R Y

        Litcham 10.30am      Tittleshall 9.30am

Feb  5th  Mrs Aileen Fox           Mr. David Yarham  

           Cafe Style Worship     

Feb 12th   Mrs‘ Hilary Pegg         Rev'd Andrew King

                                    Holy Communion                                                                   

Feb 19th  Mr. David Yarham         Mr. Mike Chumbley

                                  

Feb 26th  Rev'd Rosemary Wakelin   Mr Maldwyn Morgan

           Holy Communion

M A R C H

Mar 4th  Sue Moore                 Rev'd Andrew King  

           Cafe Style Worship     

Mar 11th  Don Fisher               Hilary Pegg

Mar 18th  Rev'd Rosemary Wakelin   Peter Terry

                                  

Mar 25th  Alan Warby               Local Arragement

         

METHODIST  NEWS

Hopefully you will be soon be seeing an abundance of daffodils in your gardens, although having had our first crocus on New Years Eve, and rose blooming right up to the February frosts, who knows? 

As I am writing this Jim Bacon has just told me on the Radio Norfolk weather forecast that we are to have 4 inches of snow overnight. I wonder what hindsight will tell us actually happened. March is very much the heart of the Lenten period, a time for looking forward towards the promise of Easter, but also a time to use the gift of hindsight to learn from the mistakes of the past.

March 25th heralds the star of British Summertime,(Spring forward, Fall back!) and is also Passion Sunday. This year the biggest Methodist gathering in East Anglia, the Songs Of Praise event at the Thusford Collection. In the past this has been held in September, but with the preparations for the Christmas event having to begin much earlier, we have moved to this earlier date. Consequently, the extra seating will not be in place, so only a thousand can be accommodated, rather than the usual 1300. As usual admission is free, and tickets will go very quickly this time. If you would like tickets you can get them by sending a SAE to the Thursford Collection, or ring me on 01328 700978 asap, as I wil lhave a limited allocation.

I am going to sneak into April now, as I know some of you don't have your magazine delivered in time for the first of the month, and Palm Sunday falls on th 1st this year. We will be holding our usual 'Round the village' service at 2pm, led by mMr & mrs Birkbeck's donkey., and stopping off at the chapel and church, before concluding on the village green. We offer refreshments in the chapel afterwards, and it is always a lovely occasion. We particularly love to see children, and they always seem to enjoy being with the donkey.

Can I also remind you that we will be holding our annual 'mini-pilgrimage' event on Good Friday. This year we walk From Tittleshall to Litcham. Beginning at 10am. Veronica will remind you about both these events in next month's magazine.

Some of you may be having an early spring clean, in which case you will be wondering what to do with all your disccarded items. Fear not, for we are here to help you! We are holding a good old fashioned Jumble Sale on Saturdy April 14th at 10am, and would welcome any good quality used clothing or bric-a-brac you may wish to dispose of. We had a similar event last year, and had a wonderful, happy time together. Please get in touch

(number as above) if you have things for us. 

As it's soon to be the silly season of the mad March hare, I thought I would leave you a silly though;.

                                                            Old age means your feet don't run but your nose does.

                                                            Old age means your nose can't smell but yor feet do.

                                                                                                                                       Con Fushus (Ancient Irish philosopher)

Stephen Lynn