Rockland All Saints

As I write this, the temperature outside has dropped several degrees, and it is starting to feel like winter now! Adverts for festive goods have been flooding the TV screens for weeks and shops (and even some homes) are putting up their decorations, so it must be time to talk about Christmas!

As we mark the start of a new year in the church when we begin to think about the coming of Christ and prepare for his arrival, Advent Sunday falls on 1st December this year and we are holding our traditional Advent Sunday Carol service on that day at 10.30. However, this year the venue has had to be changed to St Peter’s Church, Rocklands, as we are expecting a larger than usual congregation from all over the new benefice, and there is more room for both seating and parking there (as well as good heating!!). Archdeacon Steven Betts is preaching at the service and all are welcome afterwards at Rocklands Village Hall, where light refreshments will be laid on for all to enjoy. We would love to see you there. For those who don’t know, St Peter’s is on the left off the B1077, just after the crossroads in Rocklands in the Watton direction; it is clearly marked from the main road. (What3words is transmit.gathering.committee for those who use that app!) Alternative access is via The Street, where the lane to the church is on the right by a bungalow. The village hall is a bit further down the Street on the right at a bend in the road opposite Mill Lane.

On December 15th, we are holding another Christingle service at All Saints. Children come at 2.30 to make their Christingles in the old schoolroom near the gates, then there is a short informal service in the church at 3pm. As the light fades, the candles are lit and the children sing ‘Away in a Manger’ in the candlelight……and Christmas has begun for me! The Christmas crib is set up by the little ones, where it will remain until Candlemas on February 2nd. We are hoping that Rocklands School choir will be there again this year which will be amazing. BUT, as you may know, our church is very small so we have to think carefully about numbers and it is essential that we know in advance how many children are coming. Please book a place by emailing cath@jones871.plus.com as soon as possible. Thank you!

Finally, our popular candlelit ‘Midnight Mass’ is to be held as usual at 10pm on Christmas Eve. This is a traditional service and very atmospheric……I suggest that if you come you bring a torch as we have no electricity and when the candles are blown out, it is very dark!

All that remains is to thank you all for your support over the past year, to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a peaceful and healthy 2025 from all the PCC at All Saints church! See you next year!

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