Do join us for our walk of witness on Good Friday.

Do join us for our Maundy Thursday supper in All Saints, Mattishall

On Sunday 3rd March, Dan Gower from Open Doors is coming to tell us more about Open Doors and their work with persecuted Christians around the world. Open Doors is a non-denominational mission supporting persecuted Christians around the world. They work with local partners to distribute Bibles and Christian literature, give discipleship training and provide practical support, such as emergency relief aid. Open Doors' stated aims are to raise awareness of global persecution, mobilising prayer, support and action among Christians from around the world. Over 365 million Christians face persecution and discrimination - that's one in seven believers worldwide. You can stand with believers counting the highest cost for following Jesus.

Since becoming a Christian 40+ years ago, finding out about Open Doors, their work with persecuted Christians and hearing, at Open Doors events, from persecuted Christians from places like North Korea, Nigeria and Syria have been the biggest challenge - and encouragement - for me in all that time.

If you want to find out what real Christianity is all about, do come to one of our services on 3rd March. There will be more information at the 10.30 since we have more flexibility in the length of the service, but you are welcome to come to either (9.00 or 10.30).

https://www.opendoorsuk.org

Alan Cossey

Do join us for the latest concert by the Mattishall Community Choir for an evening of music and readings. Light refreshments will be available. Entry is free, with any donations going to charity.

Do join us for our popular annual Christmas Fun Activities Afternoon (games, craft, refreshments, music) at All Saints, Mattishall, run in conjunction with Mattishall Parish Council. Entry to the event is free, though there is a £3 charge per child for seeing Father Christmas. After we finish in ASM, there will be more refreshments on the village green, with the singing of Christmas songs until 5pm when the Christmas Tree lights will be switched on.

It's time for the December Who Let The Dads Out? this coming Saturday 2nd December at All Saints' Church, Mattishall. As ever, there are plenty of games and toys for kiddies of school year 2 and under as well as a chance for dads to get together (and give mum a bit of peace and quiet). There will be bacon rolls and snacks. We run from 9.00 until 10.30, but you are welcome to join us when you want and stay as long as you want during that time. If you have any questions, please do get in touch via wltdo@matvchurch.uk or ring as below.

Memorial Service at All Saints' Church, Mattishall.

Sunday 26th November at 4pm

 A quiet, reflective service with an opportunity to light a candle in memory of loved ones

Everyone is invited to bring antiques and collectibles for valuation by auctioneers at our Valuation Day at All Saints, Mattishall. Cost £3 per item with maximum of 4 items. Proceeds to Foodbank and ASM. 

After half term we are starting a Youth Drop-In in Mattishall for year 6 upwards on a Thursday afternoon after school every other week. It will be very chilled and lots of fun. Feel free to join us after you have got off the bus. You’d be very welcome.

Fancy a quiz? North Tuddenham are running their Quiz Night on the evening of Saturday 21st October. See the accompanying poster for details.

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT https://tinyurl.com/MATVMarkAndJohn 

In the Mattishall and Tudd Valley benefice we use the Church of England lectionary when planning which texts to use as the basis of our sermons on Sundays. The lectionary is used by several major denominations and its aim is to help ensure that, over a 3 year period, the most important subjects get preached on at some point. With the New Testament Matthew's gospel is used one year (Year A), then Mark's the following year (Year B) and finally Luke's (Year C) before going back to Matthew and repeating the cycle. At certain important points in the church year (largely Christmas and Easter) parts of John's gospel are used each year. At certain points in the year (again around Christmas and around Easter) we are required to use some of the texts set for each Sunday, though there is some choice possible, but the rest of the year we can choose other readings if we so wish, e.g. if we want to do a series on something, such as the Beatitudes, which we did some time back.

Each new church year starts at the start of Advent and in 2023 it is 3rd December 2023. Thus, this December we will be entering Year B and hence will be majoring on Mark's gospel and continuing to use John's as required.

We are, therefore, taking the opportunity to ask Sue Woan back to spend a morning with us looking at Mark's gospel and then John's gospel after lunch.

• "Mark my word" - an exploration of Mark's gospel, will include extra focus on Mark’s beginnings and endings, which are very different from the other gospels. Why?
• "John - the Word becomes flesh" – includes a focus on the differences from synoptics (Matthew, Mark and Luke), the ‘signs’ and the I AM sayings which so shocked the Jewish leaders.

Sue has previous led days at ASM on "A Romp Through The Old Testament" and "Walking in New Testament Sandals", which have gone well. As with those previous events, there is no charge for the day, though contributions would be welcomed.

Date for your diary…

All Saints Church, Mattishall

Saturday, 14th October 2023

10-12.30pm

More details later.

Do please join us for our first coffee morning after the summer break on Saturday 16th September from 10 till 12 noon. There will be cakes, a raffle, bric-a-brac, a tombola, books and light refreshments.

St Marys Church,  North Tuddenham presents

Our Organists Entertain

Dougal Smith Neville Willis & Sam Eglington

Saturday 9th September, 7:30 for 8pm start

Dougal, Neville & Sam & play their favourite individual pieces while Sam also delights us with his baritone skills.

Wine and nibbles at the interval

£5 per ticket.  Book tickets through mike_smith8@icloud.com

Please join us as we celerate the restoration of the towere and window. We shall be having live folk music with Sophie Wren, food and other refreshments, stalls, a raffle and a church tour.

On Sunday 9th July we will be holding our second free Oasis event at 4pm until about 5pm for famiiles with children from newborns up to the end of primary school age. As last time, we will be having a song or two, craft, drama and, for the second part, refreshments (a light tea).

We would love to see you there.

This Sunday's benefice service will be dedicated to Christians Against Poverty, CAP.  Keith Pickersgill is coming from CAP HQ to explain, biblically, the reason for CAP and how lives have been transformed by the provision of debt counselling and how it releases people from poverty and despair. 

You are all most welcome to come and it would be good to see you all there.

TICKETS (FREE) ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT https://tinyurl.com/rompOT

Following on from the success of the "Walking in New Testament sandals" day in October, we have booked Sue Woan for another workshop, this time a "Romp through the Old Testament".

Interested in coming? Have a chat with someone who came to the "Walking in New Testament sandals" day to see what they thought of it.

If you came to "Walking in New Testament sandals" and found it helpful, enjoyable and interesting, do tell other people about it and invite them along to this.

This will be an inter-active day of exploration, new insights and fun led by the Revd Dr Sue Woan,

Absolutely NO previous knowledge of the Old Testament required but please bring a Bible and a pen.

All other materials will be provided. Bookstall available with useful resources.

You are guaranteed to laugh….to learn…..and to long for more!

To quote Sue, "Through a series of fun activities discover how the geography, the history, the developing theology of the writers and key on-going themes shaped the Hebrew Scriptures."

EASTER FAMILY FUN DAY
SATURDAY 8TH APRIL

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, MATTISHALL

EASTER TRAIL AROUND MATTISHALL
· Collect your Easter trail sheet from the
Mattishall Church porchway between
10.00 am - 12 noon and bring your completed
trail sheet back for the afternoon.

EASTER ACTIVITIES AFTERNOON — 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm
· Easter craft and refreshments.
· Interactive Easter story with action songs.
· Prize giving for Easter trail.
Further details please contact
Church Office 01362 858873 or
Email: sue.cossey@matvchurch.uk

Dear friends,

In 2019 Fiona and I hosted a Maundy Thursday Supper at ASM, which seemed to go well. However for obvious reasons we were unable to do it in 2020-2022, so we are planning it again this year.

It will be at All Saints Mattishall on Maundy Thursday (April 6^th) at 6pm and is an informal communion service with a light supper (soup, salad, cheese and ham) and set of meditative readings as we reflect on the Last Supper.

Fiona will be catering, so will be grateful to know if you are hoping to come. Please contact her at fmccaghrey@hotmail.com by 9am Wednesday 5^th April, giving her any dietary requirements. We will be over-catering, so don’t worry if you haven’t signed up, but if you think you are likely to come please do let her know so we can get the amounts right.

If you like to know roughly what it will look like before you come, then please see  the schedule for 2019 that Mark sent round by email. The readings and songs will be different this year, but the general format will be the same.

With every blessing,

Mark

We are having another "Quiet Morning" in All Saints, Mattishall on Saturday 11th March 2023. It will include Scripture-led meditation, a creative space, a reflective space and a prayer path.

We have had two of these quiet mornings over the last year and people have found them very helpful, giving people an opportunity to get away from the hussle bussle of our daily lives and spend time with God. Do please come if you can.

Do join us for the Christmas Fun Afternoon at All Saints', Mattishall. There will be lots of famiy fun, crafts, games, refreshments and more. Entry is free.

Father Christmas will be in his grotto (£3 per child).

Aftewards, there will be refreshments and Christmas songs on the village green from 4pm, followed by the switching on the of the Christmas tree lights at 5pm

On Saturday we have our monthly session of Who Let The Dads Out? running from 9.00 to 10.30. WTLDO is a group for dads (and other male carers) and their kids aged from zero to school year 2. We have shedloads of toys for the kids and dads can join in too with ones like (magnetic) darts, table football, air hockey, a large Jenga and a large Connect 4. We have bacon rolls and snacks for the kids as well as unlimited drinks (decent coffee included). The cost is £1.50 if one kiddie accompanies the dad or £2 total for families of more than one kiddie attending. Food and drinks are free.

We would love to see you there on Saturday. Come along at whatever time you want and stay for as long or as short a time as you want as well. If you have any queries, do contact Alan Cossey on 01362 857904 or alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk.

You are warmly invited to this year's Christmas Fayre at All Saints' Church, Mattishall. There will be gifts and homemade crafts, cakes, refreshments and light lunches.

Do join us for our annual fun Bright Party on Monday 31st October at ASM from 5 pm to 6.30 pm. There is no entry charge!

All ages are welcome, with us aiming the activities mainly at children of primary school age. There will be free refreshments, games, crafts, sweets and treats.

A Women's Day for the East of England

Speakers: Becky Harcourt and Julia Chamberlin

Join us for an opportunity to pray and worship, to be challenged, encouraged and inspired to experience God's power.

You are warmly invited to join in a day specifically for women from the East of England on Saturday 22nd October in All Saints' Church, Mattishall, Dereham, Norfolk.

The Day:

Venue:

All Saints' Church is situated in the centre of Mattishall on Church Plain (NR20 3QF) off the A47. The precise location of the entrance to the church can be seen at https://what3words.com/procures.perfectly.pavilions. More details on the best places to park will be given here nearer the time. If you need to park close to the church, please email sue.cossey@matvchurch.uk

Cost:

£15.00 (includes drinks)

(Students/senior citizens/concessions £10)

Please bring your own lunch.

To book:

Book online HERE.

Alternative, download the booking form from HERE.

If paying by cheque, please make cheques payable to "Mattishall PCC" and return to Church Office, Dereham Road, Mattishall, NR20 3QA.

Enquiries:

Email womensday@matvchurch.uk

Ring the church office on 01362 858873 or Sue Cossey on 01362 857904.

Times and details may be subject to change

This event will be led by Rev. Dr. Sue Woan, who has a gift of bringing the New Testament alive. It will be an interactive day of exploration, new insights and FUN, including walking in the footsteps of Jesus.

Through interactive presentations, discover how geography, politics, festivals and the individual perspectives of Matthew, Mark Luke and John have resulted in 4 gospels. The day includes a unique visit to ‘Churches Together in Rome’ and a personal encounter with St Paul!

No previous knowledge of the New Testament is required, but please bring a bible if you can (we will have some available to borrow as well). Sandals are optional!

The event is free, though any donations would be welcome. Bring your own lunch. Drinks will be provided throughout the day.

Please book in advance  at Walking in New Testament sandals Tickets, Sat 24 Sep 2022 or contact our church office or the Vicar, Mark McCaghrey, on 01362 850971. Alternatively, sign up on the list at the back of All Saint's, Mattishall.

Please also let us know if you need handouts in large print. We have a loop system in ASM on the north side (marked up, but please ask if it is unclear).

The event starts at 9.30 (drinks) for a prompt 10.00 start. We expect to finish at about 15.00.

UPDATE: If you are unable to get along to our session,  you may be interested to learn that Sue Woan will be running a similar session at St Edwards Church, Lammas Road, Badersfield, NR10 5LG the following Saturday 1st October with the same time details. For their event, please contact Mother Shawn Marie on 07788420813 or email mthrshawntomlinson@gmail.com.

UPDATE 2: If you have asked to be able to park near the church, you should already have received notification of where you can best park (the church rooms car park). For those of you who are ASM regulars and have not asked to be able to park right near the church, would you please avoid using the church rooms car park. There is street parking as usual, but The Swan pub have kindly said we can also use their car park at the top end of Burgh Lane. This can be seen at https://what3words.com/leathers.captures.panel. If you use that car park, we suggest you then use the entrance to ASM’s churchyard on the Dereham Road side of the church at https://what3words.com/writers.requiring.market.

The annual sponsored bike ride takes place on Saturday 10th September this year. Details can be found at Bike Ride & Walk - The Norfolk Churches Trust. Please see the link for details about times, locations, etc.

Please note that this clashes with the very important Away Day for the Mattishall congregations. We do hope that people in the benefice other than from ASM will be able to support this.

I'm afraid we are having to cancel our Who Let The Dads Out? session due on Saturday 6th August due to a double-booking of ASM. I'm really sorry about this.

We'll be meeting as normal again on Saturday 3rd September, so looking forward to seeing everyone then.

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs on Saturday for about an hour.

If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

Do join us for a Quiet Morning on  Saturday, 28th May 2022 from 10.00 am  to 12.30pm at  All Saints’ Church, Mattishall
 
Come as you are for the whole morning or just for a short while.

Reflective spaces, creative spaces, prayer path or just be still.

‘Be still and know that I am God’  Psalm 46:10

Do please join us for our communion service to celebrate the ascension of Jesus.

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs on Saturday for about an hour. 

If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

This year it has been prepared by the women of the England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the theme of "I know the plans I have for you" from Jeremiah 29 v 1 - 14 reflecting on some of the issues facing us today.  We hope to hold the service in person this year and would appreciate offers from women to take part and read from the set service booklet.  If you are willing to assist please contact me by Monday 24th January so that we can organise the readers and make arrangements for a practice later in February.

All are welcome to attend on the day.

Thanking you

Eileen Browne

This year's World Day of Prayer service will take place at Mattishall Methodist Church.

For more details about the day of prayer generally, do have a look at www.wwdp.org.uk.

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs on Saturday for about an hour. 

If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs on Saturday 15th for about an hour. We normally meet on the 2nd Saturday of each month, but we have had to move it back a week this month due to New Year's Day being on a Saturday this month and affecting another event.

If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

‘Come with Me  by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’   Mark 6:31b 

The Advent Quiet Morning is an opportunity to take some time out during this busy season. The morning will be centred on reflecting on scripture followed by some personal quiet time where you can engage with God in reflective and creative spaces, explore the thought provoking  Prayer Walk or simply rest in His presence.

If you've never been on a retreat, the Quiet Morning is a good place to explore what that would be like. 
You don’t have to stay for the whole morning, but you’ll get the most out of your time if you’re there from the start. 
Some find it helpful to bring a notebook or journal. 
We hope to see you there. 

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs this coming Saturday for about an hour. If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

Our annual quiet, reflective service with an opportunity to light a candle in memory of loved ones.

There will be light refreshments after the service.

Sunday 14th November, Remembrance Sunday
Come for an Act of Remembrance.

East Tuddenham, 10.30 at All Saints
Hockering, 10.30 at St. Michael’s
Mattishall, 10.40 on the Village Green
North Tuddenham, 10.50 on the drive
Welborne, 10.30 at All Saints
Yaxham, 10.45 at St. Peter’s

Monday 15th November to Saturday 20th November
Find peace in the tranquillity of your parish churches
Come in and sit or pray. There will be symbols available to help you remember, mourn and hope.

East Tuddenham, All Saints open 10am to 4pm
Hockering, St. Michael’s open 10am to 4pm
Mattishall, Key available from Victoria Stores (Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday)
North Tuddenham, unavailable owing to tower works 
Welborne, open 10am to 4pm
Yaxham, St. Peter’s, open 9am to 4pm

Sunday 21st November
East Tuddenham, 10.30 at All Saints
Hockering, 10.30 at St. Michael’s
Mattishall, 9:00 at All Saints (traditional)
                 10.30 at All Saints (contemporary)
North Tuddenham, unavailable owing to tower works
Welborne, 9:00 at All Saints
Yaxham, 10.30 at St. Peter’s
And our Annual Bereavement Memorial Service at 4pm at All Saints, Mattishall.

Drop In is restarting this coming Thursday 23rd September at 10 a.m., rather than 9.30 as we used to do.

Do join us if you can. We will be meeting in ASM itself rather than the church rooms as we think the church building is more welcoming. Do come along and let us know what you think.

If you have any questions, please do contact Liz Hunton or the church office.

As long as the weather is OK that day, we will be holding a benefice service on Mattishall village green. If the weather is not good enough, there will two services in ASM, at 9.00 and 10.30.

So, if the weather is OK, we get a chance to not wear masks and sing together!

Leaders: Mark McCaghrey

This year's annual Parker Sermon will form part of the 10.00 Zoom benefice service due to continuing Covid-19 restrictions rather than in ASM.

Do join us for a carol service with traditional carols.

Collect your free gift bag at All Saints' Church, Mattishall Tuesday 22nd December 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Contains everything you need to make a Christingle and much more, including details of the Mattishall Christmas trail (for Yaxham and Hockering these can be found in those churche's porches).

For Mattishall (Yaxham and Hockering are similar)... 

Your Christmas mission, should you wish to accept it, is to find 23 letters and 3 numbers which have been placed on Angel posters in windows. Your route will start from Church Plain taking the safe pathway across to the main Dereham Road towards The Swan, down Burgh Lane as far as Back Lane, along and into Parker’s Road and back round towards the Church Office.

Once all the letters and numbers have been spotted, you will need to use your decoding skills and rearrange them to complete an important message.

Feel free to submit your completed task by 31st December to email contact@matvchurch.uk to go into a prize draw. We would love to share a photo of you and your family enjoying this Christmas mission, with your permission, on social media.

Please join us for our Remembrance Service on Zoom this coming Remembrance Sunday.  The Zoom Meeting will open from at least as early as 10.30 (with the service itself starting at 10.45). Please do join the Zoom Meeting well ahead of the start of the service if at all possible. Connection details are the usual

Directly from HERE.

or manually in Zoom using

Meeting ID: 834 0140 0096

Password: 858873

To join by phone, please ring one of the following numbers. When prompted, enter the meeting ID followed by #, when prompted for a participant ID just enter #, then finally when prompted enter the password followed by #

• 0203 481 5237
• 0203 481 5240
• 0131 460 1196
• 0203 051 2874

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Alan Cossey at alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk.

Dear friends,

I hope you will be able to join Andrea on Saturday and Sunday. I, for one, am also looking forward to breaking the fast of taking communion, and am thrilled that it will be Andrea who is presiding as we do so.

If you are able to join us on the (socially distanced) pilgrimage, that would be wonderful. So to help you please find copy our routes HERE and times across the benefice. We hope it is self-evident.

Above all, please do pray for Andrea at this very special time for her.

With every blessing,

Mark

Hi friends,

After the success of the last two coffee mornings hosted by Mark and Fiona we will be holding another one this week along the same lines.

Please feel free to join me on Zoom on Wednesday morning this week (10^th June) from 10.00 am for about an hour for a virtual coffee morning,   Do bring along your coffee/tea and any other additional goodies and join us for a time of meeting up and chatting together.  It will be lovely to see as many of you as possible so do join me if you can. 

Details are as follows

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84479552415?pwd=ZjlBK1EyakhiZDdMUzBKbUZUaVY0Zz09

Meeting ID: 844 7955 2415

Password: 451623

Look forward to seeing you.

Best wishes,

Sue Cossey

Mattishall and Tudd Valley Benefice is hosting the Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences, and Parker Preacher for 2020, Revd Dr. Andrew Davison at a Webinar on Zoom.

In his will in 1575, Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury to Elizabeth I, and Norfolk born, established the Parker Sermon – an annual sermon given on Rogation Sunday in Thetford and Mattishall by an appointee of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge with the purpose of education and edification.

This year, the Parker Preacher is the Dean of Corpus Christi College, and Starbridge Lecturer, Andrew Davison. In his life experience, Andrew bridges both Science and Theology. Andrew read Chemistry in the 1990s followed by a DPhil in Biochemistry. After ordination, he completed a PhD in philosophical theology at Cambridge, followed by ministry, teaching, lecturing and writing at Oxford and Cambridge, laterly moving to Cambridge and then taking up the position of Dean of Chapel at Corpus Christi in 2019.

His wide ranging career includes his year as a fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey, on a NASA-sponsored programme to consider the implications for human society and self-understanding of life elsewhere in the universe, examining the significance of such 'exobiology' for the main aspects of the Christian faith and his book “Participation in God: A Study in Christian Doctrine and Metaphysics”, published in 2019.

As an expression of Matthew Parker’s vision for his sermon series, Andrew will be giving an illustrated webinar on 9^th June 2020, on the topic of mutualism, or cross-species cooperation, another area of research for him. This webinar is free and open to all and will be held via Zoom on 9^th June 2020 at 7:30pm, with the Zoom meeting ID of 883 7386 3056 and password of 563198.

From now on our Sunday Morning Services can be joined from https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83401400096?pwd=REJTTmlPUHlveHhSbmhBQURucHJnZz09

Meeting ID: 834 0140 0096

Password: 858873

To join by phone, please ring one of the following numbers. When prompted, enter the meeting ID followed by #, when prompted for a participant ID just enter #, then finally when prompted enter the password followed by #

• 0203 481 5237
• 0203 481 5240
• 0131 460 1196
• 0203 051 2874

This week we have a special preacher, Dr. Andrew Davison, who is Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and Fellow and Director of Studies in Theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Andrew has a PhD in Natural Sciences and also in Theology and will be speaking on part of Paul's speech in Acts 17 where he tells us that all humans are descended from one stock. He describes his talk as a "feel good" talk.

To join us from 9:45 onwards, ready for our service, which starts at 10:00, please click HERE.

Leaders:

JOINT BENEFICE SERVICE ONLINE EACH SUNDAY MORNING Since we have had to close our church buildings for the time being, we are now meeting online each Sunday at about 9.45 ready to start our service at 10.00. We are using a tool called, "Zoom" which enables us to worship together with music, liturgy, a talk and prayer. To join our Sunday worship, please go to https://zoom.us/j/224497494?pwd=TllUOE5qNHRadHpTQ1ZnQlIwZ0puQT09. If you have not already done so, you will be invited to install a small program called, "Zoom" onto your device (PC, laptop, tablet or smart phone) and then you will get access. Alternatively, you can install "Zoom Cloud Meetings" from https://zoom.us/support/download. If you already have Zoom installed on your device/computer, you can launch Zoom itself and enter the meeting ID (224 497 494) and password directly.The password is 858873 (the benefice office phone no. without the area code). When asked about your audio, please select the option to connect with your device audio or computer audio. Please note that we implement a part of Zoom, called a "Waiting Room". Once you have connected and we see you in the waiting room, we will let you in fully. Initially, your audio will be "muted". When we have seen who you are we will "unmute" you. Please see the tips for using Zoom at the bottom of this page. CONNECTING BY PHONE, INC. LANDLINE If you don't have access to one of the above devices or have no speakers, you are very welcome to join in with us by telephoning one of the numbers below. You will be charged for normal landline access (which may already be included in your phone plan). 0131 460 1196, 0203 481 5237, 0203 481 5240, 0208 080 6591, 0208 080 6592, 0330 088 5830. You will be asked to enter the Meeting ID followed by a #. The meeting ID is 224 497 494 as above. Then you will be asked to enter a Participant ID followed by a #. Unless we have given you a Participant ID, please just enter the # without adding any number. Lastly, you will be asked to enter the password followed by a #. The password is 858873 as above. You will then be in the "Waiting Room" as mentioned above. Note the phone numbers above are for our Sunday service only. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Alan Cossey at alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk.

Leader: Andrea Woods

SUNDAY 19TH JUNE
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Using Zoom with your laptop, PC, table or smartphone
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We are meeting again this Sunday 19th April at about 9.45 ready to start our service at 10.00. We are again using a tool called, "Zoom" which enables us to worship together with music, liturgy, a talk and prayer. To join us, please go to https://tinyurl.com/sundaymatv. If you have not already done so, you will be invited to install a small program called, "Zoom" onto your device (PC, laptop, tablet or smart phone) and then you will get access. Alternatively, you can install "Zoom Cloud Meetings" from https://zoom.us/support/download.  If you already have Zoom installed on your device/computer, you can launch Zoom itself and enter the meeting ID (224 497 494) and password directly.The password is 858873 (the benefice office phone no. without the area code). When asked about your audio, please select the option to connect with your device audio or computer audio. Please note that we implement a part of Zoom, called a "Waiting Room". Once you have connected and we see you in the waiting room, we will let you in fully. Initially, your audio will be "muted". When we have seen who you are we will "unmute" you. Please see the tips for using Zoom at the bottom of this page.

Connecting by phone, inc. landline
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If you don't have access to one of the above devices or have no speakers, you are very welcome to join in with us by telephoning one of the numbers below. You will be charged for normal landline access (which may already be included in your phone plan).
0131 460 1196
0203 481 5237
0203 481 5240
0208 080 6591
0208 080 6592
0330 088 5830
You will be asked to enter the Meeting ID followed by a #. The meeting ID is 224 497 494 as above. Then you will be asked to enter a Participant ID followed by a #. Unless we have given you a Participant ID, please just enter the # without adding any number. Lastly, you will be asked to enter the password followed by a #. The password is 858873 as above. You will then be in the "Waiting Room" as mentioned above. Note the phone numbers above are for our Sunday service only. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Alan Cossey at alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk.

TIPS FOR THE USE OF ZOOM DURING OUR MEETINGS
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When you have joined use "Gallery view" to see who else is in the meeting and say, "Hello" if you want to.

Try to ensure the name you use when you join the meeting is a useful one, e.g. "Alan Cossey" rather than "Samsung Galaxy 7". If you forget to do it on entering, you can alter it once you have joined.

When the service has finished, but while the Zoom meeting is still running, use "Gallery view" again to see who is still there and wave to people as we say, "Goodbye" to each other.

Leaders:

On Sunday 12th April, Easter Day, at 10:00 (gathering from 9:45) we will be having a Celebration Service with Breaking of Bread (https://zoom.us/j/224497494?pwd=TllUOE5qNHRadHpTQ1ZnQlIwZ0puQT09) Our circumstances may be peculiar or even heartbreaking, but Jesus is still Risen, so we will be gathering via Zoom for a service of praise and celebration on Easter Day. This service will be similar to our previous acts of Sunday Worship using Zoom, but we will be Breaking Bread together as well. We can’t have communion in its traditional sense, but we can still have a shared meal: just as Jesus revealed himself to the despairing disciples on the road to Emmaus through the breaking of bread (Luke 24:30) so we be gathering via Zoom to share in an act of breaking of bread together. Please bring enough bread to share with everyone who is in your household on Sunday as you ‘socially distance’ or ‘shield’ yourself to the service. The rest will be explained on Sunday. Again, we are looking for bible readers and people willing to pray. Please tell us you can help using this link: https://bit.ly/2xcxDZZ This service uses the same Meeting ID for our act of worship last week (and this will stay the same for all our Sunday Worship services in the future). Zoom Meeting ID: 224-497-494 Please see the Online Worship Together section for helpful tips for when taking part in our services.

If you wish to have a practice at joining our Zoom online services, do join us for our weekly practice session which will be available for an hour. Join us at any time during that hour.

Join us then either by

• clicking on https://zoom.us/j/121737671?pwd=UW5GcDV5VmlzOXNReFZra3B2dnFuUT09 , which will automatically download the Zoom programme for you to install if you haven't already used Zoom on your device (iPad, iPhone, Android tablet/phone, e.g. Samsung Galaxy, or Windows laptop/PC) or
• manually downloading and installing the Zoom program and starting it up. When you have installed Zoom, you will be given the option of joining a meeting. Click on that option and, when prompted, enter a meeting ID of 121-737-671. You will then be prompted for the password, which is 858873, which is the phone no. of the benefice office (for ease of remembering it).

If you have not already downloaded and installed the Zoom meeting, you can search for it in the Apple App Store (iPads and iPhones), the Play Store (Android tablets and phones, e.g. Samsung phones) or from https://zoom.us/download.

If you get stuck, please ring Alan on 01362 857904.

On Friday 10th April, Good Friday, at 14:00 (gathering from 13:45) we will be having a Good Friday Reflection (https://zoom.us/j/725180592?pwd=bWdrZ3ZCcW55a1F3RmN4QXZIUzhDdz09) In the hour leading up to the hour of Crucifixion, Sally and Colin Thurgill will be leading us in a quiet and reflective act of contemplation as we reflect on what it meant for the Son of God to die on the Cross for us and to help us renew our faith in 2021. Zoom Meeting ID: 725-180-592

On Friday 10th April, Good Friday, at 11:00 (gathering from 10:45) we will be having an Act of Witness focusing on Mattishall (https://zoom.us/j/897946949?pwd=ZWQ5NlV2NmZLcmJvdkdrcDBncXJPdz09). Every year we have a ‘Walk of Witness’ joining the three church families who meet in Mattishall together with Christians who live in Mattishall but worship outside the village. Obviously, we can’t do that this year, but we are still going to pray for the village and use Zoom to join us together. We will be virtually ‘following’ our usual path through the village from the Evangelical Church down to All Saints Mattishall with stations along the way for singing, readings and prayer. Again if you are able to join and help with a reading and/or prayer let us know using the link: https://bit.ly/2xcxDZZ Zoom Meeting ID: 897-946-949

On Thursday 9th April, Maundy Thursday, at 19:30 (gathering from 19:15) we will be having a Service of Shadows (https://zoom.us/j/186010229?pwd=eFA4NDB0VnZEa0RvVzJ2anBBZnQwUT09) This is based on the ancient service of Tenebrae and is a service of readings, songs, music and candles as we journey with Jesus from the Last Supper to the foot of the Cross. Last year we used a variation of this service for the first time in the benefice, but are adapting things for the Age of Zoom. It features ten readings, so we will need ten readers. If you are happy to help please let me know using this link: https://bit.ly/2xcxDZZ Please bring with you a candle, preferably a tea light if you have one, as we will be using the candles in our worship. (Just make sure you aren’t like that Vicar who set light to himself while live-streaming). Zoom Meeting ID: 186-010-229

Do join us for our next time of worship online. This week we will be joined by Bishop Jonathan.

If you go to https://tinyurl.com/sundaymatv in your web browser, you will be prompted to install a small program (Zoom) to your device and then to join us. If you wish to try this out ahead of time we will be available between 16.00 and 17.00 each Saturday at https://tinyurl.com/matvpractice. Please contact Alan Cossey at alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk if you have any questions.

Please join us as we worship together online using Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/224497494.