Part of the Benefice of Pakenham, Norton & Tostock, with Great Ashfield, Hunston & Stowlangtoft
Rector: Revd Katherine Valentine
01359 235095 / kavalentine677@gmail.com
For more details of all our churches, including Norton & Tostock, see the
national Church of England website: www.achurchnearyou.com.
Our benefice magazine is also available online at: www.vcnews.org.uk
Benefice Church Services & Opening Times
Please find below details of the services we plan to hold in February if places of worship are permitted to remain open for services. Norton, Tostock and Pakenham will continue to be open for private prayer on Sundays and Wednesdays from 10am-4pm, and Great Ashfield on Sundays only from 10am-4pm.
FEBRUARY 2021
Wednesday 3 – 10am Holy Communion, Tostock
Sunday 7 – Presentation of Christ: 10am Family@Church Candlemas, Pakenham
Sunday 14 – Sunday Next Before Lent: 10am Morning Worship, Tostock
Wednesday 17 – Ash Wednesday: 10am Holy Communion, Norton
Sunday 21 – 1st Sunday of Lent: 10am Benefice Holy Communion, Norton
Sunday 28 – 2nd Sunday of Lent – 10am Benefice Holy Communion, Tostock
Safety precautions in our buildings
As you enter the building please use your own hand sanitiser if possible but, if not, sanitiser is available in the church. Please replace them afterwards.
It’s important to respect other people’s space by keeping a one meter plus distance and note that not all areas of the church may be accessible. Please follow distancing and safety notices inside each building, including the wearing of face coverings.
Church services are also still available for you to join remotely via the
Cathedral website – stedscathedral.org – and the Bishops are live
streaming Daily Prayer which you can link to this via the Diocesan website:
www.cofesuffolk.org.
Our benefice YouTube channel is still running with a weekly reflection for you to watch and join in with. Go to YouTube and search for ‘Pakenham Benefice’ where you should find the latest services, reflections and music.
Revd Katherine Valentine