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beneficebacton@gmail.con
St. Andrew’s Parish Church is the Church of England place of worship in the ecclesiastical parish of Wickham Skeith; it is part of a group of churches known as the "Bacton Benefice" which includes Bacton, Cotton, Wyverstone, Wickham Skeith, Old Newton and a chapel at Gipping.
Wardens: Liz Davidson 766622 and Margaret Jones-Evans 767121
Services in March 2025
All services at 9.30am unless otherwise stated
28th Feb, 12noon Funeral & burial of Andrew McKie, afterwards in village hall
2nd March Holy Communion
Wed 5th Mar, 7.30pm Benefice Communion & Ashing , Bacton
Fri 7th Mar, 2pm World Day of Prayer service at Wetherden Church
9th March Café Church
16th March Holy Communion
23rd March Morning Prayer
30th Mar, Mothering Sunday All Age Service & distribution of posies
31st Mar, 7.30pm, Bacton, Licensing & installation of Revd Daniel Cant as Rector
We are delighted to announce that the Lord Chancellor’s Office recently confirmed the appointment of Revd Daniel Cant as the new Rector of the Bacton Benefice. He will be officially licensed and installed into the post at a service in Bacton church on Monday 31st March with refreshments afterwards in Bacton village hall. All welcome.
Lent begins on Wednesday 5th March, with an Ashing Communion at Bacton Church. All welcome. There will be a Benefice Lent group, “Developing Discipleship” led by Rev. Adam Barclay in the community room of St Mary’s Church Bacton on Wednesdays in Lent, starting at 2 pm on the 12th, 19th, 26th of March and the 2nd, 9th, 16th of April. Each week will look at a passage of Scripture followed by an opportunity to share thoughts and questions . If you are interested in attending this group, please let Hazel Laflin know with a phone call 07543658532 or by email hazel_1963@hotmail.co.uk
“World Day of Prayer: a women led, global, ecumenical movement”. As usual there will be a World Day of Prayer service in our area on the first Friday in March. Each year the service is planned by women in a different country of the world. This year the service will be hosted by Wetherden Church on March 7th. It is entitled ‘I made you wonderful’ and has been prepared by the women of the Cook Islands. It is always an enjoyable service; everyone is welcome & we look forward to seeing a good crowd.
PCC meeting – Monday 24th March. If there is anything you would like included on the agenda please contact Margaret Jones-Evans.
Weekly Email and News – if you would like to sign up to receive our weekly news email, please contact the churchwardens.
Flower & Cleaning Rota
March 2nd & 9th Miss R Elsden & Mrs J Keable
March 16th & 23rd Mrs E Davidson & Mrs J Willoughby
March 30th & April 6th Mrs J Kemp & Mrs S Merriam
Like every other organisation the church has to consider the data protection legislation, so St Andrew’s Church and the Bacton benefice need your permission before they keep your name and details on file. The information will be used to send the weekly pew sheet, to record you as a voting member of the church on the Electoral Roll, for the Rector to know who the members of the church are so he can visit and get to know you etc.
You may have received an email with a form to fill in, or a paper form dropped through your door. Do please fill one of these in if you would like to be involved with the Church in this village and send to our new Rector, the Rev’d Carl Melville. He is eager to get to know the people in the churches and villages in his new benefice.
If you haven’t had a form through your door or via email do please ask for one from Liz Davidson or Margaret Jones-Evans
Keep safe everyone – Margaret Jones-Evans
