Perhaps
during Christmas, more than any other time, we fail to hear God's
voice. Distractions abound, and at a time when our focus should be
on our blessings and our Saviour, we're tuned in to other things that
seem more pressing. But on Christmas Day, make the choice to open
your heart, mind, and spirit and listen for God's voice.
A very happy, peaceful and blessed Christmas to you all.
All Saints Church is OPEN for public worship on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month at 9.30 am and on the 1st Sunday of the month at 6pm. Please see our "Who's Who" page for contact details of keyholders. Rector: Lorna Brabin-Smith 01522 794868 lorna.brabinsmith@btinternet.com
Monday 25 December 2017
Thursday 21 December 2017
Christmas Eve Crib Service
The Crib Service is a lovely family-friendly event. Please be aware that this year's Midnight Mass is at Potterhanworth at 11.30 pm; we will be having a Family Eucharist at Nocton at 10 am on Christmas Day.
Wednesday 20 December 2017
Friday 15 December 2017
Carol singing - thanks!
A huge thank you to everyone who turned up to sing carols at The Cottage care home and round Nocton Park on Wednesday evening, and to those who generously donated - we raised a fantastic £130 to be shared between All Saints' Church and the Nomad Trust. We really appreciated those who stood in their doorways in the cold to listen to us and especially the hot sausage rolls at one house - you know who you are! And finally thanks to Nocton Parish Council for providing the mulled wine and mince pies at the end, and to Janet & Ian Goldsworthy for their hospitality.
Wednesday 6 December 2017
Nocton remembers George Leary
Since
August 2014 the bell ringers at All Saints Nocton have been ringing
Quarter Peals (a piece of continuous ringing lasting approx 45 mins)
on the Church bells to commemorate the centenary’s of the deaths of
the 13 Nocton residents who were killed in the Great War. The bells
are half muffled for these quarter peal by attaching a leather pad to
one side of the clapper resulting in a mournful sound by creating an
echo effect.
So far
they have commemorated 9 of the Nocton residents.
The next
Nocton resident to be commemorated is Corporal GEORGE LEARY
who served in the Lincolnshire Regiment before being transferred to
the 477th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps and
died from his wounds on 15th December 1917 aged 41. He was the
son of Mrs Jane Leary of South Carlton Fen Lincoln. He was obviously
either born in Nocton making him a Nocton Native and they moved to
South Carlton or he was born at South Carlton and they moved to live
in Nocton, which explains why he is buried at Nocton and included on
the Nocton War Memorial. George was the tenth Nocton resident to be
killed in the Great War.
He is
buried just inside All Saints Churchyard on the left by the
Churchgate and is also commemorated on the War Memorial on the back
wall of the Church.
If you
hear the bells ringing half muffled around 15th December please stop
and pause for a moment and think about the sacrifice which was made
100 years ago by this brave Nocton gentleman.
We
Will Remember You!
Corporal
GEORGE LEARY – Grave in All Saints Churchyard Nocton
Close
up of the Nocton WW1 War Memorial at the back of Church
commemorating George Leary.
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