{"id":697,"date":"2012-03-11T16:49:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T16:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/?p=697"},"modified":"2012-03-11T16:49:35","modified_gmt":"2012-03-11T16:49:35","slug":"a-service-of-reflection-at-the-end-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"A Service of Reflection at the End of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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St Mary’s Church, Gayton Thorpe, March 11th<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As the winter slowly turns to Spring, we look for signs; signs that will show new life and new beginnings.<\/p>\n

The catkins and pussy willow in the hedgerows are a joy, the small birds emerging in song and that tiny glimmer of the sun give promise. The feeling of gladness in your hearts as the winter is being left behind.<\/p>\n

And so with Lent, a time for reflection as well as the giving up of something special.<\/p>\n

\nThis is a new style of service in a deeply rural church with a round tower and ancient footpaths leading to the Norfolk coast, where(so we’re told!) travellers caught ferries to the continent.<\/p>\n

\nAnd so a service of reflection in Lent, a time for stillness and for letting God find us where we are in our lives, before the business of Spring catches us in its arms and whisks us away.<\/p>\n

\nMore details can be found in the Lent section on Faith Goes Walkabout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nRev’d Sue Martin
\nCurate at Gayton Group of parishes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    St Mary’s Church, Gayton Thorpe, March 11th     As the winter slowly turns to Spring, we look for signs; signs that will show new life and new beginnings. The catkins and pussy willow in the hedgerows are a joy, the small birds emerging in song and that tiny glimmer of the sun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[30,31,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-seasons","category-pastoral","category-theological"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.faithgoeswalkabout.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}