Parish News for January 2021

 Here we are in 2021 and still printed copies of the Parish News can't be delivered house to house. You can read the extended edition for the New Year online though, by clicking here.

The Tier 4 rules have led to alterations in church services again, though we can still worship together.

On Sundays there will be a Holy Communion Service at 10am (except for the 17th January when the 10am Service will take the form of Morning Prayer.)

On Wednesdays there will be -       9-9.30 - Morning Prayer.

                                                        10-10.30 -Holy Communion

                                                       2.30-3pm. Silent Prayer, concluding with led/spoken prayers at 2.45pm.

Christmas in Natland.

Here is a link to a Nativity Service that involved people from all seven churches in the Helm Group, including ours, and here is a link to our Carol Service.

On Christmas Eve there will be a Communion Service at 11.30pm and the Communion Service on Christmas Day will be at 9am followed by Morning Worship at 10.15am. The Church will be warm and decorated with flowers, and candles will be lit. We can’t sing, but there will be music.

Links to recordings of services at St. Mark's are available a couple of hours afterwards on the St. Mark's Church page above.

At the Parochial Church Council we regretted having to decide against carol singing on the Green. People getting together and having a good time is a Coronavirus risk. 

Wishing you all a happy Christmas whatever your situation, and a Merry Christmas from Bob on Longmeadow Lane.

 

200 Club. December Prizewinners

The winning numbers in the December draw of the village hall's 200 Club are: 1st - 60, 2nd - 100, 3rd - 73.  Here is a link to the form to join the club.

Crazy Craig's Ascent Just got Higher.

 With the news today about the height of Everest, Craig needs to get a move on so that he does not have to do more than the 500 ascents of the tower.

 Link to BBC News item  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55218443

 Brought to you courtesy of our Nepalese correspondent!

Natland Parish Council Minutes in November

 Zoom held no fears for the Parish Council when they met last Monday to discuss planning and highway matters, and the proposed merger of SLDC with Barrow and Lancaster Click here for more details.

The Parish News for December

 The publication of the December Parish News has been a bit delayed so that up to date information about Church Services under Tier 2 restrictions can be included. There are plenty of charity suggestions and a set of readings for the Christmas period, complete with commentaries.

While we are in Tier 2 for the Covid epidemic, Public Worship will take place on Sundays at 10am with church remaining open afterwards for Private Prayer until 3pm.   

Holy Communion is at 10am on Wednesdays and the Church is remaining open afterwards for Private Prayer until 3pm.  At 2.45 there will be Afternoon Prayers and we will use the chancel and sanctuary for this.

Decisions have still to be made about a Carol Service but there will definitely be a Christmas Eve Service at 11.30pm and two on Christmas Day: Holy Communion at 9am and Morning Worship at 10.15am.

Links to recordings of services at St. Mark's are available a couple of hours afterwards on the St. Mark's Church page above.

The Weather in Natland in November

 

November	2020	Nov. average
Temperature at 8 a.m.	8.0° C	5.7° C
Minimum Temperature (Ave)	6.1° C	3.9° C
Maximum Temperature (Ave)	10.4° C	8.2° C
Rainfall	138 mm 5.5"	140.5 mm 5.6"

 November was very mild. Although rainfall was average, we had 40mm on Nov. 2nd, so the rest of the month had fairly small amounts. John Dobson.