Our Worship – Glaven Valley Benefice
We offer a wide variety of styles of worship across the Benefice for all backgrounds and tastes – formal and informal, from Communion to Contemplation, from Book of Common Prayer to Cafe Church.
We believe strongly that our experience of worship can be hugely enriched by giving ourselves the opportunity to experience God through forms of service we may not have tried before. We invite you to come along to any of the following in any of the churches.
Click here to see monthly service schedule.
Morning Services
Holy Communion
This is our core worship service. We use the Common Worship liturgy at our service in Blakeney church at 9.30am with music provided by organ or piano.
Once a month Celtic liturgy is used, and prayers for healing incorporated into the service.
This service is live streamed on YouTube for those not able to attend in person.
Book of Common Prayer Communion Service using the old language of 1662 are:
1st Sunday: 8.00am – Wiveton; 11.15am – Letheringsett
2nd Sunday: 11.15am – Glandford
4th Sunday: 8.00am – Cley
There are hymns accompanied by the organ at the 11.15am services
Midweek Communion Services:
3rd Wednesdays: 10.00am – Cley (BCP)
Praise and Worship
An informal service with contemporary worship songs led from the piano, with words and images on screen.
2nd Sunday: 9.30am – Blakeney
Cafe Church
A wonderful opportunity to worship, learn and chat in an informal setting around tables at the back of the church – all whilst enjoying delicious croissants and fresh coffee and the Sunday newspapers to inspire prayer and discussion.
3rd Sunday: 10.45am – Cley
Morning Prayer (Common Worship)
A beautiful service of readings, canticles and hymns.
3rd Sunday: 9.30am – Letheringsett
Afternoon & Evening Services
Evensong
A traditional service of sung evensong using the Book of Common Prayer.
3rd Sunday: 6.30pm – Wiveton
4th Sunday: 6.30pm (3.30pm winter months) – Glandford
Service of Contemplation
30 minutes of silent, contemplative prayer.
Candles, stillness, peace.
2nd Sunday: 6pm – Wiveton
(4pm in winter months)
Taize
Following the tradition of this well-loved ecumenical community in France using easy repetition of beautiful chants.
1st Sunday (alternate months): 6pm Cley
(4pm in Winter months)
Children & Young People
NOMAD
NOMAD is a new local and Diocesan Youth partnership, meeting monthly in the Rectory which gathers a dozen young people. If you are in school year 7 to 13 and would like to join us, get in touch. More information to follow soon.
Open the Book
Open the Book (OtB) is an exciting storytelling project where Bible stories are shared with children at Blakeney School in a way that is fun, interactive and memorable.