Joshua Whitnall SCP

The trip to Taizé with the @dioceseofnorwich.bsky.social is very much underway! We are hoping to arrive at around 7am to set up camp for the week. I fear I might have overdone it with the rainbow cake on the coach!!

Lovely to be at the licensing of The Revd Lucy Dallas as our new DDO this evening! Sparkles in the sun of the Bishop’s Garden afterwards was rather fabulous too!!

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We were joined by this beautiful Kestrel in the Rectory garden it was only after a grabbed my camera for a photo I realised he was carrying a packed lunch too!

Find a space to breathe in Taize, Norwich service hears Visiting Taize on a pilgrimage is like “finding a space to breathe”, a prayer service in Norwich head recently, and there is the opportunity to go with the Bishop of Norwich this July.

Visiting Taize on a pilgrimage is like “finding a space to breathe”, a prayer service in Norwich head recently, and there is the opportunity to go with the Bishop of Norwich this July. @dioceseofnorwich.bsky.social @bishopnorwich.bsky.social

Looking forward to being in Taize again this summer. Get in touch if you’d like to chat about the pilgrimage or Taize, I’d be pleased to share my experiences last year! @dioceseofnorwich.bsky.social

Spring is coming! A lovely ram lamb born at sunrise today!

Dawn is a little brighter, birdsong a little louder...The countdown to spring has begun, and nature knows it!

Birds are defending territories, scouting nest sites, and thinking about pairing up...

Have you noticed any shifts in activity?

#ThoughtfulThursday

A marvellous morning at the grand opening of ‘Thrive’ - a new community cafe being run at Redgrave and Lopham Fen.

A wonderful space, a great opening speech by Lady Dannatt and incredible cake and Buck’s Fizz to follow! What more could you ask for on a Tuesday morning !

Shepherding the flock in the heart of the city. 🐑
Filming for the Bishop’s Lent Appeal in Norwich. 📷

Waterproof bib and braces don’t do much for the figure… 😂

We had a cracking day! Looking forward to seeing how the videos all come together. Very pleased to be supporting YANA!

A brilliant day out with the Diocese Comms Team taking them to local farms to meet local farmers and talk about mental health and farming! All for the Bishop of Norwich’s lent appeal in aid of YANA!

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Thank you Terry for your advocating and email yesterday. I am so pleased that the scheme has been extended!

We have a social walk planned for the 11th of July to meet new Priests and Deacons - you’d be very welcome!

Brilliant news! Looking forward to meeting @hannahmorris.bsky.social in the summer!

Well yes, quite! I’ll get a glimpse every time I turn to the choir! 😅

I am looking forward to preaching on this tomorrow in East Harling whilst looking at this window! What a privilege!

Re-posting this to remind you that our Holy Week retreat is wonderful, has a special focus on vocation this year, and we have a number of FREE PLACES for those in discernment and working with a DDO. Email us to find out more! (Guests@mirfield.org.uk)

Plough Monday, which falls today, always puts me in mind of my great-uncle Bill Cooper, who worked with heavy horses on Cole Ambrose's farm at Stuntney, Cambridgeshire. Here he is in the 1930s, and he continued to work with the horses until well into the 1960s.

Nothing like a fergie! Our current tractor is a ‘67 Zetor 4011 - I’m currently fabricating new cab panels for it to attempt to stay a bit warmer in the winter! Let’s get together sometime!

I love the old countryside services. Today’s Plough Sunday service was at Larling. Prayers for the agricultural community as we start the new year.

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I am hugely passionate about supporting small rural parish churches in their worship and mission! We are blessed to have amazing congregations willing to explore different things and services to reach out to as many folk as we can!

On my days off I am usually found tinkering with our late 60’s tractor which still sees a lot of use! Nothing more enjoyable than an old four cylinder chugging away!

I am married and we have two small people, who are just as tractor mad as the rest of the house!

I was Priested last year and am a member of the Society of Catholic Priests. An affirming group of clergy in the liberal Catholic tradition. It was marvellous to have many of them support me at my first Eucharist back in July.

I am making the transition from X/Twitter to Bluesky - For those who don’t know me, I am currently serving my title in the Harling and Guiltcross Benefice in South Breckland. As a family we also farm sheep and occasionally pigs - so agriculture and rural life are a huge passion of mine!

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A cracking Plough Sunday at St Ethelbert’s in Larling today! Some seriously big tractors and a very brave @ianbishop.bsky.social giving the blessing from the steps of a tractor in a cope!

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