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Dig now, bloom later for Sheringham church

Members of Lighthouse Community Church in Sheringham gathered one Sunday in October to plant daffodil bulbs at various locations in Sheringham as part of programme of activities aimed at serving the local community.

Wild Church Norfolk produces a worship toolkit

Charlie Houlder-Moat from the Diocese of Norwich Mission Enablers Team has written a Wild Church Toolkit to explore Christian spirituality and mission in the natural world.

Job vacancies at Norfolk Christian retirement home

Christian retirement home, Quebec Hall, near Dereham in Mid Norfolk, is looking to add three staff to enhance its team.

Norwich speaker to revive the virtue of extraordinary hospitality

After the disconnect of the pandemic, a Norwich church is hosting a talk to relaunch the practice of extraordinary hospitality.

Norfolk homeless charity celebrates 10 years

Emmaus Norfolk and Waveney is celebrating a decade of supporting people out of homelessness with a day of celebrations on Saturday October 30 at its Ditchingham Community and everyone is invited.

Choral Society celebrates Creation in Cromer church

The Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society will be performing Haydn’s Creation in Cromer Church next month, which will be their first concert performance for two years.

Norwich church bells to ring out for climate

At least half a dozen churches across Norwich will be taking part in a UK-wide initiative to sound their bells on the eve of the COP26 summit.

Chance to talk about Norwich childcare careers

Muddy Puddles Nursery, part of YMCA Norfolk, welcomed new nursery children in April 2021 and has since been rapidly expanding and gaining a brilliant reputation. It now needs to expand its childcare team.

Science-faith outreach cash for Yarmouth church

Great Yarmouth Minster is one of a number of churches nationally which has been awarded £10,000 to take part in a programme exploring the relationship between science and faith.

Dippy says a blue light farewell to Norwich

More than 200,000 people have visited Dippy at Norwich Cathedral and, ahead of the iconic dinosaur’s final week, emergency services workers were last night treated to a special preview of the Dippy at Night farewell spectacle.

Time for the church to take action?

In his two previous articles, Nigel Fox asked if we had an adequate view of Jesus is, challenging some of our preconceptions, and then explained why he believes that Jesus is now angry with the world. His final column in this trilogy is a call to action.

Music event at Revelation in Norwich

Following last year's hugely successful and entertaining event the Trustees of Revelation will be holding another six hour 'MusicOn' marathon fundraising event at St Michael at Plea Church on Saturday October 30 between 10am - 4pm.

Norfolk Churches receive Historic England grants

Four Norfolk churches have received Historic England grants for repairs.

'Visions of Salvation' Julian retreat

The Friends of Julian of Norwich present 'Visions of Salvation', a two day in-person and online retreat taking place on October 29 and 30.

A Kenyan farmer looks at climate change in Norwich screening

To mark COP26, St Peter Mancroft Church in Norwich will host a screening of 'Thank you for the Rain' in partnership with Christian Aid.

Norwich musician creates songs for loss of a twin brother

Norwich Christian musician Ben Lawrence is producing an album which talks openly about the loss of his twin brother Dan to cancer and the hope he has since found. Here he shares the vision.

Norwich dinner invitation for everyday people

How many of your friends have walked in space, been a pop star, served time for murder, raised the dead…? asks Norwich FGB branch president Barrie Lawrence.

Climate change talk at Norwich science fest

In an open lecture on Monday October 25, Dr Justine Huxley will talk on the subject “Climate and conflict: bridging our divisions for the sake of the Earth”. This will focus on the social implications of the climate emergency in many parts of the world.

Norwich church hosts charity quiz and chips

Norwich Central Baptist Church are taking on Tearfund’s Big Quiz Night on Saturday November 20, to take the charity’s fundraising efforts past the £1 million mark, helping their work in some of the world’s poorest countries.