In Touch

February-March 2020

BRININGHAM St Maurice St Mary BRINTON St Andrew St Edmund St Lawrence THORNAGE All Saints

1 Rector: Churchwardens:

Reverend Jennifer Elliott de Riverol : Rest Harrow Miss Sylvia Took 862785 The Street Mrs Karen Siddall 860057 Swanton Novers BRINTON: NR24 2QY Mrs Esme Bagnall-Oakeley 860247 Telephone: 01263 502068 Mr Jeremy Bagnall-Oakeley 860247 Email: HUNWORTH: [email protected] Mrs Charlotte Crawley 713306 Ms Lucy Woodall 861114 Please note the Rector’s post is part time. Her STODY: working days are Tuesday, Wednesday and on Sundays except in emergency and for funerals. Mrs Nicola Baker 862247 Mrs Morag Lloyd 860407 SWANTON NOVERS: Mr Roger Langston 860163 Advertising for In Touch THORNAGE: Magazine Mr Joe Ashley 862298 1/8 page: £25 1/4 page: £50 Editorial Team: 1/2 page: £100 [email protected] Full page: £200 [email protected] Cover Design: Denise Clark

Items for inclusion in the April magazine should be submitted to the Editor by Monday 9th March please. Views expressed in ‘In Touch’ are those of the individual contributor, and do not always reflect the official doctrine of the Church of , nor necessarily the views of the Rector.

Our Rector writes:

2 DIARY DATES

March 13th 2020 - Bishop Jonathan will visit our Deanery March 26th 2020 - Bishop Graham will visit our Deanery May 31st 2020 - Bishop Jonathan will officiate at a benefice Holy Communion service (Iona) at St Mary, Stody The Rector

PRAYER GROUP/ BIBLE STUDY The next meeting will be at Rest Harrow on February 19th at 2 p.m. 2020. It will be an informal time to meet together to deepen our knowledge of St Matthew’s gospel, develop our prayer life, get to know each other and have fun! Please contact me if you’d like to know more. The Rector (contact details on page 2).

FROM THE REGISTERS

There are no entries. Prayer Requests for Our Parishes

Each of our Parish Churches has (at the back) a Prayer Request Book. Please do write down your requests (anonymously if you wish) and we will pray for the situation. Prayer requests can also be made either by telephone to the Rector on 01263 502068 or online to: [email protected]

(Again anonymously if you wish). We will then be able to pray for the need at the next service, wherever it is, and pass on theserequests toafewpeoplewhowill undertake topray.

Please contact Rev. Jennifer if you would like her to visit you or bring Communion to you at home.

Her telephone number is 01263 502068 and her Email is: [email protected]

3 From the Editor

Last month's In Touch was the last one edited by Hazel Mindham. All readers of the magazine have good reason to thank her and the late Maureen Kenyon for all the often thankless work she put in to make the magazine as welcoming, accurate and interesting as it was.

Now she is passing In Touch into other hands. The Friends of Thornage have volunteered to take the magazine over for the next six months. This does not mean it is a magazine for Thornage or centred on Thornage. It is emphatically a magazine for all six parishes.

There are many possibilities about the kind of magazine and its methods of production and distribution that are still to be resolved. We would welcome any suggestions by telephone or email to ??? Better still, join the steering group and make your ideas count.

If the magazine is to survive it must reflect the diversity of life in all the parishes of the benefice. To this end we need month by month news and information. It is hoped that we can find a correspondent in each parish who will keep the magazine up to date with what is going on. Do please contact us if you would like to have a try at this role. In Touch has been a most useful guide to life in our village communities that can seem isolated. It would be a sad loss to us if it disappeared and that is a very real possibility. With your help we can make this work, strengthen the ties between our villages and produce a first-rate magazine. Join us.

In Touch Steering Group

Briningham

4 Brinton

The & District Foodbank needs the following:

Tinned tomatoes Tinned vegetables Tinned potatoes Pasta and rice Instantsnacks Just add hotwater varieties Crisps Long lifemilk Squash Fruitjuice Tinned rice pudding Sponge puddings Tinned fruit Chocolate Toiletrolls Shampoo Washingpowder Washing up liquid Babynappies Baby wipes

If you feel able to donate any of these items we would be very grateful. Items for the foodbank may be left in the boxes provided at the back of each of the six churches. Alternatively the collection point in Holt is at the Youth Centre in Old Station Way on Fridays between 1.30pm and 3pm (time adjusted as of September 2019).

HUNWORTH AND STODY VILLAGE HALL Our Village Hall has a well-equipped kitchen, plenty of parking, quality tables and chairs and is available for hire from £7 per hour.

To book, please contact: Until the end of December 2019, Charlotte Crawley on 01263 713306. As of January 2020, Des Simmonds at Ivy’s Cottage, Stody, on 01263 862523 or 07305 585279 or [email protected]

As usual, the keys will remain with the Crawleys at Hunworth Hall and all payments should continue to be posted through the Crawleys’ letterbox, on

5 collection of the keys. WITH MANY THANKS TO ALL OUR REGULAR CLIENTS!

Hunworth & Stody

HUNWORTH AND STODY VILLAGE HALL NEWS Our Coffee Mornings are going very well and we are now looking forward to the next one which will be in the New Year. Anyone wishing to help or join the committee will be warmly welcomed: Phone Di Rollason on 01263 862523

Look out for posters of forthcoming events

STODY - ST. MARY’S March Services

Swanton Novers

6 Swanton Novers Village Hall Events and Updates COFFEE MORNING - Everyone welcome Every other Wednesday, 10.30am-11.30am

PILATES every Tuesday 4.30pm - 6.30pm With Tracey 07767 872745 YOGA every Thursday With Elaine Smith 01263 862168 See the advert in this magazine CARAVAN SITE Swanton Novers Village Hall offers pitches for five caravans, with electric hook-up, shower and toilet facilities available. To make a booking please call 01263 860573 or email [email protected]

AVAILABLE FOR HIRE for weddings, birthdays and family events. Alcohol License Contact Rosemary on: 01263 860756 or email [email protected] www.swantonnoversvillagehall.org A folk season at Swanton Novers Village Hall Concerts Gilmore and Roberts - Saturday 29th February 2020, 7.30pm - Tickets £12 Phil Beer - Friday 3rd April 2020, 7.30pm - Tickets £15

And two more amazing gigs yet to be announced Bar on the nights with ale from Boudicca Brewery All proceeds to Swanton Novers Village Hall Tickets are available from Chris Armstrong on 01263 860573 or [email protected] or Facebook Swanton Novers Village Hall

Or on our Facebook page - Swanton Novers Village Hall

SWANTON NOVERS COFFEE MORNINGS In the Village Hall - everyone welcome 7 Every other Wednesday 10.30am - 11.30am Wednesday March 4th and 18th

Thornage

Thornage Village Coffee Morning Wednesday ??March, 10.30am

The next Thornage Coffee Morning will be held on Wednesday ?? at 10.30 in Thornage Church. You will be very welcome to join us for delicious cakes, tea, coffee and chat.

Looking forward to seeing you then.

Thornage Monthly Draw - ? 2020

1st Prize £20 Number 2nd Prize £10 Number 3rd Prize £ 5 Number

8 FOR HIRE

All Saints Church, Thornage

For any appropriate community activity such as committee meetings, coffee mornings, lectures, concerts, book clubs, sales and auctions. Please contact: 01263 862298

Hunworth and Stody Village Hall

Our Village Hall has a well-equipped kitchen, plenty of parking, quality tables and chairs and is available for hire from £7 per hour. To book, please contact: Charlotte Crawley on 01263 713306 until the end of December. As of January, please contact Des Simmonds at Ivy’s Cottage, Stody, on 01263 862523 or 07305 585279 or [email protected] As usual, the keys will remain with the Crawleys at Hunworth Hall and all payments should continue to be posted through the Crawleys’ letterbox, on collection of the keys.

Furniture, crockery and cutlery For hire from Village Hall - 01263 860097

Briningham Village Hall With over 100 years of history, our village hall has lots of vintage character and is the ideal venue for clubs, events or groups. Available for hire at £30 per day or £5 per hour. For further information or to book, please contact: Mrs E Senington on 01263 862920 or Mrs J Rix on 01263 861323

9 Advertising rates for the ‘In Touch’ magazine: 1/8page: £25 ayear 1/4page: £50 ayear 1/2page: £100 ayear Fullpage: £200 ayear Invoices and receipts will be sent, BACS payments or cheques accepted.

MATTHEW PRESTON BA HONS PIANO TUITION ⦁ Beginner to Advanced Piano Tuition ⦁ Flexible Scheduling ⦁ Performance Opportunities ⦁ Music Theory, Harmony and Composition Lessons Mobile: 07717 187052 [email protected]

The new owner of Briningham House

is kindly opening his garden for a Briningham Garden Party

on 28th August 2.30 – 4.30 10 pm YOGA with ELAINE SMITH

WEEKLY CLASSES Yoga Studio, NR25 7EW Gentle/Beginners: Tuesdays 10.00 - 11.30 MixedAbility: Tuesdays 12.30 -14.00

Swanton Novers Village Hall, NR24 2RB Mixed Ability: Thursdays 09.45 - 11.15

ONE:TO:ONE YOGA THERAPY: By appointment

To book or for more info, please get in touch 01263 862168 / 07561 585313 [email protected] www.elainesmithyoga.com

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11 Tree Matters Tree care and management Mobile: 07539 341166 Email: [email protected] Website: www.treematters.org N.D.Arb Level 3 N.P.C.T. tickets Ecology and conservation Public liability insurance Natural Surroundings Gardens, Cafe, Shop & Nature Reserve Open all year Tuesday - Sunday, 10 - 4 Visit our unique Little Café in the Woods for fresh coffee, Belgian hot chocolate, home- made soup, snacks, cakes and teas. Wild bird food, feeders, toys & gifts. Eight acre reserve. Blakeney Road, NR25 7JN - brown signs 'Wildflower Centre' - 01263 711091

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12 Silver Surfers Computer Services

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13 Samantha Cutting Authorised Distributor Mobile: 07423 017391 Phone: 01263 478977 www.utilitywarehouse.org.uk/N43190 One bill for all your utilities

R W Fish & Son Plumbing and heating engineers We undertake all aspects of plumbing from bathroom refurbishments to full heating systems and boiler replacement WoodsideHouse Tel: 01263 861258 The Street Richard: SwantonNovers 07876222424 Paul: NR242QY 07789794702

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WORSHIP & EVENTS December 2019

15 Sunday 09.30 am Stody Morning Worship 1 December 11.00 am Thornage Holy Communion (BCP) Saturday 6.30 pm Briningham Village Hall Christmas Party - 7 December see page 12 Sunday 09.30 am Brinton Morning Prayer 8 December 11.00 am Swanton Novers Holy Communion (BCP) Sunday 09.30 am Stody Holy Communion 15 December 11.00 am Briningham Carol Service - see page 14 Monday 6.30 pm The Hunworth Bell Carols by the Pub - 16 December see page 14 Wednesday 7.00 pm Brinton Carols with Double Octave - 18 December see page 11 Sunday 09.30 am Briningham Morning Prayer (BCP) 22 December 11.00 am Thornage Carol Service - see page 6 4.00 pm Swanton Novers Carol Service - see page 7

Tuesday 4.00 pm Stody Carols by Candlelight - 24 December see page 10 Wednesday 10.00 am Brinton Holy Communion (BCP) 25 December Christmas Day Sunday 11.00 am Thornage Benefice Holy Communion - 29 December Iona Sunday 09.30 am Stody Holy Communion 5 January 11.00 am Thornage Morning Prayer

WORSHIP & EVENTS January 2020

Sunday 09.30 am Stody Holy Communion 5 January 11.00 am Thornage Morning Prayer Sunday 09.30 am Brinton Holy Communion (BCP) 12 January 11.00 am Hunworth Village Hall Contemporary All Age Worship with Tony Woods and his guitar Saturday 7.00 pm for Swanton Novers Pantomime: 18 January 7.30pm Village Hall Babes in the Wood - see page 6

16 Sunday 09.30 am Swanton Novers Morning Prayer 19 January 11.00 am Briningham Holy Communion (BCP) Sunday 11.00 am Briningham Benefice Holy Communion 26 January Sunday 09.30 am Stody Morning Prayer 2 February 11.00 am Thornage Holy Communion (BCP)

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