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GNFN Tabloid Easter 14.Qxd Inside New chief - 3 Act of faith - 4 New churches - 6 Spiritual battle - 9 GOOD NEWS ▲ FOR NORWICH & NORFOLK Easter 2014: FREE Church pioneer - 10 Norfolk Who Cares? mission is ready to go ■ NORFOLK: Christians were trained for the sessions on how the mission will be conducted. After the data has been analysed, it will Who Cares? mission at the end of March, and are Advice was given on how to ask people the be made available to churches so they can now equipped to transform the lives of Norfolk question 'What hurts the most?', including role understand the responses and take action based people by listening and responding to their play of different situations and video clips of how on the needs raised. Examples of how to respond concerns. Over 150 people from Norfolk churches the conversations might go. include Alpha courses, sermon series to attended the training held at the King's Centre in Some churches might choose to leaflet-drop specifically address the top issues raised, Norwich on March 29 and 30. their local area - or approach people directly. pastoral visiting service and special events. Rob Delegates were guided through the two stages Some respondents may answer the question Tervet asked people to be thinking about creative of the mission: the Listening Phase whereby face-to-face, others anonymously through the ways to respond to the results of the survey. local people are asked the question "What hurts Who Cares? website. A softer way to answer the Rob Tervet and Toby Skipper of King's the most?" and the Responding Phase when question is 'What's the one thing in life you find Community Church, Julian Bryant of Tearfund UK, churches address the concerns raised in specific hardest to handle?' Ailsa Magee, from Newday, Lucy Parker, Ian and relevant ways. The key to this part of the mission is that it is Dyble from St Thomas' Church and evangelist Who Cares? project leader Rob Tervet, along the listening phase. The survey will be conducted Eric Delve also ran sessions. First female Dean with Julian Bryant and Lucy Parker led the between June 1 and August 2. By Helen Baldry of Norwich is appointed ■ NORWICH: The Queen has approved the Back from Brazil nomination of the Revd Canon Jane Hedges (above) as the next Dean of Norwich, the first female Dean in the Cathedral's 900-year history. Canon Hedges (58), who is currently Canon Steward of Westminster Abbey, will succeed the Very Revd Graham Smith who retired in September. to Norfolk mission Commenting on her appointment, Canon Hedges said: "My move from Westminster Abbey to the Deanery of Norwich will be both exciting the Eastern region. and challenging. I am particularly looking With the England forward to working with Bishop Graham and his Beckie has been managing the senior staff team and getting to know Chapter football team heading for coffee shop since January this year. colleagues and the community at the Cathedral Brazil this summer to The majority of the customers as we explore together how to take forward its play in the World Cup, are regulars which creates a ministry within the Diocese in imaginative ways. welcoming, friendly atmosphere. "Being part of the community at Westminster two Norfolk Christian But Beckie is keen to welcome Abbey has taught me an enormous amount missionaries have new customers and build up the about Benedictine spirituality and hospitality community. "It's a place that and so it is a great joy to be joining another travelled in the opposite welcomes all people in. People community where the Benedictine principle of direction after spending find friends here as well as a cup welcoming all people is at the heart of its life. My four years working in the of coffee," she says. family and I are looking forward to getting to Beckie says she would like to know people throughout the Diocese and to slums of Belo build stronger links with the exploring the beautiful countryside and coast of Horizonte where a very community: "The policy of the cafe East Anglia and to welcoming people to our is eat, drink, pay what you think, home in the Deanery." different world exists. which means everybody is The Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Helen Baldry reports. welcome, whatever they can James, said: "I am delighted to welcome Jane afford." Hedges to be Dean of Norwich and look forward New developments planned greatly to working with her. Jane has a wide experience in ministry in parishes, a cathedral eckie and Dave Ward include include setting up a craft and most recently at Westminster Abbey. Jane is group where people can bring have spent the last four well known in the Church of England for the B year in Brazil with their along a project they are working quality of her pastoral and teaching ministry. two sons Gideon aged 15 and on or learn a new craft skill from “I am sure that she possesses the gifts we Josiah 17, working for Christian others. Beckie said: "It's about need at this stage in the life of Norwich development charity Youth With A friendship and creativity." Cathedral and the Appointment Panel was Mission (YWAM) in the favela – or Dave is now the area worker for unanimous in wanting Jane to be our next Dean. slum – of Belo Horizonte. the Congregational Federation in I look forward enormously to her installation on Beckie studied art and worked the East, which comprises 26 Saturday June 21. Jane and her husband Chris as a teaching assistant in Norfolk independent free churches in can be assured of a very big welcome to before working in Brazil so Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire Norwich and the Diocese." she used these skills in a local and Essex. Dave responds to Canon Hedges trained for ministry at Cranmer community centre where she whatever needs the churches have, Hall, Durham, in 1978, before women could be worked with children and visited which includes organising events, ordained as deacons and priests. She was made Beckie and Dave Ward back in Norwich. local families. She taught them fundraising and preaching. Dave a deaconess in 1980 and was ordained deacon Bible stories, organised sports and amount of work to be done. always faithful, perfect in every helps them reach out into their when the Church of England changed its laws to events. During their time away, the family way, beyond our understanding local communities. Before his stint allow female deacons in 1987. She was one of the first women to be ordained priest in 1994. Dave's work focused around faced language barriers, local riots and ever present with us through in Brazil, from 2008 - 2012, Dave She spent the early years of her ministry in adults in the slum, particularly and continuous requests from everything." worked for Youth For Christ and parishes in Fareham and Southampton before working with drug addicts and has a missional outlook on the people in dire poverty. "So much Now back in Norfolk, living in becoming Stewardship Adviser in the Diocese of work he does with a desire to love alcoholics. His work involved had been so different for us," she Dereham and attending Dereham Portsmouth in 1988. practical tasks such as taking said. Baptist Church, the couple people and show them Jesus. In 1993, Canon Hedges became Canon people to hospital and praying "But in all the fun, difficulties, continue working in Christian Beckie describes coming back to Residentiary of Portsmouth Cathedral, then with them. frustrations, successes, failures, ministries. Beckie manages the Norfolk as a chance to have a rest spent a further five years in parish ministry in the The work in Brazil was hard work, relaxation, enjoyment coffee shop at St Stephen's Church and reconnect with friends and Diocese of Exeter before being made Canon exhausting said Beckie and they and impossibilities, God never in Norwich and Dave works for family before refocusing to take on Steward of Westminster Abbey in 2006. were at times overwhelmed by the changes. He is always good, the Congregational Federation in new challenges. 2 Good News for Norwich & Norfolk, Easter 2014 www.networknorfolk.co.uk NEWS GOOD NEWS That’s not all folks, says God of resurrection FOR NORWICH & NORFOLK ■ ■ Good News for Norwich & Norfolk is For many years, the name Mel Blanc has Rev Matt Easter is not just about the hope of living published by Celebrate Norwich & Norfolk. been associated with Warner Brothers Stone is a forever, as wonderful as that is. It's about Registered charity no 1141245. Looney Tunes. At the end of every cartoon, living for, with and in God - starting today and ■ Website: www.networknorfolk.co.uk you'd see Bugs Bunny pop up and say 'That's minister in flowing into eternity. It's about spiritual resur- ■ Editorial (01508) 488318. e-mail stories to all folks!' – that was the voice of Mel Blanc. the Norwich rection! 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