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CHURCHES TOGETHER .......................................................................... 3 THOUGHT FOR FEBRUARY ......................................................................................................... 3 SERVICES MEETINGS & OFFICERS............................................................................................... 4 UNITED REFORMED CHURCH .................................................................................................... 9 MOTHERS’ UNION – WROXHAM BENEFICE BRANCH ........................................................... 9 FRIENDS OF WROXHAM CHURCH ........................................................................................... 10 ST HELEN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH ............................................................................................ 10 LIBRARY AND SCHOOL NEWS ............................................................. 11 COFFEE MORNINGS ............................................................................................................... 11 BOUNCE AND RHYME TIME ................................................................................................ 11 AFTERNOON TEA ................................................................................................................... 11 GET ONLINE WITH GO-ON: ................................................................................................ 11 JIGSAW SWAP ........................................................................................................................... 11 NNAB DROP-IN ..................................................................................................................... 11 SCRABBLE CLUB ...................................................................................................................... 11 CLUB NEWS ............................................................................................. 11 WROXHAM & DISTRICT LADIES’ LUNCHEON CLUB ................................................... 11 WROXHAM FLOWER CLUB ................................................................................................. 11 HOVETON WROXHAM AND DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB ....................................... 12 WROXHAM SOCIAL CLUB ..................................................................................................... 12 ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WOMEN’S SECTION ................................................................... 12 WROXHAM & HOVETON LIONS CLUB ............................................................................... 13 INNER WHEEL CLUB OF BROADLANDS: CHARITY CONCERT ................................... 14 WROXHAM BURE VALLEY ROTARY CLUB ...................................................................... 14 HOVETON & DISTRICT CONSERVATIVE COFFEE CLUB ................................................. 14 ROTARY CLUB OF BROADLANDS ....................................................................................... 15 THE PROBUS CLUB OF BROADLANDS ............................................................................... 15 HOVETON ST JOHN 100 CLUB ............................................................................................. 16 WROXHAM FOOTBALL CLUB ............................................................................................. 17 HOVETON & DISTRICT WI ................................................................................................. 17 WROXHAM WI ......................................................................................................................... 18 WHB TWINNING ASSOCIATION ....................................................................................... 18 1ST WROXHAM GUIDES ......................................................................................................... 19 RAINBOWS, BROWNIES, GUIDES AND SENIOR SECTION.............................................. 19 NEATISHEAD COMMUNITY GYM ...................................................................................... 20 WATER BIRD RESCUE .............................................................................................................. 20 BARTON HOUSE RAILWAY .................................................................................................... 21 HOVETON VILLAGE HALL ................................................................................................... 23 COUNCIL NEWS ..................................................................................... 23 NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL ................................................................................................. 23 BELAUGH PARISH MEETING .................................................................................................... 23 NORTH NORFOLK DISTRICT COUNCIL .................................................................................. 24 HOVETON PARISH COUNCIL .................................................................................................... 25 BROADLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL ........................................................................................... 26 ARTICLES AND PRESS RELEASES ......................................................... 27 HOVETON VILLAGE HALL DIAMOND JUBILEE 2013 ............................................................ 27 NHS HEALTH TRAINERS ARE COMING TO A PLACE NEAR YOU IN 2013! ................................. 28 WROXHAM WORSHIP AND COMMUNITY CENTRE ............................................................. 28 U3A – UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE .................................................................................. 29 NOTICES .................................................................................................. 29 FOR SALE .................................................................................................. 30 WANTED .................................................................................................. 30 FORTHCOMING EVENTS ...................................................................... 30 SECONDHAND BOOK SALE ................................................................................................... 31 SNOWDROP & ACONITE WALK AT HOVETON HOUSE WITH BRUNCH ................... 31 EVENING OF WORDS & MUSIC ............................................................................................. 31 HORNING BOAT SHOW.......................................................................................................... 31 “THE PIED PIPER” ..................................................................................................................... 32 ANNIE SLATER'S CHARITY “JAZZ AND JAM” EVENTS .................................................... 32 ST MARY WROXHAM COFFEE MORNING ......................................................................... 32 HOVETON ST JOHN CHURCH COFFEE MORNINGS ....................................................... 32 CHURCHES TOGETHER THOUGHT FOR FEBRUARY The essence of God World Human and Self Practicing the presence of God will make us good at it R. Alan Woods, In February we go through an emotional and theological change from the Christmas season which ends with Candlemass on 2nd February, to Lent which begins with Ash Wednesday on 13th February. It is a theological change from the Revelation of Christ to the recognition of Christ as Saviour, and an emotional change as we face up to suffering sin and failure. The Lenten season focuses on people renewing their lives by becoming more aware of God and people. It is a time for reflection and a time to find meaning. It strikes me that this requires us to pause, observe and meditate, taking note of things all around us. In our increasingly busy lives we can become seriously myopic, concentrating on the immediate requirements for our well-being and daily needs. Lent gives us a chance to observe and find a bigger picture with direction and meaning. Finding a bigger picture requires two mental and spiritual processes; ‘stepping back’ and ‘looking closer’. One imagines this is like taking a God’s eye view. Step back, we see the whole, a comprehensive picture, the fullness of complexity. However that picture is inevitably lacking in detail, like the view of earth from space. So we need to observe closely and see the intense detail and the intricacy of the small scale. We need the view of the radio telescope seeing across galaxies, and the view of the electron microscope seeing clusters of atoms. In a spiritual sense this process makes time for exploring God, The World, People and Self. As the invitation to Ash Wednesday says “I invite you... to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; and by reading and meditating …” Start Big and look at the questions about God by reading or maybe through the study courses available locally. Come Close and meditate within oneself by prayer and silence over time and find an inner being which yearns to become one with God. In between notice a World created beautiful and changing; with people who are diverse, handsome, clever, amazing and resilient. Do any of this and I bet you will be changed and I hope for the good. Michael SERVICES MEETINGS & OFFICERS WHB BENEFICE SUNDAY & Holy Day SERVICES – February 3rd February Presentation of Christ (Candlemass) 9.30am Parish Communion (JD) Hoveton St John 9.30am Parish Communion (MS) Wroxham 11.00am Parish Communion (MS) Hoveton St Peter 10th February Sunday next before Lent 9.30am Parish Communion (MS)