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GNFN Tabloid Harvest 11.Qxd Inside Football kick-off - 3 Norfolk launch - 4 Good work - 6 Community care - 9 GOOD NEWS ▲ FOR NORWICH & NORFOLK Harvest 2011: FREE Celebrate faith - 12 Norwich foodbank appeals for tonnes of food ■ Norwich Foodbank has launched a harvest appeal to "None of this could have happened without the won- "We resorted to borrowing a raise six tonnes of food in just two months and revealed derful support we have received from local people who tin of soup from next door plans to set up distribution centres across Norfolk. want to help their neighbours in need via our local to feed our 18-month-old Manager of the Christian charity, Grant Habershon, Christian charity. However to keep pace with the daughter. The problems revealed that the demand for the emergency food demand and our plans we are now launching our 2011 came when my partner got parcels is growing every month. Harvest Appeal to collect six tonnes of donated food in ill and received no sick pay. "In June we provided 253 local people with three days just two months," said Grant. It was snowing and we were of emergency food and in July we fed 279 local people. Foodbank is appealing for help from churches, struggling to afford food Over 40% of these people were under 16. We have schools, Cubs, Brownies and other organizations and and heating. In the end the seen the demand for our services increase each month supporters during September and October to organize cupboards were bare. I don't since we launched in October last year. Harvest food collections. know what we would have "In September 2011 we will open our sixth Distribution If you want more information on how to get involved done without the foodbank." Centre around the Norwich area and soon we hope to visit www.norwichfoodbank.co.uk or contact Project Ann Marie. announce centres being launched around Norfolk. Manager, Grant Habershon on 07955 920590. Korean Rev is first for the East ■ AYLSHAM: Some 130 years after English missionaries helped take the Christian Gospel to Korea, the Rev Seung-Wook Jung based at Thousands put Aylsham, has become the first-ever Korean Methodist minister to serve in East Anglia. From September 1, Rev Seung-Wook Jung is the new minster at Aylsham Methodist Church and he comes to Norfolk with his wife Eun-Hee and their three children So Lee (10), So Yun (7) and Yunsang (4), pictured above. Seung-Wook said: "I aim to serve the church faith into action through leading worship, administering the sacraments, pastoral care, enabling spiritual initiatives: "Although Newday development and by seeking opportunities to By HELEN BALDRY & isn't politically motivated we see engage with the community beyond the church." He said he sees minister and congregation AARON CURRAN the social action projects as a great learning from each other and together seeking to way to encourage people to make discover where God is leading them. He hopes housands of young a real difference in their communi- that people's personal relationship with God Christians put their faith ties. The young people are voting would be deepened by his ministry. T into action in local commu- with their feet and demonstrating Seung-Wook attended Seoul Theological nities across Norfolk during that the church has a key role to Seminary in Korea for his ministerial training and August as part of the Newday play in helping tackle local issues." then worked as an assistant minister for 15 youth event, held once again at the Norwich North MP, Chloe years in the Korean Holiness Church. Royal Norfolk Showground near Smith, said: "The New Day project He has studied at London Theological Norwich. is always impressive. To have Seminary and Bristol Trinity College. He was Around 6,700 young people thousands of youngsters ordained in 2008, and served the Korean from across the UK and Europe volunteering to help out in north Christian Fellowship in Chessington and has attended Newday, organised by Norwich is valued and welcomed also been a local preacher in the Kingston-upon- the New Frontiers group of and they can achieve so much in Thames circuit of the Methodist Church. churches. They enthusiastically their few days on the ground. I North Norfolk Circuit Steward, Cedric Brown, enjoyed a packed programme of know that Catton and Mile Cross said: "Having previously had a minster from worship, games, teaching and residents enjoy working alongside America for a year we are really looking forward concerts. them and gain a lot in the to the ministry of the Rev Jung who comes from But there was also a social community year-round from the further afield in South Korea and for a longer period. It is good to receive the insights of action dimension to the event. project. It is an excellent example Christians from other cultures and experience Around 3,000 of the teenagers of the 'Big Society' in action." and I am sure we have a great deal to learn from signed up to one of 25 social action Newday has been running for each other. initiatives around Norwich and eight years, the last three in throughout Norfolk. There were Norfolk, and has increased in scale projects in Catton, Mile Cross, and momentum each year. Hellesdon, Norwich city centre, Owen Hylton, who heads up Church doubles up Poringland, Attleborough and pastoral care, said, "Newday ■ NORWICH: A city church is so full every Great Yarmouth. Partnering with gathers thousands of young Sunday morning that it started running two sepa- local New Frontiers and other people from a wide variety of rate services every week from the beginning of churches, the youngsters painted backgrounds. They come from September. Eternity Norwich, based at Earlham fences, cleared gardens, washed every type of area; rural villages, Green Lane in Norwich, is repeating its Sunday cars and put on fun days and suburban housing estates and morning service twice every week. sports events for local people. urban flats all together in one Having been at full capacity for some time Sue Browne, Chair of the Catton place. now, the leadership, led by Pastors Paddy and Residents Association, summed up "This event builds their faith Jennike Venner, decided that it was time to 'dou- the mood around the Catton and passion for Jesus. For many it ble in a day'. The two meetings, named Massive community after Newday: is a totally new experience; they Xpress and Massive, will run at 9.30am and "Everyone was over the moon have never been anywhere like 11am respectively, with Children's Church and with the work that was done in this before." crèche facilities at the first meeting. The same Catton. Residents are now taking Owen said what is remarkable is message will be preached at both, and the wor- more pride in the area where they the leaders' passion for Jesus ship, lead by the Eternity Band, will be as high- powered as ever. live and the young people gave which drives them to serve and Pastor Paddy said: "If it's true that a church them that incentive" lead. Numerous volunteers take will never grow beyond seven eights of its build- Toby Skipper, from Kings time out from work to serve year ing capacity, we believe this is the faith step Community Church Norwich, after year. Since the event has been required to create space for more people to ■ Story continues on page 3 helped to organise the social action engage with the House of God.” 2 Good News for Norwich & Norfolk, Harvest 2011 NEWS Norwich & Norfolk Christian news at www.networknorfolk.co.uk GOOD NEWS FOR NORWICH & NORFOLK We are all called to share Good News ■ Good News for Norwich & Norfolk is published by Festival Norwich, 48 St Giles St, ■ Those of us who live in the Norfolk are the ones called to put that plan into Geoffery Norwich, NR2 1LP. countryside will, in recent weeks, have action. We as Christians have the solemn Darrah was ■ Website: www.networknorfolk.co.uk noticed a significant change in colour: responsibility to share the good news of the a great ■ Editorial (01508) 488318. e-mail stories to cereal crops, oat, wheat and barley, were gospel. influence for [email protected] or send recently a dark green, but changed over the We do not have to be evangelists to do copy to Pear Tree Farmhouse, Wymondham change in weeks of the summer. this: each one of us is called to be a sharer Norfolk in the Road, Wreningham, Norwich NR16 1AT. In Jesus' day cereals were harvested of the Good News, however ill-qualified we ■ Advertising: Peter Barnes (01603) 743786 with scythe and sickle; in our day with feel. 70s and ■ Distribution: Les Champion (01603) 402310 combine harvesters. But in each case men Perhaps the most important, but the most onwards, as ■ Editor and designer: Keith Morris were needed. difficult, place for us to do that is with our an Anglican ■ Regular writers: Peter Barnes, Kevin Gotts, When Jesus said, “The harvest is ready”, own families and friends. vicar in Mike Wiltshire, Sandie Shirley, Aaron Curran, he was not thinking of wheat and barley. He Every effort to share needs to be soaked Norwich and Helen Baldry, Les Champion. ■ was thinking of the spiritual harvest. Men in prayer. Everyone we meet, in school, Winfarthing. Printed by Archant Print. and women were hungry for spiritual food. college, the work place or the pub is fertile ■ Churches, Christian organisations and If that was true in Jesus' day, it is ground for the seed of the gospel. individuals from within Norwich and Norfolk are certainly true in our own day, though most Jesus commanded us to ask the Lord of invited to send news, events and pictures which relate to the demonstration of the Gospel in social people do not recognise it.
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