INDEX CHURCHES TOGETHER ........................................................................................... 3 CHURCH OF ENGLAND - WROXHAM BENEFICE .................................................... 5 UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ................................................................................ 7 FRIENDS OF WROXHAM CHURCH ............................................................................. 8 MOTHERS’ UNION – WROXHAM BENEFICE BRANCH ........................................... 8 COVER................................................................................................................................ 9 ST HELEN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH ............................................................................... 9 BROADGRACE CHURCH ............................................................................................. 10 LIBRARY & SCHOOL NEWS .................................................................................... 10 WROXHAM LIBRARY ............................................................................................... 10 HORNING COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL .................................................... 10 CLUB NEWS ............................................................................................................. 11 WROXHAM AND DISTRICT U3A ........................................................................... 11 HOVETON, WROXHAM & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB ............................... 13 WROXHAM FLOWER CLUB .................................................................................... 13 GARDENING TIPS FOR DECEMBER & JANUARY ............................................... 13 HOVETON ST. JOHN CHURCH 100 CLUB ............................................................ 14 WROXHAM KNITTERS AND STITCHERS ............................................................ 14 SOLO CLUB ................................................................................................................. 14 WROXHAM SOCIAL CLUB ...................................................................................... 14 WROXHAM BURE VALLEY ROTARY CLUB ......................................................... 15 THE PROBUS CLUB OF BROADLANDS ................................................................. 16 WROXHAM WI ........................................................................................................... 17 HOVETON TABLE TENNIS CLUB .......................................................................... 17 HOVETON & DISTRICT CONSERVATIVE COFFEE CLUB ................................ 17 WROXHAM AND HOVETON LIONS CLUB .......................................................... 18 1ST WROXHAM GUIDES .......................................................................................... 19 HOVETON & DISTRICT WI ..................................................................................... 19 ROYAL BRITISH LEGION WOMEN’S SECTION .................................................. 20 THE GET TOGETHER CLUB ................................................................................... 20 WROXHAM & DISTRICT LADIES' LUNCHEON CLUB ...................................... 20 BADMINTON .............................................................................................................. 22 ROTARY CLUB OF BROADLANDS ......................................................................... 22 WHB TWINNING ASSOCIATION ........................................................................... 23 COUNCIL NEWS ...................................................................................................... 24 HOVETON PARISH COUNCIL – WWW.HOVETON-PC.ORG.UK ........................ 24 NORTH NORFOLK DISTRICT COUNCIL ................................................................. 26 ARTICLES & PRESS RELEASES ................................................................................ 27 ROYS OF WROXHAM ................................................................................................ 27 SING AND KEEP HEALTHY WITH THE PHOENIX MALE VOICE CHOIR ..... 27 HORNING BOAT SHOW 2015 .................................................................................. 27 ASHMANHAUGH & BEESTON PRESTON ROOMS ............................................. 28 THE NORFOLK & NORWICH ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND - NNAB ........ 28 1ST WROXHAM GUIDES - SANGAM ...................................................................... 29 LOVE & DEVOTION .................................................................................................. 30 NOTICES .................................................................................................................. 31 WROXHAM & HOVETON LIONS CLUB ................................................................ 31 NATIONAL COASTWATCH .................................................................................... 31 WROXHAM FOOD BANK ......................................................................................... 31 NORFOLK VILLAGE GAMES PROJECT ................................................................. 31 FORTHCOMING EVENTS ....................................................................................... 32 ST. JOHN’S PRIMARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND ........................ 32 CHRISTMAS FAYRE AT DILHAM VILLAGE HALL .............................................. 32 CHRISTMAS COFFEE MORNING ........................................................................... 32 BELAUGH COFFEE MORNING ............................................................................... 32 WROXHAM, HOVETON, BELAUGH GROUP OF CHURCHES .......................... 33 BARTON TURF CHORAL SOCIETY ....................................................................... 33 1ST HOVETON & WROXHAM SEA SCOUT GROUP ............................................. 33 COFFEE MORNING ................................................................................................... 33 ANNIE SLATER'S 'JAZZ AND JAM' CHARITY EVENTS ....................................... 34 CHURCHES TOGETHER in Wroxham Hoveton Belaugh & Neatishead Church of England Rector The Reverend Elizabeth Jump The Vicarage 11 Church Lane Wroxham NR12 8SH Tel: 01603 784150 [email protected] Assistant Priest The Reverend Jane Dodd Locheil Tunstead Road Hoveton NR12 8QN Tel: 01603 782509 Churchwardens Wroxham St. Mary Mr Arthur Davies Tel: 783399 [email protected] Mr Rod Stone Tel: 782735 [email protected] Hoveton St John Mr David Barnett Tel: 782002 [email protected] Hoveton St Peter Mrs Sandy Lines Tel: 782282 [email protected] Belaugh Miss Vivien Hunn Tel: 783935 United Reformed Church Minister Reverend Matt Stone The Manse, 15 Waveney Drive, Hoveton NR12 8DP Tel: 781623 [email protected] Secretary Mrs Liz Haines Tel: 736081 [email protected] Contact for JAM (Sunday School) Mr Chris Billing Tel: 783992 [email protected] Roman Catholic Church Parish Priest The Presbytery 4 Norwich Road North Walsham NR28 9JP Tel: 01692 403258 www.sacredheartnorthwalsham.com Sacristan Tryddyn Horning Road West Hoveton NR12 8QJ Tel: 782758 Baptist Church Pastor Vacant www.neatisheadbaptist.org.uk Neatishead Baptist Church, Norfolk, NR12 8YF Contact Mrs Sue Gibbons Tel: 01692 631118 [email protected] In Association with Broadgrace Church Minister John Hindley Te l: 737974 [email protected] Churches Together Administrator Mrs Alex Howe Tel: 01603 783096 [email protected] From the Rector the Reverend Liz Jump As I sit in my study writing this, I can see that the trees are finally changing colour, half way through November! And, while I have loved the gift of extra days of sun, I am also glad to have the weather moving on once more. I treasure the cycle of the seasons, and the turning of the year, with the feel of frost in the air, the berries growing on the bushes and the glorious piles of leaves on the ground with their stunning colours (and the fun to be had, kicking through them!). And I love the promise of new life held within this season, as nature goes to rest, preparing for another spring, another summer. In church too we are preparing for a change of season. November 23rd brings us to the culmination of our church year with the Feast of Christ the King, the day we celebrate the risen, ascended Jesus, glorified and enthroned with his Father in heaven. The following week is the First Sunday of Advent - the start of a new church year, and of our time of preparation for Christmas and the arrival of Jesus in the shape of a small and vulnerable baby. A baby born into poverty, and home- lessness. A baby for whom there was ‘no room’. Last month I wrote about the joy of coming home and knowing yourself safe. When God came to earth he had no safety, no home. God took himself out of safety and made Himself vulnerable in order to reach out to us, and to walk with us. To understand us, and to be understood by us. To show us what love is, and to help us see just how much we are loved. God left his home, made himself homeless, so that we might be able to come home. In all of our churches there will be many special services to enjoy at this magical time of the year. Carol Services, Christingles, and of course Midnight Communion. Do come along – you are assured of a warm welcome, and we’d love to see you. Love and Prayers Liz To an open house in the evening Home shall men come, To an older place than Eden And a taller town than Rome. To the end of the way of the wandering star, To the things