CHURCHES TOGETHER CHURCH OF ENGLAND - WROXHAM BENEFICE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH FRIENDS OF WROXHAM CHURCH ST HELEN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH MOTHERS’ UNION – WROXHAM BENEFICE BRANCH BROADGRACE CHURCH LIBRARY & SCHOOL NEWS CLUB NEWS HOVETON ST JOHN 100 CLUB WROXHAM SOCIAL CLUB WROXHAM AND DISTRICT U3A WROXHAM FLOWER CLUB HOVETON, WROXHAM & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB GARDENING TIPS FOR AUGUST ROTARY CLUB OF BROADLANDS INNER WHEEL CLUB OF BROADLANDS SOLO CLUB WROXHAM BURE VALLEY ROTARY CLUB QUILTING & TEXTILE WORKSHOPS WROXHAM AND HOVETON LIONS CLUB HOW HILL TRUST WROXHAM WI HOVETON & DISTRICT WI THE PROBUS CLUB OF BROADLANDS 1ST WROXHAM GUIDES NORTH NORFOLK SPEAKERS CLUB WHB TWINNING ASSOCIATION BARTON HOUSE RAILWAY 01603 782008 WROXHAM FOOTBALL CLUB VILLAGE SCREEN IN NEATISHEAD COUNCIL NEWS WROXHAM PARISH COUNCIL NORTH NORFOLK DISTRICT COUNCIL ARTICLES & PRESS RELEASES MOTHERS’ UNION (BROADLAND AREA) SPONSORED WALK ROYS WINS AWARD FOR CHARITABLE AND GOOD CAUSES DONATIONS IN RESPONSE TO JULIA DESBOROUGH ASHMANHAUGH & BEESTON PRESTON ROOMS ST SWITHIN’S CHURCH ANNIE SLATER’S “JAZZ AND JAM” CHARITY EVENTS NOTICES FORTHCOMING EVENTS CHURCHES TOGETHER in Wroxham Hoveton Belaugh & Neatishead Church of England Rector The Revd Elizabeth Jump The Vicarage 11 Church Lane Wroxham NR12 8SH Assistant Priest The Revd 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 Te l : 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 Rev 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 Tel: 737974 [email protected] Churches Together Administrator Mrs Alex Howe Tel: 01603 783096 From the Rector the Revd. Liz Jump By the time you read this, I will have been installed as the new Rector of Wroxham, Hoveton and Belaugh. It seems ages since I was appointed to the post, and I can’t wait to be officially here, and working among you. I’ve moved from eight rural parishes between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford, so Wroxham is a thriving metropolis by comparison, and I am looking forward to getting to know people, and finding my way about the parishes. I’m still living in slight chaos - boxes everywhere, and a huge amount of sorting to do, but I already love the area and know I’m going to be really happy here. I’ve moved with my son Chris, who is now job hunting. Not the easiest thing in the current climate. I’m aware that this magazine goes out to everyone in the parishes, church goer or not. So, to those who attend church, can I say how much I look forward to working with you, alongside you, as we follow the call of God. I hope to meet many of you at my installation, or at our first benefice service on the following Sunday. To those who don’t currently come to church, can I share with you the fact that the Church of England is parochial, which means that the Parish Church exists for the whole parish, and everyone has a right to its services whether they attend church or not. The same goes for the clergy. I’ve been appointed as Rector for the parishes, for everyone, not just those who come along on a Sunday. So please, whether you see me out on my bike (no, not the motorised kind - I failed my test) on the water in my canoe, in the pub, or anywhere else, say hello! I look forward to meeting many of you over the coming weeks. I’ll do my best to remember names, but I make no promises - there is one of me, and many of you, so it may take me a few weeks! Love and Prayers Liz COVER The cover this month commemorates the Great War, with all the huge and terrible waste it brought with it. A Flanders Poppy, superimposed on a photograph of a Great War Cemetery, is overlaid with a guttering candle symbolic of the 'lights going out all over Europe'. In a vignette we see the event when it was said that 'a single shot killed a million people' as Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by teenage student Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on June 28th 1914; in the second vignette is another boy in his teens, the Tsarevich Alexei Romanov of Russia in his army uniform at the age of 13. A year later, on July 17th 1918, along with his father Tsar Nicolas II and the entire Russian Royal Family, he was murdered by the Bolsheviks. Assassinations of members of the European Royal family effectively began and ended the Great War, millions were slaughtered in the interim, and the 'Gilded Age' of the 20th century's opening years was swept away for ever. In the overall design of this 'Bridge' cover, looked at through half-closed eyes, some may even sense a symbol of Death itself. CHURCH OF ENGLAND - WROXHAM BENEFICE SUNDAY SERVICES – August 3rd August – Seventh Sunday after Trinity 9.30am Parish Communion Wroxham 9.30am Parish Communion Hoveton St. John 11.00am Parish Communion Hoveton St. Peter 6.30pm Songs of Praise Wroxham 10th August – Eighth Sunday after Trinity 9.30am Parish Communion Wroxham 9.30am Parish Communion Hoveton St. John 11.00am Morning Prayer Belaugh 11.00am Morning Prayer Hoveton St. Peter 17th August – Ninth Sunday after Trinity 9.30am Parish Communion Wroxham 9.30am Parish Communion Hoveton St. John 11.00am Parish Communion Hoveton St. Peter 24th August – Tenth Sunday after Trinity 8.00am Holy Communion Belaugh 9.30am Parish Communion Wroxham 11.00am Parish Communion Hoveton St. John 31st August – Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 10.00am Benefice Communion Wroxham Wroxham Church Tower Bell-ringing Tuesday 7.15pm Hand Bell-ringing + Tea & Cake Thursday 2.00pm Choir Practice Friday 7.00pm SUNDAY READINGS 3rd Isaiah 55:1-5 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:13-21 10th 1 Kings 19:9-18 Romans 10:5-1 Matthew 14:22-33 17th Isaiah 56:1. 6-8 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15:10-28 24th Isaiah 43:8-13 Acts 5:12-16 Luke 22:24-30 31st Jeremiah 15:15-21 Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 Funerals We give thanks for and commend to God’s sure keeping Roger Hearn aged 64yrs who died on 24th June. Funeral and burial at Hoveton St. John on 15th July. Pauline May Pettit aged 88yrs who died on 9th July. Funeral at St. Faith’s Crematorium on 4th August. UNITED REFORMED CHURCH Minister: Rev Matt Stone, Tel: 01603 781623, [email protected] Wroxham & Hoveton United Reformed Church is an informal and friendly church, meeting in our building, The Wroxham Hub, at 114 Norwich Rd, opposite The Avenue. We love to welcome visitors – why not come along and give us a try? There is provision for children during services too. Services and Events in August (please note the different service times) Sun 3rd 6pm Communion Service led by Matt Stone Sun 10th 6pm Service, led by Matt Stone Sun 17th 5pm Bring-and-Share 1st Birthday Tea for the Hub Sun 17th 6pm Service, led by Matt Stone Mon 18th 7pm Prayer Gathering Sun 24th 10.30am JAM (Sunday Kids Club) Sun 24th 3.30pm Churches Together Riverside Service (behind Roys long stay car park) Sun 31st 11am Service, led by Matt Stone and Geoff Hill (Services return to 11am every Sunday until December) Coffee is served before each 6pm service, and after each 11am service. Please do join us! Matt’s Musings Who Cares? This summer, 70 churches across Norfolk (including Wroxham & Hoveton URC) are asking their communities one question: “What hurts the most?” In the Autumn, churches will be looking at how we can respond to the needs raised and we hope to show that we care, and God cares, for the hurts and struggles we all face. If you would like to find out more or take part online, please visit www.who-cares.org.uk. Alternatively, we have survey cards available in the foyer of The Hub, which you are very welcome to come and fill in. Our weekly Open House is a great opportunity to meet up with friends over a coffee and slice of homemade cake or for a simple soup lunch. It is free – all we ask for is a small donation towards the costs. Open House meets every Thursday from 10:30am to 1pm. All are welcome! JAM (our Sunday Kids Club) is always open to new children for fun, cooking, games, crafts and Bible stories. JAM+ is similar, but takes place once a month on a Friday evening from 6 – 7:30pm and is targeted at youngsters in school years 8 - 11. Please contact Chris Billing at [email protected] or phone 01603 783992 for more details. Our Prayer Gathering is an informal opportunity to gather for prayer.