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Norwich minister discovers 70-year-old painting  A Norwich church minister has recently re-discovered a picture he drew almost 70 years ago of The Wondrous Cross, which hung in two churches in Hampshire for many years. Dr Alan Clifford, aged 79, is now Pastor of Norwich Reformed Church. Born in 1941, he was brought up attending the Primitive Methodist chapel in Farnborough.   “Sadly, my father was an atheist, but my dear mother took me and my two sisters to the services,” he said. �...

Date for Norwich Passion Play is announced Celebrate Norfolk has announced the date for the Norwich Passion Play at Easter 2022 and the chance to see two passion plays online this Easter. Celebrate is co-ordinating a project to bring well-known professional Christian theatre company Saltmine to perform a Passion Play on the streets of Norwich. And the proposed date has just been announced as Easter Saturday, April 16, 2022. Saltmine produced and performed a Passion Play in Birmingham city ...

Four Norfolk Christians recognised by the Queen  Four Norfolk Christians have today been recognised by Her Majesty the Queen for their service to the community in the centuries-old Royal Maundy Money tradition. The giving of Royal Maundy Money by HM The Queen is a long-established tradition. The name “Maundy” and the ceremony itself derive from an instruction of Jesus at the Last Supper that his followers should love one another. This symbolic act of giving a gift of money in small purs...

London City launches scheme to help local communities recover from COVID-19 Primary tabs 1st April 2021 The London City Helpers programme will help tackle unemployment and provide support to those from disadvantaged backgrounds London City Airport has launched the ‘London City Helpers’ programme, which aims to help communities in the East of the capital recover from the effects of COVID-19. The programme initiated by the airport and delivered in partnership with the East London Business All...

Suicide prevention training on offer in Norfolk  Norfolk and Waveney Mind is providing free QPR gatekeeper training for Suicide Prevention which is well suited to anyone working or volunteering in churches in this region. 1 in 5 people will experience serious thoughts of suicide during their lifetime. Loss of life to suicide is of national concern – it’s the leading cause of death in several population groups – and the evidence is that it’s preventable.   During this current pand...

  Published: 31/03/2021 Helen Baldry To submit a story or to publicise an event please email: web@networknorwich.co.uk This section contains news stories about events and culture across the Norwich and Norfolk Christian community. It also includes a calendar of events to publicise your events.  Please bear in mind that currently most events are cancelled because of the coronavirus situation. Some event organisers may not have notified us of cancellation, so please check any event b...

Norwich pastor publishes book on Mount Zion  Vic Ready has published a book on his time as pastor at Mount Zion church in Norwich. The church had a significant impact on Pentecostal revival in Norwich, reaching hundreds and propelling many like Vic into ministry. Rev Vic Ready is currently Senior Pastor of Taverham Evangelical Church, and felt it was important to document the journey of the church and its fruitfulness.  Vic said, "Mount Zion church touched the lives of literally thousand...

Yarmouth Catholic church repairs underway  Work is proceeding on urgent repairs to the roof of St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Great Yarmouth thanks to a grant from English Heritage. The roof of the Grade II* church on Regent Road in the town has been leaking, and in places water had come in and ruined paintings. In the 1960s the Welsh slate roof had been replaced by concrete tiles whose weight was causing huge strain on the roof timbers.   The full restoration will cost around £1...

The Norfolk and Norwich Christian community website Quiet Waters retreat house set to reopen its doors Quiet Waters Christian Retreat House on the Norfolk/Suffolk border is now taking provisional bookings from May 17th and is advertising for a married couple to join its team. Phil Perry from Quiet Waters, said: “We are very much looking forward to welcoming our guests through the door and returning to the daily rhythm of life here. We are still very aware of our Covid responsibilities ...

Norfolk schoolboy became a martyr in Zimbabwe  John Bradburne, the Norfolk schoolboy who became a Franciscan missionary and martyr, is having his centenary marked this year with 100 days of poetry readings.  John was born in 1921, the son of Thomas Bradburne, who became vicar of Cawston in Norfolk. He himself went to school at Gresham’s, near Holt. He later became a lay Franciscan and was killed in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1979 for refusing to abandon the leprosy patients he had loo...