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Aylsham minister brings Hugs from above Baptist Minister and author Patrick Coghlan has written a new book about retirement and later life, which will be available at the end of February. Hugs from above is primarily a resource of meditations and prayers for those who have entered into retirement and later life. It looks at some of the changes that take place, and some of the difficulties that might be experienced at such a time – pointing the reader towards some helpful and encouraging ver...

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Covid-19 emergency grants to 28 Norfolk churches Emergency repair grants of more than half a million pounds have been awarded to 28 historic churches in Norfolk. The 28 Norfolk churches will share £513,000 from Historic England’s Covid-19 emergency heritage at risk response fund. The funds will enable repairs, conservation and investigative surveys to be carried out as soon as possible.   The Historic England grant applications were processed in double-quick time, said a delighted Mid-...

Covid-19 leads to more Norfolk foodbank demand  Foodbanks across Norfolk have seen large increases in the numbers of families needing crisis food support during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Rev Matthew Price and 60 volunteers have been providing food support to those in need at Gorleston Foodbank at St Mary Magdalene Church. Matthew told the EDP that the church, which hosts one of the depots of Great Yarmouth Foodbank, had seen an increase in families needing support during the pandemic....

The Supreme Court handed down its long-anticipated judgment in the case of Uber BV and others v Aslam and others on 19 February.

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Sheringham church feeds needy local families  Lighthouse Community Church in Sheringham provided fruit and vegetable parcels for 86 North Norfolk families over the February half term, following a successful packed lunch project last October. Tony Rothe reports. A team of volunteers gathered at the church on the Tuesday of half term to compile the food parcels from the supplies of fruit, vegetables and eggs which had been provided by Sheringham greengrocers   Sheringham, Cromer, Holt, Bo...

Revelation Revelation in Norwich offers online service  The Revelation Christian bookshop and resources centre in Norwich is welcoming online orders despite being physically closed due to lockdown regulations. Trustee Margaret Smith said: “The trustees of Revelation realise that the way forward post-lockdown is for online shopping to become much more of the "norm" so we have got our staff on track to get going again and hopefully Revelation will survive.   “Easter is approaching, so ...

The Norfolk and Norwich Christian community website Pandemic is ideal time to launch Thetford church The young couple behind a new church in Thetford say a pandemic is the ideal time to plant a new congregation as this should be the time that churches are actually made for. Keith Morris reports. Microbiologist Matt (aged 35) and primary school teacher Tor Bush (36) launched Thetford Vineyard Church in the middle of the pandemic last July. They have lived in Thetford since 2007 and the n...