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Opinion Column True salvation, or just a shot in the arm? Andy Bryant is looking forward to an easing of Covid restrictions, but believes that the Church will face many more challenges in the coming months and years. When the first lockdown began there was much talk about how this could be an important moment of change.  Many talked about a determination that when lockdown was lifted, we should not go back to our old ways.  We could seize this moment and build back different and build bac...

Austin 360 Austin businesses are working to get food to people who need it, as a battered city’s residents continue to face power outages, water outages and below-freezing temperatures.  Good Work Austin, a consortium of area restaurants formed during the coronavirus pandemic, is working to get free meals to people in need this week. Major local brands, including Deep Eddy Vodka, Kendra Scott and Bumble, along with the Austin Winter Storm Relief Fund, have made donations to are...

The Journey The 1980s bring a priceless nostalgia as the world grooved to top hits like the Chariots of Fire, Dolly Partons 9 to 5, Endless love. Major events made milestones such as Dubais First Grand Prix - the biggest motor racing event that hit the region with racing and classic cars being a major part of the attraction, and Trade Centre was the only tallest building in Dubai boasting its pride of bringing world together under one roof. While the UAE was opening doors to the world to open...

Norfolk charity comforts the dying in Ethiopia  Ethiopia has one hospice for a population of 112 million. Half of its funding comes from a charity led by Sue Mumford, a nurse who lives in north Norfolk. “My doctor husband and I are really privileged to have found a passion,” said Sue, “and fortunate that we can do this together. And we are in good enough health to cope with the rigours of travelling in Ethiopia.”   Sue is a Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse. She helps pe...

Matthew Project launches appeal for veterans  The Matthew Project has launched a fundraising appeal specifically for Outside The Wire - a bespoke drug and alcohol service offering confidential advice and support to current and ex-HM Forces veterans and their families across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. OTW Service Manager and Recovery Practitioner, Wayne Copsey, said: “PTSD and drug/alcohol misuse issues have been exacerbated by coronavirus and the associated lockdown, which has increased ...

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Death of North Walsham Congregational minister  Reverend Richard Woodhouse, of North Walsham Congregational Church, has died unexpectedly at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on January 12 2021. Rev Woodhouse served as assistant minister at Cowper Memorial Congregational Church in Dereham before being appointed as minister of the church in 1985. He later gave oversight to Hingham Congregational Church, near Wymondham and, in September 1993, moved to become the minister at North Wa...

Churches Together tackle vaccination concerns   Churches Together in England are running webinars to address resistance to vaccination among Christian communities. Churches Together in England (CTE) are working in partnership with Multi-cultural Marketing Consultancy, as a client of the Government. The webinars will run on February 18 and 25.     The first, held on February 18 from 7.00 – 9.00 pm, will address the concerns of Black Christian communities especially, with church leader...

Healing Rooms on the move says Norfolks Ray  Norfolk minister Rev Ray Scorey has recently published his first book - a how-to-do Mobile Healing Rooms, based on his own incredible experiences over the last decade. With wife Ruth, also a minister, the couple have run a Healing Room (HR) from a caravan, motor home and converted van over the past ten years. The book is a distillation of their experiences and advice.   The couple, from Cromer, have travelled across both the UK to Lindisfarne ...

Norwich synagogue launches appeal for outreach  ADAT Yeshua Messianic Synagogue in Norwich has launched a £150,000 extension appeal, to grow its social outreach and training.  In recent times the work of the synagogue has expanded into various activities, broadly under the theme of outreach. During the pandemic its Foodbank has been feeding around 100 people a week.    The synagogue now plans to extend the work of the Foodbank in the space which the extension will create and develop d...