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Yarmouth prayer gathering moves on-line The Great Yarmouth meeting of Burn 24-7 prayer is now streaming online every two weeks whilst Covid restrictions continue. Burn 24-7 is a global worship/prayer movement with 300 locations across the world, including 32 locations within the UK. For the last year this has included Great Yarmouth.   The heart of Burn24-7 is, first and foremost, the passionate pursuit of the presence of God. Participants gather, regardless of denominational affiliation,...

Norwich hospital chaplain answers Covid-19 call  A Norwich hospital chaplain has responded to the call for former NHS staff to return to help during the Covid-19 pandemic, 20 years after he was last part of the hospital chaplaincy team. During the first call of the pandemic last year for former NHS staff to return, Canon Captain Darren Thornton offered to help the Chaplaincy team at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital some 20 years after he was a chaplain at the old Norfolk and Norw...

Opinion Andrew Frere Smith has discovered the source of true contentment. Contentment is a word that troubles me. My dictionary defines it as “a state of happiness and satisfaction”. I used to regard it as something that was reserved for the slipper-wearing elderly, whose careers had ended and who regularly enjoy a sherry at 6pm by the fireside.   I have known many happy and satisfying times in my life, but I have also known times when contentment has eluded me. As a child my disconte...

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The Norfolk and Norwich Christian community website Vicar raises funds for vaccines in poor countries  King’s Lynn vicar Rev Becca Rogers has set up a fundraising campaign to help people in low-income countries access the Covid vaccine. Rev Rogers writes: “I heard in a recent news report the director-general of the World Health Organisation warning of a catastrophic moral failure. He warned that in the scramble for the vaccine, poorer countries were missing out. I looked into this mo...

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Gorleston churches involved with Mens Shed Plans are afoot for a Mens Shed in Gorleston, to bring men together to engage in practical activities and to reduce loneliness and isolation. Research has shown that loneliness and isolation can be as hazardous to our health as obesity and excessive smoking. Surveys from mental health charities are finding that millions of people report feeling lonely on a daily basis.   Mens Sheds are similar to garden sheds — a place to pursue practical intere...

Tributes to N Norfolk teacher and lay minister  Tributes have been paid to lay minister Sue Ling, a retired teacher and musician from Mundesley, who has died aged 83. Mrs Ling, then Miss Boagey, was born and brought up in London and spent war years as an evacuee in Newent, Gloucestershire. She played the piano and violin in orchestras and competitions, even travelling to the Netherlands to perform. She attended Clapham County School for Girls, where she was a prefect, captain of games and ca...

Published: 28/01/2021 Keith Morris 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 befor...