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A record-breaking year for Mid-Norfolk Foodbank  Wellspring Church in Dereham, Swaffham Baptist Church, and Fakenham Salvation Army centre have provided the bases for a record-breaking year at Mid-Norfolk Foodbank.  About 1500 children were among the 4000 people fed by the mid-Norfolk Foodbank over the past year. To help it meet the demand, the foodbank received a record 62.8 tonnes of donations in the year to March 1 2021 – compared to 44 tonnes in the previous year.  Almost 50 tonnes...

Reedham Gospel Hall goes up for sale The Gospel Hall in the Broadland village of Reedham has closed, and will be going under the auction hammer, because of a decline in attendance. The property, overlooking the river from an elevated position in the village, has a main hall with a wooden floor, a kitchen, cloakrooms and a garden. It is on sale with a guide price of £60,000.   The hall, which is run by a board of trustees, is believed to date back partly to 1899 and has been used over the ...

Acle prayer walk led by local churches Acle Churches Together (ACT) held its traditional annual prayer walk last Sunday, stopping at various venues in the community to recognise and pray for the work done by the staff employed by them. The walk, on the afternoon of Sunday May 23, was led by Church of England Rector the Rev Martin Greenland accompanied by Methodist Minister the Rev Andrew King and Roman Catholic Deacon the Rev Peter Glanville, a retired BBC producer who, 20 years ago, con...

The Norfolk and Norwich Christian community website Barbara begins leadership with baptism of fire  At a hugely challenging time, the Alive network appointed Barbara McLellan as the new pastor for their church in Wymondham. She describes her demanding journey into leadership. I was appointed as Location Pastor for Alive Church Wymondham in August 2020. It was right in the middle of the pandemic, so that was a bit of baptism by fire. I have lived in Wymondham and have been a part of the ...

Norwich charity for ex-offenders comes of age A Norwich charity which offers supported accommodation to homeless men, many of whom are ex-offenders, has come of age and is marking its 21st anniversary. Val Dodsworth founded the House of Genesis as a small registered Christian charity based in Thorpe St Andrew and on the east side of Norwich. It offers supported accommodation to homeless adult men, most of whom are ex-offenders.    She first became involved in prisoner rehabilitation at L...

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Mothers’ Union welcomes refugees to Norwich The Mothers Union has been working closely with Norfolk County Council on the resettlement of Syrian refugees. Jenny Holcombe reports. In the past few months Norfolk County Council has been able to welcome a few more of the vulnerable families who wish to come to the UK from camps on the Syrian borders.  The Mothers’ Union has provided full sets of new bedding for the three families that came to Norwich despite the pandemic, and another is e...

Chief Executive Officer YMCA Norfolk YMCA Norfolk is seeking an exceptional leader who is deeply committed to their Christian faith and desires to put it into action to make a tangible difference in the lives of others. YMCA Norfolk is a vibrant and dynamic Christian charity that seeks to transform the lives of young people. We are a value-driven organisation which provides hope, inspiration and empowerment to the people we support. We have experienced a period of exciting growth in recent y...

One evening some years ago, my brother was suffering through a frustrating round of put down the video game controller and do your math homework with his 12-year-old son. “What do I have to do?” he blurted out angrily. “Pay you?” His son paused the game, looked up at him, and said, “How much?” Caught off guard, my brother suggested 25 cents a problem. His son ran straight upstairs and came down 20 minutes later with his homework and a verbal invoice for $2. But when he asked for th...