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Coffee Morning

Woodton Village Hall

Saturday 4th May

from 10:30am to 12:30pm

In aid of Woodton Church

April Walk Sunday 28th April 2024

In Barsham

Contact Josephine Murgatroyd 01508 530453

Easter 5 | Morning Worship @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sun, 28 Apr, 2024, 10:30am

Easter 4 | Morning Worship @ St Peter's Church, Brooke

Sun, 21 Apr, 2024, 10:30am

Come in!

By popular request, it’s the 2nd

Pop-up Dog Café

Hardwick Church

Saturday 20 April

8:00am to 11:30am

Drop in with your dog (on lead, please)

 – or come without one –

for canine and human company and refreshment…

Pupcakes…dog treats…coffee… and more

All welcome!

SEETHING & MUNDHAM COMMUNITY CAFÉ

Wednesday 17th April 2024

2 till 4pm

Seething & Mundham Village Hall

Look forward to seeing you all.

Any offers of help or cakes would be welcome!

please contact JULIE 07984309452

Charity Funday for Nelson's Journey

(a local charity supporting children who have lost a parent)

Sunday 14th April 2024

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Topcroft Social Club, The Street, Topcroft, NR35 2BJ (15 miles south of Norwich)

Barbeque - Hot and Cold Drinks - Cakes and Homemade Treats

Gift Stalls and Fair Games - Raffle, Jumble and Tombola

Easter Trail with Prizes!

All planned and organised by home-educated children aged 4-13 - Please support us!

Easter 3 | Morning Worship @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sun, 14 Apr, 2024, 10:30am

Morningthorpe and Fritton

BIG Litter Pick!

13th April 2024

Meeting at The Old

Rectory, Fritton to collect high-viz vests pickers and bags at 10:00am

Easter 2 | Holy Communion @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sun, 7 Apr, 2024, 10:30am

Café Morning

Hardwick Village Hall

Thursday 4th April 2024

10:00am-12:00pm

Chat with old friends, make new ones.

The kettle is on and there will be cake!

Bring and buy table to raise funds for the hall, so cakes and spare produce most welcome

Easter Day | Family Communion for Easter @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sun, 31 Mar, 2024, 10:30am

Easter Eve | The New Fire @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sat, 30 Mar, 2024, 7:30pm

Easter Eve | Easter Vigil @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sat, 30 Mar, 2024, 6pm

Hot Cross Bun Coffee Morning

Saturday 30th March 2024

10:00am-12:00pm

By kind invitation of Ruth Dodds, we are holding a Hot Cross Bun Coffee Morning

at 6 Mereside, Brooke, NR15 1JS

Entry £5:00

Cakes, raffle and friendship, all welcome.

In aid of Friends of St Peter's, Brooke

Easter Egg Hunt

Hempnall Church Grounds

2pm Friday 29th March

Free

All welcome. Various levels of difficulty suitable for all ages

Easter craft, songs, Easter message

Good Friday Pilgrimage Fri, 29 Mar, 2024, 10am

As we remember Jesus’ journey through Jerusalem to the cross we go on our own pilgrimage around the churches of the Brooke Benefice.  At each church we will pause for a short act of worship, before setting off on our journey again.

All are welcome.  Come just to walk or just to pray.  You may wish to join in by car.  You may want to come to some of the day, or you may wish to be with us for all of it.  Four legged friends who like to walk are welcome to come along too.

Hot cross buns and a cup of tea or coffee will be provided at Mere Cottage, Seething.  You are welcome to add your own picnic if you wish.

Meditations begin at the times listed below and last approximately ten minutes.  We will leave a few minutes after each one for the next venue.

Palm Sunday Service @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sun, 24 Mar, 2024, 10:30am

Topcroft Church Spring Clean!

Can you spare some time with our annual Spring Clean?

St Margaret’s Church, Topcroft

Saturday 23rd March at 10:30am

There will be refreshments to help us as we beaver away. The more help the quicker we get through it.

Many thanks ~Topcroft PCC~

Seething & Mundham Community Cafe

From 2:00pm-4:00pm

at Seething and Mundham Village Hall

Look forward to seeing you all.

Any offers of help or cakes woul be welcome!

Please contact JULIE 07984 309452

MARCH WALK

Walk on Sunday 17^th March

Meet at Hempnall church at 2:00pm

There will be the opportunity to choose from the longer or shorter version of this walk which will take in quiet roads, lanes and footpaths with good views across the local countryside.

There will, of course, be tea and cakes afterwards. All welcome.

For more information please contact Jill Turner 01508 499344

Passion Sunday | Holy Communion @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sun, 17 Mar, 2024, 10am

Lunches in Lent 2024

Charity lunches in February and March

11^th March 2024 - 12:30pm

Hempnall Mill Centre in aid of Emmaus

Contact Margaret Sparham - 01508 499579

All welcome

Please let the contact person know that you will be coming.

Mothering Sunday Service @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sun, 10 Mar, 2024, 10:30am

Lunches in Lent 2024

Charity lunches in February and March

5^th March 2024 -12.00pm

Seething Community Lunch in aid of Seething Church

Contact Laura Cowan - 01508 550877

11^th March 2024 - 12:30pm

Hempnall Mill Centre in aid of Emmaus

Contact Margaret Sparham - 01508 499579

All welcome

Please let the contact person know that you will be coming.

Lent 3 | Sunday Morning Worship @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Sun, 3 Mar, 2024, 10:30am

Lunches in Lent 2024

Charity lunches in February and March

24^th February 2024 -12:30pm

Topcroft Pavilion in aid of Emmaus

Contact Jackie Leggett - 01508 482267

5^th March 2024 -12.00pm

Seething Community Lunch in aid of Seething Church

Contact Laura Cowan - 01508 550877

11^th March 2024 - 12:30pm

Hempnall Mill Centre in aid of Emmaus

Contact Margaret Sparham - 01508 499579

All welcome

Please let the contact person know that you will be coming.

Pop-up Dog Café

Hardwick Church

Saturday 10th February 2024

8:00am to 11:30am

Drop in with your dog (on lead, please) – or come without one –

for canine and human company and refreshment…

Pupcakes…dog treats… coffee… and more

All welcome

FEBRUARY Walk

Sunday 4th February 2023

There will be a winter walk on Sunday 4th February starting at 2pm. The walk will be on country lanes in and around Kirstead. The walk will start from Kirstead Church NR15 1ER. Apologies, but no refreshments will be available. For further information, please contact Josephine Murgatroyd on 01508 530453.

Fritton and Morningthorpe

Village Quiz Night

Friday 2nd February 2024

at Friars Farm Barn,

Morningthorpe, NR15 2QL

Doors open 6:45pm - Quiz starts at 7:15pm

Tickets cost £15:00 per person to include a two course supper

Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks for sale (CASH ONLY PLEASE)

Any profits to go to the fabric fund of Fritton

and Morningthorpe Village Churches

Teams will be tables of 6 people

Please contact Judith Bamber if you would like a ticket on 07768 385989 or send an email to frittonmorningthorpeevents@btinternet.com

Tickets to be allocated on a ‘first come, first served basis!’

Autumn Fayre

Bedingham PCC are holding an

Autumn Fayre on

Saturday 25th November 2023

from 1pm to 3pm

in Woodton Village Hall

Bric-a-Brac  -  Books  -  Cakes  -  Plants  -  Raffle and Refreshments

Proceeds to Bedingham PCC

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

Saturday 25th November 2023 from 11:00am—2:00pm

St. Margaret’s Church, Topcroft

Raffle and Refreshments

Come and enjoy a Cuppa and a Mince Pie or a bowl of Chilli and a Jacket Potato

Come along and join the fun and good company

If you would like to book a table for your arts and crafts, home made sweets cakes etc. for £10 please contact Jackie 01508 482 267 for more information

(It would be helpful if you could supply your own table, as we are very limited with church tables)

A Christmas Craft Fair will be held in Hempnall Village Hall
on Saturday 25^th November 2023,

from 10am – 1pm in aid of St. Margaret’s Church Hempnall.
Why not come and find that special Christmas gift or card?
Coffee, tea & cakes, raffle.                              
Offers of help, Raffle prizes and cakes or biscuits would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Please contact Yvonne Davy 01508499405
or email ydavy01@yahoo.co.uk

CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES—13-20 November 2023

We will be supporting Operation Christmas Child again this year with their Christmas Shoebox campaign.  You are invited to fill a shoebox with items to delight children across the world on Christmas morning, assuring them that they are not forgotten and giving them an experience of love.
Shoe boxes are available from the Group Office or you can fill your own box. Why not join with some friends to fill a box, or fill a box from your organisation or club. Perhaps you are unable to get out and about or just don’t have the time to go shopping. Why not build a shoebox online! (Check out the Operation Christmas Child website here: https://shoeboxonline.samaritans-purse.org.uk/

Ideas for what to put inside are available at the Operation Christmas Child website: https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/how-to-pack-a-shoebox/along with full instructions.

Group Office, open  Mon-Thurs 9am-12.30pm

Telephone: 01508 498157

Our email: hempnallgroup.office@btinternet.com

"Graffiti Night"

St Andrews Bedingham will be having a Graffiti Evening

on Friday October 27th

Gaffitti expert Andrew McDonald will be on hand

to take you through the evening.

Refreshments will be served during the evening.

There will be a further notice in the October Village News.

Proceeds to St Andrews Church Bedingham.

OCTOBER WALK

Sunday 15th October 2023 at 2:00pm

Please meet at Topcroft Pavilion at 2pm for a walk of about 3.5 miles around part of Topcroft.

Tea and cake afterwards at the church.

Please contact David and Margaret Ferre for further details 01508 482562.

ANNUAL BUNWELL LECTURE

"Where the Past Inspires the Future" A Talk by David Pennell (CEO of The Burghley House

Preservation Trust) England's Greatest Elizabethan Estate 

(For more information about Burghley House click here)

St Michael and All Angels Church

The Old Turnpike, Bunwell, NR16 1SN (12 miles from Norwich on the B1113)

Friday 13th October 2023 at 7:30pm (Light Refreshments from 6:45pm)

Tickets £7.50 in Advance (or £10.00 on the night)

HARDWICK CHURCH

Saturday 30th September

10.00 – 12.30

BOOK SALE and REFRESHMENTS

This popular event is returning for the first time since 2019…

Huge range of good quality, second-hand books for sale …

Also bric-a-brac, produce, tombola and raffle…

Proceeds in aid of Hardwick and Shelton Churches

Donations of books and other items for sale, plus raffle prizes etc, welcome by 27 Sept. 

Contact: liampilgrim@btinternet.com

SEPTEMBER WALK

Sunday 24 September at 2:00pm

3.5 mile walk around the Old Buckenham area. Leave from Liz Billett’s home Chestnuts, Mill Road, Old Buckenham NR17 1SG. Tea afterwards at the Chestnuts.

Those who are unable to do the walk are welcome to join the tea from 3.45 onwards.

Please let Liz know if you are intending to do the walk (Tel: 07891

854219 or email: lizzie.billett@gmail.com) so we don’t leave without you.

POP UP PUB

Come and enjoy and evening of fun and festivities at Sourth Norfolk's Newes and finest establishement - for one night only!

Friday 15 September 2023

6:00pm-11:00pm

Friars Farm Barn, Morninghtorpe, NR15 2QL

37:50 per person - Sorry no children (includes 1 free drink & 1 free susage in a roll)

Cash only please - No Cards!

All proceeds to Motor Neurone Disease Association & Fritton and Morningthorpe Churches' Fabric Fund

For tickets & more information please email frittonmorningthorpeevents@btinternet.com - or call Judith 07768 385989

Something in September

In Hempnall Church on Saturday 9^th September From 10:30am - 1:00pm

Cakes, Plants, Pots and Produce Sale, stay for coffee/ tea and cakes and a Raffle

In aid of St. Margaret’s Church

Further information from Joy Allen 01508 498236 or Jill Turner 01508 499344

The Norfolk Churches Trust 40th Bike Ride!

Saturday 9th September 2023

Since the Bike Ride started, over £4million has been raised! A tremendous effort by everyone who has taken part. 2023 will be the 40th anniversary of the Bike Ride and The Norfolk Churches Trust want to make it a really special day.

And don’t forget the competitions that they run including The Lord Lieutenant’s certificate for the individual who raises the most money and the Wall of Fame for the most churches visited.

Click here for futher details

August Walk is on Sunday 13th August 2023

We will meet in the layby on the B1332 just south of Poringland for a 2:00pm start.  The walk will be 4+ miles along footpaths and country lanes from Poringland to Brooke and the edge of Alpington and return to Poringland layby.  If you would like to join us, please contact Daphne on 01508 494318 - so we know you are coming and don’t set off without you.

July 2023 Walk

Sunday 30th July - Walk starting at 2pm from Holy Trinity Church, Barsham with Shipmeadow Church. The walk will include part of the Via Beata way and will last 2 hours or so. Refreshments will be provided in the Church afterwards. The Church is situated off the B1062 from Bungay to Beccles.

Postcode is NR34 8HA. Click link for details of Trinity Church

For further information please contact Josephine on 01508 530453

Strawberries and Cream Tea

Saturday 22nd July 2023

2:00pm in the garden of Mrs Maureen Kittle, 46 The Street, Brooke

Tickets £8.00 (Free for children 16 and under)

Contact: Rosemary Sanford (01508 550673) or Alison Rhodes (01508 558142) by Friday 14th July 2023

Raffle available

(Proceeds in aid of the continuing work of St Peter’s in the Parish)

Open Garden at Mere Cottage 

Sunday 9th July 2023 

Garden Open between 10:00am-5:00pm 

Roy and Ann Garnham are opening their garden in Seething to the public in aid of Church Funds. 

Admission Adults £5 - Children free | Refreshments available. 

Mere Cottage 

Seething St 

Seething 

NR 15 1AL 

Summer Garden Party

4pm Sunday 2nd July 2023 

Hempnall Church Grounds

Strawberries & Cream

Treasure Hunt      Craft      Games    

 Free      All very welcome 

Tuesday 27th June 2023

7:00pm Hempnall Group Joint Council AGM at Hempnall Church

June Walk

Sunday 25th June 2023

Our walk will start at Topcroft church at 2pm. The walk will be approximately 5 miles along public footpaths and lanes around Topcroft. It will include a short section of the Via Beata. There will be refreshments in Topcroft church afterwards.

Please contact David and Margaret Ferre on 01508 482562 for further information .

MIDSUMMER   LUNCH

In the garden at Hedge End, Field Lane, Hempnall

Saturday 24^th June 2023 at 12 noon

Raffle and Tombola

Tickets £10.00

Tickets are available from:

Christine Stone  01508 499472,  Jill Turner  01508 499344 or Joy Allen 01508 498236

All proceeds will go to St Margaret’s Church, Hempnall

1st Sunday after Trinity

10:30am Morning Worship in the Celtic Tradition

1st Sunday after Trinity

9:00am "Quiet" Communion

Topcroft Open Gardens

Sunday 28th and 29th May

11:00am to 5:00 pm

Including Orchid house at Longwood House

Car parking available at Trees Farm—NR35 2BL

£5 entry with map.

Refreshments at Pavilion and the Woodlands

Tombola and Vintage bus transport.

93rd Bomb Group museum open.

Further details email: daphnebeckett@gmail.com

Topcroft Open Gardens

Sunday 28th and 29th May

11:00am to 5:00 pm

Including Orchid house at Longwood House

Car parking available at Trees Farm—NR35 2BL

£5 entry with map.

Refreshments at Pavilion and the Woodlands

Tombola and Vintage bus transport.

93rd Bomb Group museum open.

Further details email: daphnebeckett@gmail.com

Ascension Day

Holy Communion 7:00pm - St Peter's Church, Brooke

A Shared service with the Brooke Benefice

Bacon Butties in the Garden

At The Chequers, Mill Road, Hempnall

On Friday 12th May 9.30am to 12.00 noon

Eat in or take away

Also: cakes, produce, plants, books and raffle

Orders may be made in advance by contacting Jill Turner 01508 499344

All proceeds in aid of St. Margaret’s Church

Coronation Tea Party

Saturday 6th May 2023

3-5pm

Friars Farm Barn, Morningthorpe

Come and join us for Afternoon tea and Pimm's

for further infor:- Call Mary, 07831 397290

or email judithbamber50@gmail.com