Would you like to have a space to sell your Crafts such as Pottery, Jewellery, Beauty Products, Textiles or anything interesting? If you would like to help in any way, raffle prizes, homemade cakes or help on the day it would be much appreciated. Spaces £10 and if you could provide your own table that would be helpful.
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! For details see the website:https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/shoebox-online which will give full instructions.
Wed, 16 Oct, 2024, 2pm - Wed, 16 Oct, 4pm @ Seething Village Hall
COMMUNITY CAFE
Seething Village Hall
Wednesday 16th October 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm
In aid of Priscilla Bacon Lodge Hospice
Offers of Prizes fro raffle or tombola would be so welcome and / or come and join us on the day or make a donation to the fund.
Why not pop in any time between two and four to enjoy tea/coffee and cake for just a £2.00 donation, you would be so welcome. Hopefully a chance to make new friends or catch up with old ones.
Prizes can be left with Margaret at 17 Mill Lane, Seething or with Keith at the Post Office/Shop.
Sun, 29 Sep, 2024, 2pm @ from Rockland Staithe car park, NR14 7HP
September Group Walks
Sunday 29 September Walk
The walk on Sunday 29 September at 2 pm will now be from Rockland Staithe car park (NR14 7HP), almost opposite the New Inn. It is a circular walk of just over 5 miles along footpaths by the Broad, and riverbank leading to the village of Claxton taking in quiet lanes and footpaths along field edges and through woodland. Walking boots recommended as there are some damp areas. Tea and cake afterwards at the home of Daphne and John. Please let them know if you will be coming so they don’t leave without you (Tel: 01508 494318).
Sun, 8 Sep, 2024, 9am @ The Hempnall Group of Parishes and the Brooke Benefice
FOOD BANK
Items for our Food Bank are still needed; we are very grateful to all who continue to contribute during this difficult time.
URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS:
PASTA
TINNED FISH
TINNED VEGETABLES
NON URGENT ITEMS:
INSTANT NOODLES (NOT POTS)
TINNED POTATOES
MICROWAVE PUDDINGS/CAKES
Donating Food: Items for the food bank can be left at the back of St Margaret’s Church, Hempnall, at the Group Office, Hempnall or in the porch at St Peter’s Church, Brooke.
Donating Money: Regular giving is a great way to support the Food Bank
For further details please check out this website: https://waveney.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/
Sun, 11 Aug, 2024, 9am @ The Hempnall Group of Parishes and the Brooke Benefice
FOOD BANK
Items for our Food Bank are still needed; we are very grateful to all who continue to contribute during this difficult time.
URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS:
PASTA
TINNED FISH
TINNED VEGETABLES
NON URGENT ITEMS:
INSTANT NOODLES (NOT POTS)
TINNED POTATOES
MICROWAVE PUDDINGS/CAKES
Donating Food: Items for the food bank can be left at the back of St Margaret’s Church, Hempnall, at the Group Office, Hempnall or in the porch at St Peter’s Church, Brooke.
Donating Money: Regular giving is a great way to support the Food Bank
For further details please check out this website: https://waveney.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/
Our occasional, pop-up Dog Café will next be held in
Hardwick Church on
Wednesday 24 July between 9:30am and 11:30am
Do call in, with or without a dog, to enjoy human and canine company and refreshments. By popular request (i.e. wagging tails), there’ll be home-made pup cakes….
Sun, 14 Jul, 2024, 9am @ The Hempnall Group of Parishes and the Brooke Benefice
FOOD BANK
Items for our Food Bank are still needed; we are very grateful to all who continue to contribute during this difficult time.
URGENTLY NEEDED ITEMS:
PASTA
TINNED FISH
TINNED VEGETABLES
NON URGENT ITEMS:
INSTANT NOODLES (NOT POTS)
TINNED POTATOES
MICROWAVE PUDDINGS/CAKES
Donating Food: Items for the food bank can be left at the back of St Margaret’s Church, Hempnall, at the Group Office, Hempnall or in the porch at St Peter’s Church, Brooke.
Donating Money: Regular giving is a great way to support the Food Bank
For further details please check out this website: https://waveney.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/
Mon, 27 May, 2024, 11am - Mon, 27 May, 5pm @ Topcroft
Topcroft Open Gardens save the date!
Save the date for Topcroft Open Gardens 2024
Sunday 26th May and Monday 27th May
11:00am to 5:00 pm
If you are resident in Topcroft and would like more details about opening you garden small or large all welcome or if you would like to help please do message me daphnebeckett@gmail.com
Sun, 26 May, 2024, 11am - Sun, 26 May, 5pm @ Topcroft
Topcroft Open Gardens save the date!
Save the date for Topcroft Open Gardens 2024
Sunday 26th May and Monday 27th May
11:00am to 5:00 pm
If you are resident in Topcroft and would like more details about opening you garden small or large all welcome or if you would like to help please do message me daphnebeckett@gmail.com
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
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.
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)
Sat, 25 Nov, 2023, 10am - Sat, 25 Nov, 1pm @ Hempnall Village Hall
A Christmas Craft Fair will be held in Hempnall Village Hall on Saturday 25thNovember 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
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.
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.
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.
Sun, 13 Aug, 2023, 2pm @ Meet in the layby on the B1332 just south of Poringland
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.
Sun, 30 Jul, 2023, 2pm @ Barsham with Shipmeadow Church
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.
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.
Sun, 25 Jun, 2023, 2pm @ Starts at Topcroft 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 .
Knowing the Queen's love of pets and animals, this service will go ahead as planned.
It will begin with a short Act of Commemoration.
On Sunday 11th September Morning Worship will be a bit different. We will be celebrating the gift of animals and ask God’s blessing on them. Please bring your pets, or a picture of your pet. We will give thanks for the companionship they bring and remember those pets that we have loved but are no longer with us. This will be a wonderful opportunity to thank God for our world and the gift of animals.
(Please bring dogs on a lead and other animals in suitable carriers or cages).
“Coro 94” is a choir which was formed in 2014 from alumni of the award-winning “Cantate Youth Choir.” Many ex-members have developed careers in music and some have become well-known names. For others, singing in one of the UK's top amateur choirs forms a central part of their adult lives, with several belonging to the Bach Choir, the BBC Symphony Chorus, the London Philharmonic Chorus and the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus.
“Coro 94” sings regularly in top London venues, and has toured Italy twice, performing in festivals throughout the Abruzzo regionin both churches and outdoor venues.
Tickets £10
available from members of the church choir,
from Spurgeon’s Farm Shop and on the door.
Children will be admitted free of charge
“Nibbles” available in the interval - Licensed Bar
Free guided walks to celebrate the wildlife of St. Peter’s Churchyard.
Discover the amazing wildlife found in Brooke churchyard. Take part in a guided walk, join in with a minibeast safari, make a bird box and explore the churchyard through our wildlife treasure hunt.
•Suitable for all ages •No need to book •Activities free, small charge for refreshments
Please join us for an informal evening in Brooke Church, singing traditional hymns and enjoying a glass of beer (or wine). Hymns will be selected by request to John Ash*preferably in advance or on the night.
All welcome, so come and help us to shake the rafters!
Admission is free, but a small donation would be welcome to cover the cost of any drinks consumed
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Topcroft Christmas Bazaar @ The Pavilion, Topcroft, NR35 2BL
Community Cafe @ Seething Village Hall
Friends of Seething Church @ Christmas Fair
Hempnall Church Christmas Fair @ Hempnall Village Hall
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal National Collection Week @ Hempnall Group Office
Trinity 20 | Harvest Thanksgiving @ St Margaret's Church, Kirstead
Autumn Fayre @ Woodton Village Hall, NR35 2LS
Shelton and Hardwick Cafe Morning @ Hardwick Village Hall, NR15 2AB
September Parish Walk @ from Rockland Staithe car park, NR14 7HP
Something in September @ Hempnall Church
Norfolk Churches Trust Sponsored Bike Ride @ Norfolk
Trinity 15 | Morning Worship @ St Margaret's Church, Kirstead
Waveney Foodbank @ The Hempnall Group of Parishes and the Brooke Benefice
Hardwick and Shelton Summer Cafe Mornings @ Hardwick Village Hall
Weekday Pop-Up Dog Cafe @ Hardwick Church
The Fine City Chorus "Music for a Summer's Evening" @ St Peter's Church, Brooke
Hempnall Church Gift Day Appeal @ Hempnall Church
Strawberry Tea @ St Margaret's Church, Hempnall
Trinity 2 | Morning Worship @ St Margaret's Church, Kirstead
Topcroft Open Gardens @ Topcroft
Bacon Butties Again! @ The Chequers, Mill Road, Hempnall
Coffee Morning @ Woodton Village Hall
April Walk @ Barsham
Hot Cross Bun Coffee Morning @ 6 Mereside, Brooke, NR15 1JS
Easter Egg Hunt @ Hempnall Church Grounds
Topcroft Church Spring Clean @ Topcroft Church
Seething & Mundham Community Café @ Seething and Mundham Village Hall
Lent Lunches 2024 @ Langhale Benefice
Pop-up Dog Cafe @ Hardwick Church
February Walk @ Kirstead
Autumn Fayre @ Woodton Village Hall
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR @ St Margaret's church, Topcroft
Christmas Craft Fair @ Hempnall Village Hall
CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES—13-20 November 2023 @ Langhale Benefice
Graffiti Night @ St Andrew's Church, Bedingham
October Parish Walk @ Topcroft Area
Annual Bunwell Lecture @ St Michael and All Angels Church
Book Sale and Refreshments @ St Margaret's Church, Hardwick
Pop Up Pub @ Friars Farm Barn, Morningthorpe, NR15 2QL
The Norfolk Churches Trust 40th Bike Ride! @ Norfolk
August Walk Sunday 13th August @ Meet in the layby on the B1332 just south of Poringland
Strawberries and Cream Tea @ In the Garden of 46 The Street. Brooke
Open Garden at Mere Cottage @ Seething
Summer Garden Party @ Hempnall Church Grounds
Midsummer Lunch @ Hedge End, Field Lane, Hempnall
Music for a Summer's Evening @ St Peter's Church. Brooke
Friends of St Peter's Christmas Coffee Morning @ Brooke Vicarage
Harvest Supper @ The Brooke Benefice
Pet Service @ The Brooke Benefice
Coro '94 Concert @ The Brooke Benefice
Strawberry and Cream Tea @ The Brooke Benefice
Christmas Carol Festival @ The Brooke Benefice
Harvest Supper @ The Brooke Benefice
Poems for the Spring @ The Brooke Benefice
Poetry Evening @ The Brooke Benefice
Celebration of 12th Night @ St Peter's, Brooke
Take a Walk on the Wildside... @ St Peter's, Brooke
Summer Concert @ St Peter's Church Brooke
Carols For All @ Brooke Village Hall
Coffee and Mince Pies @ The Vicarage, 105 The Street, Brooke
Hot Cross Bun and Coffee Morning @ 6 Mereside, Brooke
Flower Festival @ Brooke, St Peter's Church
Friends of St Peter's Christmas Coffee Morning @ Brooke Vicarage
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