Diocese of Norwich

The Office of Compline
2024-08-22 21:00 - 22:00 UTC | Wymondham Abbey, Church Street, Wymondham, NR18 0PH, United Kingdom
The Office of Compline – ancient plainchant with polyphony by Thomas Tallis and John Sheppard sung by the Choirmen of Chingford Parish Choir directed by Mike Emerson – all welcome

Ryburgh Arts Festival
2024-08-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-24 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-25 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-26 10:00 - 16:00 | St Andrew’s Church, Great Ryburgh, Mill Road / Bridge Road, Great Ryburgh, Norfolk, NR21 0DZ
St.Andrew’s will be staging its 19th biennial Arts Festival over the Bank Holiday Weekend. Twenty plus artists, sculptors and ceramicists will be exhibiting their work and musicians will be performing at various times during the three day event. Visitors to this unusually spacious round tower church can enjoy morning coffee, light lunches and afternoon tea in St. Andrew’s Pantry. Entry is free and proceeds will go to the Restoration Fund. There is ample parking and a W.C. with disabled access.
Preview: Friday, 23rd: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Saturday, 24th: 10 – 5 p.m.
Sunday, 25th: 1 – 5 p.m.
Monday, 26th: 10 – 4 p.m

Flower Festival ‘Memorable Journeys’
2024-08-24 - 2024-08-26 | St Nicholas’ Church, Dereham, Church Street, Dereham, NR19 1DN, United Kingdom
This Flower Festival takes the theme of ‘Memorable Journeys. Decorations will describe a variety of types of journey experienced by the creator.

Art Exhibition
2024-08-24 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-26 10:00 - 17:00 | Holy Trinity, Loddon, Church Plain, Loddon, NR14 6EY, United Kingdom
Bi-annual Art Exhibition returns to Holy Trinity Church, Loddon on Saturday, 24th and Monday 26 August 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 25 August from 1230 to 5 pm.
Over 150 exhibits from local artists around Loddon and Norfolk.
Preview Evening on Friday, 23 August from 6.00 to 8.30 pm. Tickets £10, including cheese and wine

A Summer Musical Entertainment featuring the celebrated Good Gnus
2024-08-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Church of St James the Great, Castle Acre, King's Lynn, PE32 1TE
A Summer Musical Entertainment
Bank Holiday Monday 26th August
4 pm St James’s Church, Castle Acre, featuring the celebrated trio The Good Gnus
Interval drinks, and open to all. No booking required.
Donations invited in Support of the Friends of Castle Acre Church
Dr Jon Williams and Dr Chris Price, accompanied by Dr. David Flood, have been delighting audiences with the wit and wisdom of some of the greatest musical humourists: Flanders and Swann, Noel Coward, Stilgoe, Skellern, and Lehrer, exploring the vicissitudes of public transport (Last of the Line, A Transport of Delight), national ennui (There Are Bad Times Just Around the Corner), love and romance (Joyce the Librarian) and the phenomenon of the pushy parent.
Friends of Castle Acre Church is a registered charity number 803210

Heritage Open Day - St Mary Magdalene, Norwich
2024-08-29 10:00 - 16:00
* look around a little-visited church that has stood north of the city centre since 1904;
• view the old font, the beautiful stained-glass windows and a number of old documents, all of which originated from our sister
church, St James (now the Puppet Theatre).
• examine photographs and maps relating to our history.
• see the beautiful full-size reproductions of our medieval panel paintings from St James, photographed by Paul Oliver.
• find out about the Pockthorpe Cope, made in 1480 and now kept in the Castle Museum; the oldest garment of its type last worn in
the 1970’s.
• hear memories of long-standing parishioners and see a 1950’s cine film depicting life at St Mary Magdalene.

Cabinet Shuffle - Music in the Burnhams
2024-08-31 19:30 - 21:00 | Burnham Overy Village Hall, Burnham Overy Staithe, King's Lynn, PE31 8JG
Glorious music ranging from Tallis to Billy Joel, and Purcell to Tom Jones.
Tickets ares £20, Under 18s free.

Festival of the Sea
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-08
Dive into adventure, art, and oceanic wonders at the Festival of the Sea at Great Yarmouth Minster this September.
Step inside a replica Antarctic hut and be transported to Deception Island, a tiny caldera in the Antarctic Ocean (tickets required – available at Immersive Experience: Deception Island at Great Yarmouth Minster – Story Machine (storymachines.co.uk)
Science comes to life with Professor Stephen Ashworth and his Kitchen Chemistry lab exploring the science of the sea.
Come and be part of a community-led workshop to create a sea themed textile mural in the Minster with Reprezent.
Billed as a “slightly salty Mumford & Sons” The Rogue Shanty Buoys will be bringing their unmistakably bold and original sound to the Minster with an evening of traditional sea shanties and contemporary songs.

HT Induction – Session 2
2024-09-04 08:00 - 17:00

Heritage Weekend
2024-09-06 - 2024-09-08 | St Bartholomew’s Church, Brisley, Brisley, Dereham, NR20 5AA, United Kingdom
Exploring the local history of Brisley village, school and church. Exhibitions and research including fascinating glimpses into the history of the crypt and a local ghost story. Early maps and biographies. A talk on Saturday 7th at 7-00 on George Edwards Life.

Lunchtime Organ Concert
2024-09-06 13:00 - 14:00 | St Nicholas’ Church, Dereham, Church Street, Dereham, NR19 1DN, United Kingdom
Internationally Acclaimed Celebrity Virtuoso Organist D’Arcy Trinkwon in Concert at the St Nicholas Church Dereham Organ 1.00pm. Free admission, retiring collection.
Refreshments available in church from 12.15pm.

Minibeast Bug and Plant Safari
2024-09-07 14:00 - 16:00
All welcome and entry is free!
Visitors can expect a relaxed ‘all age’, outdoor, afternoon, activity – seeking and noting plant and insect life in a picturesque Suffolk churchyard overlooking fields and protected marshland. Sharp eyes and enquiring minds welcome.

Book Launch: 'God's Own Gentlewoman' The Life of Margaret Paston'' by Diane Watt
2024-09-07 14:00 - 16:30
An afternoon with Diane Watt and Dr. Rob Knee about the life of Margaret Paston

Souls of our Shoes
2024-09-08, 2024-09-09, 2024-09-10, 2024-09-11, 2024-09-12, 2024-09-13, 2024-09-14
The powerful exhibition ‘Souls of our Shoes’ will be open in Cromer Parish Church from this Sunday 8th until Saturday 14th. From 10.30 to 3.30 each day there will be people around to offer support, a listening ear and prayer if wanted. The exhibition is part of the Mothers’ Union ‘Rise Up’ campaign to raise awareness of Domestic Abuse worldwide. Please visit, and take few moments to reflect and pray for all affected by this sometimes-hidden trauma.
For more information visit​ www.mothersunion.org/riseup​

Celebrating Nature Service
2024-09-08 10:00 - 13:00 | St Edmund’s Church, Acle, Norwich Rd, Acle, NR13 3BU, United Kingdom
Churches local to Acle (Church of England & Methodist) will be joining in Celebrating Nature at a special service on Sunday 8th September at 10.00am in St. Edmund’s Church, Acle (NR13 3BU); then a dozen local organisations will share what they are doing with a display in the Church Hall (open to all) 11.00am – 1.00pm

Single Friendly Church Network Zoom
2024-09-09 18:30 - 19:30
Single Friendly Church Network is a Christian charity helping churches to welcome and value single people at every stage of life. We are research-based and provide free resources and training for churches and leaders. You can watch our short video to find out more about our work.
Our quarterly Network Zoom is an informal meeting for churches and individuals involved in Single Friendly Church ministry in their church. This is an opportunity for churches to share stories and best practice, and for anyone to bring questions or discussion topics, whatever your stage on the journey.
We have regular online training webinars and discussion-based network zooms across the year for church leaders and singles’ advocates – please click here for more details.

Celebration of Norfolk joining St Olav Ways
2024-09-10 | Norwich Cathedral, The Close, Norwich, NR1 4DH, United Kingdom
The addition of Norfolk to the route of St Olav Ways, an accredited Cultural Route of the Council of Europe celebrating the first Christian King and Patron Saint of Norway, will be celebrated at a special event exploring the historic connections between Norway and various parts of the United Kingdom.
Held at Norwich Cathedral on Tuesday 10 September, the symposium will host a representative of the Royal Norwegian Embassy along with a range of experts from Norway as well as churches and heritage sites in the Orkney Islands, the Isle of Man, London, Cumbria, Chester and York.

Artist at Work in Edgefield Chuch
2024-09-10 08:00 - 2024-09-28 17:00
We have an artist from New Zealand working in Edgefield Church for most of September.
Amanda Watson who lives in New Zealand is the great-great-granddaughter of Walter Hubert Marcon, the Rector here from 1875 onwards. Walter had a hand in relocating the building, literally stone by stone, a few hundred meters down the road to its present position.
You are welcome to come in and see her creations and have a chat with her.

Norfolk Churches Trust Bike Ride
2024-09-14
The annual charity Norfolk Churches Trust Bike Ride returns for its 41st year event!
This year’s event will be the first opportunity for the Rt Revd Ian Bishop to take part since being ordained as Bishop of Thetford in September 2023. Bishop Ian is planning a route calling at 19 churches between Wymondham and Attleborough – stopping off for lunch in Hingham.
If you’d like to cycle with Bishop Ian, please let him know in advance. Email bishop.thetford@dioceseofnorwich.org Or if you’d like to support his ride by giving, his justgiving page is here: Ian Bishop is fundraising for Norfolk Churches Trust (justgiving.com)

Faith, Peace and Justice Forum
2024-09-14 10:00 - 17:00 | St Catherine’s Church, St Catherine's Church, Mile Cross, Norwich, NR3 2RJ
Faith, Peace and Justice – A call to action for Norfolk churches.
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” ― Desmond Tutu
Inspiring talks and discussion on the key social justice issues of our time:
* The Housing Crisis * Climate Justice Now * Peace Making and Non-Violence in a Violent World *
* Missing in Action * Liberation Theology and Social Justice * A Call to Action *
* Rev Chris Howson (A Just Church/University of Sunderland) * Kate Doran-Smith (Head of Network, Hope into Action) *
* Rev Vanessa Elston (Pioneer Priest for Climate Spirituality and Action) *
* Dr Lee Marsden (Pioneer Lay Minister/Professor Emeritus Faith & Global Politics, UEA) *
Educating, motivating and activating people of faith in challenging injustice
