The bi-monthly magazine of the Broadside Parishes of Ranworth with Panxworth, South Walsham, Upton and Woodbastwick

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1 The bi-monthly magazine of the Broadside Parishes of Ranworth with Panxworth, South Walsham, Upton and Woodbastwick January & February 2012 Dear Friends, Do you have any memories of the 1960s? I was only seven when the Sixties ended and my own recollections are a bit of a jumble. I can recall technological stuff such as the first moon landing, the Harrier jump-jet and Concorde.There were the Beatles, Herman s Hermits, the Rolling Stones and the glow that came with British pop s global domination (not to mention Rolf Harris). There were snazzy cars like Mini Coopers and E-Type Jags, and stylish capers featuring James Bond and the Avengers. Dr. Who made us crouch behind the sofa. The Vietnam War seemed endless and Biafra s agony was intense. Inevitably there will be much that I ve long since forgotten. However, there is much about the Sixties I never knew about. Swinging London didn t stretch as far as the end of the District Line where we lived. Little swung in Upminster, except the church bells and play equipment at the Recreation Ground. So I was interested recently to pick up a history book entitled White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties by Dominic Sandbrook. World Cup Willie Mascot of the 1966 World Cup Campaign White Heat has helped fill in my memory gaps and understanding of a decade that shaped so much in contemporary Britain. Take the 1966 World Cup, for example. This marked the beginning of our country s passion for international football and provided the benchmark for every England team since. I was only four at the time of England s dramatic Wembley victory and didn t watch the match, but recall John Noakes showing World Cup stamps overprinted with England Winners on Blue Peter. Until I read White Heat I hadn t heard of Pickles the dog who found the stolen World Cup in a South London garden, earning himself a year s supply of dog food and his owner a 3,000 reward. This is the stuff that history is made of! Anthony Howard, who worked as a journalist throughout the 1960s, describes Sandbrook s book as a substantial contribution to the understanding of the social and political history of modern Britain. I m afraid you won t be able to borrow White Heat from me yet, as I m still less than half way through its eight hundred pages. However, you can buy it from a remainder shop in the Castle Mall for a very Sixties price, slightly less than a fiver. One fact that astounded me wasn t written by the author and can be found just inside the cover Dominic Sandbrook was born in He had even less experience than I did of his chosen subject, yet wrote with great insight. In this sense, Sandbrook shares much with the writers of the four gospels. They lived after the period they were writing about, drawing together diverse material derived from eye-witness accounts and the earliest collections of Jesus sayings, known as targums. Hundreds, possibly thousands of these gospels were written in the two centuries after Jesus resurrection, but just four, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, were judged by the Church s bishops to offer authentic portraits of Jesus and formed part of the New Testament. It is continued on page 2 PASTORAL CARE CONTACT DETAILS PLEASE SEE PAGE 2

2 generally believed that Mark s gospel was the earliest of these, written somewhere between AD Like Sandbrook, Mark wasn t an eyewitness of his subject. But early writers such as Bishop Papias stated that Mark knew the apostle Peter, and had translated Peter s account into Greek, and editing them to make an orderly account of the Lord s sayings... For he had one purpose only to omit nothing of what he heard, and to state nothing falsely. Material from Mark s gospel was used by Matthew and Luke in constructing their slightly different accounts. Neither copies the terse, breathless style of this, the shortest of the gospels. In Tom Wright s words, Mark was a man in a hurry, presenting the zip and punch of a quick story that s meant to grab you by the collar and make you face the truth about Jesus, about God and about yourself. During 2012 we will hear from Mark s gospel almost every week in church, but you can read it for yourself if you have a couple of hours to spare. Or you could join us on Tuesday evenings as we open up Mark using Tom Wright s new guide over the next couple of months. I began with a reflection on the Sixties and how, for better and worse, that decade set the agenda for those that have followed. The Queen s Diamond Jubilee and this summer s Olympics are likely to shape this new year. It s a happy coincidence that 2012 is the year of Mark. The pace of Mark s gospel and its demands for immediate response seem appropriate for an Olympic year. As we look back on England s unforeseen triumph at the World Cup staged in London forty six years ago, history tells us to expect the unexpected. I think Mark would agree with that. With best wishes for the year ahead, Nick Garrard Thank you to everyone who helped to organise and supported our Benefice events and services over Advent and Christmas and to all who generously contributed to our appeals for the Children s Society, Norfolk Social Services, Hope for Justice, the East Anglian Air Ambulance, East Anglian Children s Hospice and all the other good causes to the Benefice Choir for their Christmas Miscellany at St. Lawrence s in aid of the Upton Organ Appeal to Lee Smith for raising funds for our churches with the Christmas Hamper raffle and to Helen Thurtle and Charles Cator who both held fund raising events for Ranworth Church... Nick O come, all ye knitters... and add to our growing collection of hats and bonnets to be delivered to Kenya by Acle High School pupils in May. So far we ve received 11 items and would be delighted to receive more! Nick 2 Pastoral care of Parishioners Rector: Revd. Nicholas Garrard If anyone requires visiting or wishes to make Curate: Revd. Helen Garrard (from October) arrangements for a baptism, marriage or funeral, The Rectory, The Street, please inform Revd. Nick Garrard, Revd. Helen South Walsham, Norfolk NR13 6DQ Garrard or one of your churchwardens listed Telephone below. NickGarr39@aol.com CHURCHWARDENS RANWORTH with PANXWORTH WOODBASTWICK SOUTH WALSHAM UPTON Mark Cator John Ley Alby Cator Tony Potter Margaret Mallett margaret.mallett@btinternet.com James Chaplin Bill Monument

3 Sunday Plus Sunday Plus star ts up again on January 22 nd. It would be great to welcome some new faces and to hear what everyone had been up to over the Christmas period. We offer a very warm welcome to children of all ages and accompanying adults are welcome to take par t in activities or join us for coffee and pastries and Sunday papers from 10 am to 12 noon. February s Sunday Plus will be on the 26th, when we re expecting a special visitor! Tuesday Evenings The Tuesday Group starts up again in the New Year with lively discussion on current affairs from Christian perspectives and a guided tour of Mark s gospel based on Tom Wright s study guide. All events begin at the Rectory at 7.45pm on the following dates: January 10 th, 17 th, 24 th, 31 st, February 7 th, 21 st, 28 th. Farewell Archdeacon David... After ten years service as our Archdeacon, David Hayden will retire at the end of February. We give thanks for David s oversight and pastoral care and his support of the Church s ministry to visitors. There will be a farewell service for David and Ruby at Norwich Cathedral on February 12 th at 3.30pm, followed by a presentation. Please contact me for further details. We wish David and Ruby a long and happy retirement in his native Oulton Broad.... and welcome Bishop Alan Every two years or so, our Benefice receives a Visitation from either the Archdeacon of Norfolk or Bishop of Thetford. On February 26 th we welcome Alan Winton, our Area Bishop, who will conduct his first Visitation here. This will begin with a Benefice Communion service at St. Mary s South Walsham at 11am. Bishop Alan is a lively and engaging preacher and we can look forward to his words and presidency at the service. Afterwards he will meet our churchwardens and PCC members Thank you to our distributors As far as records show the current style of Broadsider, began as a Benefice project in February 2000 although Tony Potter has collected copies of Broadsider since 1990 and it is good that somebody has seen fit to save these copies because the magazine has provided a social report over the years. In it s Benefice format we must be somewhere around 100 issues mark! During this time our distributors have shown a huge community spirit and commitment and have delivered a copy of each issue to every household in South Walsham, Upton, Panxworth, Ranworth, Woodbastwick and one or two get delivered in Salhouse to our churchgoers who live there too. In all 970 copies are printed. A few are left on the pews at the back of the churches for visitors but the rest get delivered. On behalf of the Parochial Church Councils of all the churches in our benefice, may I give, wholeheartedly, a big thank you to all those who trudge round both summer and winter. Dorothy Woods in Woodbastwick has a team of six people delivering, two of whom are over 90 years old! Some only have a few houses to deliver to but Len Clamp in South Walsham had quite an area to cover. Len has now decided to hang up his walking boots and our very special thanks to him. Someone has already agreed to cover the Panxworth Road, part of his round, leaving just Burlingham Rd, St. Mary s Close, Hamilton Close and the Lokes needing a volunteer or volunteers the round can be split up further. Please, if anyone feels able to help and cover a few houses could they contact Nick Garrard on Nick Garrard FUNERALS SS. Fabian & Sebastian, Woodbastwick December 7 th Ella Jane Gunton at St Faith s Crematorium December 15 th Edna Violet Miller 3

4 # = Children s Activities 1 Sun 11am Benefice Communion Woodbastwick 1 st Sunday 3 Tue 2.30pm Womens Fellowship Upton Village Hall Christmas 1 4 Wed 7.30pm South Walsham WI South Walsham Village Hall 5 Thur 7.30pm Epiphany Eve Holy Communion BC Ranworth 8 Sun 9.30am Holy Communion Ranworth 9.30am Family Service Upton 11am Holy Communion South Walsham 11am Family Service Woodbastwick 9 Mon 7.45pm Sunday Plus leaders meeting The Rectory, South Walsham 10 Tue 7.30pm Woodbastwick Ladies Club. A Royal Appointment. Woodbastwick Village Hall 7.45pm Tuesday Group The Rectory, South Walsham 11 Wed 7.45pm Ministry Team Meeting The Rectory, South Walsham 11 Wed 12.30pm South Walsham Ladies Luncheon Club. Filby Bridge Hotel 15 Sun 8am Holy Communion Ranworth 9.30am Family Service Ranworth 9.30am Holy Communion Upton 11am Holy Communion Woodbastwick 16 Mon 7.45pm St Lawrence s Committee St Lawrence s 17 Tue 7.30pm Ranworth Ladies Club. Drystone Building - The Trulli Houses in Italy, with Robert Pugin. Please contact Sue Hitchcock on pm Tuesday Group The Rectory, South Walsham 22 Sun 9.30am Morning Prayer Ranworth 4 th Sunday 9.30am Morning Prayer Upton Epiphany 3 10am Sunday Plus St Lawrence s 11am Holy Communion South Walsham 23 Mon 7.45pm Ranworth PCC meeting Visitors Centre, Ranworth 24 Tue 7.45pm Tuesday Group The Rectory, South Walsham 25 Wed 7.45pm Benefice Advisory Council Visitors Centre, Ranworth 27 Fri 7.30pm Quiz & Chips in Woodbastwick Village Hall. Details from Kit Cator (See P. 8) 29 Sun 9.30am Benefice Holy Communion BC South Walsham 5 th Sunday 4pm Candlemas Service & Procession BC Upton Candlemas Sunday 31 Tue 7.45pm Tuesday Group The Rectory, South Walsham 4 Event Organisers Please Note The next issue of Broadsider covers March and April. BC = Benefice Choir 2 nd Sunday Baptism of Christ 3 rd Sunday Epiphany 2 Strict copy deadlines are on the 10 th of each month before each issue. Copy, please, to Kit Cator kit.cator@afiweb.net 1 st Sunday 1 st Sunday or David Benham david@benham.eclipse.co.uk in Easter

5 # = Children s Activities BC = Benefice Choir 1 Wed 10am Hymn singing at Broadlands Park, Upton 7.30pm South Walsham WI South Walsham Village Hall 7.45pm Woodbastwick PCC meeting Copperhole, Woodbastwick 4 Sat 9.30am-3.30pm Romp through the Old Testament (Revd. Dr. Sue Woan) at St.Lawrence s 5 Sun 9.30am Morning Prayer Ranworth 1 st Sunday 9.30am Holy Communion Upton 3rd before Lent 11am Morning Prayer South Walsham 11am Holy Communion Woodbastwick 6 Mon 7.45pm Ranworth Fabric meeting The Rectory, South Walsham 7 Tue 2.30pm Womens Fellowship Upton Village Hall 7.30pm Woodbastwick Ladies Club. Woodbastwick Village Hall 7.45pm Tuesday Group The Rectory, South Walsham 12 Sun 9.30am Holy Communion Ranworth 9.30am Family Service Upton 11am Holy Communion South Walsham 11am Family Service Woodbastwick 3.30pm Farewell Service for Archdeacon David Norwich Cathedral 15 Wed 12.30pm South Walsham Ladies Luncheon Club. Filby Bridge Hotel 19 Sun 8am Holy Communion Ranworth 9.30am Family Service Ranworth 9.30am Holy Communion Upton 11am Family Service South Walsham 11am Holy Communion Woodbastwick 20 Mon 7.45pm South Walsham& Upton PCC St.Lawrence s 21 Tue 7.30pm Ranworth Ladies Club. The Ancient Tree Hunt with John Fleetwood. Please contact Sue Hitchcock on pm Tuesday Group The Rectory, South Walsham 22 Wed 6pm Thinking Day Service Upton Village Hall 7.30pm Ash Wednesday Holy Communion & Imposition of Ashes Upton 23 Thur 8.45pm Compline Ranworth 2 nd Sunday 2nd before Lent 3 rd Sunday Next before Lent 26 Sun 11am Benefice Holy Communion BC South Walsham 4 th Sunday Bishop Alan s Visitation Lent 1 27 Mon 7.45pm South Walsham Fabric Meeting The Rectory, South Walsham 28 Tue 7.45pm Tuesday Group The Rectory, South Walsham 29 Wed 12noon Lent Lunch Ranworth Visitors Centre March 1 Thur 8.30pm Compline Ranworth 4 Sun 9.30am Morning Prayer Ranworth 9.30am Holy Communion Upton 11am Morning Prayer South Walsham 11am Holy Communion Woodbastwick 1 st Sunday Lent 2 5

6 Broadsider reaches afar. Dear Nick I thought you would like to know your words on page one of the Broadsider have travelled from South Walsham to South Quay (London) and onwards to a Baptist Church in Uckfield, East Sussex. Each Monday morning our small group of colleagues exchange news and views on weekend events. Your words received equal billing with Downton Abbey. If you knew us you would realise that s quite some achievement. Thank you for providing us with such an interesting subject for discussion. Kind regards, Lorraine Ed.Wow! Just to remind you that Broadsider is published on our website: If you have thrown away an old issue and want to look back, issues from the last 18 months can be retrieved in PDF format on this website. Some months, The Broadsider is read online by up to 180 people. 6 Coffee Morning Tuesday January 3rd At Old Hall Farm South Walsham Supporting Farm Africa We will have a stall for those Christmas presents you don't quite know what to do with saying No reasonable offer refused Learn more about the Christian faith by using the internet Got an internet connection? Interested in using long winter indoor time to deepen your understanding of the Christian faith? Not fond of February road conditions or travelling after dark? Then these on-line learning opportunities are for you! To join in all you need is 2-3 hours a week over the eight-week period of either course, which can literally be at any time of the day or night and in as many bits and pieces as is convenient. You also need to be able to access a website with your computer, mouse around and write short answers to interesting reflective questions - very basic stuff! Each course, based on the popular Emmaus Way of Faith series, covers four broad topics to help you see the bigger picture:- Knowing Jesus Who is Jesus? What did Jesus teach? Why did Jesus die? The difference Jesus makes. Knowing the Father God, the Father of creation God, the Father of Jesus God, the Father of the Kingdom God, the Holy Trinity There is colourful, multimedia course material online, questions, surveys, quizzes and discussions to join in, as well as worship and prayer built in at various points. An on-line tutor (Peter Nicholls) accompanies you on your learning journey, and you will learn from the others on the course as well as from yourself as you reflect deeply on things you ve known for a long time. And it s free! Both courses will start with an initial gathering on Tuesday, 10 th January This meeting is not essential but will allow those signed up for the course to meet face to face. The time and date will be arranged to suit the majority of those taking part. To book, please contact Caspar James on (Tues and Wed) or atcaspar.james@norwich.anglican.org

7 FOR JANUARY & FEBRUARY The new year, like a new born child, is placed in our hands as the old year passes away. The days and weeks to come are God s gift; they carry God s blessing. As a blessing we welcome them. Our hope for the year ending is that all that was good in it remains with us and all that was harmful be left behind. Amen Sunday by Sunday Prayers January 1st Pray for Rowan our Archbishop, our Bishops Graham, Jonathan and Alan.Ask for God s blessing and guidance for the year ahead. January 8th Pray for our Uniformed Groups: South Walsham Guides and Brownies and for their leaders and helpers. January 15th Pray for Police, fire, ambulance, coastguard and lifeboat services. January 22nd Pray for couples preparing for marriage. For all who work to support marriage and family life in this area and those whose marriages are experiencing difficulties. January 29th Pray for Keith Simpson, M.P and our M.E.Ps. For Woodbastwick and Ranworth, Upton and Fishley and South Walsham Parish Councils, our parish and county councillors. February 5th Pray for Richard Dewing, Reader. All who read, lead prayers and assist in our worship, eucharistic ministers and servers. For the ministry team and for more people to offer themselves for Reader or Ordained ministry. February 12th Pray for The work of Christian Aid, and a fairer sharing of the earth s resources among its people. For our environmental policies. February 19th Pray for our local hospitals, their staff, chaplains and patients. February 26th Pray for all in our parishes who are lonely, or troubled in mind or body, or bereaved. For all who have difficulties in their relationships, or struggle to find faith. 7

8 Four words to keep your spirit going during the bleakest of days: Faith = Hope = Happiness = Life Christmas Hamper Raffle Thank you to everyone who donated items for the Christmas Hamper once again this year, it would not be possible without peoples generosity. We made 177 on the raffle which will be used for the benefit of all 5 parishes in our benefice. Thank you to all who helped make this possible. 8 Ranworth Village Hall 2012 QUIZ & CHIPS Competition!!!? The 2012 Preliminary Rounds are.. Friday, February 10 th Friday, February 24 th Friday, March 9 th and the Grand Final... Friday, March 23 rd 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start A general knowledge quiz of ten rounds Make up a team of eight with your friends for a very enjoyable evening No embarrassing individual questions, each table competes as a team Choice of cod, plaice or vegetarian pizza and chips served in the interval Please bring your own wine, beer, glasses cutlery and condiments etc Tickets 9.50 per person Raffle and 50p game proceeds to: Breakthrough Breast Cancer Charity For further details or to book in your team contact Sue Hitchcock on or sue_benets@talktalk.net Woodbastwick Quiz & Chips The winter quiz will take place on Friday 27 th January starting at 7.30pm in the village hall. Teams of eight can be entered by contacting Kit Cator, telephone , please. Tickets are 7.50 per person. Lent Lunches Lent is often thought of as an opportunity to give something up, but it s also a time to be nourished in body, mind and spirit. Our Lent lunches cover all three areas! Every Wednesday from February 29th to March 28th there will be a simple lunch of homemade soup, bread and cheese followed by fruit salad. There will also be a bring and buy table. The first lunch will take place at Ranworth Visitors Centre, beginning at 12 noon. After lunch, you are welcome to stay on take part in a discussion on Mark s gospel, based on the Mapping Mark packs, ending before 2pm. 54,000 people in Papua New Guinea live with HIV/ AIDS, resulting in 1,000 deaths per year Over 40% of the population are illiterate - most of them women The 2012 Diocesan Lent Project aims to empower women in Papua New Guinea. We want to help and the money given will help with HIV / AIDS education, women s literacy, and buying sewing machines to enable income generation. Can your church be part of this project? This delicious meal costs only 4, and all profits go to this year s Diocesan Lent Appeal for Papua New Guinea. Over 54,000 people in Papua live with HIV/AIDS, and over 40% of the population (mostly women) are illiterate. The Project aims to help with HIV / AIDS education, women s literacy, and buying sewing machines to enable income generation. You can discover more information at anglican.org If you d like to attend, or can help by setting up/ clearing up, please contact Veronica Dewing on A Happy New Year to all of our readers