BROADSIDER

The
Broadsider
May & June 2015
Covering the Broadside Benefice parishes of
Ranworth with Panxworth, South Walsham, Upton & Fishley, and Woodbastwick
Dear Friends,
When Jesus sent his disciples ahead to find the room in Jerusalem where he would share the
Last Supper with them, he told them to meet someone who would guide them. But how would
they find this man in the Passover Festival crowds who thronged the narrow streets? Jesus said,
‘Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a jar of water. Follow him.’ (Mark 14.13)
What was it about the man with the water jar that made him such a distinctive figure? The New
Testament scholar Morna Hooker thinks it would be because water carriers used leather bottles
rather than heavy jars. I wonder if it was because men didn’t carry water, which remains true
to this day in many traditional cultures. It is hot, heavy and dangerous work in developing parts
of the world, often involving long walks to remote places that are full of danger. Christian Aid
highlights the story of one young mother, Loko, a member of the Borema community in rural
Ethiopia. In her tribe, women are responsible for collecting water and firewood to sell to support
their families. She prays constantly as she goes about her daily work, asking God for protection
and transformation – that her life can be changed for the better. You can read more about her
story on the Christian Aid Website.
http://www.christianaid.org.uk/getinvolved/christianaidweek/lokos-story/index.html
This year, Christian Aid are focussing on how providing women, like Loko, with a cow can
transform their lives and improve the wellbeing of their communities. The cow’s milk can be
sold, a business established, enabling women
Loko carrying wood for the fire
Picture © Christian Aid
to grow in status and have more of a voice
about issues that affect them and their families.
In this way, they can climb out of their poverty
trap and help others along the way.
Christian Aid Week (May 10th–16th) will be an
opportunity for us all to make that difference.
Look out for information around your village
about how to support the appeal. In some of
our villages and at Fairhaven School, envelopes
will be delivered that can be returned. Look out
for news on events on posters or our website.
If you’d like to get involved, please contact
me. Like the man with the water jar, I shall be
waiting….
With all best wishes,
Nick Garrard
A Big Thank You . . .
. . . to Veronica and her helpers for the Pancake
Party at Upton Village Hall, and Helen and
the Team who provided Monday Munch and
those who supported this year’s Lent lunches
and the Passover Meal. Monday Munch was
a great success, bringing people together to
share food, friendship, fun and support. After
a quiet start, around fifty people attended on
each of the following Mondays. Those of us
who were involved feel it was too good to
keep in Lent alone, so we’re thinking about
other times of year when it may happen again.
The Pancake Party raised £80 and the
Munches and Passover £305.78 for the
Diocesan Lent Appeal in aid of the Friends
of the Holy Land who support St. Luke’s
Hospital in Nablus and a Centre for Diabetes
and Cardiovascular diseases in the Palestinian
West Bank. This equates to 6 GP visits and
echocardiograms, 8 ECGs and 2 glucose
checks with 78p change!
. . . and to everyone who shared our Benefice
journey through Holy Week to Easter. It was
a well-supported and very meaningful time for
all who took part. We were very grateful to be
Rector: Revd. Canon NICHOLAS GARRARD
Email: [email protected]
Asst. Priest: Revd. HELEN GARRARD
Email: [email protected]
Benefice Administrative Assistant: CHRIS BOND
(usually available on Wednesday and Thursdays)
led on a rather soggy Palm Sunday by Melody,
Laura’s pony.
. . . and finally, to all who attended the AGM
and stood for election to PCCs.
Welcome back Bishop Alan
It’s always a pleasure to welcome Bishop
Alan to our Benefice and on June 13th he
will be with us to take part in a Service of
Thanksgiving for the restoration of All Saints’
Tower in Panxworth churchyard. He will
dedicate the new First World War memorial
that has replaced the one that was broken in
the 1960s. The service begins at 11am and
although we’ll be outdoors, there will be bells!
You’re welcome to join us for refreshments
afterwards.
…and the Broads Society
…and it’s equally good to welcome back the
Broads Society who are coming for Evensong
at Ranworth on June 14th at 6.30pm. What
could be better than Evensong on a summer’s
evening…?
Pastoral Care of Parishioners
If anyone requires visiting or wishes
to make arrangements for a baptism,
marriage or funeral, please inform Revd.
Nick Garrard, Revd. Helen Garrard or
one of your churchwardens listed below.
Email: [email protected]
The Rectory, The Street,
South Walsham, Norfolk NR13 6DQ
Telephone 01603 270769
CHURCHWARDENS
RANWORTH with
PANXWORTH
2
Woodbastwick
South Walsham
Upton
Mark Cator
Alby Cator
01603 721050
Gill Hood
01603 270397
James Chaplin
John Ley
01603 270158
Kit Cator
01603 720276
Trevor Nelson
01603 270547
Tony Moore
01493 750518
Sunday Plus
10th May at St Lawrence’s, 3 – 5pm
Sunday Plus in May will be something a little
different. We are hosting a party and would
like to invite all those who have been baptised
in our Churches in recent years to bring their
families and friends along to celebrate with us.
We will begin with games and refreshments
for all ages indoors and out including a family
treasure hunt. At 4.30pm we will conclude
with a very short informal act of celebration
and praise, giving thanks for Baptism and our
Christian hope.
Invitations will be sent to all who have been
baptised in our local Churches but if you have
arrived recently or been baptised elsewhere,
if you are interested in Baptism for yourself
or a family member or even if you would just
like to join in the fun please RSVP to Helen at
[email protected].
The theme of our afternoon will be Noah’s Ark,
a well- known and much loved story which not
only celebrates creation but also speaks of
God’s saving love for all of us.
During the afternoon we
will be constructing
a Noah’s Ark with
pictures and words
from everyone who
attends. If you are not
able to be present
but would like to be
remembered in our prayers and our ark please
e-mail as above and send a photo if possible.
We really look forward to welcoming and
celebrating with you.
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Blessing of Animals Service
Here in Broadland’s varied habitats, we’re
surrounded by a wealth of animal life and
some of it we own, as pets or as farm or
working animals. We thank God for them at
a special Blessing of Animals Service to be
held at St. Lawrence’s in South Walsham on
Wednesday June 17th at 6.30pm. Please ask
your pets to put this in their diaries now, and
it would be helpful to know if they intend to
come!
Songs of Praise on Ranworth Staithe
On June 28th we’ll be on Ranworth Staithe
for an OPEN AIR SONGS OF PRAISE,
beginning at 10am. Come and join us and
bring something to sit on if you wish. Music
will be led by the Benefice Choir and Acle
St. Edmund Youth Orchestra, so it will be a
lively gathering!
Quiz and Chips Results.
The Quiz and Chips evenings in 2015 raised
£817.50 from the raffle and 50p game
proceeds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
South Walsham Village Hall and The
Salvation Army Toys and Tins Appeal each
received £896.46 from the overall profit.
Many thanks to all the teams who supported
the four evenings and to the helpers and
scorers each night.
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Fairhaven C of E VA Primary School News
During the second half of the Spring term the children
continued to be successful in sporting activities.
A number of our runners who had done well in the
Partnership Cross Country took part in the County
event held at Gresham’s School. All of our pupils
finished in the top half of their field with one of our
Year 5 pupils taking second place.
Our Key Stage One pupils always enjoy the Cluster
Sports Hall Athletics Competition and this year was
no different with the children having a great time and
achieving first place.
Not to be out done, some of our key Stage 2
pupils competed in a recent Partnership Sports
Hall Athletics Competition and took first place by a
considerable margin.
The purchase of new sports hall equipment last year
means all of our children have the opportunity to train
and develop their skills.
The stained glass window, designed by Beech Class
alongside local glass artist Julia Richardson, has
been installed in the school hall and looks fantastic.
This was dedicated in a short ceremony by Reverend
Nick Garrard.
Teaching our children to be safe is always important
and recently Oak Class spent two sessions with
a representative from ChildLine aimed at helping
them to keep themselves safe as they grow more
independent.
Due to ill health Mrs Mallett has retired from her
role as our school crossing patrol. She has served
Fairhaven in so many ways over the last 35 years;
teaching cycling proficiency, helping look after the
school garden, cooking with the children, preserving
the produce and accompanying trips. It is sad that an
injury has meant she has been unable to help during
the last year, and has prevented her from doing so
many of the things she enjoys but we wish her well
in her retirement. To celebrate all she has done for
the school we invited Mrs Mallett to join us for lunch
on Friday 27th February where we gave her a gift
and some flowers and after which she shared her
retirement cake with Oak Class.
Oak Class spent the last three days of term at Holt
Hall for our annual residential trip. On the first day
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the children searched for, and found, fossils on the
beach. The second day was spent undertaking team
challenges and learning some survival skills. One
evening we lit a roaring campfire during which the
children provided their own entertainment singing
songs and playing games. The final activity was an
orienteering exercise which had the children running
around the estate in search of orienteering posts
marked on a map. The children learned new skills
and had a great time.
On the last day of term the rest of the school enjoyed
an Easter Egg Hunt organised by The Friends.
open garden at
The Old House Garden
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Great Yarmouth Food Bank Update
Organisers of the Great Yarmouth Food Bank
are really grateful for the support received from
our parishes and work is continuing to provide
boxes of emergency supplies for people in
our area. A voucher scheme is working well
and those referred through official channels,
such as the JobCentre or social services,
are helped to bridge benefit gaps or alleviate
hardship caused by other financial problems.
The team is particularly keen to have more
of the following basic food items: long-life
fruit juice cartons, UHT or powdered milk,
instant mash and tinned potatoes. There are
also other items which they like to include if
possible, such as deodorant, small packs of
nappies (any size), formula baby milk, baby
wipes, baby food, soap, shampoo, female
sanitary items, razors, tin openers, dog and
cat food and toilet rolls.
Boxes are kept at the back of each church
and contents are regularly collected and
delivered to Great Yarmouth. We have a great
team of volunteers who co-ordinate this in
the Broadside Parishes and our thanks go to
them for their hard work.
Looking ahead — Benefice BBQ
This year’s Summer BBQ will be held on July
20th 7—9pm in The Rectory
Garden. Come
th
January
- 25th(adults
2015
along
and join the18
fun! Tickets
£6.50,
children £2.50) will be on sale in advance
through each church and from Nick and Helen
(01603 270769).
Monday Munch
Towards the end of January this year we began planning our activities for Lent.
I had become very aware of a widening gap between our Sunday worship, which is
generally our most visible form of church, and the communities where we live. Initially
I suggested offering hospitality, food and friendship to anyone who would like to join
us from lunchtime onwards on the 4 Mondays in March.
There was a favourable response to the suggestion from within the church communities
and quickly a team formed – the name Monday Munch was chosen and those involved
became the Monday Munch Bunch. The format of each Monday was the same — a
simple lunch extending into afternoon tea and comprising soup bread and cheese
and hot drinks cakes and scones, which was offered between 12.30 and 4.30. In
addition to the food and drink we had activity tables, a prayer area and background
music. Each week the numbers grew. The greatest number arriving for lunch and
then a steady flow of people throughout the afternoon. We welcomed regulars and a
large number of newcomers – many from around the Deanery and the Benefice, some
holiday makers, walkers and boat owners and families around the school collection
time.
From the second week onwards we catered for around 50 people each week,
frequently having to set extra tables. Many significant conversations and friendships
were formed and secured. All that was provided was freely offered from the whole
community and this was a true and visible sign of Christ being alive and made known
right here amongst the places we call home.
I think the success of the Monday Munch series is a clear indication that we must
continue this outreach in some form – perhaps Monday Munch will become Monthly
Munch. Within the next few weeks I would like to gather the team once more and
explore a way forward. If you have any comments or would like to be part of the next
step please email me at [email protected] or call 01603 270769.
Thank you for helping this happen.
Helen Garrard
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A Prayer
for the
General Election
Loving God,
Thank you for caring about how our country is run, and that we
have the right to vote for our politicians and government.
But in the run-up to this general election there are so many policies
to understand, and so many different points of view to consider.
Sometimes I wonder whether there’s any point in voting,
whether anyone cares what I think.
As I choose who I am going to vote for,
help me not to be cynical about politics and politicians,
help me to remember that my vote can make a difference, and
help me vote for those people who will protect
the poor and vulnerable, and do all they can to make
our nation a place of fairness and peace.
Because you call us to act justly, love mercy
and walk humbly with you, our God.
— Amen
May 3rd
Pray for Nick Garrard, Rector, his wife
Helen, Assistant Priest, and their family.
For election candidates and all who will
vote in the forthcoming election.
May 10th
Give thanks for the involvement of older
people in our parish life. For our links with
Broadlands Park, Upton.
May 17th
Pray for all who visit the sick, troubled or
housebound, sharing Christ’s love through
action. For those taking communion to
residential homes and the housebound.
May 24th
Give thanks to God for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Pray for
our ministry to visitors. For the Ranworth
Boat Rota volunteers, the Committee
and helpers at the Visitor Centre and the
Broads Chaplaincy.
May 31st
Pray for bellringers at South Walsham and
Ranworth.
June 7th
Pray for sidespersons, welcomers and all
who help keep the church and grounds
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clean and in good repair. For our fabric
and churchyard Committees, Friends of St.
Margaret’s, patrons and benefactors.
June 14th
Pray for Village Halls and their committees,
and for the groups who use them.
June 21st
Pray for those who are homeless or
living in poverty and for any who sleep
rough in this area. For The Bridge and The
Well projects in Gorleston, and the Great
Yarmouth Food Bank.
June 28th
Pray for St. Lawrence’s Centre, its
committee, supporters and Friends. For
the promotion of the arts, spirituality and
community events.
July 5th
Pray for Richard Dewing, Reader. For
the Ministry Team and all who read,
lead prayers and assist in our worship,
eucharistic ministers and servers. For
more people to grow
in service and offer
themselves for Reader or
Ordained ministry.
Church Services
BC = Benefice Choir
#= Children’s Activities
May 3rd Fifth Sunday of Easter
Ranworth________________________ 9.30am____ Morning Prayer
Upton___________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
South Walsham_ ________________ 11.00am____ Morning Prayer
Woodbastwick__________________ 11.00am____ Holy Communion
Fishley_ ____________________________ 3pm____ Evensong
May 10th CHRISTIAN AID WEEK BEGINS Sixth Sunday of Easter (Vocations Sunday)
Ranworth________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
Upton___________________________ 9.30am____ Family Service
South Walsham_ ________________ 11.00am____ Holy Communion
Woodbastwick__________________ 11.00am____ Family Service
South Walsham St Lawrences_______ 3–5pm____ Sunday Plus Baptism Party #
May 14th Ascension Day
St Lawrence’s, South Walsham_____ 7.30pm____ Holy Communion BC
May 17th Seventh Sunday of Easter
Ranworth________________________ 8.00am____ Holy Communion
Ranworth________________________ 9.30am____ Family Service
Fishley_ _________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
South Walsham_ ________________ 11.00am____ Family Service and Holy Baptism
Woodbastwick__________________ 11.00am____ Morning Prayer
Upton___________________________ 6.30pm____ Evensong
May 24th Pentecost (Whit Sunday)
Ranworth________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
Upton___________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
South Walsham_ ________________ 11.00am____ Holy Communion
Woodbastwick__________________ 11.00am____ Holy Communion
May 31st Trinity Sunday
Ranworth________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
Upton__________________________ 11.00am____ Benefice Holy Communion
June 7th Trinity 1
Ranworth________________________ 9.30am____ Morning Prayer
Upton___________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
South Walsham_ ________________ 11.00am____ Morning Prayer
Woodbastwick__________________ 11.00am____ Holy Communion
Fishley_ ____________________________ 3pm____ Evensong
June 13th
Panxworth Churchyard______________ 11am____ Service of Thanksgiving and
___________________________________________ Dedication of War Memorial with Bishop Alan
June 14th Trinity 2
Ranworth________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
Upton___________________________ 9.30am____ Family Service
South Walsham_ ________________ 11.00am____ Holy Communion
Woodbastwick__________________ 11.00am____ Family Service
Ranworth________________________ 6.30pm____ Broads Society Evensong
June 17th Trinity 2
St Lawrence’s, South Walsham_____ 6.30pm____ Blessing of Animals Service
June 21st Trinity 3
Ranworth________________________ 8.00am____ Holy Communion
Ranworth________________________ 9.30am____ Family Service
Fishley_ _________________________ 9.30am____ Holy Communion
South Walsham_ ________________ 11.00am____ Holy Communion
Woodbastwick__________________ 11.00am____ Morning Prayer
Upton___________________________ 6.30pm____ Evensong
June 28th Trinity 4
Ranworth Staithe Open Air Service_ __ 10am____ Summer Songs of Praise BC
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Meetings & Village Activities
May
5th Tuesday
2.30pm
6th Wednesday 10.30am
2.30pm
7.30pm
9th Saturday
7.30pm
3-5pm
10th Sunday
11th Monday
7.45pm
19th Tuesday
7.30pm
7.00pm
23rd Saturday
June
2nd Tuesday
2.30pm
3rd Wednesday 10.30am
7.30pm
6th Saturday
7.30pm
14th Sunday
2–5pm
th
7.45pm
15 Monday
16th Tuesday
7.30pm
22ndMonday
7.45pm
Womens’ Fellowship – Upton Village Hall
Hymn Singing at Broadlands Park, Upton
Foodbank Meeting – St.Lawrence’s, South Walsham
South Walsham W.I. – South Walsham Village Hall
Recital: ‘Best of British’ Will Ferguson - St. Lawrence’s
Sunday Plus Baptism Party – St. Lawrence’s, South Walsham
Ministry Team – St. Lawrence’s, South Walsham
Ranworth Ladies Group – The Coffee Shop, The Staithe, Ranworth
“The Nancy Oldfield Trust” with Stephen Bradnock
For further information contact Sue Hitchcock. Tel 01603 270212
Concert: Acle St Edmund Youth Orchestra and Choir – St.
Margaret’s Church, Upton
Womens’ Fellowship – Upton Village Hall
Communion at Broadlands Park, Upton
South Walsham W.I. – South Walsham Village Hall
Concert: Vocality – St. Lawrence’s, South Walsham
Open Garden at The Old House, Ranworth – in aid of Friends of Fairhaven School - See page 4
South Walsham & Upton PCC Meeting – St. Lawrence’s
Ranworth Ladies Group – The Coffee Shop, The Staithe, Ranworth
“The Herring Girls” with Chris Unsworth
For further information contact Sue Hitchcock. Tel 01603 270212
St Lawrence’s Committee – St. Lawrence’s, South Walsham
Parish Council vacancy
We really need someone from Woodbastwick,
or with interests there, to be co-opted onto
the Parish Council after May 13th. I would be
very happy to discuss what is involved if you
can call me on 01603 270212.Sue Hitchcock
St Helen’s Church
Visitors’ Centre
WANTED - P/T Cleaner
Ranworth Visitors’ Centre are looking
for a part time cleaner to work
for one hour each
Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening
during the Summer Season.
For more information please contact:
John Ley on 01603 270158.
(References will be required).
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Concerts 2015
Saturday 9th May, 7.30 pm
Will Fergusson
PIANO
‘The Best of British’
Tickets £12 (£10 friends)
from Prelude Records
Saturday 6th June, 7.30 pm
Vocality
‘Flow not so Fast’
A varied programme of ‘a cappella’ singing
Tickets £10, (£8 friends) on the door
or 01603 270139