May 2004

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News from Alby, Aldborough, Calthorpe, Erpingham, Ingworth, Thwaite & Thurgarton

CHURCH SERVICES

Holy Communion unless marked. M = matins. E = evensong.

WEEKDAY SERVICES

FROM THE RECTOR
These words contain a special invitation to come and share in an open air celebration of Holy Communion on Aldborough Green. On Sunday 30th May, Whitsunday, at ten o'clock in the morning the six parish churches of this benefice and the congregation of Prince Andrew's Chapel are jointly hosting this special event - Christians coming together to affirm that which is good, the Spirit of God which empowers and gives life.
It is right when good things draw us together in celebration, for community life depends on the interaction of all, where each has his or her own gifts and experiences.
Irrespective of whether you are a regular worshipper in one of our churches, this event is designed for all. In that spirit these words are written and the invitation made.
On a practical note, no-one will need to stand, there will be ample seating, and if, just if, the sun doesn't shine and the rain decides to fall, we shall transfer without fuss to the Aldborough Community Centre which has been booked in reserve - just in case!
Fr Brian

FROM THE REGISTERS
Funerals
At St Faith's Crematorium
(& St Mary's Erpingham) 7th April Gilbert Lee
At St Mary's Erpingham 8th April Hilda Dennis

TRAILBLAZERS
Welcome to any primary school age child ñ Bible stories, craft activities and songs
Sunday 9th May, Christian Aid theme at 11.00 in the Church Room on Aldborough Green.
(Other dates this term will be 13th June and 11th July.)

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A QUIET DAY for this benefice has been arranged at the Julian Centre in Norwich on Saturday 12th June, to be conducted by the Revd David Spicer. The little church of St Julian is one of Norwich's gems, in its own oasis of calm between Rouen Road and King Street. Mother Julian was a mystic in the 14th century: her 'Reflections on Divine Love' is credited with being the first book in English written by a woman. (20th century feminists were not the first to refer to God as Our Mother!) After the last visit from these parishes a contributor from Ingworth wrote for 'In Touch' that she had felt "encased in a bubble of timeless serenity ... far removed from the usual worries and trivia of everyday living ...with a clearer, more balanced perspective and a greatly enriched, strengthened, sense of purpose." Mother Julian herself wrote, "All shall be well, all shall be most wonderfully well".
Places are limited because of the size of the building: if you want to come contact the Rector without delay. 01263 768073.

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP will be having an outing on Tuesday 25th May. To find out more ring Pauline Hill on 01263 768738.

IT'S YOUR CALL! You and your vocation - Come and explore where God might be calling you. There will be speakers on a variety of ministries on Saturday 2nd May, 10.30 - 3.30 at St Andrew's Parish Church and Hall, Eaton. Free of charge including a light lunch.
Details from the Diocesan Director of Ordinands, Canon Michael Kitchener, 01603 630934, e-mail makitche@fish.co.uk .

ALDBOROUGH GARDEN CLUB
All are welcome to the next meeting, on Thursday 20th May, at 7.30 in the Church Room.
Mrs Ward will give a practical demonstration of Container gardening.

ALDBOROUGH ALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION So much activity over the Easter weekend! There should be a bumper number of entries in the vegetable section at this year's Flower Show.

ALDBOROUGH & THURGARTON WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
On Wednesday 19th May in the Church Room - but not the ordinary monthly meeting. Come to lunch, 12.00 for 12.30, and then debate the resolutions to be discussed at the national meeting this year.
The monthly competition is to see how many words you can make from the letters in 'Denman College'. (For those who don't know, Denman College is the WI's own residential college which provides an astonishing range of short courses, as well as an opportunity to meet other WI members from different parts of the country.)

Another WI event in May:
Aldborough & Thurgarton WI
invite everyone to a
COFFEE MORNING
&
SILENT AUCTION
on Saturday 29th May, from 10.00 to 12.30
in the Church Room on Aldborough Green

All proceeds for the Church Room refurbishment fund
Any items for the auction will be gladly received - please bring them on the day
(No furniture, no clothing - otherwise try anything, with a reserve if you wish)
For further information contact Jean Wheeler on 768280

ALDBOROUGH PARISH COUNCIL
The next meeting will be the AGM of the Parish Council on Monday 10th May at 7.30 in the Community Centre.
Following the resignation of Mrs Mary-Claire Marriott, Hayley Birch has been co-opted on to the Parish Council for the remainder of the current term.
Wheelie bins, the groan of the year, are coming, like them or not. NNDC have sent a representative around to those who doubted their physical ability to deal with them and other options can be negotiated. In the meanwhile, plastic can now be put in the recycling bags, but not plastic bags.
Please continue to use the recycling bins by Wright's garage for paper and glass. There is a benefit for the Parish Council, about £250 each year.

ALDBOROUGH COMMUNITY CENTRE
AGM on Thursday 6th May at 7.30. Please come along, find out about plans for improvements, and when a new committee has been elected, let them know what you would like them to do.

CAR BOOT SALE on ALDBOROUGH GREEN
Saturday 15th May, 9.00 - 1.00in aid of Aldborough Over 60s
£4 for a pitch - phone 01263 768045 or 761452

Village Care AGM
Village Care exists for all residents of Aldborough and other villages in a 5 mile radius.
Find out more about what it does and how it is financed on
Thursday 13th May at 7.30
at the AGM to be held in Aldborough Church Room, followed by
'Cycling to Santiago'
Dr Philip Wood and Roger Hennessey
will describe how they battled over the mountains of the Pyrenees in an exhausting cycle trip to Santiago de Compostela, the famous place of Christian pilgrimage in north west Spain.
There will be wine and cheese refreshments too.

PAINTING COURSE
Come along to a local FREE course and learn about painting!
Wednesdays 9th, 16th and 30th June and 7th July
From 10am to 12noon
at Aldborough Community Centre, The Green, Aldborough
Places are limited so it's important to book in good time. For further information or to book a place please contact Lara Williamson on 07766 863167, or Reepham Learning Community on 01603 308133.

ALDBOROUGH VILLAGE HISTORY SOCIETY
The necessary business of an AGM will not take up much time on Friday 21st May at 7.30 in the Church Room, so there will be time for two other items.
Keith Entwistle will be coming to tell us how his work as an editor of local histories is developing at Holt (where there is currently an exhibition of photos and memorabilia at the Picturecraft Gallery), and John Snape will show one of his recent local wildlife videos.
There will be an opportunity to find out about the work we have been doing this winter, and of course there will be refreshments.

ERPINGHAM WITH CALTHORPE COMMUNITY PLAY AREA
The Play area is now finished and the village has a safe place for children and teenagers to play and parents and grandparents to meet. We hope that you will all enjoy it. Please respect it and also take your litter home.
On Saturday 15th May the play area will be officially opened by Norman Lamb, M.P at 3.00pm and we would like to invite all the children of the villages (Mums, Dads and Grandparents too) to come and join us in the celebration.
There will be a Bouncy Castle, Refreshments, Face Painting, etc
come and join in the fun. We look forward to seeing you all.

ERPINGHAM with CALTHORPE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
On Wednesday 26th May at 7.30 in the Village Hall Mrs Gloria Daines will talk about Life and Fashion in the 1940s, with a display of clothes from this era.

ERPINGHAM with CALTHORPE VILLAGE HALL
200 Club recent results:
£10 £5
1-3-04 36 Katie Payne 69 K.Matthews
8-3-04 153 J.Witham 15 J.Sizeland
15-3-04 87 S.Burrell 82 H.Payne
22-3-04 187 J.Clarke 156 G.Craske

ERPINGHAM with CALTHORPE PARISH COUNCIL
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held in the Village Hall on Wednesday 12th May at 7.30
This will be followed by the AGM of the Parish Council. All are invited to attend.
There will be a vacancy on the Council as the Chairman, the Revd Brian Faulkner, has indicated that he will be standing down after many years' service.
The Parish Council wishes to thank all those who returned the survey of the Parish Plan.

ROWING MATT
Ingworth resident Matt Boreham has successfully completed his row across the Atlantic in 83 days! He has come 3rd in the solo race he was competing in and is only the 10th solo rower ever to row between the Canaries and Barbados solo and unaided! He also now holds the record for rowing the smallest purpose built Atlantic rowing boat across an ocean.
Matt is in good shape, though hungry, and would like to thank all his supporters and hopes to be home by the end of April (crossing the Atlantic by plane this time).
CONGRATULATIONS TO MATT on his magnificent achievement!
One of Matt's aims was to draw attention to the National Blood service, so we are pleased to announce that there will be a mini Blood Mobile Session in the Aldborough Community Centre Car Park on Monday 14th June, from 1.00pm, with the last donors arriving at 7.00.

WOLTERTON PARK
Sunday 9th May.
Organic Garden Day with Barker Organics.(£2)
Hall open, 1.00 - 4.00, for a 'Reminiscence Day'
Old photographs, documents, all your memories.
Hall £3 (free for past employees).

NORWICH CATHEDRAL inspiration for the future PROJECT
The new Refectory is now up and running, a lovely building, fitting into the old herbgarden next to the cloister with modern strength and elegance. There is a lift, and there are new loos, so creature comforts are now well looked after. The new Library will soon be open with a Reading Room for public use. Borrowing rights for the more modern books will be available for a modest annual subscription.

PRAYER VIGIL 2004, NORWICH CATHEDRAL
11th June, 10.00pm - 6.00am, organised by Living Water.
Various speakers during the night and early morning Communion. More details from the Living Water Office 01760 441441

AND THEN THERE WERE 11!
"Thou shalt not be negative!" might seem a contradiction in terms, but the Methodist Church has decreed that henceforth this shall be the eleventh commandment. Together with the satirical Christian website, ShipofFools.com, the Methodists promoted a competition by way of thousands of beermats in pubs throughout the country. Over 2000 text messages came back. Others shortlisted were: "Thou shalt not worship false pop idols", "Thou shalt not kill in the name of any God", "Thou shalt not confuse text with love" and "Thou shalt not consume thine own bodyweight in fudge". (This last is reputed to have been sent in by the Vicar of Dibley.) The student who thought up the pop idol one said:"There are celebrities who do nothing ... the golden calves of today. They do not serve any purpose other than to be idolised." The Methodist spokesman was delighted that there were so many having 'Moses moments': "People are interested in talking about values and spiritual issues, even on a night out."

THANKS for donations recently received from readers in Erpingham and from an anonymous reader, a regular visitor to Thwaite Common, 'one of the most interesting grasslands in Norfolk. The orchids when out are a sight to behold.' But this reader goes on, 'Sadly the sight of redundant cars, scrap iron, gates and rotten hay is a slight on the wonderful outlook for the residents and visitors like myself.' He/she asks for these comments to be published to encourage some action.

THE NEXT ISSUE Copy please by Monday, 17th May.
Editor: Ruth Bayes, Chesterfield House, The Green, Aldborough, Norwich NR11 7AA. 01263 768063.
bayesaldborough@supanet.com