Our Sunday Club members have been doing some brilliant and fun activities over the last few weeks. At our recent Children’s Church afternoon at Barton Turf the children learnt more about the hidden treasure that Jesus spoke about. We made our own treasure and then had our own treasure hunt inside the church, and with the prizes being chocolate bars this went down very well! We even had some time at the end to make and eat our own pizzas!At our Sunday Club morning meetings at Neatishead we have looked at how we can be helping hands and we also looked at the story of Noah’s Ark, even finding time to finish with a game of Dobble!All children aged 3-11 are welcome to join us for Children’s Church and Sunday Club; it is completely free with fun games and activities; come along and see what we are doing.
On Saturday 21st September in the NVH there will be an auction of promises to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research and St Peter’s Bell restoration fund. This event will be similar to the hugely successful auction in aid of Parkinson’s Research held in 2019. So please, even at this early stage, contact either myself, Pauline Simpson or Monica Riley. We have already a substantial ‘promise’!? More information to follow. Nick Fowle (nicholas4567fowle@gmail.com) Pauline Simpson (pauline761@btinternet.com) Monica Riley (Monica@applewood.email) Nick Fowle
The day promised to be wet and cold, it was cold but thankfully the rain held off and the temperature did not put people off from visiting the wonderful display of tulips grown by Louis and Fran Baugh at Neatishead Hall and those that provided the tent, plants, lunches, cakes and tombola at The Paddock. Thank you so much to all who helped and came along, which resulted in the magnificent sum realised at just over £1,100. St Peter’s Church has to raise so much money, for urgent repairs as well as just the day to day running expenses, that this amount is so appreciated. Thankyou. Nick & Jane Fowle plus the team
On Sunday 7th April Revd Ben Bradshaw dedicated a Mothers’ Union banner at a service at St Peter’s Church. This original Mothers’ Unionbanner was located by Celia Scott at Norwich Cathedral’s Diocesan Office at Easton in 2015. It was in a very sorry state. Taking advice from MariaJordan, an expert in textile conservation through her work with the Historic Royal Palaces and the National Trust, Monica Riley, a local resident,undertook to stabilize the fragile material. It was then professionally framed and following advice from the Diocese, the banner has been presented to, and hung at, St Peter’s Church in Neatisheadcourtesy of John and Monica Riley, both Friends ofSt Peter’s Church. The PCC presented Monica and John with a small gift to thank them for their generosity and particularly to Monica for her dedication in restoring the banner so beautifully.On behalf of the Children's Society, thank you to those who attended the Crib Service at St Michael's Church Irstead and also at St Michael and All Angels for the Christingle Service, for the amazing, combined donation of £393.