Survey reveals church social action Christian
volunteers in Norwich provide a remarkable 154,555 hours of social action
services within the city every year absolutely free.
Christian trust launched to back dreams A new
Christian community trust is being launched in Norwich to support
inter-denominational community projects across the city.
YMCA set for new city hostel Plans have been
revealed to move the Norwich YMCA to a modern state-of-the-art hostel on the
site of the Surrey Street bus station.
Schools work celebrated by Clarke Education
Secretary of State Charles Clarke has helped Norwich YMCA to celebrate the
success of its rapidly expanding schools programme.
International city welcome Helping to
welcome international students to Norwich and make them feel at home in their
new world is Angela Leeding of Friends International.
Planning boost for youth venue Plans
for a £2.5m youth venue in the heart of Norwich were given a big boost on
September 4 when the Lind Trust was given planning consent.
Community concert attracts 1000 Oak Grove
Chapel staged its third free annual community concert in July and attracted over
1000 people.
Dinner party Alpha launch Five hundred people
have been invited to dinner at Norwich Cathedral to join former cabinet minister
Jonathan Aitken for the launch of the Alpha course.
President visits Chinese church The
president of the Methodist Churches in Hong Kong visited Norfolk's only Chinese
congregation in Norwich recently.
Christian Aid in action Norfolk Christian Aid
volunteer and author Jill Wright from Mulbarton has just returned from a trip to
Brazil with the development charity to discover what it is doing.
Sunday for disabled Christian groups Sunday
September 28 is Disability Ministry Sunday. To mark the event we take a look at
a number of Christian organisations which cater for the needs of disabled people
in the Church.
New minister for Proclaimers
Proclaimers International church, based at Drayton Hall near Norwich, has
appointed a new minister.
Record-breaking festival
A record-breaking number of families were 'Hungry for God' during August and
attended the Living Water 2003 Festival held for five days near Norwich.
Hospital bookshop launch
A new bookshop has been launched at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
to sell Christian literature, cards, CDs and videos as well as fairly-traded
craft goods.
New drop-in centre is on cue
A new drop-in youth centre has opened at Mousehold in Norwich thanks to a
partnership between Norwich Youth for Christ and local churches.
Nursing role for chaplain
The head chaplain at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is well
qualified for the job as he is both a trained minister and a trained nurse.
Diary dates A guide to what’s happening in and around Norwich this autumn.
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