ALPHA CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN CITY A major Alpha course initiative has been launched in Norfolk involving over 40 churches of various denominations. The campaign aims to offer everyone in the UK an opportunity to explore the meaning of life for the millennium and in Norfolk up to 1000 people are expected to attend courses.
PRISONERS FLOCK TO COURSES Prisoners at Norwich jail have been flocking to Alpha courses which introduce people to the Christian faith.
COUNTDOWN TO THE MILLENNIUM What does the end of the second Millennium and the beginning of the third really mean for the Christian church? In this second of a series of special reports, JOHN BREEZE asked a number of Christian leaders in Norwich to give their thoughts.
CALL UNITES CHURCHES Church leaders from across many denominations in the UK have united in a call for a season of prayer and fasting in the weeks leading up to the new millennium.
CELEBRATION IS CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE GOSPEL By Ian Savory, director of Norwich Youth for Christ.
TAKE STOCK, EVALUATE AND CELEBRATE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CHURCH By John Drake, director general of the Norwich YMCA.
CATHEDRAL AT HEART OF CITY By The Rev Canon Pastor Richard Hanmer sees Norwich Cathedral at the centre of the City's Millennium celebrations.
PROJECT TO SERVE THE POOR AND HOMELESS By Goff Hope, pastor of Norwich Community Church.
YOUNG AT HEART Ian Savory is a pioneer who has touched the heart of the youth culture to share the Gospel. He has spent the last nine years as director of Norwich Youth for Christ, helping to form the next generation of Christian leaders.
LIFE IN THE ROYAL NAVY WAS ONE LONG ADVENTURE We begin a new series of readers' personal stories with former sailor Rod Sergeant, a Norwich businessman.
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JUBILEE FESTIVAL PLANNED A bumper four-day Jubilee 2000 Living Water festival is planned near Norwich for the first May bank holiday weekend of the new millennium.
HELPING FAITH TO FLOURISH IN THE WORKPLACE Longer hours and the threat of redundancy makes the workplace increasingly stressful. Hope and encouragement comes from the Norfolk and Waveney Industrial Mission which helps Christians' faith to flourish in the factories and offices where they work as.
TAKING THE GOSPEL ACROSS THE WORLD From schools, hotels, prisons and hospitals to solicitors' offices and Broads' cruisers - you'll find a Gideon Testament just about anywhere. Through the work of the Norwich branch of Gideons International, a dedicated team of volunteers make the gospel available across the city and beyond. It's work that is reaping results.
BOOST FOR NEW UNIT The work of Hebron Trust's new mothers and children unit at Bethany Lodge, Thorpe, has received a boost a few months after opening.
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