ALL SAINTS CHURCH, BEESTON REGIS London Marathon 2022 — As you know, Duncan Baker MP, undertook to run the London Marathon in October and to raise £30,000 for 26 local good causes – being £1,000 each for 25 local charities and £5,000 for the Norfolk Ukrainian Fund. It has taken a month to bank all the cheques, claim the Gift Aid and add up all the donations but Duncan is delighted to announce that he raised a whopping £49,198.37. It means that this year, all 25 nominated local charities, which includes All Saint’s Beeston Regis, will each receive £1,611.14. Duncan would like to thank everyone who donated, supported, and cheered him on. In two years he has raised £87,394.55 for local charities. Irrespective of your political persuasion this is a terrific achievement – Well Done Duncan!
Families & Children, All-Age Services – The All-Age Service takes place on the third Sunday of the month at 11.00am. There is a Children’s Corner in the building which is well used and much enjoyed. Children will be enthusiastically welcomed…and parents, rest assured, your children can be children, at our services! Everyone else is warmly invited too. Do come along and try us out!
AYLMERTOM, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST Carol Service — We look forward to welcoming you to our Carol Service on Sunday 18th December at 3.00pm. We wish you all a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas.
EAST RUNTON, ST ANDREW'S A message from Jean: For our Remembrance Sunday service Pam devised a moving service which was quite well attended. We are continuing to collect for the Cromer and District Food Bank. There is a box just inside the church with a list of things required and some goodies for Christmas, would be nice. If you can help, that would be really appreciated, thank you. Our Christmas Coffee Morning on Saturday, 3rd December will take place in Church from 10.00am to 12 Noon. We will have homemade cakes and mince pies, raffles, tombola and much more. We hope to see you there! Fundraising for 2023 – We shall continue with our Themed Coffee Mornings, but we have decided not to have the bric-a brac and gift stalls, and to only have a raffle, bookstall, refreshments and cakes, with the possibility of a plant stall in the summer months. Dates for the diary 2023: 15th February – Chocolate 12th August – Summer 1st April – Hot Cross Buns 7th October – Harvest 10th June – Spring 9th December – Christmas
Hoping for your continued support. We, at St. Andrew’s, wish you all a very Happy Christmas and many Blessings for the New Year.
WEST RUNTON, HOLY TRINITY Advent Celebration Coffee Morning, Lunch and Stalls – Thank you to all who attended the event on Saturday 26th November. We had been expecting to hold this in December, but circumstances meant that we had to bring the date forward and so we were not able to publicise the event in last month’s Newsletter. However, a good time was had by all! Coffee Mornings – We will not be holding our Coffee Mornings during December, but they will restart on Friday 20th January 2023 at the Church Hall, West Runton from 10.00am to 12 Noon and they will then be held every Friday. So do come along and enjoy a coffee and a chat and help raise some funds! Wishing everyone a Happy and Peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
GRESHAM, ALL SAINTS A message from Helen Hunter: The Friends of All Saints do not have any events planned for December, but we will be providing mince pies and mulled wine or juice after our Carol Service on 15th December at 6.00pm. However, in January we will be holding a Brunch in the Village Hall on Saturday 21st JANUARY between 11.00am and 1.00pm. We will be serving cooked breakfasts with everything available from a bacon roll to a full English. We cater for every diet from vegan to gluten free. A great way to cheer up what can be a gloomy month, so please join us for good food and company. After a suggestion by a resident, we have decided to put abench in the churchyard in memory of Jill Fisher, long time Churchwarden, who recently passed away. If you would like to contribute, please send a cheque, made payable to Friends of All Saints Gresham, c/o Helen Hunter, The Saltings, Holt Road, Gresham, NR11 8AD. Thank you. Wishing everyone in the Benefice a happy and peaceful Christmas.
CONFIRMATION CLASSES Confirmation can be an important part of a lifetime journey of faith as a follower of Jesus Christ. We are thinking of running some confirmation classes and so, if anyone is interested, please let Jeremy know.
LOCAL NEWS
A message from Sheringham and District Philatelic Society: November in Thomas Hood’s poem is full of negatives – “No sun, no moon ....”, but the members of Sheringham and District Philatelic Society responded positively to our November quiz. The good turnout showed detective skills to recall the values of well-known stamps from odd fragments. Multiple choice answers, avoiding humorous red herrings, and more straightforward tests of knowledge, allowed everyone to contribute. Our next meetings are Monday 12th December (Competition and Buffet) and our January “sales” on Monday 9th January – a chance to have a clear out and grab bargains. The meetings, are at West Runton Church Hall, starting at 19:30. New faces will be welcome!