Leaders: Bishop Matthew Parker

Preacher: Bishop Matthew Parker This is the annual Parker sermon, set up in 1567 by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Matthew Parker, who married Margaret Harleston at All Saints, Mattishall on the 24th June 1547. This year, and for the first time since they were initiated, we have his namesake coming – Bishop Matthew Parker, Bishop of Stafford. Today's Matthew (57) trained for ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, after studying at Manchester and Cambridge Universities. Following ordination in 1988, Matthew served as curate in Twickenham, London, before various roles in Stockport, including school chaplain and team vicar. He moved to the Diocese of Lichfield in 2000 as Team Rector in Leek, before becoming Archdeacon of Stoke-upon-Trent in 2013. Matthew is married to Sarah and they have three grown-up children. They keep a Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Bruno. Matthew plays the electric guitar when no one else is around, loves to read and listens to blues and Americana. He says more about himself and his calling in this video, which dates from when he was made Bishop of Stafford, That video can be seen HERE. Please do come to this service, which will be Evening Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer.

Please come along to support Tori and her family in this important time for her as Tori will be licensed by the Bishop of Lynn to mark the formal start of her curacy in our benefice.

The service of Evening Prayer will be led by Bishop Jane and Catherine, Archdeacon of Lynn, will be preaching.

This Sunday's benefice service will be dedicated to Christians Against Poverty, CAP.  Keith Pickersgill is coming from CAP HQ to explain, biblically, the reason for CAP and how lives have been transformed by the provision of debt counselling and how it releases people from poverty and despair. 

You are all most welcome to come and it would be good to see you all there.

TICKETS (FREE) ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT https://tinyurl.com/rompOT

Following on from the success of the "Walking in New Testament sandals" day in October, we have booked Sue Woan for another workshop, this time a "Romp through the Old Testament".

Interested in coming? Have a chat with someone who came to the "Walking in New Testament sandals" day to see what they thought of it.

If you came to "Walking in New Testament sandals" and found it helpful, enjoyable and interesting, do tell other people about it and invite them along to this.

This will be an inter-active day of exploration, new insights and fun led by the Revd Dr Sue Woan,

Absolutely NO previous knowledge of the Old Testament required but please bring a Bible and a pen.

All other materials will be provided. Bookstall available with useful resources.

You are guaranteed to laugh….to learn…..and to long for more!

To quote Sue, "Through a series of fun activities discover how the geography, the history, the developing theology of the writers and key on-going themes shaped the Hebrew Scriptures."

EASTER FAMILY FUN DAY
SATURDAY 8TH APRIL

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, MATTISHALL

EASTER TRAIL AROUND MATTISHALL
· Collect your Easter trail sheet from the
Mattishall Church porchway between
10.00 am - 12 noon and bring your completed
trail sheet back for the afternoon.

EASTER ACTIVITIES AFTERNOON — 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm
· Easter craft and refreshments.
· Interactive Easter story with action songs.
· Prize giving for Easter trail.
Further details please contact
Church Office 01362 858873 or
Email: sue.cossey@matvchurch.uk

The Walk of Witness will start at 11.00 again this year. Details to follow.

Dear friends,

In 2019 Fiona and I hosted a Maundy Thursday Supper at ASM, which seemed to go well. However for obvious reasons we were unable to do it in 2020-2022, so we are planning it again this year.

It will be at All Saints Mattishall on Maundy Thursday (April 6^th) at 6pm and is an informal communion service with a light supper (soup, salad, cheese and ham) and set of meditative readings as we reflect on the Last Supper.

Fiona will be catering, so will be grateful to know if you are hoping to come. Please contact her at fmccaghrey@hotmail.com by 9am Wednesday 5^th April, giving her any dietary requirements. We will be over-catering, so don’t worry if you haven’t signed up, but if you think you are likely to come please do let her know so we can get the amounts right.

If you like to know roughly what it will look like before you come, then please see  the schedule for 2019 that Mark sent round by email. The readings and songs will be different this year, but the general format will be the same.

With every blessing,

Mark

We are having another "Quiet Morning" in All Saints, Mattishall on Saturday 11th March 2023. It will include Scripture-led meditation, a creative space, a reflective space and a prayer path.

We have had two of these quiet mornings over the last year and people have found them very helpful, giving people an opportunity to get away from the hussle bussle of our daily lives and spend time with God. Do please come if you can.

On Saturday 28th January we are having the follow up to our previous Parish Day. We have drawn up all the responses from the previous day (as posted by everyone on Post-its) and will be working through them together before we pray and plan what to do as a result. If you an ASM person, please do come and along and take part if you possibly can. This is really important.
Please remember to bring a packed lunch as we shall be eating together at the end of the session.

Do join us for the Christmas Fun Afternoon at All Saints', Mattishall. There will be lots of famiy fun, crafts, games, refreshments and more. Entry is free.

Father Christmas will be in his grotto (£3 per child).

Aftewards, there will be refreshments and Christmas songs on the village green from 4pm, followed by the switching on the of the Christmas tree lights at 5pm

Ladies, do join us for our monthly benefice ladies' prayer breakfast. Please note that the date of this event has been pushed back by a week as the normal date would clash with the Christmas Fayre in ASM.

If you can, please let Patricia know beforehand that you are coming along.

On Saturday we have our monthly session of Who Let The Dads Out? running from 9.00 to 10.30. WTLDO is a group for dads (and other male carers) and their kids aged from zero to school year 2. We have shedloads of toys for the kids and dads can join in too with ones like (magnetic) darts, table football, air hockey, a large Jenga and a large Connect 4. We have bacon rolls and snacks for the kids as well as unlimited drinks (decent coffee included). The cost is £1.50 if one kiddie accompanies the dad or £2 total for families of more than one kiddie attending. Food and drinks are free.

We would love to see you there on Saturday. Come along at whatever time you want and stay for as long or as short a time as you want as well. If you have any queries, do contact Alan Cossey on 01362 857904 or alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk.

You are warmly invited to this year's Christmas Fayre at All Saints' Church, Mattishall. There will be gifts and homemade crafts, cakes, refreshments and light lunches.

Do join us for our annual fun Bright Party on Monday 31st October at ASM from 5 pm to 6.30 pm. There is no entry charge!

All ages are welcome, with us aiming the activities mainly at children of primary school age. There will be free refreshments, games, crafts, sweets and treats.

Ladies, do join us for our monthly benefice ladies' prayer breakfast. 

If you can, please let Patricia know beforehand that you are coming along.

A Women's Day for the East of England

Speakers: Becky Harcourt and Julia Chamberlin

Join us for an opportunity to pray and worship, to be challenged, encouraged and inspired to experience God's power.

You are warmly invited to join in a day specifically for women from the East of England on Saturday 22nd October in All Saints' Church, Mattishall, Dereham, Norfolk.

The Day:

Venue:

All Saints' Church is situated in the centre of Mattishall on Church Plain (NR20 3QF) off the A47. The precise location of the entrance to the church can be seen at https://what3words.com/procures.perfectly.pavilions. More details on the best places to park will be given here nearer the time. If you need to park close to the church, please email sue.cossey@matvchurch.uk

Cost:

£15.00 (includes drinks)

(Students/senior citizens/concessions £10)

Please bring your own lunch.

To book:

Book online HERE.

Alternative, download the booking form from HERE.

If paying by cheque, please make cheques payable to "Mattishall PCC" and return to Church Office, Dereham Road, Mattishall, NR20 3QA.

Enquiries:

Email womensday@matvchurch.uk

Ring the church office on 01362 858873 or Sue Cossey on 01362 857904.

Times and details may be subject to change

Please note that today's planned breakfast has been cancelled. The next one will take place on Saturday 29th October.

On Saturday 1st October we continue our Who Let The Dads Out? group. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 2 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out. 

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like.. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

This event will be led by Rev. Dr. Sue Woan, who has a gift of bringing the New Testament alive. It will be an interactive day of exploration, new insights and FUN, including walking in the footsteps of Jesus.

Through interactive presentations, discover how geography, politics, festivals and the individual perspectives of Matthew, Mark Luke and John have resulted in 4 gospels. The day includes a unique visit to ‘Churches Together in Rome’ and a personal encounter with St Paul!

No previous knowledge of the New Testament is required, but please bring a bible if you can (we will have some available to borrow as well). Sandals are optional!

The event is free, though any donations would be welcome. Bring your own lunch. Drinks will be provided throughout the day.

Please book in advance  at Walking in New Testament sandals Tickets, Sat 24 Sep 2022 or contact our church office or the Vicar, Mark McCaghrey, on 01362 850971. Alternatively, sign up on the list at the back of All Saint's, Mattishall.

Please also let us know if you need handouts in large print. We have a loop system in ASM on the north side (marked up, but please ask if it is unclear).

The event starts at 9.30 (drinks) for a prompt 10.00 start. We expect to finish at about 15.00.

UPDATE: If you are unable to get along to our session,  you may be interested to learn that Sue Woan will be running a similar session at St Edwards Church, Lammas Road, Badersfield, NR10 5LG the following Saturday 1st October with the same time details. For their event, please contact Mother Shawn Marie on 07788420813 or email mthrshawntomlinson@gmail.com.

UPDATE 2: If you have asked to be able to park near the church, you should already have received notification of where you can best park (the church rooms car park). For those of you who are ASM regulars and have not asked to be able to park right near the church, would you please avoid using the church rooms car park. There is street parking as usual, but The Swan pub have kindly said we can also use their car park at the top end of Burgh Lane. This can be seen at https://what3words.com/leathers.captures.panel. If you use that car park, we suggest you then use the entrance to ASM’s churchyard on the Dereham Road side of the church at https://what3words.com/writers.requiring.market.

Owing to the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elisabeth, this event has been postponed so that the church will be available for those in our local community who wish to mourn her death.

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As explained at both ASM services on Sunday 14th August and in Mark's follow up email, we have decided it would be better to hold this "Parish Day" at ASM itself in order to make it as easy as possible for people to come and take part. Again, as Mark explained, we will now be providing lunch for all participants.

Please sign up at the back of ASM if you haven't already done so so that we know who will be coming and who we need to order lunches for.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

The annual sponsored bike ride takes place on Saturday 10th September this year. Details can be found at Bike Ride & Walk - The Norfolk Churches Trust. Please see the link for details about times, locations, etc.

Please note that this clashes with the very important Away Day for the Mattishall congregations. We do hope that people in the benefice other than from ASM will be able to support this.

Ladies, do join us for our monthly benefice ladies' prayer breakfast. 

If you can, please let Patricia know beforehand that you are coming along.

I'm afraid we are having to cancel our Who Let The Dads Out? session due on Saturday 6th August due to a double-booking of ASM. I'm really sorry about this.

We'll be meeting as normal again on Saturday 3rd September, so looking forward to seeing everyone then.

Leaders:

With picnic at the vicarage afterwards. Please bring your own food, drink and something to sit on.

Ladies, do join us for our monthly benefice prayer breakfast. Note the change of date.

If you can, please let Patricia know beforehand that you are coming along.

On Saturday 1st July we continue our Who Let The Dads Out? group. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 2 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out. 

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like.. The cost is £2 per family group per session. Normally, we meet on the 1st Saturday of the month, but this month we are meeting on the 2nd Saturday due to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations taking place over the 1st weekend of June.

We do hope you can join us!

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs on Saturday for about an hour.

If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

On Saturday 11th June we continue our Who Let The Dads Out? group. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 2 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out. 

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like.. The cost is £2 per family group per session. Normally, we meet on the 1st Saturday of the month, but this month we are meeting on the 2nd Saturday due to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations taking place over the 1st weekend of June.

We do hope you can join us!

Do join us for a Quiet Morning on  Saturday, 28th May 2022 from 10.00 am  to 12.30pm at  All Saints’ Church, Mattishall
 
Come as you are for the whole morning or just for a short while.

Reflective spaces, creative spaces, prayer path or just be still.

‘Be still and know that I am God’  Psalm 46:10

Ladies, do join us for our monthly benefice prayer breakfast this Saturday. If you can, please let Patricia know beforehand that you are coming along.

Do please join us for our communion service to celebrate the ascension of Jesus.

Leaders:

Please do come along to hear Michael Volland speak. Michael is Principle of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, which, amongst other things, trains future vicars in a truly biblical manner.

More details to follow.

More details to follow.

Apologies to all. This month's ladies' breakfast has had to be cancelled. The next one will be on Saturday 30th April.

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs on Saturday for about an hour. 

If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

This year it has been prepared by the women of the England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the theme of "I know the plans I have for you" from Jeremiah 29 v 1 - 14 reflecting on some of the issues facing us today.  We hope to hold the service in person this year and would appreciate offers from women to take part and read from the set service booklet.  If you are willing to assist please contact me by Monday 24th January so that we can organise the readers and make arrangements for a practice later in February.

All are welcome to attend on the day.

Thanking you

Eileen Browne

This year's World Day of Prayer service will take place at Mattishall Methodist Church.

For more details about the day of prayer generally, do have a look at www.wwdp.org.uk.

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs on Saturday for about an hour. 

If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

Ladies are cordially invited to the monthly ladies' prayer breakfast. It would help Triicia if you can let her know beforehand, but it is not essential.

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs on Saturday 15th for about an hour. We normally meet on the 2nd Saturday of each month, but we have had to move it back a week this month due to New Year's Day being on a Saturday this month and affecting another event.

If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

‘Come with Me  by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.’   Mark 6:31b 

The Advent Quiet Morning is an opportunity to take some time out during this busy season. The morning will be centred on reflecting on scripture followed by some personal quiet time where you can engage with God in reflective and creative spaces, explore the thought provoking  Prayer Walk or simply rest in His presence.

If you've never been on a retreat, the Quiet Morning is a good place to explore what that would be like. 
You don’t have to stay for the whole morning, but you’ll get the most out of your time if you’re there from the start. 
Some find it helpful to bring a notebook or journal. 
We hope to see you there. 

If you are a bloke, you are cordially invited to join us for chat, witty banter and good food at Tabnabs this coming Saturday for about an hour. If you can let Alan know beforehand that you are coming, it would help as we let Tabnabs know how many we expect to come, but it is not essential.

Lots of family fun - crafts, games, refreshments and more. Free entry.

You will find Father Christmas in his grotto in the church between 2.30pm and 3.45pm (£3 per child), followed by refreshments and Christmas songs on Mattishall village green at 4pm with the switching on of the Christmas tree lights at 5pm.

Gifts and homemade crafts, cakes, refreshments and light lunches.

Free entry.

Our annual quiet, reflective service with an opportunity to light a candle in memory of loved ones.

There will be light refreshments after the service.

Our annual Remembrance Sunday service will start at 10.40 on the village green in Mattishall. After the 2 minutes' silence there, the service will continue in All Saints' Church. Please do join us for refreshments after the service.

Sunday 14th November, Remembrance Sunday
Come for an Act of Remembrance.

East Tuddenham, 10.30 at All Saints
Hockering, 10.30 at St. Michael’s
Mattishall, 10.40 on the Village Green
North Tuddenham, 10.50 on the drive
Welborne, 10.30 at All Saints
Yaxham, 10.45 at St. Peter’s

Monday 15th November to Saturday 20th November
Find peace in the tranquillity of your parish churches
Come in and sit or pray. There will be symbols available to help you remember, mourn and hope.

East Tuddenham, All Saints open 10am to 4pm
Hockering, St. Michael’s open 10am to 4pm
Mattishall, Key available from Victoria Stores (Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday)
North Tuddenham, unavailable owing to tower works 
Welborne, open 10am to 4pm
Yaxham, St. Peter’s, open 9am to 4pm

Sunday 21st November
East Tuddenham, 10.30 at All Saints
Hockering, 10.30 at St. Michael’s
Mattishall, 9:00 at All Saints (traditional)
                 10.30 at All Saints (contemporary)
North Tuddenham, unavailable owing to tower works
Welborne, 9:00 at All Saints
Yaxham, 10.30 at St. Peter’s
And our Annual Bereavement Memorial Service at 4pm at All Saints, Mattishall.

The monthly Benefice Ladies' Prayer Breakfast restarts this Saturday at Patricial Menaul's house, with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. All ladies are welcome!

Drop In is restarting this coming Thursday 23rd September at 10 a.m., rather than 9.30 as we used to do.

Do join us if you can. We will be meeting in ASM itself rather than the church rooms as we think the church building is more welcoming. Do come along and let us know what you think.

If you have any questions, please do contact Liz Hunton or the church office.

Leaders: Ian Bentley

This service is for all the benefice as part of Archdeacon Ian's visit to our benefice as a whole. As long as the weather holds, there will be a picnic at Mark and Fiona's afterwards. Mark and Fiona will supply drinks, but please bring your own food, seating and, if you so wish, your own drinks. We think this is the safest way, Covid-wise, to run things at present.

As long as the weather is OK that day, we will be holding a benefice service on Mattishall village green. If the weather is not good enough, there will two services in ASM, at 9.00 and 10.30.

So, if the weather is OK, we get a chance to not wear masks and sing together!

We will be having a joint worship service with music from both the organ and worship group, lasting about 60 mins. At the end of the service there will be a presentation of the R&R project getting underway at ASM. We expect this latter part to last an additional 45 minutes (or so).

Leaders: Mark McCaghrey

If you have a personal reflection to offer about Prince Philip, please pass it onto Mark on mark.mccaghrey@matvchurch.uk before the service.

Do join us for a carol service with traditional carols.

Collect your free gift bag at All Saints' Church, Mattishall Tuesday 22nd December 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Contains everything you need to make a Christingle and much more, including details of the Mattishall Christmas trail (for Yaxham and Hockering these can be found in those churche's porches).

For Mattishall (Yaxham and Hockering are similar)... 

Your Christmas mission, should you wish to accept it, is to find 23 letters and 3 numbers which have been placed on Angel posters in windows. Your route will start from Church Plain taking the safe pathway across to the main Dereham Road towards The Swan, down Burgh Lane as far as Back Lane, along and into Parker’s Road and back round towards the Church Office.

Once all the letters and numbers have been spotted, you will need to use your decoding skills and rearrange them to complete an important message.

Feel free to submit your completed task by 31st December to email contact@matvchurch.uk to go into a prize draw. We would love to share a photo of you and your family enjoying this Christmas mission, with your permission, on social media.

Please join us for our Remembrance Service on Zoom this coming Remembrance Sunday.  The Zoom Meeting will open from at least as early as 10.30 (with the service itself starting at 10.45). Please do join the Zoom Meeting well ahead of the start of the service if at all possible. Connection details are the usual

Directly from HERE.

or manually in Zoom using

Meeting ID: 834 0140 0096

Password: 858873

To join by phone, please ring one of the following numbers. When prompted, enter the meeting ID followed by #, when prompted for a participant ID just enter #, then finally when prompted enter the password followed by #

• 0203 481 5237
• 0203 481 5240
• 0131 460 1196
• 0203 051 2874

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Alan Cossey at alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk.

Dear friends,

I hope you will be able to join Andrea on Saturday and Sunday. I, for one, am also looking forward to breaking the fast of taking communion, and am thrilled that it will be Andrea who is presiding as we do so.

If you are able to join us on the (socially distanced) pilgrimage, that would be wonderful. So to help you please find copy our routes HERE and times across the benefice. We hope it is self-evident.

Above all, please do pray for Andrea at this very special time for her.

With every blessing,

Mark

Hi friends,

After the success of the last two coffee mornings hosted by Mark and Fiona we will be holding another one this week along the same lines.

Please feel free to join me on Zoom on Wednesday morning this week (10^th June) from 10.00 am for about an hour for a virtual coffee morning,   Do bring along your coffee/tea and any other additional goodies and join us for a time of meeting up and chatting together.  It will be lovely to see as many of you as possible so do join me if you can. 

Details are as follows

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84479552415?pwd=ZjlBK1EyakhiZDdMUzBKbUZUaVY0Zz09

Meeting ID: 844 7955 2415

Password: 451623

Look forward to seeing you.

Best wishes,

Sue Cossey

Mattishall and Tudd Valley Benefice is hosting the Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences, and Parker Preacher for 2020, Revd Dr. Andrew Davison at a Webinar on Zoom.

In his will in 1575, Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury to Elizabeth I, and Norfolk born, established the Parker Sermon – an annual sermon given on Rogation Sunday in Thetford and Mattishall by an appointee of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge with the purpose of education and edification.

This year, the Parker Preacher is the Dean of Corpus Christi College, and Starbridge Lecturer, Andrew Davison. In his life experience, Andrew bridges both Science and Theology. Andrew read Chemistry in the 1990s followed by a DPhil in Biochemistry. After ordination, he completed a PhD in philosophical theology at Cambridge, followed by ministry, teaching, lecturing and writing at Oxford and Cambridge, laterly moving to Cambridge and then taking up the position of Dean of Chapel at Corpus Christi in 2019.

His wide ranging career includes his year as a fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey, on a NASA-sponsored programme to consider the implications for human society and self-understanding of life elsewhere in the universe, examining the significance of such 'exobiology' for the main aspects of the Christian faith and his book “Participation in God: A Study in Christian Doctrine and Metaphysics”, published in 2019.

As an expression of Matthew Parker’s vision for his sermon series, Andrew will be giving an illustrated webinar on 9^th June 2020, on the topic of mutualism, or cross-species cooperation, another area of research for him. This webinar is free and open to all and will be held via Zoom on 9^th June 2020 at 7:30pm, with the Zoom meeting ID of 883 7386 3056 and password of 563198.

From now on our Sunday Morning Services can be joined from https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83401400096?pwd=REJTTmlPUHlveHhSbmhBQURucHJnZz09

Meeting ID: 834 0140 0096

Password: 858873

To join by phone, please ring one of the following numbers. When prompted, enter the meeting ID followed by #, when prompted for a participant ID just enter #, then finally when prompted enter the password followed by #

• 0203 481 5237
• 0203 481 5240
• 0131 460 1196
• 0203 051 2874

This week we have a special preacher, Dr. Andrew Davison, who is Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and Fellow and Director of Studies in Theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Andrew has a PhD in Natural Sciences and also in Theology and will be speaking on part of Paul's speech in Acts 17 where he tells us that all humans are descended from one stock. He describes his talk as a "feel good" talk.

To join us from 9:45 onwards, ready for our service, which starts at 10:00, please click HERE.

Leaders:

On Sunday 12th April, Easter Day, at 10:00 (gathering from 9:45) we will be having a Celebration Service with Breaking of Bread (https://zoom.us/j/224497494?pwd=TllUOE5qNHRadHpTQ1ZnQlIwZ0puQT09) Our circumstances may be peculiar or even heartbreaking, but Jesus is still Risen, so we will be gathering via Zoom for a service of praise and celebration on Easter Day. This service will be similar to our previous acts of Sunday Worship using Zoom, but we will be Breaking Bread together as well. We can’t have communion in its traditional sense, but we can still have a shared meal: just as Jesus revealed himself to the despairing disciples on the road to Emmaus through the breaking of bread (Luke 24:30) so we be gathering via Zoom to share in an act of breaking of bread together. Please bring enough bread to share with everyone who is in your household on Sunday as you ‘socially distance’ or ‘shield’ yourself to the service. The rest will be explained on Sunday. Again, we are looking for bible readers and people willing to pray. Please tell us you can help using this link: https://bit.ly/2xcxDZZ This service uses the same Meeting ID for our act of worship last week (and this will stay the same for all our Sunday Worship services in the future). Zoom Meeting ID: 224-497-494 Please see the Online Worship Together section for helpful tips for when taking part in our services.

If you wish to have a practice at joining our Zoom online services, do join us for our weekly practice session which will be available for an hour. Join us at any time during that hour.

Join us then either by

• clicking on https://zoom.us/j/121737671?pwd=UW5GcDV5VmlzOXNReFZra3B2dnFuUT09 , which will automatically download the Zoom programme for you to install if you haven't already used Zoom on your device (iPad, iPhone, Android tablet/phone, e.g. Samsung Galaxy, or Windows laptop/PC) or
• manually downloading and installing the Zoom program and starting it up. When you have installed Zoom, you will be given the option of joining a meeting. Click on that option and, when prompted, enter a meeting ID of 121-737-671. You will then be prompted for the password, which is 858873, which is the phone no. of the benefice office (for ease of remembering it).

If you have not already downloaded and installed the Zoom meeting, you can search for it in the Apple App Store (iPads and iPhones), the Play Store (Android tablets and phones, e.g. Samsung phones) or from https://zoom.us/download.

If you get stuck, please ring Alan on 01362 857904.

On Friday 10th April, Good Friday, at 14:00 (gathering from 13:45) we will be having a Good Friday Reflection (https://zoom.us/j/725180592?pwd=bWdrZ3ZCcW55a1F3RmN4QXZIUzhDdz09) In the hour leading up to the hour of Crucifixion, Sally and Colin Thurgill will be leading us in a quiet and reflective act of contemplation as we reflect on what it meant for the Son of God to die on the Cross for us and to help us renew our faith in 2021. Zoom Meeting ID: 725-180-592

On Friday 10th April, Good Friday, at 11:00 (gathering from 10:45) we will be having an Act of Witness focusing on Mattishall (https://zoom.us/j/897946949?pwd=ZWQ5NlV2NmZLcmJvdkdrcDBncXJPdz09). Every year we have a ‘Walk of Witness’ joining the three church families who meet in Mattishall together with Christians who live in Mattishall but worship outside the village. Obviously, we can’t do that this year, but we are still going to pray for the village and use Zoom to join us together. We will be virtually ‘following’ our usual path through the village from the Evangelical Church down to All Saints Mattishall with stations along the way for singing, readings and prayer. Again if you are able to join and help with a reading and/or prayer let us know using the link: https://bit.ly/2xcxDZZ Zoom Meeting ID: 897-946-949

On Thursday 9th April, Maundy Thursday, at 19:30 (gathering from 19:15) we will be having a Service of Shadows (https://zoom.us/j/186010229?pwd=eFA4NDB0VnZEa0RvVzJ2anBBZnQwUT09) This is based on the ancient service of Tenebrae and is a service of readings, songs, music and candles as we journey with Jesus from the Last Supper to the foot of the Cross. Last year we used a variation of this service for the first time in the benefice, but are adapting things for the Age of Zoom. It features ten readings, so we will need ten readers. If you are happy to help please let me know using this link: https://bit.ly/2xcxDZZ Please bring with you a candle, preferably a tea light if you have one, as we will be using the candles in our worship. (Just make sure you aren’t like that Vicar who set light to himself while live-streaming). Zoom Meeting ID: 186-010-229

Do join us for our next time of worship online. This week we will be joined by Bishop Jonathan.

If you go to https://tinyurl.com/sundaymatv in your web browser, you will be prompted to install a small program (Zoom) to your device and then to join us. If you wish to try this out ahead of time we will be available between 16.00 and 17.00 each Saturday at https://tinyurl.com/matvpractice. Please contact Alan Cossey at alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk if you have any questions.

This Saturday sees our latest men's breakfast, now being held at Tabnabs in Mattishall near All Saints' Church on Church Plain. It is a chance for men to get together, eat and chat. Do please join us if you can.

To see the breakfast menu, please go to https://tabnabs.co.uk/menu-breakfast. Please would you let Alan Cossey know beforehand this time if you are coming (see contacts page for his email address) so that we can give Tabnabs a good idea of how many are coming, particularly since they open up early especially for us (and which is very much appreciated).

On Saturday 7th March 2020 we continue our Who Let The Dads Out? group. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out. 

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details this time please contact Eddie Stone (eddie.stone@matvchurch.uk) or pop into the church office next to the surgery on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

This Saturday sees our latest men's breakfast, now being held at Tabnabs in Mattishall near All Saints' Church on Church Plain. It is a chance for men to get together, eat and chat. Do please join us if you can.

To see the breakfast menu, please go to https://tabnabs.co.uk/menu-breakfast. Please would you let Bruce Smith know beforehand this time if you are coming (see contacts page for his email address) so that we can give Tabnabs a good idea of how many are coming, particularly since they open up early especially for us (and which is very much appreciated).

On Saturday 1st February 2020 we continue our Who Let The Dads Out? group. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out. 

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details this time please contact Eddie Stone (eddie.stone@matvchurch.uk) or pop into the church office next to the surgery on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

Do join us for our monthly prayer breakfast at ASM this coming Saturday. Toast and hot drinks will be available as usual before we pray together for the work of God in our own lives and the ones we love, our benefice, our country and God's world.

This Saturday sees our latest men's breakfast, now being held at Tabnabs in Mattishall near All Saints' Church on Church Plain. It is a chance for men to get together, eat and chat. Do please join us if you can.

To see the breakfast menu, please go to https://tabnabs.co.uk/menu-breakfast. Please would you let Alan Cossey know beforehand if you are coming (see contacts page for his email address) so that we can give Tabnabs a good idea of how many are coming, particularly since they open up early especially for us (and which is very much appreciated).

Fiona and I are trying something new this year. In previous years we have hosted a Christmas party in the lead up before Christmas, but unfortunately this has often clashed with the end of the school year, visits to relatives to swap presents and the Strictly final. So this year we are moving it to Saturday 4^th January 2020 as an Epiphany Party. The format will be the same, with tea and cakes in the afternoon and a hot buffet in the evening.

We look forward to inviting you all to the Vicarage. No sign up sheets required, please just come.

Mark, Fiona  & family

Happy New Year to our dads and toddlers.
On Saturday 4th January 2020 we continue our Who Let The Dads Out? group. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out. She must be worn out after Christmas and the New Year.

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details contact Alan Cossey (alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk / 01362 857904) or pop into the church office next to the surgery on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

Please do join us at our family Christingle service.

Meet up at Church Plain.

Do join us for our village carol service by candlelight.

After 5 years of meeting at Penelope's Café in Dereham (thank you, Penny), we are now meeting in Tabnabs in Mattishall. Note the change in start time.

To see the breakfast menu, please go to https://tabnabs.co.uk/menu-breakfast. Particularly this first time of meeting there, please would you let Alan Cossey know beforehand if you are coming (see contacts page for his email address).

Leaders: Bishop Jonathan

On December 8th we will be welcoming Bishop Jonathan, the Bishop of Lynn to All Saints Mattishall at 10:30 for a service of Baptism and Confirmation. Both Baptism and Confirmation are acts that signify steps along the journey of faith. Baptism is the sign of our commitment to the Christian faith – the step when we go from ‘knowing about Jesus’ to ‘knowing Jesus personally’. The Bible tells us that in baptism we are united with Jesus in his death and resurrection and that the water of baptism symbolises the washing away of our sins on the Cross. It is a symbol of our relationship with God as Father and the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Whenever it happens, whether as a baby, child or adult, baptism is at the heart of an amazing journey of faith as a follower of Jesus Christ. You are never too old to take this step and being baptized as an adult is a wonderful experience. Confirmation means different things to different people. For those who were baptised as babies or small children, confirmation is the opportunity to publicly affirm that their faith is no longer that of their godparents or parents, but now their own. For others, it an expression of belonging, either having moved from another part of the worldwide Christian church and having made a commitment to one of the churches of our benefice, or it can express a sense of belonging not just to the local church, but also to the worldwide body of Christ. That’s why confirmation involves the Bishop, as his ministry expresses our connection as a small fragment of the body of Christ with the whole. As a benefice, we have a number of candidates for baptism and confirmation. Please pray for them and those preparing them as they look forward to this important moment in their Christian lives. But what about you? Have you yet to be baptised and/or confirmed? Is it a step that you feel drawn to? If so, please email me so we can talk it over (email address on Contacts page). Mark

On Saturday 7th December we continue our Who Let The Dads Out? group. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out.

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details contact Alan Cossey (alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk / 01362 857904) or pop into the church office next to the surgery on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

Followed by the switching on of the lights on the village green. Fun for all the family.

A quiet, reflectiv service to light a candel in memory of loved ones.

A variety of stalls and delicious refreshments. Free entry.

Do join us for another hour of prayer together as we pray for our parish, our benefice, our community, our country and God's world. Hot drinks and toast are available as usual.

Starts on the village green at 10.40 before moving into All Saints' Church after the 2 minutes' silence. More details nearer the time.  

As we normally do, we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If you can let me know if you are coming, that is great as I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along anyway. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

Penny does a range of breakfasts. Most of us have a full English breakfast of a couple of sausages, a couple of fried eggs, beans, mushrooms, a couple of rashers of bacon and toast, but Penny also does a smaller version. Porridge, scrambled eggs and so on are also available.

Good, man-centred banter is guaranteed too.

On Saturday 2nd November we continue our Who Let The Dads Out? group. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out.

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details contact Alan Cossey (alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk / 01362 857904) or pop into the church office next to the surgery on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

Fun and food for all the family.

Can we please encourage as many of you as possible to come along for a quick coffee and toast and join together in a time or prayer together?  It is so important that we pray together for the extension of God's kingdom, both locally and more widely. Everyone seems to be agreed that prayer should be central to our life as a church. This is a great opportunity for us to help make it so.

For more details, please contact Jackie Clay, Alan or Sue Cossey. Contact details are on the People/ Who's Who page.

Singer Songwriter, pianist and BBC One All Together Now judge Joanna Eden will be performing in Mattishall on Friday 11th October at 7.30pm.  As well as songs from her acclaimed new album 'Truth Tree’, she will be performing the music of Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Carole King and Eagles as well as some well known jazz classics like Mr Bojangles and A Taste of Honey. 

Says Joanna “All Saints Church is a stunning space - my mum and dad Diana and John Snelling - who live in Dereham, renewed their marriage vows there 2 years ago for their Golden Wedding so it’s a very special place for our family.  I can't wait to hear my songs bouncing off those walls!"

In a twenty year career, acclaimed singer-songwriter Eden has shared stages with The Buena Vista Social Club, Jamie Cullum, The Blockheads and Ronan Keating as well as her superstar student Sam Smith who was her backing singer as a teenager. The Grammy and Oscar winning artist, has cited Joanna simply as "the reason I sing".

Joanna recently performed her songs live on BBC Radio 2 and fans include Sir Michael Parkinson who instructed his listeners to “Seek her out!”  Radio 2’s own ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris recently tweeted about Joanna’s concert and she’s received rave reviews from Mojo magazine who described her music as having “melody, mystery and bite!”

Joanna performs regularly in Norfolk and has performed at the Memorial Hall and Dereham Jazz Club.  She recently returned to the Playhouse in Norwich for the annual evening of Jazz and Cabaret in aid of cancer charities.  Joanna’s thrilled to be performing at All Saints Church (where profits will go to their conservation and repair fund) as she loves the acoustics of churches.  In fact, Truth Tree was recorded in a church in Cambridgeshire.

“We recorded the piano and vocals live in a tiny ancient Parish Church in Hadstock, then my producer Dave Blackman, my band and I added more layers in the studio. The songs were written at a very turbulent time in my life when my marriage fell apart... I was searching for love and peace... they're very spiritual and confessional in that way. The recording day was extremely cathartic for me, very special indeed! I think that's why it feels right to sing these songs in places of contemplation and celebration.

Joanna's concert will take place at 7.30pm on Friday 11 October. Refreshments available. Proceeds to ASM Conservation & Repair Fund - Charity No: 1135038

For more details and ordering of tickets (£12 each), please click here or ask at the Church Office.

Join us for breakfast from 10am before the service begins at 10.30am.

Fiona, the family and I will be going again to the Spring Harvest Christian festival at the Harrogate Conference Centre from the 14^th to the 18^th April 2020. We had a great time two years ago, with inspiring teaching, great worship and the opportunity to have afternoon tea at Betty’s Tea Rooms. Over the years we have been to Spring Harvest and other similar events to be refreshed and renewed in our Christian faith and are looking forward to going next year. You can find out more at www.springharvest.org/harrogate.

Because we are previous attenders, we received a special low cost of £99 per adult (children are less), an offer which is still open until the end of September if we take others with us, although you will need to book accommodation separately.

If you are unsure whether this is for you, then Spring Harvest is coming to Norwich for one night only on 24^th September 7:30pm at Sprowston Methodist Church, where you can have a taster of what is in store for 2020. The worship leader is Pete James, who led the worship at Harrogate two years ago and he was amazing. The cost is £8 pp or £6 pp for concessions. We can’t book these tickets for you, so you will need to go to www.springharvest.org/local. If you don’t have a computer then we can help at the office.

Please talk to Fiona or me if you would like to know more.

Mark

As we normally do, we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If you can let me know if you are coming, that is great as I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along anyway. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

Penny does a range of breakfasts. Most of us have a full English breakfast of a couple of sausages, a couple of fried eggs, beans, mushrooms, a couple of rashers of bacon and toast, but Penny also does a smaller version. Porridge, scrambled eggs and so on are also available.

Good, man-centred banter is guaranteed too.

On Saturday 7th September we restart our Who Let The Dads Out? group after our summer break. As ever, it is for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. We meet in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It's a great time for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat with other dads. There are always plenty of toys to play with and it is an opportunity for Mum to have a bit of peace and quiet while you are out.

For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and fancy coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details contact Alan Cossey (alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk / 01362 857904) or pop into the church office next to the surgery on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

Norfolk County Council have given notice that the main road through Mattishall (Dereham Road) will be closed between Church Plain and Mill Road from 19th August to 31st August. More details available from here.

No new news in this latest update. It is just that Alan couldn't spell Mattishall correctly the first time.

As usual, we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

A full English breakfast of a couple of sausages, a couple of fried eggs, beans, mushrooms, a couple of rashers of bacon, toast or whatever you want (less if you want) are calling you. You know it makes sense.

PLEASE NOTE WE ARE BACK TO USUAL DATE THE 2ND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.

Please note there is NO women's breakfast in August. Our next one will be on 7th September (1st Saturday of the month as usual).

Can we please encourage as many of you as possible to come along for a quick coffee and toast and join together in a time or prayer together?  It is so important that we pray together for the extension of God's kingdom, both locally and more widely. Everyone seems to be agreed that prayer should be central to our life as a church. This is a great opportunity for us to help make it so.

For more details, please contact Jackie Clay, Alan or Sue Cossey. Contact details are on the People/ Who's Who page.

This is a service for both congregations to meet together and we will be having a shared meal afterwards. We are having this service to seek God’s presence, power and wisdom in the light of our financial issues. We are one church family with two different service styles and so this week we will be reflecting our unity in Christ and in purpose by having just the one service. That’s also why we are having a shared lunch. Please bring something to share with the rest of the church family, so we can enjoy fellowship together.

On Saturday 13th July we are running our third session of our new monthly group for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. It will be taking place in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and will run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It will be a chance for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat to other dads. There will be plenty of toys to play with.

Normally, the sessions will be on the 1st Saturday of each month (no session in August), but in July we are meeting on the 2nd Saturday. For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and are interested in coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details contact Alan Cossey (alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk / 01362 857904) or pop into the church office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

As usual, we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

A full English breakfast of a couple of sausages, a couple of fried eggs, beans, mushrooms, a couple of rashers of bacon, toast or whatever you want (less if you want) are calling you. You know it makes sense.

PLEASE NOTE THE ONE-OFF CHANGE OF DATE FROM THE 2ND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH TO THE 1ST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH.

On Sunday 30th June we are having a Benefice service to welcome Andrea Woods and her husband Tim, which will be at the Village Green service in Mattishall at 10:30am. Rev. John Hunt, who is her dad and a retired vicar, will be preaching. There will be a BBQ at the vicarage straight after the service. Please bring either a salad or dessert to share, your drink and something to sit on. Fiona and Mark will supply the meat (or veggie alternative).

Andrea Woods is being ordained on Saturday 29th June at 10:30am at the Cathedral as she joins the team in the Mattishall and Tudd Valley Benefice as a curate. All are welcome to this service. Do please come and support her and her family if you can.

Note there is no parking available in the Cathedral Close, but the car park at Browne's Meadow will be open and free. The car park is accessible from Recorder Road (off Prince of Wales Road). The entrance to the car park is near the St. Faith's Lane end of Recorder Road and is not well signed, but it is there between two brick buildings opposite the lampost nearest the St. Faith's Lane end of the road.

This is to confirm that this month’s Prayer Breakfast will be taking place on Saturday 22nd June in ASM, not Saturday 15^th June as originally planned. We will start at 9.30 am and finish at 10.30 am as usual.

Can we please encourage as many of you as possible to come along for a quick coffee and toast and join together in a time or prayer together.  There are so many things to give thanks for and just as many things to ask for the Lord’s help, strength and guidance in!   It is really great to be able to share together in prayer as a church family.  Do come and be encouraged and challenged for the days ahead.

For more details, please contact Jackie Clay, Alan or Sue Cossey. Contact details are on the People/ Who's Who page.

Announcing a Midsummer Supper and Song evening on Friday 21st June in Mattishall Church! There will be a 2 course meal (bring your own drinks) and 2 musical acts pus other fund-raising activities such as a quiz. 

Tickets are £12.50 per person payable in advance and if you would like to come along please let Liz Hunton know and Ishe will save tickets. There is a limited number of 50 places.

Time is 6.30 for 7pm.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

A full English breakfast of a couple of sausages, a couple of fried eggs, beans, mushrooms, a couple of rashers of bacon, toast or whatever you want (less if you want) are calling you. You know it makes sense.

Ed and Marie will be joining us at both our 9.00 and 10.30 services this coming Sunday and we will be having a shared lunch straight after the 10.30 service has finished. If you have not signed up as coming to the shared lunch on the sheet at the back of ASM and intend to come, please would you let Sue Cossey know.

On Saturday 1st June we are running our second session of our new monthly group for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. It will be taking place in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and will run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It will be a chance for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat to other dads. There will be plenty of toys to play with.

Normally, the sessions will be on the 1st Saturday of each month (no session in August), but in July we are meeting on the 2nd Saturday. This month of June we are meeting on the "proper" Saturday. For details of dates please see the main page here. If you are a dad or other father figure and are interested in coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details contact Alan Cossey (alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk / 01362 857904) or pop into the church office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

More details to follow. Readings are:

Daniel 7:9-14
Psalm 93
Acts 1:1-11
Luke 24:44-53

Rev. Alice Goodman, who has been rector of Fulbourn, Great Wilbraham and Little Wilbraham near Cambridge since 2011 and will be speaking on Matthew 28:1-10, 16-end and says that she, "hopes it will be an encouraging sort of sermon!"

Do join us if you can.

This is to confirm that this month’s Prayer Breakfast will be taking place on Saturday 25^th May in ASM, not Saturday 18^th May as originally planned due to the Archdeacon’s Charge taking place on the 18^th. We will start at 9.30 am and finish at 10.30 am as usual.

Can we please encourage as many of you as possible to come along for a quick coffee and toast and join together in a time or prayer together.  There are so many things to give thanks for and just as many things to ask for the Lord’s help, strength and guidance in!   It is really great to be able to share together in prayer as a church family.  Do come and be encouraged and challenged for the days ahead.

For more details, please contact Jackie Clay, Alan or Sue Cossey. Contact details are on the People/ Who's Who page.

On Saturday 11th May we are starting a new monthly group for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. It will be taking place in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and will run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It will be a chance for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat to other dads. There will be plenty of toys to play with.

Normally, the sessions will be on the 1st Saturday of each month (no session in August), but in May and July we are meeting on the 2nd Saturday. For details of dates please see the main here. If you are a dad or other father figure and are interested in coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details contact Alan Cossey (alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk / 01362 857904) or pop into the church office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

A full English breakfast of a couple of sausages, a couple of fried eggs, beans, mushrooms, a couple of rashers of bacon, toast or whatever you want (less if you want) are calling you. You know it makes sense.

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

On Saturday 11th May we are starting a new monthly group for Dads (and other father figures) and children up to and including Year 1 at school. It will be taking place in All Saints' Church, Mattishall and will run from 9 am to 10.30 am, with bacon butties and/or toast available throughout the session as well as drinks (hot and cold). It will be a chance for dads to spend time with their youngsters and chat to other dads. There will be plenty of toys to play with.

Normally, the sessions will be on the 1st Saturday of each month (no session in August), but in May and July we are meeting on the 2nd Saturday. For details of dates please see the main here. If you are a dad or other father figure and are interested in coming along, do just drop in and stay as long or as short a time as you like. For more details contact Alan Cossey (alan.cossey@matvchurch.uk / 01362 857904) or pop into the church office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday morning. The cost is £2 per family group per session.

We do hope you can join us!

Leaders:

Do join us for our Walk of Witness starting at Mattishall's Evangelical Church, meeting at 11 and finishing at All Saints, Mattishall with refreshments, including hot cross buns.

Dear friends,

“For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

With these words the apostle Paul reminds the early church at Corinth what makes the shared meal they had together as a church every week different and unique. They were not just coming together to have a dinner party, or even to strengthen their bonds as a church family, but to remember the death of Jesus and why that is important to them.

With our Maundy Thursday supper this year we will be drawing together three strands: First, our communion service as we remember the Last Supper of Jesus and the disciples; Second, a shared meal together of a simple supper with soup, bread, salad ham and cheese; Third the principle of meditative readings which will help us enter into the road to the Cross and prepare us  for Good Friday.

The service will start at 6:30pm at All Saints Mattishall on Thursday 18^th April.

Fiona is doing the catering for the event, so please can you let her know that you will be attending, either directly to fiona.mccaghrey@matvchurch.uk or using this registration form: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maundy-thursday-supper-tickets-60200617668#tickets by Tuesday 16^th April at the latest.

This service is open to all, so please do pass on the invite to anyone you think might wish to come – but please get them to let Fiona know.

See you then.

With every blessing,

Mark

Leaders:

Please see http://matvchurch.uk/events#210 for more details

An event for families with pre school and primary aged children

Character drama sketches, dvd short story clips, 5 interactive stations (Palm Sunday, Servant Jesus, Last Supper, Garden of Gethsemane, Crucifixion) with an upfront 6th station all together telling of the Resurrection, time of music worship and ending with a light shared lunch.

Start time to be notified nearer the date.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

A full English breakfast of a couple of sausages, a couple of fried eggs, beans, mushrooms, a couple of rashers of bacon, toast or whatever you want (less if you want) are calling you. You know it makes sense.

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE FROM 12TH APRIL TO THE NEW DATE OF 5TH APRIL.

You are invited to join us on Mothering Sunday on Sunday 31st March 2019 at All Saints' Church, Mattishall 10.00 am for 10.30 am for a service to celebrate and thank God for those who care for us. There will be crafts for the children to make and refreshments for all to enjoy before and after the service.

The Annual Meeting of Parishioners (to elect churchwardens) will start at 19.30 and be immediately followed by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.

Join us for a delicious lunch of freshly made soup served with delicious bread.

Donations to the Bishops Lent appeal, which this year is focusing on supporting the church of North india i tackling modern day slavery.

Do join us for our second prayer breakfast in ASM. As last time, we'll be starting with toast and coffee, before having a time of prayer together.

It was encouraging to have so many people take part last time. Let's do it again!

Join us for a delicious lunch of freshly made soup served with delicious bread. 

Donations to the Bishops Lent Appeal which this year is focusing on supporting the Church of North India in tackling modern day slavery.

If you would like to buy an Easter Lily or lilles in memory of a loved one, or to give thanks, please sign up at the back of church over the coming weeks.

They are still only £2 each.

Please give the money to the church office by 7th April.

Do join us for our first prayer breakfast in ASM. We'll be starting with toast and coffee, before having a time of prayer.

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

Please note that this has been changed from 2nd February to 9th February. We intend to revert to the 1st Saturday of the month in March.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

Tickets and more information available from the Church Office.

An afternoon of fellowship with a chance to catch up on embroidery, knitting or a project of your choice.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

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We suggest you arrive early for this service as last year we had around 250 people join us. Please do join us again.

To find out more about what Christingle is all about, visit The Children's Society.

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An afternoon of fellowship with a chance to catch up on embroidery, knitting or a project of your choice. Please note the different date from usual.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

More details to follow...

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

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A quiet, reflective service with an opportunity to light a candle in memory of loved ones.

If you would like to have a stall at our Christmas Fayre please contact Janet Day via the church office 01362 858873.

Christmas gifts, homemade crafts, cakes, refreshments and light lunches.

Heating
We are delighted to tell you that all approvals have now been received and work to install the new boiler and improve the heating system will be starting week beginning
12^th November. This is fabulous news and we thank God for His blessing! However, clearly this will cause some disruption.
Work will be carried out during the week, so the building will not be available for other use during the week, except for funerals.
We will be able to use the building at weekends, with parts closed off as appropriate, so disruption to Sunday services should be minimal.
A ‘slimline’ version of  Little Angels will be run in the Church Rooms on a Wednesday morning.
It is anticipated that work will be completed in time for Christmas, although there will be disruption in the meantime.  Things may need to be moved around and changed to accommodate the work, so please  put on your most graceful, patient smiles if anything is a little different or a bit inconvenient during the next couple of months or so. It will be worth it!
We all owe huge thanks to the boiler team (Sue, Ken, Barbara and Steve) for getting us to this stage. If you have any questions about the project,  please speak to one of them or to Mark.

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This will be an Act of Remembrance of particular poignancy as we remember particularly the armistice coming into force at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 after 4 years of horrific conflict. The service will begin on the village green at 10:40, but there will be a parallel start to the service in ASM itself for those unable to join us on the village green. After the 2 minute silence, those on the village green will join those already in ASM for the continuation of the service.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

There are many arenas in life and we may face uncertainties or difficulties that can test our integrity, resilience and character. We must prepare ourselves for these challenges so that we can ‘run with perseverance the race marked out for us’ (Hebrew 12:1 NIV). Join Rob Parsons and Gerrit Bantjes at our men’s event In the Arena to be equipped with practical strategies to withstand the challenges of life. For more details see Care for the family website or ask Alan for more details.

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

Free refreshments, games, crafts, sweets and treats. Hot dogs, crisps, tea, coffee, squash. Gift bags for children.

For anyone of any age (children must be accompanied by an adult).

We love dressing up, but no Halloween costumes, please.

An afternoon of fellowship with a chance to catch up on embroidery, knitting or a project of your choice.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

Do join us as we take this opportunity to thank the businesses and organisations in Mattishall for how they provide for the community.

There will be bacon/sausage butties from 10 a.m. and at the end of the service (around 11.30 a.m.) there will be coffee and cake.

Our monthly benefice women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

There will be a benefice harvest supper in Mattishall Church Rooms starting at 7 for 7.30 pm. Tickets are £5 for a two course supper and any donations after that will be for Barnabas Fund (see their website at https://barnabasfund.org/), an organisation that works for persecuted Christians around the world. Tickets are available from the church office during normal working hours. Please pay for tickets when you pick them up.

Following the completion of all the building work that has been happening at All Saints Church, Welborne, we are very pleased to announce that Bishop Jonathan, the Bishop of Lynn, is coming  for our Rededication Service.

Those of you who have been to Welborne Church may have noticed that on the rood screen there are some musical notes and an inscription in Latin, which has been there since the early 1900’s.

We are delighted that the Bishop has agreed to sing this for us.  As far as we know nobody from the present time has heard it sung in Welborne Church before, although we did have the words translated for our church booklet in 2013.

We do hope you may be able to join with us for this celebration and stay for refreshments afterwards.  To help with catering if you will be staying would you please let the office know. Thank you.

Bumps & Babies & Little Angels Toddler Group -

The group will resume after the Summer on 12th September. It is held every Wednesday (term time only) in All Saints Church Mattishall. Wednesdays 9 -11.30am - a group for all babies, pre-school children and their grown-ups!

Ideal for those with no or very little knowledge of the Christian faith but are intrigued to find out more!

The course runs for 11 weeks every Tuesday and involves 1 Saturday.

Taking place in Mattishall with light refreshments and course material.  Booking essential.

Please contact Liz Chappell or Mandy (Church Office – 01362 858873) for further details.

For the Alpha website, please visit https://alpha.org

An afternoon of fellowship with a chance to catch up on embroidery, knitting or a project of your choice.

No, nothing to do with the Rev Mark!

What this is, is a drama of Mark’s Gospel enacted by members of our churches.  There is an information 90 minutes at ASM on Saturday 8th September at 10 a.m. with performances on the 17th and 18th November.

Firstly, it is about learning the Gospel of Mark.  Mark did not expect people to read his Gospel but to listen to it. It was written so people could memorize it, not word for word, but bit by bit, to get to know Jesus better and to tell the story to others.

Secondly, this is a book about rediscovering Jesus.  It’s about getting to know Him better, loving Him and enjoying Him.  If that’s what you want, then you can be sure Jesus wants you to experience that much more than you do.

So that is what this experiment is all about, learning the Gospel so we can get to know Jesus better.

For anyone who may be remotely interested, come along on the Saturday to learn more about this project before making any commitment.  All are most welcome.

We need 15 people, 8 men and 7 women, including 50 % ish to be between 17 and 30/35! 

If anyone wishes to speak with me about this before hand then do make contact.

Praying for you all to pray about this and to seek Gods will in this.  His will be done in this place. 

Challenge accepted?

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

Our monthly women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

Mark and Fiona would like to invite you to a Catching-Up-At-The-End-Of-The-Summer BBQ on Sunday 26th August from 4pm at The Vicarage. Please bring a salad or pudding, drink to share and your own chairs. Fiona and Mark will provide the sausages, burgers and vegetarian alternatives.

Unfortunately, rain is forecast for the time of this BBQ so it has had to be called off.

An afternoon of fellowship with a chance to catch up on embroidery, knitting or a project of your choice.

Tasty homemade refreshments. Free parking. 1000s of books priced to sell.

If you have books you wish to donate please call Richard on 01362 850775 to arrange collection.

Our monthly women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us. THIS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 4TH AUGUST...

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

Leaders: Mark McCaghrey

For details from Mark please see his letter in Resources called "Return of the Prodigal Vicar".

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Third in three part series on prayer.

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Third in three part series on prayer.

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Second in three part series on prayer.

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Second in three part series on prayer.

Our monthly women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us. THIS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 7TH JULY..

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

Our monthly women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us. THIS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 7TH JULY..

Our monthly women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us. THIS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 7TH JULY..

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First in three part series on prayer.

First in three part series on prayer.

Our monthly women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us. THIS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 7TH JULY..

The Fawlty Tower project is coming to an end; the repairs and improvements have been successfully completed, and our village church is ready to be used again. In order to maintain the church in its improved state, we will be hosting a series of expert led hands-on sessions in which you can learn about the repair techniques, materials and skills required to maintain historic buildings. There is no charge for these practical sessions and no prior knowledge or skills are required, only an interest in learning about traditional repair techniques for historic buildings. To find out more and to sign up for the sessions. Please contact Richard Took (rjt1940@icloud.com ), or Dean Sully (d.sully@ucl.ac.uk).

This event is being repeated on 7th, 14th and 15th July also at 11.00 - 16.00.

"The ultimate in tests of team speed and agility. Take part or just have fun watching local teams competing for the Redgrave Trophy and the chance to win £100. Register a team today. www.tuddenham100.org.uk or contact Tracey on 07766 731435 or Mike on 07951 956906.

GAMES - BBQ - BEER TENT - MUSIC - FAMILY FUN"

Please note that the previous notice stating that there will be no service in St. Mary's on this date is incorrect. There will be a said service of Morning Prayer. Sorry for the confusion.

The annual outside service of the joint churches of Mattishall (Methodist, Evangelical and All Saints') will take place on the village green. There will not be a BBQ afterwards as originally planned, but there will be cakes and drinks. There will be craft for the youngsters during the service as well. Please do join us if you can (and bring a chair).

This service is also a United Benefice Service for the whole of our benefice. Do please join us if you are a member of one of the other congregations of the benefice.

Please join us in praying for people living in Welgate Close.

We have been thinking about undertaking an evening of training, so we can announce our churches are dementia friendly. So, Rev Gill Wells from Shipdham will be with us on Wednesday 6th June at 7.15 pm to lead us in this training.  It would be good if at least one representative from each church could attend so we can genuinely announce ALL our churches are dementia friendly. We shall be meeting at All Saints', Mattishall so plenty of space for lots of people to come if they wish. Please contact the Church Office to let them know how many and who will be attending.

Please join us in praying for people living in Geddes Way.

Please join us in praying for people living in Vassar Court.

Please join us in praying for people living in Camping Close.

A prayer and reflective morning is available for anyone to attend at 4 Mill Road, Mattishall, 9am – 1pm, on Saturday, 12th May.  Refreshments provided, but please bring a packed lunch.  If you are hoping to come along please do let Sue Cossey know where possible, but you are so welcome to come along last minute if you are able to.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

On Ascension Day, Thursday, 10th May, we are holding a prayer and praise time of worship at 7.30pm in All Saints church, Mattishall.  Let’s come together and be as one.

Come to the 2018 Archdeacon's Charge - a Family Day and Fun Run - and join others from the Benefice and Diocese for a great day out.  You can get sponsored to walk or run around the course and raise funds for your parish and for the East Anglian Air Ambulance, or just come along and enjoy the other activities on the site. This year it's at Holkham Hall.

To book in go to www.dioceseofnorwich.org/charge. it costs £5 per adult. Under 18s free. Free parking. Come to the South Lodge entrance - NR23 1RX.

Make sure you bring a picnic to enjoy with others from Mattishall and Tudd Valley.

Leaders: Rev. Richard Lloyd Morgan

Please note the change in time from the previously advertised 18:30.

Our United Benefice Service this week will be on the theme of "Jesus, the true vine." Tom will be preaching.

Mandy and Megan will also be speaking about their recent mission trip to Albania.

Do please join us if you can.

We are holding a taster session for ringing the church bells after the 10.30 am service on 22nd April (at roughly 11.30).  Technically it will be just ‘chiming’ the bells as ‘ringing’ requires training.

However, if you would like to join Nigel Raven in the bell ringing chamber after the service tomorrow he will give you a taste of what it is like to ring the bells and you will be able to have a go at chiming a bell.   It is perfectly safe for anyone with no skill to try. 

Go and join him and have a go!  All welcome.  

Thanks to generous donations and active fundraising, St. Mary's magnificent 1875 Bevington Organ has been restored to full working order by master organ builders W & A Boggis of Roydon, Diss. It now sounds terrific!

To celebrate this important restoration, the P.C.C. approached our volunteer church organists, Mark and Tracey Thompson, Dougal Smith, Neville Willis and Sam Eglington, to play their favourite pieces.

The varied and packed programme includes, Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah by G F Handel,  ‘Cantina Band’ & ‘Main Theme’ from Star Wars by John Williams, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring by J S Bach and Clair De Lune by Debussy.

Tickets £10 on the door. Proceeds to St. Mary's, North Tuddenham. Full programme is here.

Come along to the Big Bargain Book Sale at St. Mary's, North Tuddenham. Books on every subject and to fit every budget. Free entrance. Proceeds to St. Mary's, North Tuddenham.

Hilary Egerton-Smith is hosting a short classical piano recital at her house, Old Hall Farm, Welborne; in aid of the Bishop’s Lent Appeal.

Limited spaces are available so booking is essential via the church office only.

Tea and coffee will be available.

Hilary Egerton-Smith is hosting a short classical piano recital at her house, Old Hall Farm, Welborne; in aid of the Bishop’s Lent Appeal.

Limited spaces are available so booking is essential via the church office only.

Tea and coffee will be available.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

An afternoon of fellowship with a chance to catch up on embroidery, knitting or a project of your choice.

Our monthly women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us.

The Walk of Witness is taking place at 11am from the Evangelical church, along the main road and ending in ASM, then meeting in the church rooms for hot cross buns and a hot drink.

A Curry and Casserole Evening in Mattishall church rooms.  Friday, 23rd March at 5.30pm for 6.00pm (please note the change).  This is an alternative to Lent Lunches where we are holding a one off supper!  Donations can be made towards The Bishop’s Lent Appeal 2018, focusing on enabling local mission in Simbai, Papua New Guinea.  Tickets £5 -  available from the church office. 

An afternoon of fellowship with a chance to catch up on embroidery, knitting or a project of your choice.

Our monthly women's breakfast is at Patricia's house. We start with a continental breakfast followed by prayer together. We would love you to join us. THIS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM 3RD MARCH.

As usual we will meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. If possible, please let me know beforehand if you are coming so I can give Penny rough numbers. If not, just come along. See you there? Lifts there and back are available from Mattishall.

This annual service is being held at All Saints', Mattishall with a theme of "All God's creation is very good." Please contact Anna if you are able to serve on this day or would like to attend.
For more details, please have a look at their web site here.

THIS HAS BEEN RESCEDULED FROM 2ND MARCH.

There is a short service of Daily Prayer in the following churches on the following weekdays:

* Hockering, St. Michael's - Monday
* Yaxham, St. Peter's - Tuesday
* Welborne, All Saints' - Wednesday
* East Tuddenham, All Saints' - Thursday
* North Tuddenham, St. Mary's - Friday

Tables £5 each - just turn up on the day and then pay. Set up from 09:00.

Enjoy coffee and cake and browse the stalls.

Free entry and ample free parking.

There is an opportunity to pray informally together for as long or as short a time as you would like on Saturday mornings at All Saints', Mattishall.

There is a short service of Daily Prayer in the following churches on the following weekdays:

* Hockering, St. Michael's - Monday
* Yaxham, St. Peter's - Tuesday
* Welborne, All Saints' - Wednesday
* East Tuddenham, All Saints' - Thursday
* North Tuddenham, St. Mary's - Friday

There is an opportunity to pray informally together for as long or as short a time as you would like on Saturday mornings at All Saints', Mattishall.

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An afternoon of fellowship with a chance to catch up on embroidery, knitting or a project of your choice.

We'd love to welcome you to our weekly drop-in for older people in Mattishall church rooms each Thursday.

• he drop-in group is a social gathering for the older people of Mattishall and surrounding villages. It’s run by members of the church plus other local people.
• There is always a lively atmosphere, with much chatting and laughter. In fact, when it is really busy the noise is quite something! Newcomers are made very welcome.
• There is a dedicated team of helpers who are not only there to serve tea and coffee but to be a listening ear to anyone who needs it.
• Anyone who would like to know more is welcome to come along and see what it’s like. Not only do we welcome people to come and join us, but any willing helpers would be greatly appreciated.
• For more information, contact the church office or Janet Day.

It's time again for some grub. Meet at Penny's café on 7, Norwich Street, Dereham. Please let me know beforehand if you are coming if you can. If not, just come along. See you there?

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Join us for a simple lunch for £4. Tickets and more information available from the Church Office.

This groups is held every Wednesday and is a group for all babies, pre-school children and their grown ups.

Raising funds for Mandy Burnett and daughter Megan who are going on a mission to Albania.

Come along to our monthly men's breakfast and help us put the world to rights, help Bruce and Nigel sort out the Liverpool footlball team once and for all or find the meaning of life. Penny offers a range of breakfasts to get your teeth stuck into. Witty banter guaranteed.

This groups is held every Wednesday and is a group for all babies, pre-school children and their grown ups.

Do join us as we meet as a benefice for our final service of 2017.