March 2018 Ambassador - The Roughton Benefice · 2018. 5. 4. · COACH & MINIBUS HIRE 16-57 Seat...
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March 2018 Morning Prayer every Wednesday at 9.30 am.
Roughton
4*" March Lent 3
9.30 am. Holy Communion Book of Common Prayer Sustead 11.00 am. All Age Worship Roughton 5.00 pm. Holy Communion Common Worship Bessingham
ll*** March Lent 4 Mothering Sunday
9.30 am. Holy Communion Common Worship Hanworth
11.00 am. Morning Prayer Felbrigg & Metton Metton
3.15 pm. Sing for Joy St David's Nursing Home Sheringham
Tuesdav 13*'' March 1.30 pm. Roughton Church
open meeting to discuss and plan the arrangements to cover for Janet's
leave after her surgery in May or June
Meeting chaired by Revd. Christian Heycock.
18*" March Lent 5
9.30 am. Morning Prayer Book of Common Prayer Sustead
11.00 am. Holy Communion Common Worship Roughton
25*" March Palm Sunday Benefice Service
11.00 am. Holy Communion Roughton
3.15 pm. Sing for Joy St David's Nursing Home Sheringham
1''* April Easter Sunday
11.00 am. Holy Communion Common Worship Felbrigg zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
the above service venue subject to ground conditions 3.30 pm. Holy Communion Common Worship Gunton
Ambassador March 2018
i Parish magazine of the Roughton Benefice - comprising Roughton,
Bessingham, Felbrigg, Sustead, Metton and Hanworth with Gunton
Rector, Reverend Janet Frymann 01263 768075 zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA
www.roughtonbenefice.uk
W h o ' s W h o
in our Benefice Rector:
Revd Janet Frymann
The Rectory,
Church Loke
Roughton.
N R U 8SZ
Telephone number 01263 768075
Mobile 07766712545
Email [email protected]
Please contact Janet in the first
instance for Baptisms, Weddings
or Funerals
Hon Assistant Minister
Revd Stephen J G Seamer
01263-479616
Reader
Elizabeth Ranger 01263-761750
Churchwarden Bessingham
None (contact Revd Frymann)
Churchwardens Felbrigg
Mary Llewellyn 01263-513072
Hilary Kirkland 01263-514380
Churchwardens Hanworth with
Gunton
Elizabeth Ranger 01263-761750
Richard Harbord 01263-768732
Churchwardens Metton
None (contact Revd Frymann)
Churchwardens Sustead
Priscilla McDougall 01263-577247
Glenn Davenport 01263-768877
Churchwardens Roughton
Helen Mortimer 01263-511132
Dave Wiltshire 01263-768104
Prayer Group Co-ordinator
Helen Mortimer 01263-511132
Mothers Union
Dorothy Kendall 01263-513038
Ambassador Newsletter Contacts
General Enquires - Ann North-
Graves 01263-761508
Editor Barbara Chinnery
07500708677
Email [email protected]
Advertising - Derek lanson
01263-712159
Roughton Church School
Governors
The following Church member is a
Governor at the School.
David Wiltshire 01263-768104
Clerk to the School Governors
Donald Mayes 01263-761392
Robert Brown Trust - Trustees
Revd Janet Frymann 01263-768075
Helen Mortimer 01263-511132
David Wiltshire 01263-768104
Dorothy Kendall 01263-513038
Clerk to the Trustees
Nina Chapman 01263-577782
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Holy Week
Maundy Thursday
7.00 - 8.30 pm. Roughton Village Hall
a simple Passover meal folllowed by
Holy Communion all welcome
Good Friday
Reflections on the Cross
Noon - 2.30 pm. St Mary's Church Roughton
2.30 - 3.00 pm.
Reflective Service - leave in silence at close of
service
Saturday Church open for quiet self reflection
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Mothering Su nd a yzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA usually falls on the 4th Sunday of Lent. So this year it • is 11th March. In history, most Sunday worshipers attended their local
parish church but it was considered important for once a year to go to their "mother church" either the main church or the cathedral church for worship. It was a time for children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work in
I service to return home to their families and attend worship at their "mother church". Naturally this became a time for family reunions. Children working away from home would take presents and gifts for Mother.
' Many younger people (some as young as 10 when they had been sent away to work) would pick flowers from the hedgerows to give to their Mother when they arrived home.
In many parishes around Britain the number of people attend-ing church goes up, because we want to thank our Mothers for the life, care, nurturing and love they demonstrate to us, their children. For many, like me, my Mother died at a relatively young age and so Mothering Sunday can be a particularly painful time. It gets painful when we sugar candy coat the day and treat it as though it is the re-serve for Mothers alone. There are those women who have never had, and will never have, children of their own. They will never be Mothers or Grandmothers.
The 4th Sunday of lent is also known as Refreshment Sunday, the reason being that the observances around fasting for Lent could be broken or relaxed. Simnel cake is associated with Mothering Sun-day, a rich fruit cake with a middle and topping of marzipan, deco-rated with 11 marzipan balls and sugared flowers. The marzipan balls are symbolic of the 11 disciples (Judas not included).
Whether we find the celebration of this particular day in the year hard or not, it is a reminder for me that we ought to value and respect those who care, or have cared, for us. It is a reminder that even if your life has been blessed with children of your own, everyone at some point in life has cared for another. If mothering were done only by Mothers it would be very hard indeed to ensure that everyone re-ceived the nurturing, the protection, the love, the sacrifice, the guid-ance... that we need to become the people we are meant to be. As a church community, we are all called into the role of nurturing, reflect-
ing some of the images we have throughout the Bible, of women who were desperate, fierce, loyal, or grieving. If we, as a church, truly love the community in which we are situated, just as God loves it, and if we are to be God's holy people for God's needy world, then we will feel the pain of the world's suffering, and we will be willing to sacrifice something of ourselves in order to bring to birth God's purposes for the world.
This image is one of a hen nurturing and protecting her chicks, it is a mosaic in the church of Domlnus Flevit in Jerusalem. This is the place where Jesus looked down on Jerusalem and wept for the city as he prophesied its destruction. In AD 70 that prophesy was fulfilled and the Temple was burned down and the city was de-stroyed. At the altar in the church of Dominus Flevit, there is this mosaic, a picture of a hen gathering her chicks under her wings re-calling the words of Christ,zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!"
Our God nurtures, cares protects restores and replenishes our bodies and souls, just as the hen does for her chicks, Jesus will do that for you and me - if we are willing.
with my prayers as always Revd Janet
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hopeful in the belief that the future,
meaning the Day of Judgement was
already approaching humanity. For
us here today, Easter becomes the
proto-type and source of hope of the
Second Coming. In the past, people
have not been so clear minded
about it.
The European revolutions in
the mid to late 1700s, encouraged
extravagant speculations mainly by
the self-educated which led to
debates between 'Adventist
Millennialists' and 'Millenarians'.
They proposed a competing system
of hopes and beliefs to navigate a
way through everyday living in
desperate times. They offered a
jump from the small familiar world
to a bigger picture with a wider
meaning to life, which was
especially meant to strengthen those
who felt challenged; those in
despair who asked 'what is it all
for'? The argument between the two
parties was whether Judgement Day
would happen during or after a
thousand years of human trials.
'Millenniumism' claimed that the
world would be transformed during
that time when the saints and
martyrs would reign with Jesus after
which, humanity would become
purified and be ready to face a final
judgment. Although this is all
historical, it survives in some of the
belief systems of North American
churches today. They believe that
we are already living in the 'end of
time'. This can be seen as an
eclectic interpretation of Scripture
or by straying too far from it and
into the realms of conjecture. There
is also a strong coimter-movement
in the established churches to
oppose those tendencies.
The original Millennium
movements set in motion
exaggerated fears of a cosmic
catastrophe where the end of the
world from a final apocalypse
seemed to be in sight; and also it
encouraged excessive hopes. In the
late-1800s some that got involved
too deeply with these cult
movements ended up with neurosis
or even entered asylums. Yet the
very fragmented nature of die
Earth's civilisations today
sometimes seem to be
irreconcilable. The so-called
'progress' of the last century looks
like only a very small beginning but
it is something to give us hope that
Jesus will eventually lead us to
glory. A healthy alternative at Easter
time is to say, 'count your blessings'
instead of waiting for a better world
that will only come in the far distant
future.
When Christ does return to Earth as
we believe he will, how will we
know and recognise him; or dare I
say her?
Richard.
Time for Prayer
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9'" June 2018 10am -12 noon at
Sustead Old Hall. Details to follow.
Felbrigg Flower Festival at St.
Margaret's Church, Felbrigg on 14•̂
15'^ le**" July Details to follow.
Craft Workshop 1^ 3"" and 4* Monday from 10.0am -
12.30pm at Roughton Village Hall.
£2.50 including coffee. Some
materials provided. Quilting, crochet
and much more..For further
information please contact Simone on:
01263 711346
Farewell Service for the Venerable
John Ashe, Archdeacon of Lynn
Sunday March 11th 2018 at
3.30pm Norwich Cathedral
If anyone needs a lift to the
Cathedral please contact Rev.
Janet Frymann.
Roughton & District W.I.
Craft Group
Meet on the second Monday of each
month (lOam-12 noon) at Roughton
Village Hall. We warmly welcome Wl
members and visitors alike, and
charge £3 per session which goes
towards arranging outings/visits/day
schools etc. Coffee, Tea and biscuits
are provided. You can speak to Angela
Newton (01263 514476) for further
information.
Pancake Coffee Morning
About 40 people came along to the
Roughton Pancake Coffee Morning on
Shrove Tuesday. The grand sum of
£200 was raised for Church Funds.
Thank you to everyone who helped
and supported this event.
MOTHERS* UNION The next meeting will be Wednesday
21^ March at Felbrigg ViUage Hall @
2.30pm. The dieme will be My
Favourite Poem. All welcome
Mobile Library
The mobile library comes to
Roughton every month.
Old Mill Road 14.25-14.40
Bus Stop Norwich Road
15.10-15.25
Next visit Thursday April 5th
Things to C o m e
Sustead Coffee Morning - Saturday
Felbrigg Church Restoration Work
The West Window
At last we have negotiated ail the
necessary hurdles and the work is
about to begin to restore the big west
window. This will involve both glass
work and stone work. The scaffolding
is about to go up inside the church as
well as outside, and because of all
this, for health and safety reasons, the
church will be closed. There will be no
services in March - join us and the
rest of the benefice at Metton and
Roughton. We expect Felbrigg to be
ready for action on Easter Day when
we look forward to a great, joyful,
service.
We would like to thank all those who
have "purchased a pane" and given
generously to help to make this very
necessary work possible.
After the work is finished we expect to
do a smaller project to bring water
into the church - a tap at last - once
the archaeologists are satisfied we are
not going to dig up anything we
shouldn't and National England is
satisfied that the trench for the pipe is
not going to disturb or damage any
resident wildlife. Watch this space!
Mary and Hilary
Fr iends of Roughton S c h o o l
B a g s 2 S c h o o l :
Make space for that new summer wardrobe! We will be having another Bags to School event on Wednesday 2 May. Your kind support for this event will be very much appreciated. The school will again be collecting good quality clean clothes, hats, scarves, ties, shoes (in pairs and tied together), belts, cuddly toys, bed sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers (not duvets, pillows, blankets), handbags, that can be resold. Goods collected are sold by weight so the more we collect the more money we can raise for the school, if you have any items you would like to donate they can be given to Dave Wiltshire at any time or arrangements made for collection Gust call Dave on 01263 768104). Alternatively they can be taken to school not later than 9:00am on the morning of 2 May The collection point is the cycle rack in the school car park. Bags for your items will be available for collection from the school from 16 April, alternatively black bin bags may be used.
S c h o o l S u m m e r Fete:
Save the Date: The annual school summer fete takes place on Saturday 7 July at the school, details to follow but lots of fun, entertainment, craft stalls and refreshments guaranteed.
The future of the human race
may seem uncertain but for
Christians there is eternal hope that
the Messiah will one day return to
Earth and save it. This is one of the
essential beliefs that we have and it
is expressed in the Nicene Creed
which is said during Holy
Communion; 'And he shall come
again with glory; to judge both the
quick and the dead; whose kingdom
shall have no end'.
Apart from the quotations from
Scripture given above, some claim
that the 'second coming' is not
directly mentioned in the New
Testament though St John's Gospel
does seem to speak of it. A radical
Bishop from the Nordi of England
claims that 'Coming' actually means
coming back to Heaven and not
returning to Earth. We see the sun
rising, falUng and then rising again
so it is easy to transpose that
imagery onto our ideas about an
expectant Messiah. In reality we on
Earth orbit the sim which in this
sense is a substitute for heaven so it
never 'returns' in the true cosmic
sense.
There has always been a Jewish
expectation of a Messiah who
would dehver die Jews; and
those around Jesus inherited that
belief. They saw him rebuilding the
Temple in Jerusalem and making it
the centre of God's kingdom on
Earth with everyone enjoying
justice, healing and hope. Under the
ministry of Jesus that didn't happen
as they imagined it would so the
Jews refused to recognise him and
they stQl await a Messiah to this
day.
Today many Churches want to
divest themselves of any idea of a
Messiah coming to deliver God's
judgement on the living and dead.
This feeling has its roots in the
European EnUghtenment of the late-
1700s onwards which disliked any
form of judgement. Now ideas have
swung back to that in the form of
'moral correcmess'. Old fashioned
super-naturalism has been replaced
by a liberated spirituality in a post-
secular society whose fears have
been aroused by the limits of
rationalism. This refers to a reaction
against the old so-called
'Interventionalist Theology' which
some want to replace with one that
can bring together the whole world
with its many cultures and
civilisations so they can live in
perpetual harmony. This implies
that our idea of a judgemental God
who is a vengeful and wrathful
deity should be replaced by a saving
God.
The Disciples expected Jesus to
reappear in their own life-time but
when that did not happen, they did
not seem to be bothered by it - they
were too busy spreading his
Gospels. St Paul was especially
The second coming of Christ
The daffodils are blooming in
profusion in Gunton telling us that
after a long gloomy winter, Spring
has arrived. The seasons seem to
mm in perpetuity yet there is a
nagging doubt that we are failing to
secure the marvels of creation so
will this cycle always continue? We
are sustained by hope and they say
'it springs eternal' but is this
justified? Are we instead heading
for everlasting darkness? William
Butler Yeats wrote a famous poem
with this in mind saying 'when
things fall apart; anarchy is
loosened on the world, this will
happen'.
Jesus also spoke of the end of
time and the coming of the Day of
Judgement in; Matthew 24:36;
'Heaven and Earth will pass away,
but my words will not. As for the
day and hour when this will
happen, nobody knows; neither the
angles, nor Son but only the
Father'. Luke 21:7' 'and they (the
Disciples) asked him. Master what
sign will there be when these things
come to pass?' (referring to the time
when the Temple in Jerusalem
would be destioyed). John 14.1-3,
Jesus said, 'Don't let your heart be
troubled. Believe in God. Believe
also in me. In my Father's house
are many mansions. If it were not so
I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I do
so I will come again and receive
you also. That where I am, there
you may also be'. Then he
developed his description of events
after the Ascension; Acts of the
Aposties 1.11, 'you men of Galilee
why do gaze up to Heaven? This
same Jesus who has been taken
up from you to Heaven shall come
in a hke manner as you have seen
him go into Heaven'. Al l these
quotations point to the coming agam
of Jesus to save the Earth.
Eight countiies in the world
now own nuclear bombs and the
natural environment is under severe
pressure so the future seems very
uncertain. There have been
numerous and very popular action-
films and plays depicting a super-
hero who wants to stop Satan
destroying tiie world. An alternative
cultural vision provides a mystical
interpretation through an inner
experience of being saved but few
of them get near to a teacher who
could save the world in the way that
Jesus did and is doing. Only God
offers us a true basis for hope. 'For
the son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with angels.
Then he shall reward everyone
according to their works. Truly I say
to you, there are some here who will
not taste death until they see the Son
of Man coming in his kingdom'.
Bible a Month
Eyewitness Report by Alan Kember
I'm in Malawi, driving into a slum. The team are nervous about taking me here. All around are shacks made of breeze blocks with tin roofs. There's no electricity or running water. The stream we cross is full of rubbish and smells foul.
But in the church, a number of children are waiting for us looking immaculate in their Sunday best. It was here that I met Tadala, whose name means 'blessed': I was certainly blessed by what she said, and I hope you will be too - because your regular giving through Bible a Month is changing Tadala's life.
Tadala is 10 years old and is one of 110 children in this slum church. She told me she always came faithfully to Sunday School lessons, but struggled to understand what the teachers were talking about. Then, thanks to your support, Tadala received a children's Bible costing £5. It's something her family would never be able to afford themselves, and it's so precious she doesn't take it home. Instead it's kept safely at church so she can read it at Sunday School.
'Now I really understand what it means to know Jesus' she said, ' I enjoy reading it so much. Without this Bible, I couldn't have known God. Thank you ... I don't know the words to express how much I can thank you.' As Tadala skipped back home into the slum streets, I silently prayed for her future. She wants to be a doctor and a
Sunday School teacher when she grows up. Most of all, I pray she'll know the joy and purpose of life with Jesus. Providing Bibles to children in Sunday Schools across Malawi is a key project for us. This year we'd like to provide 2,000 English and 8,000 local language illustrated children's Bibles, as well as train Sunday School teachers across the country.
Why is this work necessary when 80% of people here are Christian? What I discovered during my visit is that the Church in Malawi is 10 miles wide and two inches deep. People say they are Christians, but many don't really understand what that means. And in most churches, Sunday School teachers are massively over-stretched as they try to teach God's word to classes of 100 children or more every week. The Bible is the key to people really embracing their faith, and it's vital for people tozyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA own and engage with God's word. As Malawi has such a young population (67% are under 25), it makes sense to provide the Bible to children first. Currentiy, only around a third of children in each Sunday School we work with receive children's Bibles and with growing attendance the demand is increasing. I have seen for myself what an outstanding project this is. It touched my heart to see the next generation in Malawi deepen their knowledge and faith in God through their love of the Bible. Thank you for making this work possible.
Next edition of tlie Ambassador - April
2018. Copy to Ann or Barbara by tlie 15**
March please.
Keep it or discard it - Its Your Choice
People tell me that the Church of England is wealthy; I have no
doubt that, that is indeed the case. However your local Church's
are not; and the only direct way the Diocese (the area Church of
England authority) support your local church is by paying a
stipend (wage) to the incumbent, be they Priest, Rector or Vicar.
Although they make this payment, each Church is expected to
contribute towards the cost of their incumbent and also the cost
of the administrative workings of the Diocese and its spiritual
outreach. The contribution they ask your local churches for is
called the Parish Share. In 2017 they requested £38,000. After
some lengthy communication with them by the Benefice
treasurer on behalf of and following meetings with all six of the
Benefice Churches this was amended to £33,000.
The £33,000 was subdivided between the Benefice Churches
with Roughton St Mary set to find £10,215. The vast majority of
St. Mary's income is derived from, collections at services, fees
from weddings & funerals. Gift aid rebate from the Inland
Revenue & fund raising and in 2017 amounted to £14,000. The
outgoings for the year were £15,250 giving a deficit of £1,250
for the year. The deficit for the previous year 2016 was £1,000.
The two main reasons for this short fall is the continuing
increases in the Parish Share Request and lack of support for St
Mary's church by the people of Roughton. The physical welfare
of the church building and churchyard along with other duties
falls on the Parochial Church Council (PCC). The youngest
member of the PCC is over 60 and the oldest is past 80. As
already said we have had a deficit in our annual income for the
last 2 years. However we have investment assets built up over
the last 25/30 years which we are in the throes of using to put a
toilet and kitchen in at the back of the Church, the plans for this
are well underway. So when the children from the school plus
staff and parents come up as
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they and visitors and indeed
regular church goers might be
less inconvenienced.
All the Churches of our
Benefice, Metton, Felbrigg,
Hanworth, Sustead,
Bessingham & Roughton need
the help of their villagers if
they are to still be standing
and used in 10 or 15 years
time and with or without a
toilet and kitchen do you who
are reading this want to see the
church in your village cared
for and used by the community
in the future or will you be
happier if its just a pile of
rubble that you can proudly
say to friend or visitor well we
didn't care.
LENT WITH WORLD VISION
Do join us for this lent course with
a difference, as we link Jesus's
ministry and message of hope, to
the ministry of aid agencies today.
We're following Jesus's call in
Matthew chapter 25 to give the
thirsty something to drink, to feed
the hungry, to look after the sick, to
invite the stranger in, to clothe the
naked and to visit those in prison.
Journey each week with Naomi
from Kenya, Reward from Zambia,
Josephine from Uganda, Shaima
from Syria and Joel from Peru, as
World Vision, through God and
with our prayers, transforms their
lives giving hope for the future.
We will be meeting at the Rectory
on Wednesday mornings at
10.15am, and at Helen and Ron's
Wednesday evenings at 7.30. on the
2r ' and 28* February, and the 7*,
14*, and 21^ of March There
won't be a meeting in the morning
on 21*', as Janet is planning a
Messy church for the school, so if
you're at a loose end, let Janet
know, and come and help.
Quentin's Quip
Many spring flowers can already
be seen
And muddy fields w i l l be
turning to green
A s temperatures rise
We should have more blue skies
And winter has gone and been
(we pray)