The work of theChristian church inaction acrossNorfolk will be show-cased at three linkedevents across thecounty in June, inNorwich, King’sLynn and at theRoyal NorfolkShow.

C elebrate Norwich &Norfolk will returnto The Forum and

Millennium Plain in Norwichcity centre on Saturday June16 with a free exhibition ofover 20 Christian organisa-tions, charities and churches,including OMF, CommunityAction Norwich, ChristianAid, Mothers’ Union, Rafiki,Heartbeat, Samaritan’s Purseand Friends International.

There will also be a Christianleadership masterclass fromHOPE director Roy Crowne, anaward-winning interactiveeducational presentation on thelife of Jesus called Key to Life?and the Tracks music studiovan from Norwich YFC with aprogramme of music andentertainment - see page 2.

Celebrate will also take placein King's Lynn for the thirdtime, on Saturday June 9 from10am to 4pm with a free, fun-filled community event for allof the family at The Walks, near the towncentre.

A dozen local churches will gather tocelebrate the town and its community andthere will be a wide variety of activities,games, sports and entertainment from themain stage including live music, freeinflatables activities and refreshments – seepage 4.

Celebrate will also be at this year’s RoyalNorfolk Show on June 27 and 28, where itis joining together with the Diocese ofNorwich to put on an exhibition of thechurch in action across the region. TheDiocese has a large exhibition marquee anda whole host of Christian groups andorganisations will come together under theCelebrate banner to join in.

Features will include school choirs, chil-dren and youth activities, a reflective gar-den, interactive displays, a Lego church anda large café area – see page 8.

Family’s threegenerations ofchurch leaders� A Norwich family will be celebrating aspecial 50-year link with the London Schoolof Theology (LST) on Saturday June 16 atthe Celebrate Norfolk event at the Forum.Former Christian Fellowship, Norwich,

church leaders John and Doreen Betts bothattended what was the London Bible College50 years ago where they first met and sub-sequently got married.Taking over from them as church leaders

when they retired a few years ago were theirdaughter Clare and her American husbandDuane Elkins.And now, two of their granddaughters,

Elizabeth and Rebecca Elkins are alsostudying at the LST, carrying on the Christianleadership tradition into a third generation.Beth and Becca will join other members of

the family at the Celebrate Norfolk eventtaking place at the Forum and on MillenniumPlain in Norwich city centre on SaturdayJune 16 from 9-4pm. They will be manningan LST exhibition stand and performing aspart of its worship group at the event.John and Doreen have been leaders of a

number of churches and Christian projects inNorwich over the past 50 yearsJohn, who is also project director of

Celebrate Norfolk, said: “I was absolutelydelighted when Beth felt God's call to go tothe college which Doreen and I attended andeven more so when her sister Becca also feltled to go there. “Our family has three generations now

serving the Lord - what an enormous privi-lege. It is wonderful to know that the nextgeneration of Christian leadership is ready totake up the challenge.”Beth said: “I had never heard of LST until I

was looking for a university to study Theol-ogy at and my grandparents suggested Ilook at it. Until then I was unaware of the richheritage the college has in training up nextgeneration Christians and also of the signifi-cant role it had played in the history of myfamily. � Story continues on page seven

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Celebrate will be show-casing the Christianchurch in action at TheForum in Norwich,above, the Walks inKing’s Lynn, left, and theRoyal Norfolk Show,below.

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A full day of activities isplanned in and around theForum and MillenniumPlain in Norwich city centreon Saturday June 16, tohighlight some of the widerange of work undertaken bythe city and county’sChristian community, at theCelebrate Norwich &Norfolk festival.

H undreds of visitors are expectedto be attracted to the eventwhich aims to show the work of

the Christian community in action acrossNorfolk.

An official opening takes place at 9am,attended by civic dignitaries, leaders,exhibitors and visitors. There will be ashort opening speech by Celebrate direc-tor John Betts, together with singingfrom the London School of Theologyband.

The main Christian Social Action andServices Exhibition in The Forum and onMillennium Plain will be open 9am to4pm (see page 5 for a full list ofexhibitors).

Christian organisations appearing atthe event include: Christian Aid, Moth-ers’ Union, Horstead Centre, CommunityAction Norwich, Healing Rooms Nor-wich and Norfolk, OMF, Hebron Trust,Norfolk Postal Bible School, Samaritan’sPurse, Friends International, ChristianVision for Men, The Mix, Heartbeat Min-istries, Good News, Rafiki CreativeMinistries, St John’s Cathedral, ThirdOrder of Franciscans, the London Schoolof Theology and Norwich Quakers.

Norwich YFC is bringing its Tracksvan onto Millennium Plain to provide aperformance area to include music andchoirs (see panel right).

Key to Life will bring its award-win-ning interactive mobile education ontoMillennium Plain to give free presenta-tions to youth groups and young people.

Director of HOPE 2018, Roy Crowne,will give a Christian leadership master-class in the auditorium theatre inside theForum (tickets £5.50, available on the dayor at www.networknorfolk.co.uk/shop).

Celebrate Norfolk project director,John Betts, said: “Our aim, as wecelebrate the work of the Christian com-munity across Norwich and Norfolk, isto showcase a few of the many activitieswhich go on 24/7 serving at all levels ofour society. Frequently going whereothers don’t go because the love of Christpersuades us to do so.”

Celebrating at the Forum

Showcasing work of Christian community� At this year’s Celebrate Norwich & Norfolkevent at the Forum, we are once again lookingforward to celebrating the amazing work ofthe Christian community in our city andcounty.

That community contains many hundreds ofvolunteers who give of their time and effort tohelp others, without thought of any rewardexcept that of knowing they are serving theLord Jesus Christ in what they do.

Over the last nine years we have broughtscores of Christian organisations, charities andchurches together in the iconic Norwich land-mark that is the Forum, to celebrate all that isgood about the Norfolk Christian community.

This year we have a “Masterclass” for localchurch, Christian organisation and businessleaders given by Roy Crowne Executive Direc-

tor of HOPE and former national director ofBritish Youth For Christ.

A well-known figure in the UK Christian

community, Roy was an engineer who went onto study theology. He then worked for Youthfor Christ for 28 years.

This in the context of an exhibition whichshowcases numerous Christian charities whichserve people at every level of society, accompa-nied by a lively programme of activities onMillennium Plain.

Our event is always an enjoyable time ofsharing with the many visitors to the Forum.We welcome the opportunity to proclaim ourLord Jesus through who we are and what webelieve as demonstrated in what we do.

We also have linked sister events in June atThe Walks park in King’s Lynn and at theRoyal Norfolk Show. They also aim to show-case and celebrate further work of the localChristian community.

John Betts,director ofCelebrateNorwich &Norfolk,looks atthis year’sCelebrateevents

NYFC making tracks� As part of the Celebrate Norfolk event, Norwich YFC,will be delivering an outreach event outside onMillennium Plain. The Tracks music studio van and a performance area

will be present with musical acts lined up throughout theday between 11am and 3pm, including Catton Commu-nity Choir performing and young people that are develop-ing their music skills. It will also highlight the organisations represented in

the Celebrate exhibition area.There will also be outdoor games and activities for

people to take part in with their friends.NYFC’s Director, Nick Blanch said: “Our aim is to

make it engaging and fun for young people and familiesand give the opportunity for them to take an interest inwhat the church is doing and accessing informationabout activities that are local to them.”

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A s the Global Director ofWorship Central, 32-year oldLuke Hellebronth gets to do

what he loves to do – write, play andlead worship music, and inspire oth-ers around the world to do the same.

In 2006, with his friend and mentor,Tim Hughes, one of Britain’s leadingsinger-songwriters of contemporaryChristian music, Luke was part ofthe team which founded WorshipCentral. With an online course, ayear-long academy, events andalbums, Worship Central resourcesworship teams in local churches tobuild their confidence, creativity,theology and skills.

Luke and his wife Anna collaboratewith Tim Hughes and three othertalented worship musicians, NickHerbert, Josh Gauton and Ben Can-telon, in the collective also known asWorship Central. They lead worshipall over the world and have releasedfive albums together.

Luke, who towers over his band-mates, wears on-trend glasses and acropped beard. He plays a key role inthe band, writing songs, singingvocals and playing the acousticguitar. In 2013 he released his ownworship album, ‘Stand Up’.

He is a graduate of Trinity Collegeof Music in London, where he stud-ied after leaving Norwich School in2003. During his two years of SixthForm at the Norwich Cathedral-basedschool, Luke met a teacher whowould have a big influence.

Luke said: “I had a music teachercalled David Fitzgerald who was aChristian – amazing man – and hesaid, ‘when you go down to London,you’ve got to go to this church, HTB’.He said: ‘You’ll really enjoy it, themusic’s great, get involved in theworship team there.’”

Norwich School’s David Fitzgeraldis a saxophonist and woodwindmusician, who in the early 90sfounded the Christian Celtic folkband Iona. Not only did Luke followhis advice and start attending HolyTrinity Brompton (HTB) in 2003, butthe track ‘Waves’ on Worship Cen-tral’s recent ‘Mercy Road’ album isreminiscent of the haunting quality ofIona’s beautiful vocals.

Holy Trinity Brompton is anAnglican church in central London,perhaps best known for birthing the

Alpha Course. “I played in the wor-ship team there as soon as I arrived,”Luke said, “and then began to leadworship in the student group. Thatwas really my bread and butter. I didthat week in, week out andloved it. From there I shad-owed different people and ledat bigger gatherings, servicesand events. It has grownfrom there really.”

Following graduation, Lukewas employed for six years onthe staff of HTB as a WorshipPastor, transitioning into therole at Worship Central.

He grew up in Eaton, wherehis family had moved whenhe was eight, attending Fair-way Middle School (nowEaton Primary). Luke’s par-ents, Dieter and Jane aremusicians and Christians buthe never felt pressurised inhis faith. “I think my parentsencouraged me to find myown faith really,” Luke said.

During his teenage years heattended King’s CommunityChurch in central Norwich,where he got baptised whenhe was 15. “I had a couple ofgreat youth leaders there whowere key in my faith journey,”he said.

Now in a position to influ-ence the faith of peoplearound the world, he is quickto count his blessings. Hesaid: “It is such a privilege tobe able to use the gifts that I

believe God has given me and whatI’ve trained in to serve Him and toserve a church, and also wider in thechurch’s mission to see people cometo Christ.

“I think music can be such anamazing way to draw people in andto paint a picture of who God is.That’s one of the things we love to do– paint pictures of this God whom we

worship. People have so many ques-tions, and through music andworship and the songs we write, wewant to describe our God.”

The headquarters of Worship Cen-tral is now in Birmingham. It is herethat Luke’s wife Anna Hellebronth isthe Worship Pastor of Gas StreetChurch, a church plant of Holy Trin-ity Brompton led by Tim Hughes whois also an Anglican vicar.

Worship Central has over 20 hubsworldwide including in Australia,Canada, Costa Rica, South Africa,Malaysia, Spain and Slovakia. It ispart of Luke’s role as the GlobalDirector to be a link to those hubs,stay in touch, give training opportu-nities and set the vision and strategyfor moving forward.

Luke said: “I love all the practicaltraining elements but really they areall tools to facilitate that encounterwith God. Obviously music and sungworship is one way of how that hap-pens. I’ve seen that time and timeagain, whether it’s through a healingor a revelation of who God is,through a lyric or an emotion that hasbeen struck through a melody – somany different ways.

“But I think seeing the change andtransformation in people meetingwith God is always so satisfying. Ithink that is the thing that is going tochange lives and hopefully theworld.”

The Worship Central course is afree 7-session online training coursefor local churches to run themselves.To find out more about this and otherresources go towww.worshipcentral.org.

Luke’s world of worshipIn 2000, aged 15, LukeHellebronth was baptisedat King’s CommunityChurch in Norwich. Nowhe leads an internationalChristian movement that isseeking to inspire Godlyworship and make itcentral to church andcommunity life acrossthe world. Jenny Sealreports.

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� An award-winning interactive mobile educa-tion unit which helps tell the story of Jesus toyoung people in schools and churches will bepart of the Celebrate Norwich & Norfolk eventat the Forum in Norwich on Saturday June 16.And primary school age church youth

groups and Sunday schools are invited to booka free 45-minute interactive presentation fortheir young people to experience the £250,000mobile education unit for themselves.Run by long-standing charity Counties, Key

to Life? is housed in a purpose-built vehiclethat transforms into a large interactive learningspace, featuring floor-to-ceiling touch screenslinked to a computer system. It can go any-where in the UK, it is mobile, and doesn’t needto take up space in a building.Key to Life? is a cutting-edge mobile experi-

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A dozen West Norfolk churchesare set to come together for thethird year running to run the freeCelebrate King’s Lynn communityfun day in the town centre onSaturday June 9.

T he event team is expecting an increase inthe numbers attending as the people ofKing’s Lynn gather for the free festival

with music, food and entertainment which willbe staged once again in the town’s central park,The Walks, on Saturday June 9, from 10-4pm.

As always, everything at the event is free andcourtesy of the charity and the town’s churches,including a free barbecue. This year’s event willinclude a stage featuring live music, drama anda circus performer.

Music will be provided bybands including MattMcCleary, King’s LynnStreet Church and The FlatEarth Disciples.

Free fun activities includeGo Karts, The Gladiator,Sumo Wrestling, Eliminator,a bouncy castle, giant chil-dren’s slide, buzz wire andface painting.

Other groups attending include the ChristianMotorcycle Association, drama from Open theBook, Sally Beadle’s Bible Circus, Foodbank,

Christians Against Poverty, Bridge for Heroes,Word on the Wash and the educational interac-tive mobile Key to Life? unit from Counties UK.

The local churches involved with Celebratewill again be running games and have informa-tion stands. They include: � Church of the Nazarene� King’s Lynn Cornerstone Baptist Church � King’s Glory Church � The Gateway Church� The King’s Centre Christian Fellowship� North Lynn Methodist Church� St John The Evangelist� Church in the Woottons� The Salvation Army� St Faith’s Church� King’s Lynn Community Adventist Church� King’s Lynn Evangelical Church

Celebrate King’s Lynn organiser, MaartenKlem, said: “The whole ideaof Celebrate King’s Lynn isfor the Christian churchesaround West Norfolk to puton an entirely free event foreveryone from the localcommunity to come andenjoy. Any other churches orChristian groups that wantto join us are more than wel-come, just get in contact.”

To find out more, contactMaarten at maarten@celebratekingslynn.com orvisit: www.celebratekingslynn.com

Car parking is at the town centre multi-storey.

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The Celebrate Norwich &Norfolk Christian Servicesand Projects Exhibitionwill take place in theForum and on MillenniumPlain, in Norwich citycentre, from 9am to 4pmon Saturday June 16.The line-up of exhibitorsincludes:

Church in action showcaseNorfolk HealingRooms� Exists to offer prayer forhealing to anyone, free ofcharge and without anappointment, for physical,emotional or spiritual needsin accordance with scripture. www.norfolkhealin-grooms.co.uk

Horstead Centre� The Horstead Centre nearNorwich provides youngpeople with opportunities foreducational, personal, socialand spiritual developmentthrough an excitingprogramme of residentialstays, activity days and miniconferencing.www.horsteadcentre.org.uk

Samaritan’s Purse UK� Is an international reliefand development organisa-tion that works through localchurches to proclaim anddemonstrate the love of Godamongst communities inneed (in countries acrossSub-Saharan Africa, EasternEurope and Central Asia)across the world. www.samaritans-purse.org.uk

London School ofTheology � The London School ofTheology exists to serve thechurch of Jesus Christ byeducating individuals,equipping local churches,and engaging in leadingresearch. https://home.lst.ac.uk/

Heartbeat Ministries� A Norfolk-based servantministry that seeks tostrengthen people to be-come healthy and activemembers within the Body ofChrist. It has monthly meet-ings plus occasional regionalconferences and events. heartbeatministries.co.uk

Norwich HealingRooms� Anyone can come forprayer, no matter what theneed, whether physical,emotional, or spiritual con-cerns. Our team is dedicatedto seeing the same healingswhich took place in the Bible,take place today. www.norwichhealin-grooms.co.uk

Friends Interna-tional Norwich� Sharing the love of Christwith international studentsstudying in Norwich;supporting them throughfriendship, hospitality andcultural events.www.friendsinter-national.uk/norwich

Christian Vision forMen� We simply seek to intro-duce men to Jesus. This isachieved by equipping thelocal church with tools, re-sources, training and sup-port. Check out the websitefor more info, particularly thevarious local and nationalevents throughout the year. www.cvm.org.uk

Hebron Trust� Hebron House is a safe,nurturing and intensivelysupportive community envi-ronment in which to rehabili-tate from drug and alcoholdependency and the life-dominating problems thatserious substance misusecan cause.www.hebrontrust.org.uk

The Mix - Norfolk� Organises fun, friendlyand informal social events inNorfolk aimed at the 25+ agerange. It is an inter-church,inter-denominational initia-tive which sees friendshipsas a major part of God’skingdom and mission. Search “Mix Norfolk” onFacebook or email:mix@wfcdereham.org

Ecumenism� What is it and why shouldwe be celebrating it 500years after the Reformation?John Myhill will provide infor-mation and an opportunityfor discussion aboutchurches in Norwich.

Mothers’ Union -Diocese of Norwich� Through campaigning,community projects andprayer across the world ourvolunteer members promotestable marriage and familylife to create lasting changefor families and theircommunities. muenterprises.org/norwichmu

Christian Aid� Reaching out to help thepoorest communities aroundthe world and has a localoffice in Norwich. We exist tochange hearts in the richworld and change lives inthe poor world. We helpchurches to pray, act andgive to reduce poverty insome of the most deprivedareas of the world.www.christianaid.org.uk

The Norfolk PostalBible School� Uses theresourcesproduced byBible Educa-tional Serv-ices to runcorrespon-dence schools through thepostal system, and to supplygroups, Bible classes,schools and Sundayschools. www.norfolkpbs.co.uk

St John the BaptistCatholic Cathedral� The Catholic Cathedral isa beautiful building andplace of prayer, open toeveryone and free to enterwith Tower Tours and magnif-icent views. Its Narthex visi-tor centre offers conferencefacilities, the Garden Caféand Cathedral Shop.www.sjbcathedral.org.uk

Good News� Good News aims to sharethe good news about JesusChrist at events acrossNorfolk. email:good.news.stand.norfolk@gmail.com

OMFUK� AChristianmissionagencythatserves the church and seeksto bring the gospel to all thepeoples of East Asia. It helpsto place Christians to sharethe love of Christ with EastAsians worldwide.www.omf.org/uk/

Norwich QuakerMeeting� Rooted in Christianity,Quakers believe there is ‘thatof God’in every-one. Theexperi-ence ofQuakersilentworshipprovides a contemporary, ex-ploratory and radical spiritualpath for those seekingmeaning and purpose to life.Visit our stand and discoverfamous Quaker companiesfrom the past and the roleQuakers played in shapingour nation.www.norwichquakers.org.uk

Community Action Norwich� Meetingthe needs ofpeoplethrough aprogrammeof commu-nity care inthe Laken-ham and Tuckswood areasof Norwich. www.communityactionnorwich.co.uk

Stepping Stones café in theheart of Norwich city centre ismore than just a place to eatgreat food, it is a thriving socialenterprise as well, as KeithMorris found out.

A s part of YMCA Norfolk’s NorwichCentral accommodation facility,right next to Norwich Bus Station,

Stepping Stones provides training and cater-ing skills for young people.

Under the supervision of head chefNathan Pickett and manager Julie Brown,the café has helped to transform the lives ofvulnerable young people locally by provid-ing real life work experience, training, skillsand links into employment. Many havegone on to work in other well-known localrestaurants.

Julie said: “Many young people come intothe YMCA’s supported housing because ofhomelessness, chaotic backgrounds, familybreakdown and other difficult and complexcircumstances. This has often affected theireducation and ability to move forward intheir career pathways. Through our trainingand skills social enterprise we are able tohelp some of them acquire the skills andexperience to develop a career in catering.”

But of course, the main reason for the café isto provide great food and drink to customers,which it has been doing for six years now.

Whether you are looking for an all-daybreakfast, a tasty lunch special, or a panini,home-made soup or jacket potato to eat in ortake out, Stepping Stones is the place to go.

Nathan and his team cook three differentdaily specials such as home-made lasagne andsalad, pork sweet chilli noodles with stir-fry vegand chicken tikka masala, rice and naan bread,all at £6.50.

Slimmers’ selections are also alwaysavailable.

For those needing a quick bite to eat in or takeout, a sandwich/baguette, crisps and drinkmeal deal is available at just £3.75.

Other quick options include hot baguettesand paninis, jacket potatoes with various fillingsand home-made soup of the day with abaguette.

A popular choice is, of course, the all-daybreakfast with sausage, egg, bacon, bakedbeans, grilled tomato, mushrooms, toast and ahot drink for £5.75. A breakfast baguette andvegetarian options are also available.

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on the menu� Prices� All day full English break-fast £5.75

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� Meal deal £3.75� Home-made soup £4.20� Daily hot specials £6.50� Paninis: from £5.40� Jacket potatoes: from£4.50

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� Corporate cateringChef Nathan’s (pictured above) team also offera menu for business lunches and breakfastbrunches including buffets with sandwiches,finger food platters, cakes and fruit.

a bite toeat�When I dropped intothe café for a quick work-ing lunch, I chose abacon and egg baguette,which came with a smalldressed salad and somecrisps. The bacon wasnicely cooked and theeggs runny in the middle,just as I like them. It wasalso served within ashort space of time, sono hanging around feel-ing hungry. The cost wasa reasonable £4.55.

Eating out

Many of the peoplecrowding intochurch servicesaround the worldthis year will beopening hymn-books fromNorwich-basedHymns Ancientand Modern.

E ven if everyone isnot singing fromexactly the same

hymnbook, the chances arehigh that the song bookyou are handed comesfrom Hymns Ancient andModern.

The classic collection ofhymns was named morethan 150 years ago from achance meeting of twoclergymen on a train.

Hymns Ancient andModern is not just a hymnbook, it is a Christiancharity and it is based inNorwich.

Via book and newspaper publishing, book-selling and distribution, it generates funds inorder to fulfil its charitable purpose of makinggrants to churches and Christian organisations.

Today Hymns A&M publishes around 100books every year in print and digital formatsvia imprints SCM Press, Canterbury Press,Church House Publishing (under arrangementwith the Archbishops Council) and SaintAndrew Press (under arrangement with theChurch of Scotland).

It also publishes the Church Times and otherperiodicals, owns leading religious bookshopChurch House Bookshop, runs events and semi-nars plus distribution centre Norwich Booksand Music (NBM), based on an industrial centreon Norwich’s outer ring road. Hymns A&Memploy 65 staff including around 30 in Norwichworking in warehousing and distribution, cus-tomer services, credit control and finance.

Each day, hundreds of orders and thousandsof books go out to customers worldwide fromthe Norwich distribution centre – backed up bymodern technology, digital printing and tradi-tional forklift trucks. Of course, peak times inthe Christian church year see NBM at its busiest– and this year especially so with sales of over80,000 copies of the new Church of Englandbooklet for Advent, God with us.

In September 2017, NBM was delighted to beawarded for the first time the title ChristianDistributor of the year in recognition of thequality of its service and despatch levels.

The first Hymns A&M was published in 1861and went on to sell over 200 million copies. Formore than 150 years it has been printed byClowes of Beccles and indeed Hymns A&Mwas based there for decades but moved to cen-tral Norwich in 1975 and the Hellesdon ParkRoad Industrial Estate in 2010.

Find out more about our work and our grantsprogramme at www.hymnsam.co.uk

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Three generations offamily in 50-yearchurch role tradition� Story continued from front page

“As my grandparents had met in this place,been trained up and sent out into the world,so this place has been a time of transforma-tion, training and growth for me,” said Beth. “It is exciting because I look at where God

has taken my grandparents from their time atLST, how He has used them for His kingdompurposes, and then see myself and my fi-ancé continuing to build on their legacy withthe foundations that LST has equipped uswith. 50 years on and much has changed inthe world, but the Mission of God remainsunchanged.”

John and Doreen Betts.

T he Norfolk Show takesplace on Wednesday 27 andThursday 28 June and is the

largest two-day agricultural showin the country with over 80,000people visiting.

One of the Show's themes thisyear is Wellbeing and the Diocese

presence will be linked to thisthrough its theme of 'we care'.

Throughout the large marqueewill be a wide range of activities,areas to explore and exhibits,including activities for childrenand young people to get stuck into;the opportunity to try bell ringing

for the first time; and a reflectivegarden experience and churchyardwildlife area.

Visitors will be invited to con-struct a big church building out ofLego as part of a project to high-light the care and dedication of somany volunteers who look aftertheir local church building, brickby brick, to ensure its open for thelocal community and visitors eachday.

If you have any spare Lego youcould donate towards the big build(it can’t be returned) please dropoff or post it to Diocesan House,109 Dereham Road, Easton, Nor-wich, NR9 5ES and mark with thewords “Norfolk Show Big Build”.

The marquee will have a largecafé area for those wanting refresh-ment or a place to stop and relax aswell as featuring a large soft playarea for toddlers and parents.

School choirs and music groupswill be performing on the stageduring both days. Many Diocesepartner organisations will be run-ning interactive areas such as theChurch Urban Fund (throughImagine Norfolk Together)discussing poverty and homeless-

ness and the Church Army(through the new Centres of Mis-sion Team) sharing and talkingabout faith.

Speaking about the vision, Gor-don Darley, Director of Marketing& Communications for the Dioceseof Norwich, said: “The Show is anamazing opportunity to highlightwhat God is doing across Norfolkand Waveney through the localchurch as well as promoting Chris-tians working together throughmany different charities. Througha vibrant, colourful and engagingpresence we want to give just ataste of the love God has for all.”

Other local Christian charities,organisations and churches will beexhibiting with the Diocese toshowcase the work they do,including Scripture Union, Chris-tian Aid, Norfolk CommunityChaplaincy, Norfolk YMCA,Norwich Cathedral, STN SportsFactory, Norfolk Postal BibleSchool, Mothers’ Union, NorfolkWildlife Trust, PlayVan, HorsteadCentre and Spire PropertyConsultants.

Do come and visit us at stand227 (Avenue 8, Second Drive).

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Celebrating the church’srole in local communities The Diocese of Norwich will be atthe Royal Norfolk Show in June tocelebrate and highlight the church’srole in local communities across thecounty under the theme of 'we care'.

Printed by Archant Print, Thorpe Print Centre, Norwich The Diocese of Norwich marquee at last year’s Royal Norfolk Show.