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Final Arts Festival Concert a Triumph for Young Gorleston Cellist

The final concert of the Great Yarmouth Arts Festival 2019 took place in the Minster.The concert opened with Mendelssohn's Hebrides overture and concluded with Elgar's Enigma Variations More ...

Norfolk churches needed as pop-up shoebox collection centres

Trish Ellse, Regional Manager in the East for Samaritan’s Purse, is appealing to churches across Norfolk to consider becoming Church Collection Centres for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes during the National Collection Week this November More ...

First chance to read the Autumn Good News

The autumn edition of popular Christian newspaper, Good News for Norwich and Norfolk, containing stories from across the local Christian community, has just been published online More ...

Norwich Christian charity 'hoofs it to Hopton' to raise funds

The Norwich Youth for Christ team embarked on an incredible 84 mile walk along the entire Norfolk Coastal Path in three days to raise funds for their schools work More ...

Yarmouth charity struggles to find venue for Christmas dinner

The planned closure of the Marina Centre this October means that Open Christmas has not yet found a host for its festive meal for those on their own, homeless, or struggling to make ends meet More ...

YMCA Norfolk takes ownership of E-Learning Service

YMCA Norfolk has taken ownership of the E-learning Service which provides online education to help pupils reintegrate back into school or continue with exams More ...

An Exciting Opening Concert for the Yarmouth Arts Festival

The musical section of the Great Yarmouth Arts Festival started with a zip at the Minster on Saturday with a Gala Concert organised by John Stephens, well known in both local and wider musical circles, for his inspirational teaching of young people More ...

Organ recitals at The Minster and Caister

The recitals by Colin Porter at The Minster, and Holy Trinity, Caister, were resounding successes, with 60+ at the Minster, and 50+ at Caister More ...

Sea Baptisms for Cliff Park Community Church

Sunday was a special day for Cliff Park Community Church (CPCC) when two of its members were baptised in the sea. A large crowd from the church was there to support the event as well as many others watching from the nearby Jay Jays cafe More ...

A Swiss chaplaincy

Rev John Kinchin-Smith reports on his, and his wife Caroline’s, amazing chaplaincy experience at the English Church in Zermatt in the Swiss Alps More ...

Art Exhibition in St Peter’s Church Hall, Gorleston

Shetland sheep wool for spinning

St Peter’s 80th Anniversary Concert

80th Anniversary Celebrations

Medieval Norfolk church torched in arson attack

Official opening of pregnancy loss charity in Great Yarmouth

Stalham band interviewed on Martham's Faithful Radio

'Unbelievable' - reports of vandalism at medieval Norfolk church

First chance to read the summer Good News

Gorleston Gal’s Community News June 2019

Norfolk couple trek 100 miles for Compassion in Togo

'These things take time' - Yarmouth clock stuck for two years strikes again

The Minster Choristers sing at Norwich Cathedral

Free ministry tools available from Connect4Life

The Family Table explores faith through music

Gorleston Gal’s Community News May 2019

New Bishop of Norwich reveals priorities and passions

Next Bishop of Norwich announced

Paying Off the Mortgage Celebration Service

YMCA Norfolk celebrates its inspirational staff

Special reunion as bishop visits James Paget Hospital

Cartoon man Steve helps Stalham church outreach

Gorleston Gal’s Community News April 2019

Gorleston hospital staff receive 1,500 free bars of chocolate

First chance to read the spring Good News

Counter-terrorism Police offer help to Norfolk churches

Church-inspired project to map social action is launched

Gorleston Christian shares gold from Psalm 119

Gorleston Gal’s Community News March 2019

Pregnancy loss charity to open new centre in Great Yarmouth

Forget the 49ers, become a 119er

Stalham Baptists reach out with community magazine

Yarmouth meeting to help put Norfolk Christian action on the map

Gorleston Gal’s Community News February 2019

1153 MCU Boys 44 years on

“All I try to do is listen” - meet the taxi chaplain who is helping drivers in tough times

Norfolk churches urged to watch for rural depression

Broadland worship band releases new folk music CD

Reflections for January

Gorleston Gal’s Community News January 2019

Messy Church Remembers

Gorleston Gal’s Community News December 2018

Stalham Baptists’ sea-going football story goes viral

First chance to read the Christmas Good News paper

‘Pistons, Pipes, and Pedals’

“Making much of Jesus” in Great Yarmouth

Gorleston Gal's Community News November 2018

Hippodrome Circus hosts a mini RAH Festival of Remembrance

Reminder of God's love and promises

Archbishop Justin lays lifeboat wreath off Norfolk coast

YMCA Norfolk opens community house in Great Yarmouth

Belton church's poppy soldier

Extra tickets released for civic Festival of Remembrance

Inter Faith Week

Norfolk Churches Trust Sponsored Bike Ride and Walk

Preparations for Archbishop of Canterbury’s visit to Caister under way

New leader for Norfolk and Suffolk Christian Police

Norfolk churches and papers to create Fields of Remembrance

YMCA Norfolk opens community house in Yarmouth

Healing Rooms in Great Yarmouth

Doodling therapy at old Norwich hospital chapel

Confessions of a Christian Camping Convert

Ecumenical start to Archbishop Justin's Norfolk visit

Be first to read Norfolk Good News this autumn

Uplifting Organ Recital by Martyn Marshall

A Trio of Congratulations for Rosemary

Double success for YMCA Norfolk in youth awards

From sofa surfer to role model: how the YMCA turned this Norfolk man’s life around

Appeal to join in Norfolk churches bike ride and walk

Taking a Stand at Gorleston's Cliff Top Gala

Never mind the heatwave - Christmas is saved!

Inflatable bull at Gorleston church youth club

17 new priests and deacons ordained in Norwich

Emmanuel Pentecostal Church celebrates 6 baptisms

Concert by the Waveney Sinfonia was a triumph

100th Birthday Celebration at Wednesday Club

Bob completes 70 years with St Andrew's Choir

Bradwell primary school develops music provision

Football cage in church heralds launch of new youth group in Gorleston

Church altar rededicated after arson and devil hate crime attack

Cash needed to save community Christmas event

Bishop of Norwich announces his retirement

Be first to read Norfolk Good News this summer

Memorial service for the heroic victims of Second World War bombing raid

Hundreds join Rosary on the Coast prayers in East Anglia

Created's first Meet Up in Great Yarmouth

Community cafe with a vintage tearoom feel celebrates its first year

Created's first Meet Up in Great Yarmouth

Yarmouth church is victim of arson and hate crime attack

YMCA Norfolk Sleep Easy highlights youth homelessness

Parish registers conservation project continues

Be first to read Norfolk's Good News this Easter

Vigil for missing Gorleston student Sophie Smith held at Norwich Cathedral

YMCA Norfolk backs anti-bullying Be Real campaign

Norwich Cathedral vigil for missing UEA student

MP announces deal with churches to boost rural broadband and mobile connections

Bible Best Bits

Appeal for Norfolk Christian bikers to join group

Hope Church closes but mission to carry on

Great Yarmouth Minster taking special measures to avoid difficult World Cup conundrum

Hopton ruined church relieved of railings as councillor steps in to remove them

Be first to read Norfolk's Christmas Good News

Good music, good chat, good news!

Joy as church restoration is completed in time for Christmas celebrations

Gorleston man wants church bells to ring for Armistice

Ormesby St Margaret church funds celebrations

Zozulenka performs at Emmanuel Pentecostal Church

Gorleston six step out to raise £1000 for Cambodia

Thank you for the Music 2008-2017

Story Evening at St Mary's Southtown

St Nicholas Handbell Ringers celebrate 50 years

Congratulations

Remembrance Service for Admiral Nelson

Blessing of the Nets and Herring Supper

Elijah’s Life Set to Music by Mendelssohn

Burgh Castle is visited by Fursey Pilgrims

Yarmouth sweet shop owner refutes claims of haunting

YMCA Norfolk backs major new mental health campaign

Bishop will take a tour of Great Yarmouth

Last guided walk in Great Yarmouth will tour the Minster graveyard

The Minster Clock

Special commemoration service marks the 70th anniversary of tragic plane crash at Mautby

Norfolk publisher's new books on the End Times

Be first to read Norfolk's autumn Good News

Church is to reopen and run the Mitre pub in Norwich in what is believed to be a first for the UK

Christian song books looking for good home

Appeal for Norfolk churches to offer Alpha to Police

Looking forward to wonderful opportunities

Festival Pastors are in the pink at Latitude

Special service of commemoration marks 75th anniversary of the bombing of Great Yarmouth Minster

Gorleston Methodist Church celebrates 150th anniversary

Church ruins project at Hopton to be celebrated with official opening ceremony

Do you know who made this model of Bradwell Methodist Church?

New Team Rector Designate for The Minster

Village of Rollesby feeling violated says Rector after lead is stolen from church roof

Stalham Baptists launch community magazine

Stalham Baptist Church gets new Pastoral Assistant

Norfolk religious leaders unite in condemnation of Westminster terror attack

Exciting changes at Kingsgate Community Church

Storm Doris rips off part of roof of Norfolk church

Yarmouth Minster and Norwich enterprise agency at heart of Commonwealth celebrations

Ecumenism is alive and well across Diocese of East Anglia

Norfolk Police gets first-ever Catholic chaplain

Memories and Shadows: A Poet's Journey

The Queen speaks of her faith and inspiration

2016 - in memorium

Way To Go

Good to be Home

Annual Remembrance Service at Bush Quay, Gorleston

Hundreds gather to pay their respects in St George's Park

YMCA celebrates serving Norfolk for 160 years

Gorleston Christian nurse helps Zambia hospital

Church bells to chime for Repps cum Bastwick’s nine fallen heroes

Parents attend Alderman Swindell harvest festival

No dial needed as Christian internet radio station is launched

Most welcoming church announced!

Cornerstone Baptist Church to launch Faithful Radio

Bishop of Lynn blesses newly donated PlayVan

Village churches around Yarmouth set to benefit from new £3m fund

Rev John Kinchin-Smith appointed Rural Dean

New lease of life for Yarmouth church sold for just £1

Tolerance was the message at RE exhibition in Yarmouth

The sky’s the limit for Norfolk churches project

Pope supports Diocese as it celebrates in Norwich

Two arrested after two-month crime spree at east Norfolk churches

YMCA Norfolk launches mental health first aid service

Spate of theft at village parish church

S Norfolk Filling Station tastes God’s goodness

Another milestone passed for St Andrew’s in Gorleston

Could you be a roving reporter for Network Yarmouth?

Church in Burgh Castle broken into over the weekend

Norfolk partnership launches new online church

New Pastor inducted at Sheringham church

Norwich church to screen Gospel of Mark film

‘Confession drive’ at Catholic churches across East Anglia

Visit Norfolk churches from your sofa!

Firefighters put out blaze at Burgh Castle vicarage

Norfolk churches to join massive hymn-sing

Sheringham church pastor hands over the baton

Norwich churches take on YMCA charity challenge

Council could set Sunday trading rules in Great Yarmouth

Hope Church on the move

Appeal launched to help rethatch roof at Fritton church

Village church burial site is five spaces close to being full

Church gets boost with initial pledge for funding

A unique free experience on Tuesday at Norwich Cathedral

Lord's Prayer ad banned from Norfolk cinemas

YMCA Norfolk launches Home for Christmas appeal

Norfolk Christian digital award winners named

Val receives MBE honour in Norfolk ceremony

Over 700 people have voted in the Norfolk Digital Communications awards so why not join them?

Ian and Sue to leave Kingsgate Community Church

Pentecostal Church is launched in Reedham

New church opening in Reedham

First-ever Norfolk Christian digital awards launched

Be part of the Diocese of Norwich's interactive map

Two nominations for Norfolk Churches at the Angel Awards

A new Christian channel on Freeview

Great Yarmouth High could be latest school to join church's academy trust

Nepal News from St Andrew’s Church, Gorleston

Minster's churchyard holds fascinating history

Bridging the Orthodox gap in Norfolk

Rocking Bishop returns for Christmas!

YMCA Norfolk bike project on Brilliant Britain

YMCA Norfolk’s first-ever pantomime is a hit

Happy birthday!

100 ways to get your church noticed

Church of England approves women bishops

HRH The Earl of Wessex to visit Norfolk to highlight Church’s role in education

Great Yarmouth plaque will honour key player in Dissenters' Movement

Award for the Friends of Great Yarmouth Churchyard and Cemeteries

Salvation Army has a new website

We need to be careful about copyright

Hope Church opens in Great Yarmouth

Winterton Church celebrates tower restoration

God's Not Dead

New community network aims to build strong links between faiths in Great Yarmouth

Project to break cycle of homelessness

Kings Church gets a new leader and a new name

The change of a name

Adventist Church Health Team speaks out about baby rickets case

Townsfolk pay tribute to Sir James Paget at Great Yarmouth Minster

Three commissioned by Rev Mandy Bishop

YMCA Norfolk course helps independence move

Norfolk money skills project supports homeless teens

A stained glass window has been installed at the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Kings is back

Closed Norfolk church set to restart after a year

New Life Church, Great Yarmouth, closes

Gorleston primary reopens as church school

Kings Church coming back on the scene!

Great Yarmouth church begins ten-year £1m restoration

Norwich church announces leadership change

Repairs finally underway at historic Winterton Church

Women's World Day of Prayer at St Paul's Church in Yarmouth

Yarmouth fun day highlights work to tackle hate crime

Church's 2 Congregations worship together

A New Season for Kings Church

A letter from a concerned Christian

Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble...

Norfolk couple complete 50 peaks challenge

EGM and closure of Borough Wide Churches Forum

BWCF is to close, so what about the future?

Olympic boxer helps youngsters open Yarmouth mural

All Change as New Life comes to City Church...

'Danger’ Great Yarmouth church is closed

10th anniversary Memorial Service is held at the Minster

Running in the rain for ADRA

Tributes to former Norwich Bishop's chaplain

Wurlitzer Organ for disposal

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