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JULY-AUGUST 2018
Love bade
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Places of welcome and sanctuary PAGE 6
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THE MAGAZINE | JULY – AUGUST 2018
ur God is a God of welcome. Welcoming those from other cultures
“Do not neglect to show who have faced hardship is another
hospitality to strangers, element of sharing God as Love. An 4 COMMENT: You’re very
for thereby some have explanation of the impact of welcoming
entertained angels unawares” (Hebrews welcome!
a large influx of refugees in our link
13:2). In showing hospitality, we can diocese of Lulea is given by Emma
encounter the divine. It is through people
5 PAUSE BUTTON: Love bade
Berkman on page 18.
and our interaction with them that me welcome
God speaks to us and acts in the world. Inspired Classrooms is a new initiative
The person we invite into our home or from the Diocese and offers churches,
welcome into our church may be the not only here, but nationwide, an
means by which God is changing our life opportunity to welcome their local
through them, and it can also be that he is schools into their buildings to inspire
using us to change their lives. learning. See Saul Penfold’s feature on
page 26.
This issue is full of stories of individuals
and congregations being actively aware Plenty to inspire us to ponder how we
open ourselves to others. “Therefore
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of their ‘welcome’. In his Comment, Paul
Beverley shares his epiphany moment of welcome one another as Christ has
discovering that God is welcome (pg 4). welcomed you, for the glory of God”
In the main feature Marion Welham (Romans 15:7).
explores the welcome that’s extended at
Blessings,
two very different churches in our Diocese FEATURE:
(pg 6) and other parishes share their
welcome stories from Sprowston (pg 13) Places of welcome
to Blakeney (pg 11) and Kings’ Lynn (pg 9) and sanctuary
to Long Stratton (pg 25).
Anna Walker takes a look at how three 9 Further ideas and Welcome Inn
churches are creating a sacred space
for children to feel welcome (pg 14) 10 The unconscious bias question
and Andy Bryant ponders on some
recent research about tourist visitors 12 SOUL SPACE: Practising
to cathedrals: “Perhaps part of good hospitality
hospitality is taking the spirituality of our
visitors seriously” (pg 23). 14 CYF – creating sacred spaces
The Soul Space explores the practice of for children
hospitality (pg 12) and Tim Rogers urges
us to question our ‘unconscious bias’ as Barbara Bryant 17 Book reviews on the theme of
we seek to offer welcome (pg 10). Editor welcome
25 Big Day Out with Mothers’ Union
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Cover photo: Some of the welcoming faces at St Edmund’s
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COMMENT
You’re very welcome!
A
fter 37 happy years attending and baptisms, we then allow them to But how do we have so many people
the same central Norwich be involved on their own terms; just actively involved? The answer is largely
church, we felt it would be whatever they feel comfortable with. just what I said earlier: make people
better, having moved out to feel welcome, and the chain reaction of
Taverham, to find somewhere local to Varied services welcoming will continue, as they feel
worship. After a couple of services at committed to sharing with others all that
St Edmund’s we knew that this was the People are individuals and have varied they have received.
tastes in music, service styles and
place we wanted to be. Almost every
different time commitments. The church Having been made so welcome
time we talked to someone new, and
therefore puts on many (very) different ourselves, we’re now helping to run a
we asked them how long they’d been at
services on several days of the week: welcome café in the church on a Tuesday
St Ed’s, we got the same sort of answer,
8am and 10.30am Sunday communions, morning. Anyone, church attender or
“I was in a difficult place in my life, and
all-age services, all-age communions, not, is welcome to join us for a cup of
when I came here I was made to feel so
Julian meetings, café services, Messy tea or coffee, plus a slice of toast or
very welcome.” It became a sort of litany
Church, evening prayer, and compline, as something sweet, and in the middle
of thankfulness.
well as running a range of home groups. of the morning there’s a well-attended
Our vicar, Paul and his wife, Rachel The Revd Seabrook has built up a team toddler tunes session.
are such open and welcoming people and shares the ministry with three retired In this past 12 months I’ve come to
that they have set the tone. Now they or part-time clergy, a Reader and three experience, in a new and wonderful way,
have set the ball rolling, the welcoming Authorised Worship Assistants, plus other that God is welcome. What I mean is that
process seems almost unstoppable. lay helpers. I’ve rediscovered (after almost 50 years as
And other things have worked here to a Christian!) that God, as Father, Son and
support this welcome. Pastoral care Holy Spirit, embodies relationship. And
because that love within the godhead
An open policy As well as these service leaders, there’s
a pastoral team of seven people, plus is the very essence of what God is, he
welcomes us into that deep relationship
At St Ed’s, while we explain very clearly a ministry team that offers prayer after
of love.
the significance of the promises that every morning service, and there are
people are about to make in weddings teams going into care homes locally. To know and experience welcome
personified: “By this will everyone know
you are my disciples: if you have love
for one another.” It’s true that, as Jesus
knew well, real love is very costly, but
thankfully real love is amazing and
wonderful and life-affirming! For me,
that’s what’s at the heart of “Welcome”.
Paul Beverley is a semi-retired
freelance proofreader
(hopefully, there are no
mistakes above!). He
and his wife, Sue, are
passionate about building
community to combat
one of the biggest curses of
modern life – loneliness.
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Love bade me
welcome
I
n many, perhaps most cultures, the
Photo: © Exeter Cathedral
obligation to offer welcome and
hospitality is taken very seriously. In
the biblical law books, particularly
Deuteronomy, the clear command to
welcome and care for strangers and aliens
comes from the mouth of God. In the
gospels, Jesus could take it for granted
that when he sent his disciples out to
exercise ministry and proclaim the good
news of the Kingdom, they would be
offered hospitality wherever they went.
His own teaching puts the welcome
offered by God to all at its centre.
When I planned the carving of different
lines of poetry into flagstones at various
entrance points onto the cathedral green
in Exeter, the one that spoke most to
me was George Herbert’s Love Bade Me
Welcome. The words are the first half-line
of a poem that designates ‘God’ simply as
‘Love’ and speaks about a gentle insistence
that, despite all the poet’s attempts to
resist the generous welcome he is offered,
brings him to a simple and thankful
acceptance of the welcome that God is
offering.
Those four words inscribed on the back of
the pectoral cross I wear most of the time
is a reminder to myself that this welcome
by God, who is love, is at the heart of what
Photo: © Francis Vickers
he offers to us all.
Last year the three bishops of the Diocese
began a series of deanery pilgrimages
which will take us round each deanery
of the Diocese over three years. They are
part of the Mission Strategy leading up to they set off for their weekly 5k run around redolent with different ways of living
2021. Together with the rural dean we aim Eaton Park, blessed several local shops out what it means to be a welcoming
to travel around the deanery during the around Earlham and Heigham – even a community and the blessing that can
course of a day, mostly out in the wider Muslim barber’s shop where I had my hair bring.
community; we seek to serve and to offer cut as well, two community centres and
The welcome that we offer (and that
God’s blessing on a wide variety of people, a regular jazz session in the sanctuary:
we learn to receive) is a key part of the
institutions and places. We go to each all places that in various ways offered a
blessing God seeks to give
other’s deaneries, rather than the ones for welcome within their local communities.
to his whole creation.
which we have prime responsibility. Perhaps the most unexpected was the It is one of the most
I have just spent a day in Norwich South opportunity to rejoice with and bless important parts of
and returned to one of its parishes for the several hundred students at the UEA as our witness to love.
Sunday which effectively gave me the they prepared to ‘Pimp Their Barrows’, The Rt Revd
weekend there. We started by blessing fundraising
The Venerable for TheBetts
Steven Big C in an array of Jonathan Meyrick
three to four hundred ‘park runners’ as different costumes.
Archdeacon of Norfolk The whole day was Bishop of Lynn
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Places of welcome
and sanctuary
Churches across the Diocese will welcome visitors to their
buildings in Celebrating Open Churches that opens on
Norfolk Day 27 July. It’s a welcome that extends throughout
the year in many and diverse ways, writes Marion Welham.
People come to explore
the church, but they also sit
very quietly, spending time in
contemplation and in prayer.
The prayer tree gets covered with
requests and prayed through by
a dedicated group of people.
The Revd Canon Nick Garrard offering a warm welcome at St Helen’s, Ranworth
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P
eople who have never visited
a church might be surprised to
learn that an unlocked church is
open to everyone, whether or not
there’s a service in progress.
During six years of promoting churches on
behalf of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury
and Ipswich, I was frequently asked by our
tourism partners: “Is it really okay to just
wander in?”
Needless to say, I very soon got the
message that a welcome sign at the
church gate was a no-brainer and
encouraged the practice wherever I went.
Thankfully the Diocese of Norwich actively
encourages churches to be open and
welcoming to all comers. Open Churches
Week has become a celebration of open
churches, the expanding Exploring Norfolk
Churches guidebook tells visitors all they
need to know about opening times,
and many churches have nominated
themselves for the Welcoming Church
Awards 2018 with the winners announced
last month.
The welcome offered by churches can
necessarily differ according to their This group is clearly enjoying time at the Visitor Centre at Ranworth church.
circumstances. For example, rural
Together with a magnificent chancel screen “People come to explore the church,
churches can be open all day and every
and a rare illuminated medieval service but they also sit very quietly, spending
day to provide a welcome to visitors
book (the Ranworth antiphoner) and with time in contemplation and in prayer. The
from near and far, while urban churches
refreshments available at the famous visitor prayer tree gets covered with requests
endeavour to meet the needs of their local
community with clubs, cafés, and drop- centre, it’s not surprising that the so-called and prayed through by a dedicated
ins with all the security that entails. And ‘Cathedral of the Broads’ draws some 50,000 group of people.”
there’s plenty in between! visitors a year from Norfolk and way beyond.
Nick is aware that however much we
That vital ‘Church open and welcome’ You might think all this would induce love our church buildings, it’s a fact
sign outside is the first of many ways to complacency on the part of the Rector, the that people connect with people. “The
welcome your visitors when you can’t Revd Canon Nick Garrard, and his team visitor centre has been open for 25 years,
be there in person to greet them, as but not a bit of it. Nick, who leads the offering a welcome with our large and
with the wonderful community café at four parishes of the Broadside Benefice, friendly team of volunteers, and there’s a
St Elizabeth’s, Earlham or the Welcome has worked hard to ensure Ranworth quote from the rule of St Benedict over
Inn at St John the Evangelist, King’s Lynn, continues to be a place of spiritual as well the counter which says: ‘Let guests who
featured on page 9. as physical refreshment. come be received as Christ.’ So, we offer
“There’s a very longstanding tradition of hospitality as well as an open church”.
As the Revd Canon Nick Garrard of rural The visitor centre is open daily for light
Ranworth put it: “Very few churches have welcome here,” says Nick. “Visitors to the
Broads have been part of the life of this refreshments until the end of October
the resource to have a human welcome
church for over a century. Ranworth is a and at weekends during winter months.
but just to keep a church open, clean and
inviting gives people something they small village of about 200 people so, as well The welcome doesn’t stop there. There
wouldn’t experience in any other part of as welcoming visitors, we also gain much are guided tours, occasional concerts,
their lives.” from them in terms of their support and and academic events such as the
their interest in the place. Ranworth Symposium, when Oxford
Spiritual refreshment “People who have been coming here for choristers sang from the antiphoner and
returned for the filming of the story of
40 years remark on how little the church
at rural Ranworth has changed. In a changing world there is evensong in BBC4’s ‘Elizabeth I’s Battle for
something reassuring about that.” God’s Music’ screened last October.
East Anglia is known for its lofty church
towers and perhaps none more so than The theme of nature is reflected in the “It’s a wonderful asset as well as a great
Ranworth where you can climb to the altarpiece decorated with bittern, herons responsibility,” says Nick. And with more
top for a sense of the whole, spectacular and swallowtails and the kneelers with visitors than some cathedrals, Ranworth
Broads landscape and even arrive at the their symbols of the unique ecosystem of gets through more than one visitors’
church by boat if you so choose. the Broads. book a year.
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It used to be ‘don’t come
in’ and now it’s welcoming,
providing a place of shelter and
a refuge where people can feel
loved and supported.
Pioneer Minister Danny Doran-Smith and Churchwarden Nicola Sizer bag up donated fresh produce
for distribution in the local community.
“We do get comments saying wonderful Beacon Café is, a place of protection. It
things,” Nick enthuses. One episode sticks used to be ‘don’t come in’ and now it’s
in his mind and shows how people can welcoming, providing a place of shelter
regard St Catherine’s as a spiritual home. and a refuge where people can feel loved
“There was an estranged family who were and supported.”
visiting the church at various times and Picnic Project is just one of many projects
Danny was licensed to the church as
leaving messages in the comment section at St Elizabeth’s for families, schoolchildren
Pioneer Minister and director of a charity
of the book which is something you and young people, offering practical
called ENYP – Equipping, Nurturing
wouldn’t expect.” A family disagreement? solutions and safe spaces in which
Young People – bringing his team to
“No,” says Nick. “There was actually to socialise. As part of the Grassroots
work with the local community of the
forgiveness expressed and you got the Larkman estate where 92 per cent of initiative Danny has developed with his
feeling they had no other method of households struggle just to provide the team, 200 young people a week come and
communication.” basics. go for clubs and activities. One is Reach,
a project helping young people with CVs
He believes there are many different ways Their work reflects what ENYP does in and getting qualifications. Another is
a church can be used. more than 30 churches across Norfolk Reclaim, in which children make furniture
“My previous experience was in an urban and Suffolk and includes the remarkable out of industrial pallets.
parish in the middle of Norwich. It had Picnic Project which was launched in the
parish of Earlham. It partners companies Not surprisingly the community is seeing
been bombed in the war, but we found God at work and from a congregation that
such as Tesco, Sainsbury, Nando’s and
that people did come in when they knew had dwindled to almost one in 2014, there
Pizza Hut who donate fresh bread, fruit
it was open and although there wasn’t are now 150 in the regular worshipping
and vegetables that would otherwise go
so much to look at, people would come congregation with its four expressions
to waste.
in and find sanctuary and space, and so of church – Sunday worshipping church,
every church has that potential. The fresh produce provides a balance for café church, mid-week church, and Fresh
the regular foodbank parcels distributed Expressions – throughout the week.
A welcome for those from the church centre and demand has
grown so much that the Picnic Project The Beacon Café is open on Monday,
who need it most now serves churches in Greater Norwich
and other areas. There are even add-ons
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from
9am to 12.30pm, and will soon open for
St Elizabeth’s, Earlham is a redbrick 20th such as Squeeze which uses fresh fruit breakfast ahead of the 11am Sunday
century building and when Pioneer and veg for smoothies so that children service. So, the welcome is extended
Minister Danny Doran-Smith arrived in can make healthier choices, and a soup whether or not you go to church?
2014 people would walk past not even kitchen for over 30 homes in a nearby “Absolutely,” says Danny without
realising it was a church. sheltered housing complex.
hesitation. “At the café the doors are open
Bars across the entrance doors now form “Nothing gets wasted,” says Danny, to everyone.”
angel’s wings over the worship space by who is firmly guided by the Church
the recently expanded Beacon Café that of England’s Five Marks of Mission in Marion Welham is a freelance
hosts some 350 people a week and where everything he does, and that includes journalist and director of
happy children run around safely while sustainability. www.realworkstudio.com
She is a former Historic
breakfast bacon sizzles on the stove in the
It’s faith more than finance, he believes, England support officer
spacious kitchen. in the Diocese of
and his vision is to feed 5,000, an aim that
St Edmundsbury and
“As in Psalm 91, we’re under God’s sounds perfectly feasible considering Ipswich where she created
protection and shelter under his wings,” that, at the time of writing, 2,600 had the church visitor and
Danny explains. “And that’s what the been fed in just four months. community project Angels & Pinnacles.
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Further ideas…
on providing a welcome
hospitality to those in their community, Believing that
both residents and visitors. The toolkit welcoming is a ministry
booklet is designed to be used in a group for every member of
and the Conversation Starters are an the church, it offers
Places of Welcome is a growing opportunity to think and discuss together guidance for your
network of local community groups the call to mission in both the Bible and entire congregation and will help every
providing their neighbourhoods the community in which you live and individual play their part.” Leaders’
with places where all people feel safe worship. For information about printed manual: £14.99, members’ manual:
to belong, connect and contribute. copies of Open Welcome, please email £3.99, DVD: £24.99 Available from:
It can encompass something you louised@germinate.net or visit www.chpublishing.co.uk/features/
already do or give you some ideas for www.germinate.net/open-welcome everybody-welcome
setting up something new. It provides
a set of principles and a common EMBRACE is a group of Christians
brand to aid referrals. Peter Howard from different denominations working
is a local contact (peter.howard@ together to promote a positive response
dioceseofnorwich.org) and more to people who are seeking asylum,
information can be found at refugees, migrant workers and people
www.placesofwelcome.org.uk from minority-ethnic backgrounds living
Open Welcome is a new resource in Northern Ireland. A wealth of useful
from Germinate: The Arthur Rank resources is available on their website:
Centre. It is designed to help rural Everybody Welcome is a complete www.embraceni.org
churches consider how they might use course “to transform your church by
their building to offer welcome and improving your approach to newcomers.
Welcome Inn a lifeline for King’s Lynn folk
From a trickle of one or two people when people making coffee and
it started 18 months ago, the Welcome serving cake, we could
Inn at St John the Evangelist, King’s Lynn bring visitors straight into a
now has more than 20 regular guests community and not just a
and there’s a real buzz as they enjoy building.”
conversation and friendship over coffee Guests at Welcome Inn
and cake. like to sit at one table. “As
For the Revd Becca Rogers it was one more arrived, we kept
solution to welcoming people in when adding tables,” laughs
practical considerations prevented her Becca. “It’s local people
leaving the church open every day. who just want a chat, a
few people with mental health problems, a
“Before you enter the church you need couple of homeless guys who come along.
to go through the Good News Centre, In the holidays, some bring children or
the kitchen and children’s room full of grandchildren.
equipment so we would need to make
that secure first,” she explains. “People come and go so a chap who lost
his job as a doctor because of MS was really
“So basically, out of a desire to open the struggling. He didn’t know what to do
church more, we had a vision day to pray during the day, so he came for a while. Then
and talk about what the needs are in our when it was our first birthday, he made
area. We thought that opening the church this wonderful cake for us. And now he’s
for the same time each week – that’s volunteering at the hospital. It was there for
Tuesdays from 10am until 12 noon – with him at a really difficult time in his life.”
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The unconscious
bias question
By the Revd Tim Rogers
I
magine that you are the designated these can lead to. He concludes that we all untrustworthiness we tend to react
welcomer in church. Today, there is employ ‘fast thinking’ and ‘slow thinking’. according to our learnt pattern, even
a newcomer: tall, well dressed, and though ‘slow’ thinking might question that
confident. How do you respond?
Another week, another newcomer: this
Fast thinking bias. Our brains are machines for jumping
to conclusions.
time unkempt, smelly, eyes not meeting Fast thinking is all the stuff you do
yours. Try to imagine what you would
feel and how you would respond. If you
automatically – walking, talking, reading
and 2+2. This is our normal mode of
The dilemma
are honest with yourself, working on being – moment-to-moment we make This matters hugely to economists but is
initial reactions, what are the differences hundreds of decisions automatically, also pertinent to the church. For so long
between your two welcomes? Even if without really having to ‘think’. This is our church leadership has been the preserve of
you fight against your initial reactions preferred way of working. white, middle-class, middle-aged men and
and your welcome is identical in both Fast thinking serves us well most of the this has shaped our image of what it takes
situations, what do such instincts do to us time but doesn’t always work. Kahneman to be a reader, priest, or bishop – which
and to those around us? showed how readily we misjudge goes a long way to explaining how we
probabilities, character, even maths unconsciously fall into discrimination. “I do
Recently, a group involved in the not do the good I want, but the evil I do not
discernment of new clergy and reader problems. For example, he asked Harvard
students “if a bat and ball costs £1.10 and want is what I do,” says Paul in Romans 7.
vocations spent half a day learning about What Paul says is true for all of us, and the
unconscious bias – the way that we can the bat costs £1 more than the ball, how
much does the ball cost?” More than half decisions we make.
show bias towards some people over
others, without reason or intention. missed the correct answer (5p), too readily So, what can we do with this new-found
trusting their intuitive, fast thinking. awareness? If we acknowledge that we
jump to conclusions, we begin questioning
Our brains are machines for Slow thinking ourselves and each other, and sharpening
jumping to conclusions. our reason. As we grow in discipleship we
Slow thinking is the conscious, deliberate are able to transform our behaviour: our
thinking of learning and problem-solving. ‘fast’ thinking becomes more Christ-like.
It’s hard work and we try to cut corners Knowing our biases and fighting them, we
This training day put me in mind of the
on it. can change not only ourselves, but also our
book I’m reading, Thinking, Fast and
Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Kahneman Indeed, we can function so effectively churches and our world, for good.
received a Nobel Prize for economics for because we have an armoury of
his lifetime’s work researching our biases, shortcuts and rules of thumb. Meeting Further reading: Daniel Kahneman:
shortcuts, rules of thumb and the mistakes someone who matches our image of Thinking, Fast and Slow, Penguin, 2012
10A tasty welcome
at Blakeney brunch
Biddy Collyer paid an early This is no small feat. Volunteers staff
the kitchen producing appetising
morning visit to St Nicholas bacon and egg butties, scrambled egg
Church in Blakeney to see for with bacon, porridge, toast and cereals
herself the tasty welcome that’s with a choice of tea, coffee and juices.
Front-of-house is headed-up by Alison,
taking the place by storm. with yet more volunteers taking orders
and serving the tables.
T
Talking to Victoria Cowan’s children,
he wonderful smell of bacon William, Sophie, Henry and Ben, it was
being cooked welcomed clear that what they enjoyed was the
me as I entered on the first hot food and sharing it with their
Wednesday of May. The rear of friends. I heard the same comment
the church was laid out with tables and from every child I spoke to. Getting
chairs, colourful napkins at each place children off to school is hard enough
setting and a real buzz of excitement as anyway without having to nag them
the children started arriving. to eat up. In the relaxed atmosphere
Twelve months earlier, the church of the church, they needed no
decided to put on a Christian Aid Big encouragement.
Brekkie. It was such a success that a small The parents I spoke to were equally
team of amazing volunteers, headed enthusiastic. Victoria said, “It is
up by Alison Jewell, a member of the lovely just getting the village and
Blakeney PCC, decided to do it again the community together. It’s been
next month. A year on and it is still taking brilliant.” Sarah Bracey’s son William
place monthly each first Wednesday, added, “It’s a nice start to the day.”
feeding around 60-plus children and It is helped by the fact that the
parents in the early shift and over 100 in church school is next door, so it only
total during the morning. takes a few moments for them to
walk to their classrooms. Apparently,
the teachers have noted that the
children concentrate better on the
mornings of the breakfast.
Everyone is welcome. There is no
charge, but people are invited to
donate. After costs, between £150
and £200 is raised for church funds.
Barbara Bent, one of the Churchwardens, is open for a meal of homemade soup
reckoned that the bacon sandwiches and rolls, followed by a dessert. There is a
were better than any hotel. regular attendance of around 60.
Once the children leave, there is a lull The Revd Libby Dady said that they
before the pop-up restaurant fills up have been amazed at the popularity of
again when older members of the the events. “What has enabled this to
community arrive. be sustained is that it is a collaborative
work that has arisen from the people
Such was the success of the
themselves.”
breakfast that a few months later,
it was suggested putting on a On the morning I was there they had
lunch. So, on the third to send out for more eggs. If word gets
Wednesday each about, they could start having to send
month, the church out for more bacon too!
11Practising
hospitality
I
’ve been thinking about Biblical “When a foreigner resides among you in in today’s society. Jesus’ death was
hospitality. Romans 12:13 reads your land, do not mistreat them … Love the ultimate act of hospitality. He
“Share with the Lord’s people who them as yourself, for you were foreigners welcomes us into His kingdom and
are in need. Practise hospitality”. in Egypt.” Israelites were expected to promises, “My Father’s house has many
Sounds fairly straightforward, right? demonstrate hospitality because they rooms; if that were not so, would I
remembered being foreigners in an have told you that I am going there to
But when I looked closer at the oppressive system in Egypt. prepare a place for you?” (John 14:2).
seemingly simple phrase ‘Practise
hospitality’, I had to think again. The This must strike a chord; who of us has Local charity Hope into Action (HiA)
entire phrase in Greek reads philoxenian never felt slightly (or even very) out of provides Christians with practical ways
diokontes, which literally means ‘pursue place? I clearly remember my first few of mirroring Jesus. By investing in HiA,
the love of strangers’. The Greek word months at a new sixth form. Having just we play a part in preparing a place
‘hospitality’ combines two concepts. The moved from Central Africa, I had never for tenants on earth: a physical room
first part (philao) is the Greek word for been to school in England before and I of their own, with the chance to be
‘brotherly love’. The second half (xenos) found myself in a year group larger than surrounded not only by professional
is a broad term, meaning ‘stranger, my entire school had been. I was terrified, support from HiA but also fellowship
foreigner, immigrant or enemy’. and it was only because of others who from the wider church family. My
Rereading Romans 12:13, instead of welcomed me into their lives that I began prayer is that more people will see
simply ‘Practise hospitality’, I found to feel at home. The memory of being the theology of sharing as intrinsic to
an active, dynamic commandment: enslaved in Egypt may not be part of our their practice as Christians and that
‘Practise [go out of your way to show] personal experience, but we all know what the immigrants and vulnerable here
love to strangers, immigrants, or your it is like to not fit in or to feel isolated, and will know we are Christians by our
enemies as if they were your siblings’. therefore we have no excuse to ignore the hospitality.
The implications of this made me feel commandment in this verse.
deeply uncomfortable. Rachael Sawers is a recent graduate from
Exploring God’s expectations regarding the University of East Anglia. She studied
The concept of hospitality was not new hospitality has convinced me that the International Development and Social
Anthropology and is now on a self-declared
to New Testament Christians in Rome. It church needs to be at the forefront of post-uni gap year, working part-time for a
runs throughout the Bible; in Leviticus providing for strangers, for immigrants Doctoral Training Partnership and interning for
19:33–34, God commands the Israelites, and for all those who are vulnerable Hope into Action in Norwich.
12Sprowston’s vestry
hour outreach
By Andy Bunter
W
e have always had great
numbers of weddings and
baptisms in Sprowston and,
with the arrival of lots of
new housing in our parish, the idea arose
about holding another vestry hour. Vestry
hour is a time when people can come to
discuss and book weddings and baptisms
with a Church minister. In addition to our
two vestry hours on a Tuesday evening
and Saturday morning we decided to add
a third opportunity to engage with this
service.
We spoke to all our local businesses in
Sprowston and asked them: “When are
people who are likely to want these church
services active and available?” Many Church at the Car Boot in Sprowston
businesses suggested the middle of the
day during a weekend was, according to
their knowledge and labour scheduling, The freedom to be allowed
the best time to engage with people. Taylor to try, theologically reflect
Wimpey Homes kindly agreed to offer us
office space at their site office between 12 and on occasion fail, has
noon and 1pm on a Sunday and thus our allowed integrity for proper
new vestry hour was born. investigation into how we
After a slow start we welcomed more can be church in Sprowston
bookings towards the Spring of 2018, but through traditional ways and
we wanted to welcome more people, meet
new ways in the future.
more people and take a step further into
this new community.
Vestry Hour at Taylor Wimpey
Research we have done in our area showed
us that we have a large gathering of local engage pastorally and advertise and in Sprowston through traditional ways and
people at the Lazy Boots Car Boot Sale that book weddings and baptisms, using high new ways in the future.
meet at the same time as our new vestry visibility Church of England advertising
This culture has led to many initiatives,
hour. This weekly event runs between April from Christian Publishing & Outreach
the most recent being Church at the Car
and October at the Sprowston Park & Ride (CPO).
Boot, where we hope to welcome people
site, around a quarter of a mile from the We have worked with a great partner in into the community of our church through
Taylor Wimpey Site Office. Taylor Wimpey Homes and look forward to being out where people are, amidst the
We made a research trip, led by our resuming our vestry hour service at their hustle and bustle of the Car Boot Sale.
new Curate the Revd Philip Harvey, to Sprowston Site Office from October 2018
Recent mission funding will allow us to
a ‘Church at the Car Boot’ initiative in after the car boot season has finished.
update equipment, advertise services
Chelmsford. Then I met with the Revd It has been really useful to be allowed the and engage with people while moving
Rob Ryan, a Pioneer Minister in London space to research and experiment with forward. It has become clear that culture
who has previously led Church at the Car new outreach ideas here in Sprowston. has discipled our people while we were
Boot. Learning from their experiences, The freedom to be allowed to try, looking elsewhere, and we want this job
we decided to launch Church at the Car theologically reflect and on occasion back for God’s glory.
Boot in Sprowston as a space where we fail, has allowed integrity for proper Andy Bunter is a Student Pioneer Minister in
can raise funds, offer a prayer space, investigation into how we can be church Sprowston Parish.
13Sacred spaces
for children
By Anna Walker
W
e can all picture the have considered and
scene in church: a parent accommodated the
struggles to pacify a needs of families and
crying baby while making actively sought to
fraught attempts to keep a toddler sitting promote spiritual play
and quietly engaged before finally the and learning in their
stares of other congregation members churches.
send them scuttling for the exit. Not very
Since January 2018,
welcoming, and not a picture most of us
St Peter Mancroft – a
would like to imagine for our churches.
medieval church in the
It’s well documented that children find heart of Norwich – has
it hard to sit for long periods of time, so been undergoing a
a space where children can be free to building project. The work In consultation with regular families who
move and explore can be an important has partly been undertaken to fulfil one attend services and use the space with
part of a church’s design, provision and of four vision aims to make the church their children, and with the support of
welcome for children and families. In ‘A welcoming and inspiring place for all’. the Archdeacon of Norwich and the Care
addition, the consideration of where & Development of Church Buildings
The Revd Canon Ian Bentley, Interim
to locate and how to resource these team, a carpet area with resources has
Minister says, “All of the work has
areas – tailoring the space to work for been created at the east end of the
been done with the view to making
the families that use it and containing north aisle.
the church accessible for everybody
items that relate to what is going on in
including children and families. As
the worshipping life of the church – can
several of the front pews were
transform the opportunities for
being removed during the The work has partly been
learning and encourage the undertaken to fulfil one of
works it seemed obvious
development of children’s
spirituality within the
to reorganise the four vision aims to make the
space and move the
church context. church ‘A welcoming and
children’s area from
These three stories share the back of the church inspiring place for all’.
examples of where churches to the front”.
14Nick Jackson, project architect for the
work who attends the church with his
family, comments, “A quarter of the
congregation are families with children.
Bringing the children’s space to the front
of the church is a great advantage so that
children and parents can continue to
feel part of what’s going without being
confined to the outer reaches of the
church”. The newly positioned area also
affords a front seat view of the newly
extended chancel, giving children the
opportunity to watch and feel involved in
the pattern and movement of services.
The Revd Canon Ian Bentley also pointed
out: “The church is in constant use, not
just on a Sunday. During the week the
church is open, and we find families
come in and use the space. We hope the
new area will encourage those who visit
to venture further into the church and
explore it more.”
A visit to St Peter’s Church, Sheringham, We hope the new area will
a Victorian church with wooden flooring encourage those who visit to
and moveable seating, gives a very
different feel. The children’s space is a venture further into the church
carpeted area at the back of the church and explore it more.
alongside further open space where
families and toddlers can move around
and roam. The area is resourced by lovely Like St Peter Mancroft, the church gets
baskets of natural materials, books and many visitors during the week. Constance
wooden blocks and shapes. These ‘open continues: “It’s obvious from what gets left children can play with the stories and
ended’ resources have been intentionally that people come with their children and listen to what God has to say to them.
chosen because of their tactile nature and use the space during the week. I love to “It is wonderful to sit and listen to the
so that children can use their ingenuity see what they have constructed and then children as they play, they share so much
and imagination to create, make and play others add to it. We always have a treasure wondering between them. Unfortunately,
how they like; using and constructing the basket because we get lots of babies too, we sometimes need to tell the stories in
materials in lots of different ways. but the space is for all ages.” another larger room due to lack of space.
The resources have been collated and The Worship Centre at Bowthorpe has a Although these sessions are still special it
are overseen by Constance Tyce who special interest in Godly Play with their is not quite the same as being in the Godly
explains, “The materials can be used association with St Michael’s Workshop Play room. It is their room, a room where it
in so many ways. Children exploring which makes and sells Godly Play is safe to play and explore. A place where
natural materials is spiritual in itself. materials. After being donated a full set of they can wonder and grow closer to God.”
When children come here I want it to be Godly Play materials a few years ago the It is wonderful to see examples of
an engaging and spiritual experience – church changed the former crèche room churches placing importance on the space
different to what most children will be into a dedicated space for Godly Play. they create for children and families. With
presented with at home. A few weeks
Mandy Elvin describes how the room a little thought we have an incredible
ago in church we were doing about the
developed: “The room was small but opportunity to share something different
Synagogue. We used the wooden blocks,
useable, and a suitable place for the Godly with children and families as we actively
natural resources and stones to build
Play materials to be stored and displayed. provide them with age-appropriate
the building and then the children drew
Our Godly Play room has become a very materials and experiences and include
what they had made. It was lovely.”
special space; a place where stories can them in the worshipping life of our
be told and then linked to churches.
other stories in the room. Is providing a space for young families or
A quiet room where the reviewing your provision to make it more
children can wonder about spiritually distinctive something you could
the stories. A place where consider?
Get in touch with anna.walker@dioceseofnorwich.org
01603 882374 for further help and information.
15Wel com in g different
faiths at school
By Jemma Dalley, Class Teacher
E
ach year Corton Church of
England Primary School
on the East Suffolk coast
near Lowestoft holds three
multi-faith days as part of their RE
curriculum. Across a two-year rolling
programme, the school welcomes
leaders from six major world faiths:
Christianity, Sikhism, Islam, Judaism,
Hinduism and Buddhism.
All year groups join together on
these days, working in mixed
age groups and with individuals
from various faiths to experience
different religions first hand. All at
the school regard these sessions as
a rewarding experience and value
the opportunity to witness the
positive interaction between age
groups as well as the engagement
of pupils when enquiring into and
exploring questions arising from
the study of religion and belief.
Although Corton Primary is a
Church of England school, the
Religious Education syllabus within
the school curriculum allows for
the exploration of other beliefs
and faiths, contributing to pupils’
personal, spiritual, moral, social and
cultural development. Faith days also
provide pupils with a unique variety
of skills, enabling them to be inquisitive The most recent faith day took place varied from meditating and learning about
with their learning and discover more in January, when Islamic leaders were Karma to creating a piece of art called a
about the diverse world we live in. invited to the school. Pupils took part in Mandela, then destroying it (to understand
some Islamic practices associated with a the concept of impermanence). This was
The school values the opportunity to be
Muslim group or community, such as the enjoyed by all with one pupil stating:
able to widen the pupils’ horizons and to
practice of Wudu which involves washing “I loved the meditating and chanting
invite a range of leaders and individuals
the hands, arms, head and feet with because it relaxed my body and I lost all
from different faith groups and
water as an important part of ritual purity. the stress I had.”
communities into the school. It is good
One pupil said: “I liked learning about
to see the children experience and share The school is very proud that its pupils
Ramadan the best, I’m going to try and
in a range of learning experiences that have positive attitudes towards working
save my cake until night time.”
give them a grounding in understanding with other people who hold religious
and appreciating the diversity of faith The Autumn term saw pupils taking part beliefs different from their own and
and culture in their own community and in some of the practices associated with a welcome them into the school; it will
across the world. Buddhist group or community. Activities continue these special events in the future.
16FACE
TO FAITH Review
A selection of resources on the theme of welcome, reviewed by Steve Foyster.
Open for You: Enabling Church: We Welcome You DVD: Radical Hospitality:
the Church, the Visitor a Bible-based resource a guide to what happens Benedict’s Way of Love
and the Gospel towards the full inclusion at a baptism Daniel Homan OSB &
Paul Bond of disabled people Narrated by Revd Kate Bottley Lonni Collins Pratt
Canterbury Press (2006) £14.99 Gordon Temple with Lin Ball Church House Publishing (2017) Wild Goose Publications (2009)
Revelation price £12.00 SPCK (2012) £7.99 £12.99 £11.50
Revelation price £6.00 Revelation price £10.00 Revelation price £9.00
This very practical If we are all ‘fearfully and This very useful resource In an age of terror, it can be
manual encourages local wonderfully made’ in the image accompanies the book difficult to look into the eyes
congregations to look of God, what does that mean if We Welcome You, a three- of a stranger without cringing,
at every aspect of their we cannot see or walk, hear or part course designed sometimes carefully examining
church building to suggest speak? How can we share God’s to help prepare parents our fellow passengers before
unconditional love if seized boarding a plane. We feel safer
improved ways of meeting and godparents bringing
by epileptic seizures, or if we with close friends and family. This
visitors’ needs and helping children for baptism. It can
cannot remember a loved one’s may seem natural given ongoing
them to experience aspects also help church members devastating events, but surely
of the Christian faith more name due to dementia? How understand their key
can we be truly valued as a part there’s a better way to live?
fully, from ensuring comfort welcoming role within
of the church, the Body of Christ The co-authors blend their
to providing a quiet place the sacrament. Short films contrasting voices to present a
on earth?
for prayer. accompany the three main radical vision for a kinder world.
With themes of understanding, sessions: ‘Getting ready’, For them, Benedictine hospitality
The cheerful cartoons inclusion, prayer, worship
dotted throughout do not ‘The big day itself’ and ‘What is not cosy and comforting, but
and listening to the voices of Christening means for the risky and world-changing. It is
detract from its importance. people with disabilities, this rich rest of life’. not about sipping tea with your
Every aspect of church resource, ideal for church leaders, next-door neighbour, but about
management is covered. members of congregations and Designed to be used with a mutual call to revere what is
Using a wealth of successful small groups challenges us to small groups, the DVD can sacred in every person, living
ideas gleaned from get to grips with what the Bible equally be used as a single with compassion and generosity
churches throughout the says about disability and how the session baptism preparation within the timeless wisdom of
country, Paul Bond seeks church should act in response. tool with individual families. Benedictine spirituality.
ways to enable visitors who
may well not necessarily
have any predisposition, or Find more books
indeed inclination, to attend on Revelation website:
religious services to engage www.revelation-norwich.co.uk
with the gospel and the life
of the church.
or call 01603 619731
17Refugees welcomed with
love in Luleå
During an intense period in the autumn of 2015 thousands of refugees
came by train to stations in the Diocese of Luleå. Emma Berkman,
Communications Officer in the Diocese, describes how the parishes
acted immediately to make the arrival as loving as possible.
F
Juha Rauhala
or weeks the trains from The large influx of refugees prompted the
Stockholm to Luleå were full parish to change their regular work: half the
of refugees. After reaching staff kept the work going with services and
the Diocese of Luleå, the regular activities while the other half was at
northernmost third of Sweden, some left the bus station with help from Tornio parish
the train in the southern part while most in Finland, a total of 30 people.
continued to Luleå and then by bus to
“You had a few hours of work and then
reach Finland.
rest or other duties. Being at the bus
The small town of Haparanda is just by station for a long time was mentally quite
the Finnish border. In mid-September the challenging,” said Juha.
number of refugees increased drastically Lena Lindström
It takes its toll working with people in
to 500–1,000 per day.
crisis. In the last year Diocese of Luleå has
The Diocese of Luleå coordinated the conducted a study to see what support
communication between parishes volunteers need when meeting refugees.
working at train and bus stations, where
staff and volunteers handed out hot “I have seen a huge commitment and many
drinks, sandwiches and bags with special volunteers describe having gotten ‘new
gifts for children. Through social media, lives’ thanks to this work. I have also seen
private initiatives started for donating many challenges, volunteers who have met
nappies, stuffed animals, shoes and food. and been told horrific stories about what
people on the run from war and oppression
Archdeacon Lena Lindström was have experienced,” says Satu Brännström,
impressed by how fast the parishes Archdeacon. Satu Brännström
along the train route acted: “The parishes
became involved directly, on their own Juha Rauhala can relate to the study’s with help from the Diocese. In the end,
initiative. It was an expression of the result: “We had ongoing talks with our the refugees coming to Haparanda has
church’s diaconal work. I’m also impressed staff to process what they had seen and changed the parish to become more open,
by the persistent work that has been done heard. When things calmed down we had active in the community, ecumenical,
and developed since. Quickly the parishes a debriefing for the whole staff together inter-religious and alive.”
have shifted focus to working with
integration.” The Church of Sweden made it possible for parishes to apply for extra
money to support integration work, activities for children, having staff
Juha Rauhala is vicar of Haparanda. The
at stations etc. A total of SEK 85 million (£7.1 million) was invested in
very same day that he was welcomed to
this ministry during 2015–2016.
the parish, the Archdeacon phoned him to
coordinate the response. The next day 700 An interesting report has been published detailing the response and impact: A
refugees arrived by bus. Time of Encounters: The Work with Asylum Seekers and New Arrivals in the Parishes of
the Church of Sweden 2015–2016. It’s available on the Diocese of Norwich website:
The parish took main responsibility for the
www.DofN.org/refugees
welcoming and giving of aid at the border.
18GREAT YARMOUTH TEAM MINISTRY : Great Yarmouth, Southtown. Clergy:
Tue 24 Simon Ward, Jemma Sander-Heys, Helen Budd, Frank Cliff. Readers: Pat
Stringer, Carolyn Cliff, Michael Gibbs. St Nicholas Priory CofE VA Primary.
The ministry of our Police Chaplains.
Diocese of Ekiti West (Nigeria): Bishop Samuel Oke. July 2018
THE SOUTH TRINITY BROADS The Churchwardens and PCC during the
Wed 25 vacancy. Reader: Judy Pritchard. Fleggburgh CofE VC Primary School.
BISHOPS GRAHAM (NORWICH), ALAN (THETFORD) AND JONATHAN (LYNN)
Sun 1
Prison Chaplains across our region and the prison communities they serve. Pray that our Mission Strategy 2021 may be an effective tool as we seek renewal
St James
Trinity 5 and fresh inspiration for proclaiming the good news across this diocese.
Diocese of El-Obeid (Sudan): Bishop Ismail Gabriel Abudigin.
The United Church of North India and its Moderator, Bishop Prem Chand Singh.
DEANERY OF HEACHAM AND RISING Rural Dean: Paul Niemiec. Lay Chair:
Thu 26 Jane Wood.
THE LONG STRATTON & PILGRIM TEAM MINISTRY : Aslacton, Bunwell,
Mon 2 Carleton Rode, Great Moulton with Little Moulton, Stratton St Mary, Stratton St
Diocesan Urban Officer and Church Urban Fund Link, Peter Howard.
Michael and St Peter, Tibenham, Wacton Magna with Wacton Parva. Clergy:
Dioceses of Ekiti and Ekiti Kwara (Nigeria): Bishops Christopher Tayo Omotunde Heather Wilcox, John Madinda, Gill Osborne. Readers: Margaret Thorburn, Steve
and Andrew Ajayi. Adcock, Margaret Smith. Carleton Rode CofE VA Primary School, St Mary's
CofE Junior Academy (Long Stratton).
On this Norfolk Day, pray for all those communities and their churches who are
Fri 27 involved in the celebrations. Archdeacons Steven and Karen, and Archdeacon-Designate, Ian Bentley.
Diocesan Director of Marketing and Communications, Gordon Darley, and his PA Diocese of East Kerala (South India): Bishop Kayalakkakathu George Daniel.
Barbara Kirk.
DEANERY OF DEREHAM IN MITFORD Rural Dean: Mark McCaghrey, Gill Wells.
Diocese of Ely: Bishops Stephen Conway and David Thomson. Tue 3 Lay Chair: Sheila Hanmer
CASTLE RISING, HILLINGTON & SANDRINGHAM: Castle Rising, Flitcham, St Thomas Those training on the Eastern Region Ministry Course, and Principal, Alex Jensen.
Sat 28 Hillington, Sandringham, Wolferton. Clergy: Jonathan Riviere, Paul Gismondi. Dioceses of East Ruwenzori and Karamoja (Uganda): Bishops George
Readers: Paul Ringwood, Sally Stanton. Flitcham CofE Primary Academy, Turyasingura and Joseph Abura.
Sandringham & West Newton CofE VA Primary School.
BARNHAM BROOM & UPPER YARE: Barford, Barnham Broom with Bickerston,
Bishop's Press and Media Officer, Katherine Limbach, and all Christians working Wed 4 Brandon Parva, Carleton Forehoe, Cranworth with Letton and Southburgh,
in the media.
Garvestone, Hardingham, Kimberley, Reymerston, Runhall with Coston, Thuxton,
Diocese of Embu (Kenya): Bishop David Muriithi Ireri. Whinburgh with Westfield, Wramplingham. Clergy: Tim Weatherstone, Arthur
BISHOPS GRAHAM (NORWICH), ALAN (THETFORD) AND JONATHAN (LYNN) Hawes, Rachel Jackson. Reader: Roger Walpole. Barnham Broom CofE VA
Sun 29 Primary School. Ordinands from our Diocese in training at residential colleges.
The United Reformed Church: Paul Whittle, Eastern Synod Moderator.
Diocese of East Tennessee (Episcopal Church of USA): Bishop Brian Lee Cole.
Trinity 9 The Anglican Church of Rwanda: Archbishop Onesphore Rwaje.
DEREHAM & DISTRICT TEAM MINISTRY : Beetley with East Bilney, East
DERSINGHAM, ANMER, INGOLDISTHORPE & SHERNBORNE Clergy: Mark Thu 5
Mon 30 Bradenham w West Bradenham, East Dereham, Hoe, Scarning, Shipdham,
Capron. Readers: Neil Adams, Alan Crawshaw. Dersingham CofE VA Primary
Swanton Morley. Clergy: Sally Theakston, James Rosie, Dominique Turnham, Gill
School & Nursery, Ingoldisthorpe CofE VA Primary School.
Wells, Jane Nursey, Kenneth Pilgrim. Readers: Alan Barrett, Helen Jeckells, Adam
The editor of 'The Magazine', Barbara Bryant, and all parish magazine editors & Pyke, Evelyn Speed, Lydia Crick. Dereham & Thomas Bullock CofE Academies,
webmasters. Dereham CofE VA Infant School & Nursery, Swanton Morley CofE VC Primary.
Diocese of Enugu (Nigeria): Bishop Emmanuel Chukwuma. Those being confirmed today at Whitefriars CofE Primary Academy, King's Lynn.
DOCKING, THE BIRCHAMS, FRING, STANHOE AND SEDGEFORD Clergy: Diocese of Eastern Himalayas (India) and the wise appointment of a new bishop.
Tue 31 Peter Cook, Richard Collier. Reader: George Eve. Docking CofE Primary School.
EASTON: Bawburgh, Colton, Easton, Marlingford. Clergy: Laura Montgomery,
Members of the Diocesan Communications Team: Tim Rogers, Steve Heybourne, Fri 6 Penny Goodman. Reader: Peter Pease. St Peter's CofE Primary Academy.
Angela George, Sally Finn.
All church musicians - organists, choirs, music groups and worship bands.
The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: Bishop Pierre Whalon.
Diocese of Eastern Michigan (Episcopal Church of USA): Bishop Todd Ousley.
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