january 2021 - great yarmouth minster
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The Parish of Great Yarmouth
One Church in Many Places
January 2021 50p
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PARISH DIRECTORY ‘ONE CHURCH IN MANY PLACES’
(*REST DAY)
Team Rector :
The Revd Canon Simon Ward (*Fri) [email protected] 858410
Team Vicar : The Revd Jemma Sander-Heys (*Tues) [email protected] 304609
Assistant Priests: The Revd Frank Cliff [email protected] 851097
The Revd John Greenway (*Thurs) [email protected] 853558
The Revd Stephen Andrews (*Fri) [email protected]
The Revd Helen Lynch (*Fri) [email protected] 07902 447821
Readers: Mrs Pat Stringer 604082 [email protected]
Mrs Carolyn Cliff 851097 [email protected]
PCC Secretary: Ms Tracy Lacey 858410 [email protected]
Church Warden: Mr Paul Spychal 858332 [email protected]
For other contact numbers please see page 32
Parish Registers—page 5
‘Heroes Shrine by Paul Davies — pages 10 & 11
Financial Message from PCC Treasurer — page 12
Sunday Worship — page 13
Reflections for January by Pam Spychal pages 18 & 19
Leaving a Legacy—page 20
Complete the Sayings Quiz Food & Drink Quiz pages 17 & 23
Answers Norfolk Quiz & Numbers & Birds Quiz — page 22
Nature Notes from the Church Tower: - pages 24-25
Front Cover:
‘Christmas Roses—Hellebores’ by Terry Stringer Please see page 6 for more details
THE DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT MAGAZINE IS JANUARY 14th 2021
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From Revd Helen Lynch Happy New Year to you all! I hope you have had a pleasant Christmas (in spite of all the restrictions). Perhaps you have found joy in having a simpler time? And now we look forward to the fresh and shiny year of our Lord 2021. I still feel like the twenty-first century is very new, yet here we are in the third decade. I don’t think there are many people who will be sorry to see the back of 2020 - twelve months which will definitely fill a few pages in the history books!
We do have a light at the end of the tunnel, in the form of the vaccines which are going to be rolled out through this year, but it will
be a long journey to put Covid behind us. There may well be trying times ahead as we negotiate the fallout of the pandemic, Brexit and all the ordinary challenges of life.
We are a people of hope, however, so we must live out that hope as we re-emerge as a community. It has been clear how much we rely on one another for support and fellowship. I hope we will hold on to all we have learnt.
It is of course traditional to make resolutions at this time of year, and often these are framed in terms of looking at what we don’t like about ourselves, and picking the darkest and dullest time of the year to sort that out! I think this is a year to be gentle with ourselves, to look at how we can nurture our own wellbeing, as well as reaching out to others. Many have said ‘we might not all be in the same boat, but we’re all in the same storm’, so as we navigate our way through the choppy seas to the calm beyond, let’s hold on to what is good and to our God, who calms the storm, and loves us through it all.
Revd Helen
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Safeguarding The Parish of Great Yarmouth is committed to promoting
A Safer Church. Here are some useful numbers if you are concerned for yourself or someone else.
* Rose Bishop, Parish Safeguarding Officer 01493 780784 * Revd Simon 01493 858410 * Revd Jemma 01493 304609 * Sue Bryce, Diocesan Safeguarding Officer 07958 377079 * Norfolk Adult and Child Social Services 0344 800 8020 * Emergencies, Police 999
0800 804 8044
Are you in need of some daily hope during this lockdown?
We have a new FREE telephone line for you to ring to hear comforting
hymns, daily prayers and reflections Faith in later life
CONNEC+IONS
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From the Parish Registers Funerals at the Minster
10th December 2020 Kathleen Rosemary Kelley
Gorleston Crematorium
2nd December 2020 Nigel Andrew Wetton
15th December 2020 Michael Garraway
St Nicholas Garden of Remembrance. Cremated remains.
2nd December 2020 Terence Cecil Hulley.
May They Rest in Peace
May I wish you all a Happy,
Healthy
and Holy New Year God Bless Nancy
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Story of the Christmas Rose Symbolizing ‘Hope, Love and all that is Wonderful’
On a cold December night, everybody was coming to see their new Saviour and brought Him all kinds of gifts and presents. The three Wise Men came in with their valuable gifts of myrrh, frankincense and gold and offered them to Baby Jesus. At that point, a shepherdess, Madelon, who had seen the wise men passing through, reached the door of the stable, to see the Child.
However, being very poor and having brought nothing to offer to the child, she felt helpless and started weeping quietly at the sight of all the wonderful gifts that the Three Wise Men had got for the child. Earlier, she had searched, in vain, for flowers all over the country-side but there was not even a single bloom to be found in the bitter winter. An angel outside the door was watching over her and knew about her fruitless search. He took pity on her and, when he saw her head drooped down in sorrow, decided to help her with a little miracle. He gently brushed aside the snow at her feet and where her tears had fallen, sprang a beautiful cluster of waxen white winter roses with pink tipped petals. Then he softly whispered into the shepherdess's ear that these Christmas roses are far more valuable than any myrrh, frankincense or gold, for they are pure and made of love.
The maiden was pleasantly surprised when she heard those words and joyfully gathered the flowers and offered them to the Holy Infant, who, seeing that the gift was reared with tears of love, smiled at her with gratitude and satisfaction. Thus, the Christmas rose came to symbolize hope, love and all that is wonderful in this season.
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Feast of the Epiphany 6th January
Where do we go from here?
Perhaps this was a question the Wise Men asked after seeing the infant Jesus. They had come from a distant land to Jerusalem. They had followed a star and expected to see a royal child.
Now in Bethlehem, they saw things differently. No doubt, Mary and Joseph shared with these men their recent experiences and knew God was with them. Now the Magi had to have eyes of faith to recognise that this child was God in the flesh.
On 6th January many churches will celebrate Epiphany. On this day we remember the Eastern Men bringing their gifts to Jesus. The word ‘epiphany’ describes their ‘revelation’ or ‘insight’ that this was no ordinary baby. Who could they tell? Not King Herod. They had a dream warning them to return home a different way.
Their return to familiar surroundings was going to be different. They couldn’t be silent about what they had experienced. Their lives were now changed. On returning home they faced new circumstances and challenges.
Doesn’t this sound a bit familiar to us today? The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all of us in one way or another. Where do we go from here? We have celebrated our Lord’s birth, but now we are returning to our previous activities. The festive break is over, and we are returning to changed, very difficult circumstances.
We go into a New Year that is so different from this time last year. While we might be downcast with all the upsets around us, there is one thing that has not changed.
It is almighty God! He is our rock. We can look to Him in this world of confusion and uncertainty. Perhaps, from now on, we shall be worshipping and serving Him in different ways. So, with the challenges that lie ahead, let’s continually seek His guidance.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding….and He will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6) Parish Pump
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Heavens Above January 2021 The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781 by Sir William Hershel. He believed it to be a comet initially. It is so distant from the Sun that it takes 84 years to orbit. It is the third largest Solar System planet in diameter. Uranus, a cold gas giant, is surrounded by at least thirteen rings and orbited by twenty-seven known moons. Surface wind speeds have been estimated to reach over 900 km/hr. The planet spins on its axis every seventeen hours. Surface temperatures are approximately -220 C. Uranus gets its name from the ancient Greek god Ouranos. In 1986 the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past and took many spectacular photographs from a closest distance of
81,000 km. The planet is not visible to the naked eye but can be seen through a small telescope.
The Earth is at perihelion on the 2nd of January, this is the day of the year when we are closest to the Sun. Lunchtime diners in Great Yarmouth Market Place on this day will be a mere 147,093,168 km from the Sun. Glance eastward at bedtime on the 2nd to spot the Moon nestled cosily between two bright stars. Just above is the star Algieba whilst below the Moon sits Regulus twinkling merrily. Lower and further east you may see the bright star Denebola.
Two days later on the 4th the Quadrantids meteor shower will be at maximum. There may be as many as 120 meteors each hour. Each meteor is brilliant, blue or yellow-white in colour. The meteors originate from the minor planet 2003 EH1. Background light from the Moon may hinder visi-bility, so patience will be required. Last quarter of the Moon takes place two days later on the 6th. Perigee for the Moon occurs on the 9th when late afternoon shoppers in the Market Place will only be 367, 384 km from its surface. Mid–evening, two days later you will be able to see the planet Ve-nus sitting above the crescent moon. The new Moon occurs on the 13th.
Look south-west after sunset at tea-time on the 14th towards the crescent Moon which will be near the horizon. You will see to its right three planets. Saturn sits low in the sky with Jupiter just above and a dim Mercury even further above.
The 21st is a busy day for star-gazers. Just before dawn Uranus (telescope needed) and, further above, Mars (visible to the naked eye) sit just north of the half-Moon. Lunchtime chip aficionados in the Market Place will be 404,362 km from the Moon which is at apogee. Look westward at bedtime towards the Moon, just below and to its right you will see the planet Mars sitting immediately above Uranus (small telescope needed). Similarly, Mars sits above Uranus twenty-four hours later at bed-time on the 22nd.
Look east at EastEnders time in the evening of the 27th. Immediately above the bright Moon you will see the star Pollux with Castor equidistant further above. Full Moon occurs on the 28th in the early evening.
Happy star gazing! Paul Spychal
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Composer of the Month George Frederic Handel (1685 – 1759)
Handel was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi and organ concertos. He received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced by the great composers of his day and would become a huge influence on classical composers such as Mozart and Beethoven. J S Bach and Scarlatti were also born in 1685
Within fifteen years, Handel had started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. Musicologist Winton Dean writes that his operas show that "Handel was not only a great composer; he was a dramatic genius of the first order." As Alexander's Feast (1736) was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works. After his success with Messiah (1742) he never composed an Italian opera again. Almost blind, and having lived in England for nearly fifty years, he died in 1759, a respected and rich man. His funeral was given full state honours, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey in London.
Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, with works such as Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks remaining steadfastly popular. One of his four coronation anthems, Zadok the Priest (1727), composed for the coronation of George II, has been performed at every subsequent British coronation, traditionally during the sovereign's anointing. Another of his English oratorios, Solomon (1748), has also remained popular, with the Sinfonia that opens act 3 (known more commonly as "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba") featuring at the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony. Handel composed more than forty operas in over thirty years, and since the late 1960s, with the revival of baroque music and historically informed musical performance, interest in Handel's operas has grown.
House where Handel was born
Handel’s Baptismal Registration
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Heroes Shrine Seventy years ago a memorial, called the Heros’ Shrine, was unveiled by the Duchess of Gloucester in Manor Park, Aldershot. It was erected as a tribute to all servicemen and women and to the people of the blitzed towns and cities in the country.
The memorial comprised a statue of an eight-foot high figure of
Christ stilling the storm on the Sea of Galilee standing under a canopy of stone. It was carved by Josephine de Vasconcellos from a Portland stone monolith, one of the monoliths which were laid out on the Isle of Portland for Sir Christopher Wren, who chose the more perfect ones for the columns of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. It was paid for through the generosity of an anonymous donor.
After being carved in the sculptor’s garden just above Little Langdale Tarn in the Lake District, it was shown for some time on a bombed site opposite St James's Church in Piccadilly, London.
Surrounding the memorial, a rock garden was made from stones taken from buildings in 54 towns damaged during war. Included were stones taken from Coventry Cathedral, the Guards Chapel in London, the Guildhall at York, the Priory Church of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, St. Mary’s Church Ramsgate, churches in Canterbury, Liverpool, Manchester, Swansea and Folkestone, etc.
The Church of St. Nicholas in Great Yarmouth (called the Fishermen's Cathedral in newspaper reports) also sent a large stone from its ruin.
The unveiling and Rockery
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Heroes Shrine—Continued
Among those present at the unveiling were the Lord Mayors of London and Plymouth with the Lady Mayoresses, and the Mayors and Mayoresses of more than 30 boroughs which had sent stones for the rock garden.
At a lunch, before the ceremony, the Mayor of Aldershot gave thanks for the co-operation of civic authorities in many cities and towns and for their assistance in compiling a page for a memorial book, which. when completed, was placed in the Aldershot Parish Church.
The inscription on the stone tablet read: “1939-1945; To the glory of God and in tribute to the men and women of Britain who gave their lives in the hour of need. Fifty-four boroughs sent stones for the rockery from ruins of churches and historic buildings destroyed in the Battle of Britain. Special honour is paid to the people of our devastated towns, who in the dark days of invasion by air maintained unfailing courage and cheerfulness in adversity with their faith in God. Many thousands of our men and women who had military training died in defence of their homes and heritage. We remember them with pride and sorrow.
They shall not be afraid for any terror by night nor for the arrow that flieth by day’ Psalm XCI, 5.
He rebuked the wind and the sea. He maketh war to cease in all the world. He cometh in righteousness to judge the world with his trust.”
Paul Davies Re-printed from the Yarmouth Mercury
Heros’ Memorial Aldershot
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Financial Message from Michael Hewitt
PCC Treasurer
WANTED - Additional Regular Givers
Since the lockdown we have had a number of additional members sign up for regular giving. If you would like to join them then just contact your bank or building society.
Our bank details are Sort Code 20 99 21 Account 60425850.
If required the full name of the account is
‘The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Yarmouth’.
Remember if you are a tax payer, we can claim 25% back in Gift Aid. It costs you nothing. The regular giving has been just about our only income since the start of April.
Gift Day Appeals: all three churches have opened their Gift Day Appeals. These will run until 31st December but donations are wel-come at any time.
If you are using a cheque it needs to be made out with our full parish name. The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Gt. Yarmouth, please write your church name on the back.
Just a few financial notes as to our situation:
Giving at Services: January to March £3,500 April to September £2,000
(This is thanks to members retaining their weekly giving and donating them when the church re-opened).
Fund Raising: January to March £2,100 April to September £54
Hall/Church Hire: January to March £5,000. April to September £16.50 Stay Safe Mike
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Sunday Worship During January On the following Sundays
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st
There will be a Parish Eucharist in the Minster at 11am
Our online Sunday services at 10am will continue to be streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
There will be midweek Eucharists at 10.15 am on alternate weeks at St Paul’s Wednesday 13th, 27th January
at St Mary’s 6th and 20th January
Please check announcements on Facebook, website and the weekly Bulletin for any changes that may occur during the month with regard to the
provision of the services. This pattern depends on the availability of the Ministry Team
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Worship Where You Are Our regular pattern of online Worship. All services can be viewed after they have finished, so don’t worry if you miss it! It has felt very good to
be able to still join together even if in a different way.
Join together for worship on Facebook
Sunday Service 10am Monday Footprints 10am
Tuesday Reflective Healing Service 7pm Fortnightly 5th and 19th January
Thursday Evening Prayer 7pm Saturday Weekly Wisdom 5pm
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Contact During Coronavirus: Ministry Team are trying to be in touch with church members. If you, or someone you know, is in need please do make contact through the Parish Office: there are volunteers who can help people. If you have prayer requests email or phone the parish office.
Online: If you’re online you can find the “Parish of Great Yarmouth” on YouTube. We’ll also do live streaming on our Facebook page: www.facebook/GtYarMinster . You don’t have to be signed up to Facebook to view these.
Regular Giving with no weekly collection plate our income is much de-creased. If you wish to set up a regular payment or make a one-off gift, the PCC sort code is 20-99-21 and account number 60425850. Thank you.
The Minster is open daily from 10am—12 noon for private prayer.
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MRS. P. JACKSON-SMITH
MSSCh, MBChA
H.C.P.C. Reg.
Chiropodist
Surgery or Home Visit
29 Norwich Road,
Caister-On-Sea,
Great Yarmouth, NR30 5JP
Tel: 01493 728231
Email:-
Footsy142@ hotmail.com
“Friday Foot
Clinic” @
Beatty Road
Natalie Demetriou
MCFHD MAFHP
Foot Health Practitioner
Home Visits available
Nails /corns
Hard Skin etc.
Phone:- 01493 850739
Mob:- 07932796941
MR PLUMMER THE PLUMBER AND
DRAIN JETTING SERVICE
15 Waters Lane
Hemsby
Great Yarmouth
01493 384204
Mob: 07980 085206
For all your plumbing requirements, reliable and
experienced
Email. mrplummertheplumber
@hotmail.co.uk
The Pathway Café & Support Centre Covid-19 Arrangements
Information for our customers
The Cafe will remain open for you and will be providing take away food between 12 - 1 pm. on:
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays.
We politely request that, in accordance with government guidelines, you maintain social distancing on arrival and leave the premises immediately on receiving food. We miss you and are so looking forward to sharing meals and good conversation with you all when these difficult times pass. Stay safe and please follow us on Facebook at PathwayGY for updates . Your Pathway Team The Pathway Café is always pleased to receive gifts of fresh food and ambient food and donations towards this work. If you would like to support this project please contact the Parish Office 01493 858410 [email protected]
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Please pray for the people who live and work on the following roads each Sunday and during the coming week:-
Sunday 3rd
Queens Road, Hartmann Road, Dickens Avenue, Middlegate Street, Louise Close, Victoria Road, Southgates Road, Bloomfield Road, Minster Mission Hall,.
Sunday 10th
Admiralty Road, Beevor Road, Battery Road, Burleigh Close, Duncan Road, Nelson Road South, Middle Road East, Peggotty Road Community Centre
Sunday 17th
Newcastle Road, Suffling Road, Micawber Avenue, Charles Street, King’s Road, Malakoff Close, Fenner Road, Main Cross Road, Seafield Close
Sunday 24th
Exmouth Road, Middle Road West, Harbord Crescent, Clarendon Close, Frank Stone Court, Ordnance Road, Salmon Road, Pommers Lane, , Albert Square,
Sunday 31st
Barrack Road, Barkis Road, Monument Road, Shadingfield Close, South Denes Road, South Beach Parade, Pathway Cafe
We are your workmanship created in your image, created for your glory, created to serve your kingdom. Fulfil in us and through us the purposes of your love, and help us in our daily lives to reflect more of your likeness.
New Year: O Lord may we meet the New Year bravely, sure in the faith that while people come and go, and life changes around us, you are ever the same guiding us with your love through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through every minute of this day, be with us Lord. Through every day of this week, be with us Lord. Through every week of all this year, be with Lord. Through all the years of this life be with us Lord.
Epiphany: By the light of a star the wise men were led to Jesus, Lord by the light of your Word may we and all nations be led to him the Saviour of the world.
We pray for: All children and young people as they return to school, for teachers, class room assistants and auxiliary staff that they may remain safe.
Those returning to College and University, the tutors, students and admin staff.
All scientists involved in producing a safe vaccine that will immunise people and bring them hope as they face the New Year.
Those in hospital suffering from the virus, may God ‘s healing touch make them whole in body mind and spirit.
Those who are homeless, may they be protected from the disease.
Those with mental health chal-lenges who feel isolated, anxious and helpless, may they be provid-ed with every necessary support.
Those mourning the loss of loved ones. Amen
Our Prayers for January
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PJ's GENTS
HAIRDRESSING
Appointments: Wed and Fri all day, Thurs mornings only
Non-appointments: Tues and Sat all day, and Thurs afternoons
Closed all day Monday
6a Deneside, Great Yarmouth
Telephone: 01493 843326
GREAT YARMOUTH
RECORDED MUSIC CIRCLE
23 Cobholm Road, Cobholm, Great Yarmouth
NR31 0BU
Tel: 07708 576675 (After 6.00pm) e-mail: [email protected]
Recorded music at its best, classical, light music and
much more. presented at Christchurch
Access by main door
Second and fourth Monday from Sept. to June
7-30pm
All welcome.
LICHFIELD CHIPPY
Est 1992
39 Lichfield Road
Southtown, Great Yarmouth
Tel: 01493 440270
Email:- lichfieldchippy
@hotmail.com
‘TRADITIONAL FISH & CHIPS’ also Pizzas &
Wraps
Come and say Hi!
Tue– Fri. 11.30am—2pm
4.30pm—9pm.
Birth For this journey
bringing hope from heaven to a spoiled world we give thanks.
Grant us a traveller’s hope— a place to stay
furnished enough for love to be born alive.
For those we know carrying a burden’s weight
towards an unknown conclusion we pray tonight.
For those we do not know on journeys of despair
homeless or losing hope
we pray tonight.
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Can I Help You? I have recently been made redundant!
I am available to do ‘odd jobs’ in the Great Yarmouth area—Shopping, Collecting
prescriptions, Small gardening jobs, Help moving and lifting things, etc. just give me a call.
Reasonable rates
Paul Hubbard : Mobile: 07791696900
Email: [email protected]
‘Complete the Sayings’ Quiz by Jane Freeman (Answers in February Parish Life)
1. We’ll cross that
2. Your guess is as
3. Beat around
4. Bite the
5. Go back to the
6. No pain
7. Speak of
8. A bird in the hand
9. A penny is worth
10. A picture is worth
11. Birds of a feather
12. By the skin of
13. Do unto others
14. Don ‘t cry over
15. Every cloud
16. He’s a chip off the
17. It’s raining
18. Let the cat
19. Once in a
20. Play devil’s
21. Spill the
22. Take it with a
23. The best thing since
24. There’s a method in
25. Threw caution to
26. It is always darkest
27. Hear something straight from
28. Jump on the
29. Like two peas
30. Make hay
31. Waste not
32. A little learning
33. A storm in a
34. Come rain
35. Once in a
36. You can’t judge
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Reflections for January
At this time of year, when many people are busy making, keeping or breaking, their New Year Resolutions, I decided it would be fitting to take a closer look at the phrase
‘self-control’, as it appears several times in the Bible. Does self-control help us to give up sugar, lose weight or do more exer-cise? Is it the same as will-power?
The starting point for my quest was a quote from the Letter to the Galatians 5:22-23:
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
In Greek there is just one word for self-control: egkrataeia (εγκράτεια). It appears about five times in the New Testament, but not in the Gospels. The King James Bible translates this as ‘temperance’.
The first use of the word appears in Acts 24:25, where St Paul is speaking to the Roman governor of Caesarea. Here it seems to be linked to a discussion about goodness and the Day of Judgement, so it’s obviously not something to be taken lightly.
In the Second Letter of Peter, self-control comes in the middle of a step-by-step plan for what we need to do to live a truly religious life, starting with faith and ending with love. Self-control really is much deeper than your average New Year’s Resolution.
Paul’s Letter to Titus sets the phrase against negative qualities which should be avoided, such as arrogance, quick-temperedness, drunkeness, violence and greed for money. I am beginning to see that self-control is part of a long and challenging spiritual journey.
St Paul speaks of self-control in his First Letter to the Corinthians, sometimes in connection to the regulation of intimate relationships. He likens the process to the self-control athletes need to apply to their training regime if they are to win races.
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Greetings to All for Christmas and the New Year
This year has been quite different I'm sure you will agree
But Christmas cards I now should write to come to you from me
But I have thought about it
and this year I can say that cards I won't be sending
instead I'll help Pathway.
I wish you all a Christmas that's filled with love and fun and send you all good wishes
for 2021 Jane Jones
Reflections for January Continued
Self-control in the Old Testament is mentioned in Proverbs. Warning against eating ‘too much honey’ or seeking ‘glory on top of glory’, the writer includes a striking analogy of a person without self-control being like to an ‘open town, without defences’.
I have reached the conclusion that self-control is a very
wide ranging concept. It does appear to include the stuff of New Year Resolutions such as diet and exercise.
However, it also includes far more powerful themes, which, if not checked, could lead to serious harm to ourselves and others.
Thankfully, we are not alone in this quest for self-control. The quotation from Galations, above, is talking about the ‘fruits of the Spirit’, so it’s not about will-power, but about God-power. ‘Against such things there is no law’, so it’s not about keeping, or breaking laws, or resolutions. As St Paul puts it in his Second Letter to the Corinthians, it is the ‘love of Christ [that]controls us’, not ourselves.
When I was a little girl I thought that in January people went about making New Year Revolutions. Perhaps I was not too far off! Pam Spychal
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Leaving a Legacy Making a Will is incredibly important. It means that, after you have passed away, your wishes and support can help provide for others. When you write a Will you can look after your family and your loved ones – to help them flourish in life. If you include your Church in your Will you can make
sure that the work of the Parish of Great Yarmouth can be there to make a difference to others when they need it most.
To leave a legacy in your Will all you need to include is the name of your Church and their charity number. To leave a legacy to your church in Great Yarmouth the details are: The PCC of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Yarmouth, Registered Charity No. 1138632.
If you would like to talk about how you would like your legacy to specifically support the work of your church please be in touch with me.
May God bless you.
Revd Canon Simon Ward
[email protected] 01493 858410
The Way of Julian of Norwich a Prayer Journey through Lent
By Sheila Upjohn, SPCK, £7.99
Sheila Upjohn explores the ‘Revelations of Divine Love’ alongside passages from Scripture. She reveals how Julian’s fresh perspectives on sin and judgement, anger and forgiveness, the Incarnation and the crucifixion can challenge and enlighten us, six hundred years later, in a world so badly in need of the assurance of God’s unconditional love.
This inspirational book by Sheila Upjohn serves as a guide to Julian of Norwich that will deepen the reader’s prayer life during Lent and throughout the year. Upjohn transports the reader back to the middle ages in this book about ‘Revelations of Divine Love’ and Julian of Norwich to give a deeper understanding of Julian who was so often perceived as an outsider. Parish Pump
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Counting the Cost of Coronavirus Happy New Year! It’s good to begin a new year with hope, but few of us have left 2020 unscathed by the pandemic.
For example, nearly half of us, 48 per cent, put on weight during lockdown. (According to a recent survey by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI).
Millions of us turned to alcohol or drugs. Public Health England reports that one in five of us aged 45-74 are now drinking more than 21
units a week. The Royal College of Psychiatrists expresses alarm at the rapid rise in patients whose alcohol or drug use led to a decline in their mental health in 2020.
Children have suffered. Childline had nearly 43,000 calls from young people March and October. Cyber bullying has soared, with one in three children being bullied during the pandemic, according to the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
For millions of pensioners, Covid-19 ‘hit the fast-forward button on ageing’, according to Age UK. Lockdown left old people frightened and losing their confidence, mobility and even functions such as memory.
Suicidal thoughts soared during lockdown, with the number of people seeking help tripling, to stand at more than a quarter of a million. The Royal College of Psychiatrists warn that mental health services are now ‘overflowing’ with patients struggling to cope with anxiety, psychosis and depression. Many charities fear that a ‘second pandemic’ of mental health problems.
So – what do we do as January 2021 dawns? Each one of us CAN do something to make things better, if only in a small way. How about these for your New Year Resolutions?
Firstly, just get regular exercise. As one professor said, “Exercise creates a virtuous circle of physical and mental well-being. You move more, you eat better, you feel positive.” On the other hand, only a couple of weeks of lying around the house will leave your cardiovascular systems less effective, your musculoskeletal system weaker, your metabolic rate affected, and your immune system lowered.
Secondly, adopt the right mental attitude. Studies of Holocaust survivors found that those who recovered best had certain character traits of resilience: optimism, self-esteem, acceptance and above all, spirituality. A faith in God gave them purpose and meaning, even in the midst of fear and death.
Thirdly, make an effort this year to keep in touch with your friends and keep an eye out for vulnerable neighbours. Be willing to act as a safety net for others, if only to show compassion and a willingness to listen to them. Parish Pump
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Answers to ’The Norfolk Quiz in December Parish
Life by Paul Spychal
1. Sir John Major has a home in Weybourne.
2. Cawston is renowned for its brass band.
3. Samuel Pepys was an MP for Castle Rising.
4. Cromer and Great Yarmouth have piers.
5. Britannia lies atop the Nel-son Monument.
6. The swallowtail is our larg-est butterfly.
7. The Trinity broads are Filby, Ormesby and Rollesby.
8. The Norfolk Hawker is a dragonfly.
9. Olivia Colman was born in Norwich.
10. Anna Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth.
11. Malcolm Bradbury wrote the history man.
12. Colin Chapman founded Lotus cars.
13. Seals inhabit Blakeney Point.
14. Thetford forest is the largest lowland pine forest in England.
15. A stone curlew is known as a wailing heath chicken.
16. Babingley is where a saint made a beaver into a bishop.
17. A murmuration describes a large group of birds flying in formation prior to roosting.
18. St Helen’s at Ranworth is described as the cathedral of the broads. 19. Snap the dragon leads the Mayor’s procession in Norwich. 20. The speed limit on the Broads is 6mph.
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Answers to Coffee Time Quiz ’Numbers & Birds’
in December magazine by Jane Freeman
1. 11 Downing Street
2. A149
3. 3.The Fab 4
4. Henry V
5. 240
6. 6.29
7. Radio 1
8. 8
9. 9
10. 40
11. Song Thrush
12. Brown
13. Albatross
14. Captain Flint
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Food and Drink Quiz by Paul Spychal
How good is your knowledge of food and drink?
Answers in February’s magazine. Good luck!
1. What is a Mojito? 2. What is sake made from? 3. Can you name the five spices contained in ‘Chinese five spice’? 4. Name the main ingredient in tahini. 5. What is abalone? 6. The spice mace originates from which tree? 7. Which famous soft drink introduced in 1929 contained the mood
suppressant drug lithium until 1950? 8. What is pancetta? 9. Tofu is made from? 10. What is tomalley? 11. What nuts are used to make marzipan? 12. A central American native word for testicle is the origin for which
fruit? 13. Name the ingredients of hummus? 14. What are trappist beers? 15. NaCl is the chemical formula for which common ingredient? 16. What is a Glamorgan sausage made from? 17. Scotch Woodcock contains which fish? 18. Where were Yorkshire puddings invented? 19. Florentine style food contains which ingredient? 20. What is a Nelson slice?
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Nature Notes from the Church Tower
Today, the first of December, the Christmas tree was brought to our Minster of St Nicholas, it is not as large as we used to have, but at least we have one and when we cut the net free it sprang out very nicely. As a spruce fir it reminded me of that old legend about the first Christmas tree. Yes, Prince Albert bought the custom to England about a highly decorated tree which we all know of.
The first tree began in the eighth century when a very holy man came from England to preach about Jesus in Germany his name was St Boniface. He was walking in a wood on a frosty night in December when all of a sudden he saw a group of pagans worshipping a pagan god, this was the night when a sacrifice was made to their god. They had congregated around a large oak tree with a human sacrifice, a very frightened little boy, when the good saint saw this he rescued the little boy . St Boniface then felled that big oak with an axe when it landed on the ground it left behind a little fir tree that was growing among its roots.
The saint then said from this night onwards the fir tree shall be the Holy emblem and be known as the ‘Tree of Peace’, it is a sign of eternal life because its leaves are always green as it points up to heaven it will be called the ‘Tree of the Christ child’.
When you are reading this it will be 2021, I wonder how we will be celebrating it? The Christmas trimmings will be about the house till twelfth night, when I like many will enter the house at midnight with a piece of coal to wish us good luck.
Back to the marshes where my young dog is by my side, her training has been different as most of the training was done in lockdown on the fields around our town. I am very fortunate to have permission to go on much locally owned land but when the dog had a lead on to go to town she did not like it, but after a week with gentle persuading, she soon understood a lead, great.
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Walking to my favourite gate the mist was rolling in very fast with Chinese water deer making their eerie barking sound which travels a long distance I must admit it seems quite spooky, without a dog it could be a little bit scary even leaning on the gate.
I heard geese but they were flying very high as it was dark at 4.30pm. We made our way back to the car which was parked on my friend’s land just off the Acle New Road A47. As I was putting my things in the car, the dog went in it first, a deer ran straight past, bang! It hit a car so going towards the accident to see if things were alright, the car drove off he must have had damage to the car. Going towards the deer to see if he was alright as it was very misty now, the deer gave out his last breath as I was talking to it the mist was coming from my voice then all of a sudden hot air came from both ends of the deer and it looked like his spirit was going up to the sky. I pulled him off the road onto the verge to prevent an accident things seemed to me to be a little holy.
When I arrived home, after a bath, I sometimes sit down with a tod of whisky but that night I had a shot of Jägermeister as the emblem of this herb and berry drink has a stag on it with a crucifix between its antlers, this was seen by a man in the7th century Hubert who did not go to church on Sundays, only going hunting. A voice told Hubert unless he did not go to church, he would not end up in heaven. So he went to the local Bishop, afterwards he
became a priest as rabies was really bad at the time he somehow was immune to the rabies. He later became a saint and St Hubert’s mass was held where people bought their dogs to church to be blessed so they did not suffer with rabies.
The next day I saw a blackcap in my garden with many birds feeding around the bird table, the blackcap was hunting for small insects in the ivy , what a pleasure to watch, As I have written before you never know what’s going to turn up.
I wish you all a ‘Healthy and Happy New Year’. So don’t forget to feed the birds and leave out water as well. Michael Pearson
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From the Editors
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PARISH DIRECTORY ‘ONE CHURCH IN MANY PLACES’
Parish Office: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9am—12 noon 858410 E-mail: [email protected]
Church Hall Lettings: For St Mary’s & St Paul’s Halls & Minster Mission Hall Call Mondays 9am to 12 noon Tracy Lacey 858410 E-mail: [email protected]
Parish Verger: Tracey Horn [email protected] 856378
Bell Ringers: Isabel Rivers 01502 581737
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Choir: Jane Freeman 843816
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Local contacts: Pat Stringer 604082 James Bishop 780784
The Minster Church of St Nicholas, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth
Local contacts: Molly Davies 843647 Barbara Freeman 852541 Hazel Graham 844962
Sunday School: Ministry Team 858410
St Paul’s Church, Salisbury Road, Newtown, Great Yarmouth
Local contacts: Michael Hewitt 855420 Nancy Thackray 851026
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Bookings for Weddings and Baptisms (Christenings) at any church
These should be made at the weekly Vestry Hour held at the Minster Church of St Nicholas on Saturday mornings between 10 and 11 a.m.