March 2018 Morning Prayer every Wednesday at 9.30 am.

Roughton

4*" March Lent 3

9.30 am. Holy Communion Book of Common Prayer Sustead 11.00 am. All Age Worship Roughton 5.00 pm. Holy Communion Common Worship Bessingham

ll*** March Lent 4 Mothering Sunday

9.30 am. Holy Communion Common Worship Hanworth

11.00 am. Morning Prayer Felbrigg & Metton Metton

3.15 pm. Sing for Joy St David's Nursing Home Sheringham

Tuesdav 13*'' March 1.30 pm. Roughton Church

open meeting to discuss and plan the arrangements to cover for Janet's

leave after her surgery in May or June

Meeting chaired by Revd. Christian Heycock.

18*" March Lent 5

9.30 am. Morning Prayer Book of Common Prayer Sustead

11.00 am. Holy Communion Common Worship Roughton

25*" March Palm Sunday Benefice Service

11.00 am. Holy Communion Roughton

3.15 pm. Sing for Joy St David's Nursing Home Sheringham

1''* April Easter Sunday

11.00 am. Holy Communion Common Worship Felbrigg zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

the above service venue subject to ground conditions 3.30 pm. Holy Communion Common Worship Gunton

Ambassador March 2018

i Parish magazine of the Roughton Benefice - comprising Roughton,

Bessingham, Felbrigg, Sustead, Metton and Hanworth with Gunton

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www.roughtonbenefice.uk

W h o ' s W h o

in our Benefice Rector:

Revd Janet Frymann

The Rectory,

Church Loke

Roughton.

N R U 8SZ

Telephone number 01263 768075

Mobile 07766712545

Email rev.roughton@gmail.com

Please contact Janet in the first

instance for Baptisms, Weddings

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Hon Assistant Minister

Revd Stephen J G Seamer

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Reader

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None (contact Revd Frymann)

Churchwardens Felbrigg

Mary Llewellyn 01263-513072

Hilary Kirkland 01263-514380

Churchwardens Hanworth with

Gunton

Elizabeth Ranger 01263-761750

Richard Harbord 01263-768732

Churchwardens Metton

None (contact Revd Frymann)

Churchwardens Sustead

Priscilla McDougall 01263-577247

Glenn Davenport 01263-768877

Churchwardens Roughton

Helen Mortimer 01263-511132

Dave Wiltshire 01263-768104

Prayer Group Co-ordinator

Helen Mortimer 01263-511132

Mothers Union

Dorothy Kendall 01263-513038

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Governors

The following Church member is a

Governor at the School.

David Wiltshire 01263-768104

Clerk to the School Governors

Donald Mayes 01263-761392

Robert Brown Trust - Trustees

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Nina Chapman 01263-577782

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Holy Week

Maundy Thursday

7.00 - 8.30 pm. Roughton Village Hall

a simple Passover meal folllowed by

Holy Communion all welcome

Good Friday

Reflections on the Cross

Noon - 2.30 pm. St Mary's Church Roughton

2.30 - 3.00 pm.

Reflective Service - leave in silence at close of

service

Saturday Church open for quiet self reflection

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Mothering Su nd a yzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA usually falls on the 4th Sunday of Lent. So this year it • is 11th March. In history, most Sunday worshipers attended their local

parish church but it was considered important for once a year to go to their "mother church" either the main church or the cathedral church for worship. It was a time for children, mainly daughters, who had gone to work in

I service to return home to their families and attend worship at their "mother church". Naturally this became a time for family reunions. Children working away from home would take presents and gifts for Mother.

' Many younger people (some as young as 10 when they had been sent away to work) would pick flowers from the hedgerows to give to their Mother when they arrived home.

In many parishes around Britain the number of people attend-ing church goes up, because we want to thank our Mothers for the life, care, nurturing and love they demonstrate to us, their children. For many, like me, my Mother died at a relatively young age and so Mothering Sunday can be a particularly painful time. It gets painful when we sugar candy coat the day and treat it as though it is the re-serve for Mothers alone. There are those women who have never had, and will never have, children of their own. They will never be Mothers or Grandmothers.

The 4th Sunday of lent is also known as Refreshment Sunday, the reason being that the observances around fasting for Lent could be broken or relaxed. Simnel cake is associated with Mothering Sun-day, a rich fruit cake with a middle and topping of marzipan, deco-rated with 11 marzipan balls and sugared flowers. The marzipan balls are symbolic of the 11 disciples (Judas not included).

Whether we find the celebration of this particular day in the year hard or not, it is a reminder for me that we ought to value and respect those who care, or have cared, for us. It is a reminder that even if your life has been blessed with children of your own, everyone at some point in life has cared for another. If mothering were done only by Mothers it would be very hard indeed to ensure that everyone re-ceived the nurturing, the protection, the love, the sacrifice, the guid-ance... that we need to become the people we are meant to be. As a church community, we are all called into the role of nurturing, reflect-

ing some of the images we have throughout the Bible, of women who were desperate, fierce, loyal, or grieving. If we, as a church, truly love the community in which we are situated, just as God loves it, and if we are to be God's holy people for God's needy world, then we will feel the pain of the world's suffering, and we will be willing to sacrifice something of ourselves in order to bring to birth God's purposes for the world.

This image is one of a hen nurturing and protecting her chicks, it is a mosaic in the church of Domlnus Flevit in Jerusalem. This is the place where Jesus looked down on Jerusalem and wept for the city as he prophesied its destruction. In AD 70 that prophesy was fulfilled and the Temple was burned down and the city was de-stroyed. At the altar in the church of Dominus Flevit, there is this mosaic, a picture of a hen gathering her chicks under her wings re-calling the words of Christ,zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!"

Our God nurtures, cares protects restores and replenishes our bodies and souls, just as the hen does for her chicks, Jesus will do that for you and me - if we are willing.

with my prayers as always Revd Janet

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hopeful in the belief that the future,

meaning the Day of Judgement was

already approaching humanity. For

us here today, Easter becomes the

proto-type and source of hope of the

Second Coming. In the past, people

have not been so clear minded

about it.

The European revolutions in

the mid to late 1700s, encouraged

extravagant speculations mainly by

the self-educated which led to

debates between 'Adventist

Millennialists' and 'Millenarians'.

They proposed a competing system

of hopes and beliefs to navigate a

way through everyday living in

desperate times. They offered a

jump from the small familiar world

to a bigger picture with a wider

meaning to life, which was

especially meant to strengthen those

who felt challenged; those in

despair who asked 'what is it all

for'? The argument between the two

parties was whether Judgement Day

would happen during or after a

thousand years of human trials.

'Millenniumism' claimed that the

world would be transformed during

that time when the saints and

martyrs would reign with Jesus after

which, humanity would become

purified and be ready to face a final

judgment. Although this is all

historical, it survives in some of the

belief systems of North American

churches today. They believe that

we are already living in the 'end of

time'. This can be seen as an

eclectic interpretation of Scripture

or by straying too far from it and

into the realms of conjecture. There

is also a strong coimter-movement

in the established churches to

oppose those tendencies.

The original Millennium

movements set in motion

exaggerated fears of a cosmic

catastrophe where the end of the

world from a final apocalypse

seemed to be in sight; and also it

encouraged excessive hopes. In the

late-1800s some that got involved

too deeply with these cult

movements ended up with neurosis

or even entered asylums. Yet the

very fragmented nature of die

Earth's civilisations today

sometimes seem to be

irreconcilable. The so-called

'progress' of the last century looks

like only a very small beginning but

it is something to give us hope that

Jesus will eventually lead us to

glory. A healthy alternative at Easter

time is to say, 'count your blessings'

instead of waiting for a better world

that will only come in the far distant

future.

When Christ does return to Earth as

we believe he will, how will we

know and recognise him; or dare I

say her?

Richard.

Time for Prayer

Tuesday 13"̂ March 2018 at Hotspur, Old Turnpike Road, Roughton led by Dave. TuesdayzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA 27* March at 5 Orchard lose, Roughton led by Headier.

9'" June 2018 10am -12 noon at

Sustead Old Hall. Details to follow.

Felbrigg Flower Festival at St.

Margaret's Church, Felbrigg on 14•̂

15'^ le**" July Details to follow.

Craft Workshop 1^ 3"" and 4* Monday from 10.0am -

12.30pm at Roughton Village Hall.

£2.50 including coffee. Some

materials provided. Quilting, crochet

and much more..For further

information please contact Simone on:

01263 711346

Farewell Service for the Venerable

John Ashe, Archdeacon of Lynn

Sunday March 11th 2018 at

3.30pm Norwich Cathedral

If anyone needs a lift to the

Cathedral please contact Rev.

Janet Frymann.

Roughton & District W.I.

Craft Group

Meet on the second Monday of each

month (lOam-12 noon) at Roughton

Village Hall. We warmly welcome Wl

members and visitors alike, and

charge £3 per session which goes

towards arranging outings/visits/day

schools etc. Coffee, Tea and biscuits

are provided. You can speak to Angela

Newton (01263 514476) for further

information.

Pancake Coffee Morning

About 40 people came along to the

Roughton Pancake Coffee Morning on

Shrove Tuesday. The grand sum of

£200 was raised for Church Funds.

Thank you to everyone who helped

and supported this event.

MOTHERS* UNION The next meeting will be Wednesday

21^ March at Felbrigg ViUage Hall @

2.30pm. The dieme will be My

Favourite Poem. All welcome

Mobile Library

The mobile library comes to

Roughton every month.

Old Mill Road 14.25-14.40

Bus Stop Norwich Road

15.10-15.25

Next visit Thursday April 5th

Things to C o m e

Sustead Coffee Morning - Saturday

Felbrigg Church Restoration Work

The West Window

At last we have negotiated ail the

necessary hurdles and the work is

about to begin to restore the big west

window. This will involve both glass

work and stone work. The scaffolding

is about to go up inside the church as

well as outside, and because of all

this, for health and safety reasons, the

church will be closed. There will be no

services in March - join us and the

rest of the benefice at Metton and

Roughton. We expect Felbrigg to be

ready for action on Easter Day when

we look forward to a great, joyful,

service.

We would like to thank all those who

have "purchased a pane" and given

generously to help to make this very

necessary work possible.

After the work is finished we expect to

do a smaller project to bring water

into the church - a tap at last - once

the archaeologists are satisfied we are

not going to dig up anything we

shouldn't and National England is

satisfied that the trench for the pipe is

not going to disturb or damage any

resident wildlife. Watch this space!

Mary and Hilary

Fr iends of Roughton S c h o o l

B a g s 2 S c h o o l :

Make space for that new summer wardrobe! We will be having another Bags to School event on Wednesday 2 May. Your kind support for this event will be very much appreciated. The school will again be collecting good quality clean clothes, hats, scarves, ties, shoes (in pairs and tied together), belts, cuddly toys, bed sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers (not duvets, pillows, blankets), handbags, that can be resold. Goods collected are sold by weight so the more we collect the more money we can raise for the school, if you have any items you would like to donate they can be given to Dave Wiltshire at any time or arrangements made for collection Gust call Dave on 01263 768104). Alternatively they can be taken to school not later than 9:00am on the morning of 2 May The collection point is the cycle rack in the school car park. Bags for your items will be available for collection from the school from 16 April, alternatively black bin bags may be used.

S c h o o l S u m m e r Fete:

Save the Date: The annual school summer fete takes place on Saturday 7 July at the school, details to follow but lots of fun, entertainment, craft stalls and refreshments guaranteed.

The future of the human race

may seem uncertain but for

Christians there is eternal hope that

the Messiah will one day return to

Earth and save it. This is one of the

essential beliefs that we have and it

is expressed in the Nicene Creed

which is said during Holy

Communion; 'And he shall come

again with glory; to judge both the

quick and the dead; whose kingdom

shall have no end'.

Apart from the quotations from

Scripture given above, some claim

that the 'second coming' is not

directly mentioned in the New

Testament though St John's Gospel

does seem to speak of it. A radical

Bishop from the Nordi of England

claims that 'Coming' actually means

coming back to Heaven and not

returning to Earth. We see the sun

rising, falUng and then rising again

so it is easy to transpose that

imagery onto our ideas about an

expectant Messiah. In reality we on

Earth orbit the sim which in this

sense is a substitute for heaven so it

never 'returns' in the true cosmic

sense.

There has always been a Jewish

expectation of a Messiah who

would dehver die Jews; and

those around Jesus inherited that

belief. They saw him rebuilding the

Temple in Jerusalem and making it

the centre of God's kingdom on

Earth with everyone enjoying

justice, healing and hope. Under the

ministry of Jesus that didn't happen

as they imagined it would so the

Jews refused to recognise him and

they stQl await a Messiah to this

day.

Today many Churches want to

divest themselves of any idea of a

Messiah coming to deliver God's

judgement on the living and dead.

This feeling has its roots in the

European EnUghtenment of the late-

1700s onwards which disliked any

form of judgement. Now ideas have

swung back to that in the form of

'moral correcmess'. Old fashioned

super-naturalism has been replaced

by a liberated spirituality in a post-

secular society whose fears have

been aroused by the limits of

rationalism. This refers to a reaction

against the old so-called

'Interventionalist Theology' which

some want to replace with one that

can bring together the whole world

with its many cultures and

civilisations so they can live in

perpetual harmony. This implies

that our idea of a judgemental God

who is a vengeful and wrathful

deity should be replaced by a saving

God.

The Disciples expected Jesus to

reappear in their own life-time but

when that did not happen, they did

not seem to be bothered by it - they

were too busy spreading his

Gospels. St Paul was especially

The second coming of Christ

The daffodils are blooming in

profusion in Gunton telling us that

after a long gloomy winter, Spring

has arrived. The seasons seem to

mm in perpetuity yet there is a

nagging doubt that we are failing to

secure the marvels of creation so

will this cycle always continue? We

are sustained by hope and they say

'it springs eternal' but is this

justified? Are we instead heading

for everlasting darkness? William

Butler Yeats wrote a famous poem

with this in mind saying 'when

things fall apart; anarchy is

loosened on the world, this will

happen'.

Jesus also spoke of the end of

time and the coming of the Day of

Judgement in; Matthew 24:36;

'Heaven and Earth will pass away,

but my words will not. As for the

day and hour when this will

happen, nobody knows; neither the

angles, nor Son but only the

Father'. Luke 21:7' 'and they (the

Disciples) asked him. Master what

sign will there be when these things

come to pass?' (referring to the time

when the Temple in Jerusalem

would be destioyed). John 14.1-3,

Jesus said, 'Don't let your heart be

troubled. Believe in God. Believe

also in me. In my Father's house

are many mansions. If it were not so

I would have told you. I go to

prepare a place for you. And if I do

so I will come again and receive

you also. That where I am, there

you may also be'. Then he

developed his description of events

after the Ascension; Acts of the

Aposties 1.11, 'you men of Galilee

why do gaze up to Heaven? This

same Jesus who has been taken

up from you to Heaven shall come

in a hke manner as you have seen

him go into Heaven'. Al l these

quotations point to the coming agam

of Jesus to save the Earth.

Eight countiies in the world

now own nuclear bombs and the

natural environment is under severe

pressure so the future seems very

uncertain. There have been

numerous and very popular action-

films and plays depicting a super-

hero who wants to stop Satan

destroying tiie world. An alternative

cultural vision provides a mystical

interpretation through an inner

experience of being saved but few

of them get near to a teacher who

could save the world in the way that

Jesus did and is doing. Only God

offers us a true basis for hope. 'For

the son of man shall come in the

glory of his Father with angels.

Then he shall reward everyone

according to their works. Truly I say

to you, there are some here who will

not taste death until they see the Son

of Man coming in his kingdom'.

Bible a Month

Eyewitness Report by Alan Kember

I'm in Malawi, driving into a slum. The team are nervous about taking me here. All around are shacks made of breeze blocks with tin roofs. There's no electricity or running water. The stream we cross is full of rubbish and smells foul.

But in the church, a number of children are waiting for us looking immaculate in their Sunday best. It was here that I met Tadala, whose name means 'blessed': I was certainly blessed by what she said, and I hope you will be too - because your regular giving through Bible a Month is changing Tadala's life.

Tadala is 10 years old and is one of 110 children in this slum church. She told me she always came faithfully to Sunday School lessons, but struggled to understand what the teachers were talking about. Then, thanks to your support, Tadala received a children's Bible costing £5. It's something her family would never be able to afford themselves, and it's so precious she doesn't take it home. Instead it's kept safely at church so she can read it at Sunday School.

'Now I really understand what it means to know Jesus' she said, ' I enjoy reading it so much. Without this Bible, I couldn't have known God. Thank you ... I don't know the words to express how much I can thank you.' As Tadala skipped back home into the slum streets, I silently prayed for her future. She wants to be a doctor and a

Sunday School teacher when she grows up. Most of all, I pray she'll know the joy and purpose of life with Jesus. Providing Bibles to children in Sunday Schools across Malawi is a key project for us. This year we'd like to provide 2,000 English and 8,000 local language illustrated children's Bibles, as well as train Sunday School teachers across the country.

Why is this work necessary when 80% of people here are Christian? What I discovered during my visit is that the Church in Malawi is 10 miles wide and two inches deep. People say they are Christians, but many don't really understand what that means. And in most churches, Sunday School teachers are massively over-stretched as they try to teach God's word to classes of 100 children or more every week. The Bible is the key to people really embracing their faith, and it's vital for people tozyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA own and engage with God's word. As Malawi has such a young population (67% are under 25), it makes sense to provide the Bible to children first. Currentiy, only around a third of children in each Sunday School we work with receive children's Bibles and with growing attendance the demand is increasing. I have seen for myself what an outstanding project this is. It touched my heart to see the next generation in Malawi deepen their knowledge and faith in God through their love of the Bible. Thank you for making this work possible.

Next edition of tlie Ambassador - April

2018. Copy to Ann or Barbara by tlie 15**

March please.

Keep it or discard it - Its Your Choice

People tell me that the Church of England is wealthy; I have no

doubt that, that is indeed the case. However your local Church's

are not; and the only direct way the Diocese (the area Church of

England authority) support your local church is by paying a

stipend (wage) to the incumbent, be they Priest, Rector or Vicar.

Although they make this payment, each Church is expected to

contribute towards the cost of their incumbent and also the cost

of the administrative workings of the Diocese and its spiritual

outreach. The contribution they ask your local churches for is

called the Parish Share. In 2017 they requested £38,000. After

some lengthy communication with them by the Benefice

treasurer on behalf of and following meetings with all six of the

Benefice Churches this was amended to £33,000.

The £33,000 was subdivided between the Benefice Churches

with Roughton St Mary set to find £10,215. The vast majority of

St. Mary's income is derived from, collections at services, fees

from weddings & funerals. Gift aid rebate from the Inland

Revenue & fund raising and in 2017 amounted to £14,000. The

outgoings for the year were £15,250 giving a deficit of £1,250

for the year. The deficit for the previous year 2016 was £1,000.

The two main reasons for this short fall is the continuing

increases in the Parish Share Request and lack of support for St

Mary's church by the people of Roughton. The physical welfare

of the church building and churchyard along with other duties

falls on the Parochial Church Council (PCC). The youngest

member of the PCC is over 60 and the oldest is past 80. As

already said we have had a deficit in our annual income for the

last 2 years. However we have investment assets built up over

the last 25/30 years which we are in the throes of using to put a

toilet and kitchen in at the back of the Church, the plans for this

are well underway. So when the children from the school plus

staff and parents come up as

they do 4 or 5 timeszyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA a year

they and visitors and indeed

regular church goers might be

less inconvenienced.

All the Churches of our

Benefice, Metton, Felbrigg,

Hanworth, Sustead,

Bessingham & Roughton need

the help of their villagers if

they are to still be standing

and used in 10 or 15 years

time and with or without a

toilet and kitchen do you who

are reading this want to see the

church in your village cared

for and used by the community

in the future or will you be

happier if its just a pile of

rubble that you can proudly

say to friend or visitor well we

didn't care.

LENT WITH WORLD VISION

Do join us for this lent course with

a difference, as we link Jesus's

ministry and message of hope, to

the ministry of aid agencies today.

We're following Jesus's call in

Matthew chapter 25 to give the

thirsty something to drink, to feed

the hungry, to look after the sick, to

invite the stranger in, to clothe the

naked and to visit those in prison.

Journey each week with Naomi

from Kenya, Reward from Zambia,

Josephine from Uganda, Shaima

from Syria and Joel from Peru, as

World Vision, through God and

with our prayers, transforms their

lives giving hope for the future.

We will be meeting at the Rectory

on Wednesday mornings at

10.15am, and at Helen and Ron's

Wednesday evenings at 7.30. on the

2r ' and 28* February, and the 7*,

14*, and 21^ of March There

won't be a meeting in the morning

on 21*', as Janet is planning a

Messy church for the school, so if

you're at a loose end, let Janet

know, and come and help.

Quentin's Quip

Many spring flowers can already

be seen

And muddy fields w i l l be

turning to green

A s temperatures rise

We should have more blue skies

And winter has gone and been

(we pray)