December2013/January 2014

Bowthorpe Church Invites You to

Carols by Candlelight

on Sunday 22nd December at 6:30 pm

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TOY AND FOOD BANK

Amanda Marsh at Cotman Housing, Bowthorpe Hall, is

organising a collection and distribution of food to local

foodbanks. Foodbanks help people in need with emergency food boxes. In

Norwich alone over 32% of children are affected by income deprivation, and

numbers using the Foodbanks have more than tripled in the last 12 months

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being collected. I have also been in touch with Baseline, a local charity who are

arranging for hampers to be delivered to those in need, along with Christmas

presents for children. They link in with support organisations like 4Women, Lee-

way and Stonham. They will happily accept donations of toys, and will also be

looking for volunteers to help with preparing the hampers, wrapping presents

and distribution of hampers and presents

For more information contact Amanda on 01603 731656

Or email: amanda.marsh@cotman-housing.org.uk

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NOTICE BOARD FLY TIPPING During week

commencing 11th

November several

items of rubbish were

dumped on the

Bowthorpe Community

Garden, Tolye Rd. In

particular a distinctive

suitcase containing a

broken computer.

If you know of anyone

who has owned a

suitcase of this type

please contact,

in confidence,

Adrian Judd on

07765 350383.

Any information will be

passed on to the police.

Fly-tipping costs all of

away with it.

Thank you.

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THANKS FOR DOING A GOOD JOB

When I received the November issue of the

Bowthorpe News I noticed an advert for a

company called 50 Shades Cleaner.

My house is now approx 25 years old and I was

looking for someone to give the gutters/fascias and soffits thoroughly cleaned.

The quote was within my budget so I arranged

for them to carry out the work which they did

last Wednesday.

It is not very often I put pen to paper but they

carried out the work in a very professional

manner and to a very high standard.

Ian Taylor

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Main Service 10 : 30 am Sundays

Sunday Evening Service 6 : 30 pm

Wednesday 10 am Service of Holy Communion and Healing

"A simple meal with love is better than a feast where there is hatred" (Proverbs 15:17).

This proverb invites us to imagine two houses in different parts of

the city. In one house there is a sumptuous table laden with a

prime roast joint, a wide variety of vegetables, plus all the

trimmings. No expense has been spared on drinks either. This is the main course, but the diners have already consumed their

appetisers, soups and entrees, and there will be rich desserts, nuts,

fruit and coffee to follow. And then there will be piles of leftovers.

In the other house is another table not much on it, only garden

vegetables, plain bread and water. There won't be any leftovers from this meal. But this is more than a house: this is a home. Here there

is love, laughter, acceptance and genuine community qualities

that are painfully absent from the other house. The spirit in which a meal is shared is far more important than the kind of food

that is eaten.

May the peace of Christ be with you at

your Christmas dinner table.

Until next year, Revd Mark Elvin

R.I.P.

Kathleen Wright

4th October aged 85

Derek Heyhoe

22nd October aged 84

Weddings

Rachel Groom and Lee Barker

29th November in Bowthorpe

Church

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Bowthorpe W.I. is on the Move

Next year we will be holding our monthly meetings at Bowthorpe

the new venue will take place on Monday 6 th January at 7:30 p.m.

In addition to our monthly meetings, with interesting speakers, raffle,

year we have various outings culminating this year in a Christmas Market Mystery Tour.

If you would like to know more about our activities please

contact Janet on 01603 744237, or e -mail janetcraske@hotmail.co.uk.

Alternatively come and meet us at Bowthorpe Church.

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