Home Worship Group



Undaunted 72-year-old Wendy Marchant braves the snow and ice as she trundles her shopping trolley into her home at Hallgarth House in Needham Market High Street -- carrying Bibles and hymn books from the parish church for the February meeting of her popular Home Worship group, which this month attracted eight visitors despite the atrocious freezing weather.  Among those who braved the weather was World War II Far-East veteran 93-year-old Cynthia Cooke.  This month's topic was the work of Christian Aid. 

Christian Aid worker Julian Bryant (left) and St John the Baptist Church parishioners Wendy Marchant and Roland Owen meet up for the February Home Worship meeting in Wendy's house.   Wendy, seen here holding one of several Christian Aid magazines Julian brought along from his home in Norfolk, explains:  "Roland is a retired teacher and his wife Alison is a retired physiotherapist and they organise the annual house- to-house Christian Aid collection in Needham Market which raises in the region of £3,000 and involves visiting 2,300 homes, 400 of which Roland and Alison call on, the rest being covered by a team of volunteer collectors."  Julian spoke of his time spent in Cambodia where he found himself being cared for by local peasants when he fell victim to food poisoning.  He described in detail how Christian Aid ensured how one young woman rebuilt her home and life after the catastrophic Haiti earthquake while Roland told how while in Gambia he had met the local archbishop who stressed the importance of Christian Aid because every penny is actually spent locally on helping people improve their lives.

 

Pictures and text supplied by Mr David Payne

Church Mouse

Saturday 21st January 2012.

The search continues for the church mouse. Nothing will stop us until we find it.
But first we must get the new heating installed.

Churchwarden

Christmas 2011

Well Christmas has arrived.
Here are some shots of what our Sunday Club have done for
their Nativity This year. Instead of the Stations of the Cross they
have created the "Stations of the Nativity ".

Then there is a shot of the Crib Inside Church which is put together
by the children during the Crib Service on Christmas Eve.
This year we had around 150 people to the Crib Service !!!!!

Then there is a shot of the Crib I built and put outside the church
for all to see. The figures were drawn on the boards by the local
tattoo artist and the stable is made up of four old garden fences.
I painted the figures and Chris my son put a lacquer over them at
his car body workshop.

Castleton Brass Concert

On Sunday 4th December we had our annual Concert in Church.
As with previous years we were entertained by Castleton Brass.
As last year it was a wonderful Concert and enjoyed by all who came.
Many Thanks to Castleton Brass and we all look forward to next year.
Sunday 2nd December 2012 3.30pm.
Jeff

Church Bazaar

In November we held our annual Church Christmas Bazaar.
It was a fun day in the Needham Market Community Centre and
a nice amount of money was raised for church funds.
A big Thank you to all who worked so hard to make this event
succesfull once again.

Jeff

Remembrance Day 13/11/2011

Here are a few photos of our Remembrance Day Service at Needham Market Cemetary.
The service in the church was very well attended with very close to 300 people in church for
the main service. They were standing in the alise's.

Harvest Supper

Here are some pics taken at this years Harvest Supper.
It was a great evening and thanks to all who took part in making
it such an enjoyable evening.
Jeff