Contents for this Enews include:

• Clergy Conference 2025
• News across Norfolk and Waveney
• Parish Support: How can we help you? With new Mission resource
• Events
• Vacancies
• Daily Prayer Diary

The Clergy Conference is taking place from Monday 22 to Wednesday 24 September at Norwich Cathedral.

This year’s conference reflects the Diocesan Vision – Transformed by Christ: Prayerful, Pastoral, Prophetic. The clergy conference planning group have organised a range of speakers and events that we hope will encourage and refresh you.

All licensed clergy should have received emails with the details so far. We look forward to seeing you there.

You can see the full programme via the Clergy Conference booklet which is now on the website.

Bishop’s garden raises more than £20,000 for Norfolk charities

Visitors to the Bishop of Norwich’s garden helped local charities raise more than £20,000 this summer – and there is still time to apply to host an event next year.

Every year the Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham Usher, and his wife Rachel, invite local charities to hold fund-raising open afternoons among the flowers, orchards, walks and lawns of their historic walled garden.

This summer almost 3,000 people enjoyed visiting the garden for charity open afternoons with refreshments, stalls, games and entertainment.

World-wide prayer and public witness for peace in the Holy Land

Christians are being called to be part of prayer and public witness for peace in the Holy Land, on World Peace Day, Sunday September 21.

The ecumenical initiative is supported by the Church of England as part of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI).

 A CTBI spokesperson said: “We are witnessing the devastating escalation of violence in Gaza and the West Bank. The cries of Palestinian church leaders for peace and solidarity have echoed across the global Church, urging us to respond with clarity, compassion, and conviction.

New disability advisor to be ‘a blessing to many’

Meet Thomas Harrison, the Bishop of Norwich’s advisor for disability.

Engineer and musician Thomas, who is blind and lives on a boat at Brundall with his family, is the first person appointed to the new role.

Thomas and his wife Hilary have lived aboard their boat, the Golden Mean, for the past 22 years. They worship with the Garden Church and East Church in Norwich and Thomas works for a national charity, analysing websites and apps to ensure they are accessible to blind and partially-sighted people.

The Bishop's Certificate in Christian Learning, why choose this course?

"I wholeheartedly recommend this course for anyone looking to expand their knowledge but with a light touch on the academic side. If nothing else it could be treated as a taster for further study, something to dip your toe in so to speak.”

Thanks to Michelle, from the first cohort in 2025 for writing her review of the course. You can read all about on the website.

Train to become an Eco Chaplain this October

We’re building a network of chaplains across the diocese. If you’re already a parish Eco Rep, this will really simply mean sharing your experience with churches in a wider area. Could God be calling you?

The primary purpose of this voluntary role is to encourage and support churches to respond to the climate an ecological crisis, by advocating for environmental action, resourcing others, and helping churches on their Eco Church and net zero journey. The role is supported by the Diocesan Environment Officer and Net Zero Adviser.

The next training course takes place over Thursday 9 and Thursday 16 October,

Norfolk festival church among highlights of Heritage Open Days 2025

Haveringland was one of many parish churches taking part in the heritage open days recently.

Churchwarden and Project Manager for Haveringland Together, Nigel Boldero, said:

“Haveringland has some fascinating tales to tell, and the Church is a wonderful focus for this. We are now opening it up as a Community Hub to meet a wide range of interests and needs and there are many events and activities that are planned before the end of the year.”

Festival Church Recipe Book

A wonderful new mission resource for churches to use. The aim is to set the tone for experimentation and all age approach to holding a gathering with a simple gospel message. Written by Revd Dave Lloyd, Mission Development Officer for the Diocese of Norwich.

This is a summary of important events coming up, please see more events on the website here: Events - Diocese of Norwich

We follow the Diocese of Norwich Prayer Diary and today we pray for:

Thu 18 Sep 2025

St Peter Mancroft (Norwich)

Clergy: Edward Carter, Fiona Haworth, Naomi Tuma.

LLMs: Gill Persicke, Catherine Waddams.

For those participating in this year's Ministry Experience Scheme.

Diocese of Oregon (USA

You can follow our prayer diary online or download and print a version here: Prayer Diary - Diocese of Norwich

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility

Safeguarding - Diocese of Norwich

The Diocese Safeguarding Team:

Sue Brice, Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser

Peter Sayer, Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser

Helen Norris, Safeguarding Training

Email:safeguarding@dioceseofnorwich.org

Call: 01603 882345.

Write: Safeguarding Team, Bishop’s House, Norwich, NR3 1SB.

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