All Saints Church, Hemblington

Norfolk Churches Trust and Norfolk Wildlife Trust, in partnership with the Norwich Diocese, organised an afternoon of talks on churchyard management and climate change issues on 10th October. The event focused on biodiversity, conservation, and best practice in Norfolk and Waveney churchyards. The organisers had invited churches across the county to showcase their efforts in protecting and enhancing the biodiversity – beauty and tranquillity of their churchyards, by offering the first Norfolk Churches Trust Churchyard Conservation Award. 33 churches had compiled applications for this award, and a shortlist of four churches had been visited by a team of judges in May. We are pleased to report that the winner of the Norfolk Churchyard Conservation Award was Hemblington, and the team was presented with an oak plaque together with £1,000 prize money.

Can you help us get the churchyard sorted before the winter weather hits? We will be having a Hemblington Churchyard work party on Thursday morning, 5th November, starting at 10.00am. Do join us if you would like to help cut the tops of the hedges, prune the brambles and generally tidy up the area, while still keeping it a wildlife haven. Please bring gardening gloves and any gardening equipment you like to use.

The next Make & Mardle session is at Gables Farmhouse, Hemblington Hall Road, Hemblington, is on Tuesday, 24th November from 10am to 12noon. We will then have a break in December & start again in the
New Year on Thursday 21st January at 10.00am. Usual format – coffee, cake, chat & optional craft. Everyone will be most welcome.

At Heathlands on Saturday 31st October, 6pm to 8pm, we will be holding a Light Party. Drop in for a hot drink and biscuits. Try your hand at light related crafts and games. This is a free, family friendly event organised by Hemblington Church and open to everyone. For more details, contact jennifer@prospero3.co.uk.

Sunday services now regularly take place in the Churches of Blofield and Hemblington and we look forward to welcoming worshippers.

Sunday services are held in Hemblington Church with North Burlingham at 9.30 am and in Blofield Church at 11.00 am. Services alternate between Holy Communion and a Service of Morning Worship.

The Wednesday morning service is at 9.30 am in Blofield Church, alternating between Holy Communion and Morning Worship.

Thursday morning prayers are at 9 am in Hemblington Church.

Our church buildings will remain open for private prayer at published times.

Hemblington Church is open to visitors every day from 9.30 am until 4 pm.

We hope you enjoy the history and peace of our lovely church.

As a retirement project, Andrew Hawkins is building a website which takes a virtual tour of places of interest in and around the historic city of Norwich, presented as a series of interactive 360-degree panoramas in which you, the viewer, can ‘turn the camera’ to look left and right and up and down. He has just added a section about Hemblington Church which contains beautiful views of our church. The Hemblington Church entry can be found at:

http://norwich360.com/hemblington.html

But have a look round the rest of the website for interesting insights into our local heritage.

For anyone who is researching family history in the Hemblington area we have a page explaining how you can access our church records.

This can be found here.

Thanks to Paul Brittain of Norfolk360.co.uk you can now experience a 360 degree tour of the inside and outside of our church by using the following links:

View inside All Saints, Hemblington Church on Google Tours

View outside All Saints, Hemblington Church on Google Tours

This is video shows our beautiful church on a lovely summers day in June 2014. Music by the Octagon Singers of Norwich.