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The Norwich Diocese Mission and Pastoral Committee has prepared a draft Pastoral Scheme for the reorganisation of the Blofield and Broadside benefices. Details can be found in the following documents. Anyone may make representation for or against these changes no later than midnight on 26th September. Details on how you may do this are contained in the documents:

P76 Notice

Draft Scheme

Over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, 20th and 21st September there will be an exhibition in our church of paintings by local artists Ian Walker, Jan Lacey Viv Rainsbury and Jan Heath. Many paintings will be available to purchase with cash or card. The exhibition will be open on the Saturday between 10.30am and 4pm and on the Sunday between 11am and 4pm. Entry is free and refreshments will be available.

Our Harvest Festival service will be on Sunday 28th September at 9.30 am and it will be followed by refreshments. Please do join us, everyone is welcome.

The National Churches Trust is a charity Working on the ground across all four nations, to support churches of all denominations, helping them to thrive. Their vision is that church buildings across the UK are well maintained, open to everyone, sustainable and valued.

This year, the National Churches Trust “Church & Community Volunteers Awards” celebrate the dedication, care and impact of the people who care for the UK’s wonderful church buildings and who share them with others. Whether that is keeping a church, chapel or meeting house well maintained, opening it up for visitors or running a community project from the building, these awards celebrate the amazing ways teams who are making a difference.

We are pleased to report that Hemblington Church been shortlisted for one of these awards this year.

Welcome to the website for All Saints Church, Hemblington. We do not know who built our church or when. What we worship in each week is a beautiful and simple building. The clear glass windows allow the light to flood the building. We gaze out at the rolling fields that surround the churchyard. This delightful building is very much part of the environment as the environment is part of the church.

Our parish of Hemblington: All Saints is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). Our Diocese of Norwich safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm, please contact our PSO Mrs Susan Nichols snichols781@aol.com.

For more information about Safeguarding please click here.

The September Make & Mardle will be on Tuesday, 23rd September at Hemblington Church from 10am to 12noon. Come and join us for a tea / coffee, cake, chat with optional craft. All will be very welcome.

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.