Open Churches Week 2010
Saturday 31st July - Sunday 8th August
Programme of Events
All Week:
Starston Photographic Exhibition
A Photographic and editorial Exhibition on the 1st and 2nd World War Casualties of Starston, and their families. The Church will be open 10am to 4pm each day.
Rushall Church open 24/7
Dickleburgh Church open all week with Flower Festival and refreshments.
Pulham Market Church open all week with toys and games.
Saturday 31st July:
1. Thelveton Flower Festival.
Thelveton Church will be open from 10am to 6pm with a Flower Festival on the theme "St Andrew, Patron Saint of Fishermen", and a spiritual nature trail in the churchyard. Light refreshments served all day.
2. Pulham Market Barbecue and film "Fantastic Mr Fox" 5pm to 7.30pm.
3. Dickleburgh Village Fete with Flower Festival, stalls and games 12 noon to 5pm.
4. Pulham St Mary Coffee morning - cake stall, raffle, bring-and-buy
Sunday 1st August:
1. Thelveton Flower Festival. Communion 11am. Church open 12 noon to 6pm
2. Pulham Market Toy service with puppets 10.30am (bring your teddy bear! 11.30 Teddy parachuting; 12.30 Teddy bears picnic. (bring own picnic)
3. Dickleburgh Flower Festival
Monday 2nd August:
1. Thelveton Flower Festival 10am to 5pm
2. Pulham Market Beetle Drive 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
3. Dickleburgh Flower Festival
Tuesday 3rd August:
1. Pulham Market Wiifit and dominoes 7pm to 9.30pm
2. Dickleburgh Flower Festival
Wednesday 4th August:
1. Rushall Church meditation 2pm to 3pm
2. Pulham Market Shrek 3 (with popcorn and donuts) 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
3. Dickleburgh Flower Festival
Thursday 5th August:
1. Rushall Church "Bring and Share" picnic at the church 3pm to 5pm
2. Pulham Market Dance mats and Lego challenge 6.30pm to 9.30pm
3. Dickleburgh Flower Festival
Friday 6th August:
1. Dickleburgh Flower Festival Disco and Barbecue
Saturday 7th August:
1. Dickleburgh Flower Festival Car Boot Sale
2. Pulham Market Come out and play with all the toys and games 11am to 4.30pm
3. Starston Church 7.30pm, Jubilee Hall, Starston Illustrated talk by Rosemary Steer - Tracing Your First World War Ancestors
Tickets: £6.50 including cheese and wine, from 01379 852401 or 01379 854385
Sunday 8th August:
1. Dickleburgh Flower Festival Songs of Praise 6.30pm
2. Pulham Market Come out and play with all the toys and games 11am to 4.30pm
Open Churches Week - St Margaret’s Church Starston
St Margaret’s Church, Starston will be open for visitors each day from Saturday 31st July to Saturday 7th August, between and .
Family and local history will be the theme this year. Rosemary Steer has just completed two new indexes to add to the existing transcript of the Starston marriage register 1838-2006. The gravestone inscriptions in the churchyard, dating from 1696, have been transcribed, with handy plans so the graves can easily be located. The burial registers from 1747 have also been indexed and linked with the gravestone inscriptions where possible. All these indexes will be available in the church to help those with Starston connections trace their ancestors.
There will be an exhibition in the church all week about the local men who were killed in the 1st and 2nd World Wars together with more detailed information about each Starston man who died. This will be followed by an illustrated talk by Rosemary Steer in the Jubilee Hall, Starston on Tracing Your First World War Ancestors on Saturday 7th August at in aid of St Margaret’s Church. Tickets are £6.50, including cheese and wine after the talk, available by ringing 01379 854385 or 01379 852401.
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Saturday 7 August, , Jubilee Hall, Starston
Illustrated talk by Rosemary Steer - Tracing Your First World War Ancestors
Tickets: £6.50 including cheese and wine, from 01379 852401 or 01379 854385
In aid of St Margaret’s Church, Starston
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On Saturday 7th August at in the Jubilee Hall, Starston, Rosemary Steer will be giving an illustrated talk about tracing your First World War ancestors in aid of Starston Church. Rosemary has researched her own family history, including tracing details of her two great uncles who were killed in the First World War. One was killed on the Somme, the other was a dockyard shipwright killed when HMS Princess Irene exploded in 1915 in Sheerness Harbour. Rosemary has also researched the lives and deaths of the Starston men killed in both world wars. Using examples from her own family and from Starston, Rosemary will show how to tackle your own research. The illustrated talk will be followed by cheese and wine and a chance for questions.
Open Churches Week 2009
Sunday 2nd - Sunday 9th August
Thelveton Quiet Corners.
The church was open all week from 9am to 7pm. Thirty four people came and enjoyed the peace and tranquility of this beautiful church. The "Rhythm of Life" was there. Self-service light refreshments were available all week. Our new eco-friendly toilet was, sadly, not installed by then! Service times Sunday 11am was the final service by Janice at the church and eighteen of us sat down to a farewell meal in the nave.
Rushall meditation.
Rushall Church was open all week 24/7 for private prayer and meditation.
On Wednesday Janice lead a guided meditation for a group of eight people.
Picture House Movies came to Pulham Market Church.
WEEK’S ATTRACTIONS were
Children's entertainment film, a tour of the village finishing at the church, learn about the history, a film suitable for age 15+, an ethical family film with discussion, slide show, "My time in Zimbabwe", an afternoon of musical entertainment.
It was a good week for all, well supported. Keep an eye on this page next year around the beginning of July to find out what is happening in 2010.