MORSTON
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Sat 31st July. Morston PCC’s stall at Langham Street Fayre.
Contact: Joc Wingfield 01263 740431
Sat 7th Aug. Morston Regatta. There will be no fair or barbecue possible run by the PC, owing to a greatly increased insurance requirement.
For Church Services see Panel on Page 3
Sun 8th Aug. Oyster Regatta.
MORSTON MARDLE by Samphire CHURCH FUNDRAISING
Sun 22nd Aug. (4th Sunday - not 3rd). The Revd John Penny’s last Service at Morston before his retirement.
The Chris Todd Memorial Fund for church repairs (through Friends of Morston Church) reached the magnificent sum of £1,210. The Morston Hall Dinner finally brought in £3,885 and Sponsored Walks raised £2,596. More recently the following amounts (“final net profit”) have been raised:
Sun 29th Aug. Farewell Service for the Revd. John Penny by our Group of Churches at Binham. Sat 11th Sep. The Norfolk Churches Sponsored Bike Ride (one of 20 participating counties) Come and have fun cycling round your own personally selected “Church Bike Route”, while earning funds for our church! The churches open as checkpoints from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Last year this raised £769 for all Saints Church and the year before “our cyclists” raised £848. From now Sponsorship Forms are available from our local BRO (Bike Ride Organiser), Ned Hamond - just call 01263-740144 (daytime) or 01263-740188 (evenings). Write on the form that the money you raise is to go to Morston church and let Ned have the form back.
20th March - Friends Quiz: £828. 8th May - Friends’ Concert (by Elisabeth Wingfield and Michael Pugh): £976.00. 22th May - Friends’ Garden Opening (by Lady Rathcavan in Cley): £631.00. 15th June - PCC Visit to Point & Supper (organised by Mary Athill): £641.00. The organisers of these Special Events would like to thank all their helpers (who are too numerous to list here) very much indeed for their labours.
The aim is to have a day’s fun. Pick a route (you don’t have to include Morston church on your route), get yourself and those cycling with you to your chosen startpoint and cycle around visiting beautiful Norfolk churches and villages. There is no need to try and beat the record! The Bike Ride is supported by the EDP, so if you have a special Morston “story line”, please contact our BRO about it, ideally by 1st September, so that he can attempt to get you in the paper and/or on the telly!
On 15th May Sara Wingfield completed a sponsored half-marathon by night (the Moonwalk), raising £350 for Friends - which charity has now started to ease the PCC’s financial burden by paying some of the church repair bills. As at 30th April 2004 Friends had raised over £13,500 pounds - which included some £3,500 from 500 “mailshots” (each with a personal message). There was a response rate of about 6% (most charities work on about 1.5%), with wonderful messages of support from those connected with the village and its church in some way, especially from those who used to live here or who have relatives here or on the war memorial.
17th-19th Sep. International Powditch Family Reunion at Morston. (The family left here in the 1700s). On Sat 18th there will be a Friends of Morston Church invitation Lunch in the Village Hall, followed by a Service of Thanksgiving & Dedication conducted by the Bishop of Norwich. Some Powditch family guests (20 to 30) are expected from Australia, Canada and Chile, as well as from the UK.
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