Be the first to read the Spring Good News paper The Spring edition of popular Christian newspaper Good News for Norwich & Norfolk, containing stories from across the local Christian community, has just been published online, including a special Celebrate Norfolk showcase.
The latest edition of the free local Christian tabloid will be delivered to churches, Christian organisations and foodbanks across Norwich and Norfolk in the next couple of days. Churches are being asked to deliver any spare copies to homes near their building if they will not all be used by church members. It will also be reprinted inside the
Four Norfolk Christians recognised by the Queen Four Norfolk Christians have today been recognised by Her Majesty the Queen for their service to the community in the centuries-old Royal Maundy Money tradition. The giving of Royal Maundy Money by HM The Queen is a long-established tradition. The name “Maundy” and the ceremony itself derive from an instruction of Jesus at the Last Supper that his followers should love one another. This symbolic act of giving a gift of money in small purses is a ceremonial living out of that Christian care. There are as many recipients as there are years in the sovereign’s age. At the ceremony, the monarch hands each recipient two small leather string purses. A red purse contains ordinary coins, while a white one contains silver Maundy coins, amounting to the same number of pence as the years of the sovereign’s age.