Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich
St. Matthew's Church
Welcome to the St. Matthew's Thorpe Hamlet website.
As restrictions ease we are beginning to worship in our building again, initially with Holy Communion at 9am on Sunday mornings. There are a number of precautions we have to take so please do expect to sanitise your hands as you enter Church via the side entrance and maintain social distancing. This is a said service as we are not yet allowed to sing in Churches and will last for about 30 minutes. We are about to introduce a choir as small groups can now sing as part of worship.
Zoom prayer meetings happen at 10.00 on Wednesday and at 11am on Sunday. You will need a link to them which you can get by emailing the vicar at revpatrickjordan@gmail.com
Articles and podcasts we find interesting are in study materials, thoughts and reflections can be found on the blog and art from around Thorpe Hamlet or that has been important for people in our community can be found in the Rainbow Gallery and Community Scrap book.
If you would like to talk to the Vicar, my name is Patrick Jordan and my telephone number is 01603 494015.
God bless you and be safe as we get through this difficult time together.
Remembering loved ones this November.
This year we will not be able to have our traditional afternoon All Soul's service where we remember by name those whose lives we give thanks for. This year we will pray for people at the Sunday morning service on the 1st November and film the Vicar as he reads out their names. This will be posted after the event on the website. If you have a loved one you would like remembered please let Rev Patrick Jordan know.
Family Church on Sunday
We have begun a Sunday service for families at 3.30pm. The service consists of a story a craft activity and prayer and lasts for 30 minutes. Please contact the Vicar on 01603 494015 for details. You do need to book a place for your family as we create craft packs and set up tables in a Covid safe way for each family group. below are pictures from the stories we told in previous weeks,
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We are a Church that seeks to welcome everyone, sometimes that means adapting what we do in order to meet people's needs. We are happy to do that, so if you or your family have specific needs please let us know. We are an inclusive Church which means we are all welcome, whatever our gender, race or sexual orientation and with whatever needs we have. We are also a Recovery Friendly Church committed to supporting people in their mental health and well-being.
Youth Group at a new time
Youth group has restarted at the new time of 4.30pm. It is open to anyone in year 7 and up. for details please cotact Rev Patrick Jordan 01603 494 015.
Toyin has recorded "Were you there when they Crucified my Lord?" Click on the button below.
Open for Private prayer
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St Matthews will be open from Monday to Thursday 9am-12 noon for private prayer. Please be aware that there will only be one door open with a hand sanitiser to use as we enter.
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A Don Moen song performed by Toyin.
News
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Keep in touch
There are lots of ways of keeping in touch with St Matthews, you can email us your prayer requests, or your offers of help. If there are things you need we will try and match you up with someone who you know, who can help. Alongside short films that are being prepared . We are worshiping together on Zoom, do please contact the Vicar revpatrickjordan@gmail.com if you would like to take part.
You can comment on our blog page, new blogs are going up each day, and you can pray with us, a prayer resources page will be on the website soon.
You can comment on our blog page, new blogs are going up each day, and you can pray with us, a prayer resources page will be on the website soon.
As of today (17th March) the Church of England has suspended all acts of public worship. That means there will be no services at St Matthews for the next few weeks. The Vicar will continue to pray each day in the Church and we are focusing our time and energy on supporting people by phone and online. For more information contact Rev Patrick Jordan the vicarage phone number is 01603 494015.
Youth Group gets arty.
St Matthews youth group has been using art to explore mental health and the Church as a safe place to talk about anything that may be concerning you and celebrating International Women's day.
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