As you approach the busy market town of Fakenham you are greeted by the massive 115ft Parish Church Tower which dominates the town. Fakenham Church was founded in the 14^th Century and since that time it has an exciting history. Scarred by the reformation, housing gunpowder during the Civil War, and restored by the Victorians, it was nearly destroyed by a stray Luftwaffe bomb in 1940 during Second World War.

Today it is the centre of a thriving congregation, ‘Serving the community’. Open everyday of the year the Church welcomes many thousands of visitors each year,  also as a Diocesan ‘Gateway Church’ it helps visitors to enjoy the towns and the surrounding glorious Norfolk coast.

As a historic chartered market town, Fakenham comes alive on Thursdays and on Farmers’ Markets when many market traders descended upon the town and the Church becomes a hive of activity.

However at the heart of the Church is the worship of Almighty God and anyone visiting the Church will soon realise that it has been loved and cherished by many generations in the past and today is reaching out to a new generation with a full programme of services and activities throughout the year. Let us know what you think of our new website by completing a comments form on our new blog.

We cannot expect children to pick up the faith all by themselves. As in most situations, children learn by example, they copy what we do. And we can talk about God and his love for us all in many situations. In junior Church last week we talked about what was precious to us  and wrote down in a picture.. [more]
 

Anointing in the church is becoming more popular and I would like to spend this morning mediating on the anointing of Jesus 6 days before the Passover in Bethany. When the country was lovely with greenness and flowers, Jesus came by the Mount of Olives and stopped at Bethany perhaps for a Sabbath rest ... [more]

There seems to be a lot of doom and gloom around the town regarding shops closing, and in the country at large about the economy. Of course we have seen it all before. A small town like Fakenham is easily affected by down turns in the economy but I can assure you that I will not be closing down Fakenham Parish Church at the moment... [more]