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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 blog.

What is the purpose of Flower Festival? I am sure that Judith Smyth and her team of flower arrangers, as well all those have helped with the refreshments and the stall during the Festival, as well as those who prepared the church might have wondered at times. Like Christmas Tree Festivals and sponsored events they have just sprung up and taken root in churches up and down the country and I can’t remember when any of these events started... [more]

Following the offer of Pope Benedict XV1 to the Anglian Church for full communion at first glance one can only be delighted by this development. Some Bishops have been very moved by this gesture and it looks like 400,000 people will move over. From the perspective of an ordinary clergyman in the middle of Norfolk, I have seen the relationships ... [more]

There is no doubt that one of the roles of the Church of England is not to be out of touch with society but keep one step behind. Through the Bishops in the House of Lords and at General Synod it is important that the church discusses and debates major issues. Recently we have seen the great debate about women Bishops and more recently about child benefit, but this week 100 clergy from the Diocese of London have raised the difficult issues of whether clergy should be allowed to bless same sex relationships.... [more]

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