Eight Buildings, One Church
The United Benefice of King's Beck
Banningham, Colby, Felmingham, Skeyton, Sloley, Suffield, Swanton Abbott, Tuttington
News - St Margaret's Church Suffield
I'm pleased to report that, following a professional deep clean on Thursday 1st August, St Margaret's Church Suffield is open to visitors once again. This is good news, as the church has been unavailable for use for several months due to a serious vermin infestation over the autumn and winter months, which caused a great deal of mess, much of which was potentially toxic, and some damage, particularly to soft furnishings and books, some of which we have had to dispose of, as they were unable to be adequately sanitised. However, the church is now safe to visit, whether for interest, for somewhere to rest a while, or for personal prayer and reflection. Our first service at the re-opened church will be on Sunday 6th October, and I hope to see many of you there. With best wishes, David Chamberlin (Rector of King's Beck)
Newsletter
Services
You are very welcome to join our friendly church community as we worship God together in one of our beautiful and ancient buildings. Sunday services rotate round the eight buildings (five in the winter) and are Eucharist (Holy Communion) at 10.00am unless stated.
Find out where we are below: click on the church photo for directions (opens Google Maps in a new page).
Sunday 22nd September at Skeyton
Harvest Celebration
(The Revd David Chamberlin)
Sunday 29th September at Swanton Abbott
(The Revd David Chamberlin)
Sunday 6th October at Suffield
(The Revd David Chamberlin)
The current edition of the bi-monthly King's Beck Newsletter can be viewed or downloaded here: https://bit.ly/KBNewsAS24
The Newsletter contains news of forthcoming services and special events, and items of interest from around the benefice.
About us
We are a friendly, welcoming church community, set in the beautiful North Norfolk countryside. We are one church, even though we meet in eight buildings! Most of the members of the church family travel to wherever the service is being held, so we are together every Sunday. We would love you to join us!
Our services are at 10am, lasting for around an hour. We sing hymns and songs, pray and listen to God's Word from the Bible. We usually have Holy Communion (also known as the Eucharist) as part of our services, and you are welcome to join in as much or as little as you wish. We serve refreshments after all our services, and all are welcome to stay for these.
We are delighted to offer Baptisms and Weddings, and consider it a privilege to help families with the arrangements for Funerals. Please get in touch if you would like to enquire about any of these, or if you would welcome a pastoral conversation or visit; I'm always happy to drink tea and chat!
With my love and prayers,
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The Revd David Chamberlin, Rector.
Contact us
The Rectory, Aylsham Rd, Felmingham, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 0LD
01692 773886
Safeguarding
​As a church, and across our eight village communities, we take seriously the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. We follow the national Church of England guidelines for safeguarding, and all our ministers and volunteers have undergone a safer recruitment process, including a check at the appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Our Safeguarding Policy and other information is clearly displayed in all our church buildings.
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If you have a safeguarding concern, please contact one of our Named Persons, either our Rector, The Revd David Chamberlin, 01692 773886 revdavid@kingsbeck.org.uk or our Parish Safeguarding Officer Heather McEwen, heathermcewenchurch@gmail.com.
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Anyone can also find out more, or raise a safeguarding concern with the Diocese of Norwich safeguarding team, at www.dioceseofnorwich.org/about/safeguarding.​​
Helpful links
A service of Daily Prayer from the Church of England
The Church of England (National website)
The Diocese of Norwich (The Church of England in Norfolk and Waveney)
A Church Near You (Find your local church)
The Norfolk Churches Trust (Protecting the religious monuments of Norfolk)
Network Norfolk (The Norfolk and Norwich Christian community website)