Jubilee Souvenir Booklet - History of Watton, Norfolk

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60 YEARS OF PENTECOSTALISM IN WATTON 1952: The Assemblies of God Church was meeting in the ‘Upper Room’ an attic room in Middle Street with low ceilings, lit by gas lamps and heated with a tortoise stove, accessed only by a narrow twisty flight of steps. The minister was Pastor J Quantril. 1974: Mr. Austin, a farmer from Threxton became Pastor. 1977: The Church moved into it’s current building in Dereham Road. 1986: In 1986 Mr. Austin retired as Pastor, and Mr. Les Bibby was appointed in his place. 1988: On 9th April 1988 Mr. Chris Pye was inducted as Pastor, Chris, a farmer from Ovington, was a relatively inexperienced pastor, but had a strong call of God on his life to work in Watton. 1991: Watton Community Church held its first service in Watton as Watton Christian Fellowship in May 1991; The services were as a result of a prophetic word spoken by Paul Randerson, the pastor of Breckland Christian Fellowship, Swaffham, and under his direction. Watton Community Church eventually became completely independent under its leader, Pastor Roger Pawsey. 1992: A portable Baptistry was put up in the Assemblies of God Church building, and a joint Baptism was held with Watton Community Church, who had recently been planted in the town and had subsequently taken AoG status. 15 people from the two Churches were baptised altogether, including many young people. This was the first baptism in the town in living memory and also the first time that the two Churches had worked together. 1996: Watton Community Church joined the Fellowship of Assemblies of God, part of the world's second largest Christian movement. Also in 1996 pastor Roger Pawsey was inducted as a full status minister, with world-wide recognition, at an ordination service during Britain's first joint Pentecostal churches conference. 2000: On 1st January 2000, at the stroke of midnight, amidst great celebration, the two Churches became one, a new Church for a new Millennium! It was renamed Watton Pentecostal Church, a part of River Ministries (Norfolk) and both memberships were invited to be part of the new church. Pastor Chris Pye and Rev. Roger Pawsey, became the new Pastors of Watton Pentecostal Church. The two Church Councils joined, to make a strong ministry team, to enable the new vision to be worked out. 22
WATTON PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN 2012 Worship Sunday Services: 10.30am Midweek Groups Prayer Meetings Worship meetings Working with children: Noah’s Ark Toddler & Baby Group Noah’s Ark 3’s - 5’s Puppet Group Sunday School Watton Church Scout Group Beavers Colony Working with Adults: Friendship Club JPEG’S Photographic Club Sanctuary Counselling Service Women for the Kingdom Working with the Community: Alzheimer’s Society: The Watton Dementia Cafe Norfolk Primary Care Trust: Watton Child Health Clinic Baby Massage Watton & District Diabetes UK Group Working in the World: Watton on the Web - our internet presence Emmaus Digital - internet centre of learning Together For God - Mission based support for churches in India and around the world. Falconer Trust - A children’s home in Zambia 23
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