All Saints is the largest church in the benefice also serves the largest community. This community is still expanding resulting in the village of Poringland and Framingham Earl coalescing. We hold regular weekly Sunday Services and a wide range of church and community activities. A family service is held on the fourth Sunday morning of each month - parish communion is held on the other Sundays. Common Worship is used. We have a team of musicians to lead our worship and to accompany the organist. The Alpha course is strongly supported as a means of nurturing as well as introducing the Christian faith. Mid-week groups also meet for men, women and young people. A weekly prayer group meets and there is enthusiasm for a recent home-group series to continue in some form. Our priority as a church family is to know the Lord Jesus Christ and to make him known in ways that are relevant and meaningful to today's society. We offer a very warm welcome to everyone and especially to younger generations and families.   

   St Andrews is a small, picturesque church building tucked away on the outskirts of the village on the Framingham Earl to Yelverton road. We have three Sunday services a month. One quite early in the morning at 8.00am with said Parish Communion services at both the 8.00am and the 11.15am service at which we have an organist. We sing from the Mission praise hymnbook, which is helping to gradually expand our repertoire. Common Worship is used. The 11.15am service has recently alternated between a Parish Communion and a Family Service. Family Services often have often incorporated a special event  such as Harvest or Christmas, baptisms are held at this time as well.

This church exists for the worship of God, the proclamation of the Gospel and to provide a friendly and welcoming atmosphere in which
people can meet in Christian Fellowship; we are committed to caring and serving the community. Our Sunday worship is held at 10.45am when we also have n Sunday Club for children aged between 3 and 13 years. One of a group of Methodist churches that go to make up the Norwich circuit, Framingham Earl also has a wide range of activities during the week including bible studies, prayer fellowships and various meetings of a more general nature. The premises are also used by other community-based organisations, including a playgroup and mothers and toddlers dub. The luncheon club for the elderly and housebound, organised by all the churches, also meets here.
Methodists have worshiped in Framingham Earl since the early decades of the 19th century. In looking forward we try to be a community of faith, relevant to the present day, in which people can explore issues of belief and life.

We opened on Sunday, 23rd September 2001. Our members believe that they have come to know the God through Jesus Christ and seek to love and serve God, each other and the local community. We aim to show the relevance of following Jesus and how He can help us
meet life's daily challenges. Our family services on Sundays at 10.30am have an informal structure and normally have modem songs, prayer, teaching time (talk or drama activity) and communion. We like everyone to feel welcome and comfortable so that people can just sit and listen or take part in various ways. Afterwards there is a time for refreshments and a chat. On Thursday evenings we meet in members homes to look at what the bible says about life, to share our thoughts and feelings, and pray in ways that help and encourage us in our Christian lives.

The local Roman Catholic Church in Poringland and Framingham Earl is based at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation at the White House, Upgate. The parish covers a large area of South Norfolk; induding Loddon, where we share in a Local Ecumenical Project with
the Anglican and Methodist communities, and where Mass is celebrated in St Johns, Methodists Church, George Lane, Loddon.
Catholics have worshipped in Poringland and Loddon since the 1940s and coupled with the needs of an ever growing local community Mass is now celebrated every morning at 8.00am in Poringland, at 6.00pm on Saturdays (Vigil for Sunday) and at 9.00am on Sundays in Poringland and at 11.00am in Loddon. During the 9.00am Mass we provide a special Liturgy for children at which they celebrate the Gospel message of the day. Our mission is: To proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ through catholic Worship; outreach to local, national and international charities; fundraising and community
building through social events; service within the local community and working together with the other local Christian Churches. Most of the activities of the above churches, together with much useful local information, are also published in 'Contact' the parish magazine that is available by subscription.

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