Day on Healing Sat 24 April, 2010 sponsored by THE GUILD OF HEALTH at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, Suffolk. Healing Service & Workshops: choice of 3 from: - Bereavement – member of St Nicholas Hospice Care team - Brains Trust: - Rev’d Roger Hoath: Chair of The Guild of Health (Chair) - Rev’d Debbie Hodge: Sec’y Churches Together: Healing - Rev’d Mary Irish: Healing Advisor URC Eastern Synod - Rev’d Roger Matthews: Canon of Chelmsford Cathedral - Monsignor Tony Rogers: R.C. Vicar General, Cambridge - Brian Thorne: Professor of Counselling, Uni of ..read more

Fairtrade Fortnight, ending on 7th March, prompts us to see if there are more Fairtrade products we can buy regularly, knowing that the original producers will get a realistic return for their labours. Can we persuade our shops to increase their range? Might our employers, or the clubs we attend, commit to Fairtrade? We can all help to eradicate injustice.

Is your church fully committed to Fairtrade? Does everyone know? Is the certificate displayed?

It’s ..read more

The Suffolk Theology Forum meets on Wednesday 10 March, 7.30pm at Kesgrave Conference Centre.  Tony Gibbings, of the L’Arche Community will lead a discussion on WHY CREATE COMMUNITY? IS COMMUNITY A PROBLEM OR A SOLUTION? Details and a poster from www.ctsuffolk.org.uk/tf . Suffolk Theology Forum welcomes all those interested in exploring Christian theological issues in an open and non-partisan way.

Springlands Christian Fellowship

Invite you to join us for an

Easter Day Sunrise Service

6.30 am at Woodhall School

Followed by a full English breakfast!!!!!

It would be a pleasure to see you and if you can stay to breakfast so much the better, but we need numbers for catering purposes by 12th March.

Please contact Chris Rowe on c.m.rowe@talktalk.net or 370844 by that date.

(Please let us know of any ..read more

Churches Together in Suffolk warmly invite you to their open Council meeting on Monday 8 March 2010 at 7.30pm (coffee from 7pm) at Sudbury Baptist Church (Church St, Sudbury CO10 2BJ?).

‘loving our neighbours as ourselves’? : Gypsy, Roma and Traveller experiences of belonging.

Speaker:  Tim Everson of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Achievement Service, with question and discussion time.

Kindly hosted by Churches Together Sudbury who will give a short presentation ..read more

Dads’ Brunch Club @ Number Seventy Two

A new club in Sudbury has just started up which offers dads a great venue to spend time with their family. Taking time out with the children can be difficult if the weather means not being able to go out to the park or, in these trying financial times, the budget won’t stretch to much else.  The club was started up by a group of men who have experienced the difficulties of being ..read more

The Alpha Course has attracted many thousands of people with its easy-going relaxed approach to exploring the big questions of life.

Christians in Sudbury are running an Alpha Course at Number 72 North Street, starting on 16th February.

PLACES ARE LIMITED!

For further information or to book a place please contact:

Syd & Marilyn Platt, 01787 310732

Steve Millard, 01787 370234 father.millard@googlemail.com

Nigel Ford, 01787 242185 minister@sudburybaptistchurch.co.uk

Click for a poster.

In aid of St Gregory’s Church, with well-known Suffolk band & their caller ‘Clutching at Straws’. . Venue: Sudbury Town Hall Date: Saturday 13 February Time: 7.00 to 10.30 pm. . Bar available. Tickets: £6 from Tourist Information Centre, Gaol Lane, or Greg Grant 01787 311172, or Colin Deeks 01787 376232 (after 7pm) . See Poster.

The next CAP Money course is due to start at Number Seventy Two on Wednesday 3rd Feb at 7.30pm. It is a free 3 week course run by trained volunteers from local churches.

I attach a poster about it and would be grateful if this could be circulated via the Church News email . The course is helpful to anyone who wants to be in control of their money rather than their money ..read more

This is a national initiative encouraging schools, churches, workplaces and any other organisation to host a fair trade event anytime during Fairtrade Fortnight (22 February to 7 March). All are invited to Afternoon Tea at St Andrew’s Church on Thursday 4 March between 2 pm and 4 pm. For more information on this campaign to raise awareness of fair trade issues, or to arrange your own event, please see the Tradecraft website.