Healing/Bereavement Seminars

The Healing Ministry Task Group warmly invite you to attend two seminars in February focussing on the subject of bereavement with guest speakers, The Rev’d Charles Amoah and Yvonne Holman from St Nicholas Hospice.  These seminars are designed for everyone who has an interest in this particular subject – the first session is about the terminally ill and the pastoral care needed for both them and their loved ones; the second is specifically about children’s bereavement both as a ..read more

Future Vision

Go to www.future-vision.org.uk and click on Latest News for the link to FV42, the latest news update and points for prayer for the work of Future Vision. In this edition, we are asked to remember and pray for Lesley, who is doing an incredible job in juggling the n.vision clubs and Open the Book with an ever increasing workload!       FV42 Spring ..read more

CAP Money

The next Christians Against Poverty CAP Money Course will run at Number Seventy Two, North Street, Sudbury, on Fridays 1pm – 2.45pm starting on Friday 20th January. To book a place or find out more phone/text Ruth on 07583 467190 or email capmoney@stourvalleyvineyard.org.

CAP Money is a free 3 week course. Being in control of your money is something anyone can learn. It’s about taking hold of the basic principles and then making sensible decisions. This is what the ..read more

Seminar on Mental Health

Saturday 28th January 2012, 9.30-4pm at Stowmarket, re-scheduled from September. Details.

Reaching Beyond – Community Arts Events

Revd David Moore writes “I am currently working on a series of community arts events in conjunction with the 2012 Olympics under the banner of Reaching Beyond.  This week we have our media launch.

As far as is possible we are attempting to be a paper-free project and as such we urgently need friends to circulate the address of our website. We will be glad of a ‘little help from our friends’.” Please see ..read more

Christmas Services 2011

For a list of Church Services in the Sudbury area during the Christmas period, please click here.

Marriage Focus Group meeting, from John Clark

The next meeting of the Marriage Focus Group will be on Wednesday 7th December at no. 72 North Street.

The meeting will start at 2.30pm.

Community Christmas Lunch

From Teresa Bishop

James 2: 14-17. speaks of faith and action and this is what I am requesting from you again this year. I have two specific requests : advertising & transport.

Advertising: please pray that all those would have a need will see or hear of the lunch and come along. Now the action part: please, please print off the poster and ..read more

SVV Christmas Hampers Online Shop is Launched

Some of you may be aware that Stour Valley Vineyard has been involved since its inception with serving the poor in our community through its outward-focused projects such as  Storehouse. Working through referrals from social services, housing trusts and other voluntary organisations, it provides weekly emergency food bags, a furniture recycling service and CAP money courses. Over the last three years at Christmas time it has also helped to put together special hampers to ..read more

Open the Book

Do you want to share your love of the Bible with children?

Not sure how to do it?

Then join over 25 volunteers taking ‘Open The Book’ assemblies into 8 of our schools.

Training will be given to deliver this nationally recognised material.

Each assembly takes less than 15 minutes and in that time a Bible story is told and a prayer is said.

Each school is visited every two weeks throughout the academic year.

Can you commit yourself to two hours a ..read more