Roger and Jill have received a Prayer Guide and update from Lebanon. Read it here .

Christian Aid have an update from their partner in Gaza. Read it here .

New Life Church are looking to employ a Community Support Worker for 2 days a week. The deadline for applications is 21st October.

For more information please see details .

Roger and Jill Pullan have close links with two churches in Lebanon. Here is the text of two recent emails. For more information, and to support financially, please contact Roger.

Resurrection Church

Lebanon has once again been engulfed in war, with hundreds of thousands fleeing from the South, Beqaa, and other cities and villages in search of safety in more secure areas. One of our leaders, on his drive home today, was shocked with what he saw:

“There are so many displaced ..read more

From Rev Malcolm Hill.

‘Hard Times’ was the title of a Charles Dickens novel. It was written in 1854, yet its title could well describe life as it is for millions of people all around the world in 2020!

The pandemic, of course, is the immediate cause of tribulation, but, a deeper concern has been exposed. – Humankind is facing a ‘mountain’ of need, made up of poverty, division and threat to our environment, and all this leads to bewilderment, fear and ..read more

Please read this letter from Rev Malcolm Hill. A response on behalf of Churches Together in Sudbury and District will be sent to Mr James Cartlidge MP. Individual churches, and individuals, might wish to write to their MP too.

Urgent plea for help from local Charity

Grazing land with barn and outbuildings urgently needed for local Horse, Donkey, Animal Rescue Charity and Care Farm.

New owners to the land we have leased for 11 years have gained planning permission to build and have asked us to leave. To continue with the good work we do for animals and young people, we urgently need help finding somewhere to relocate to.

Can you help?

Call Jann on 07747 755556

Or for more information, please contact Karen at ..read more

Are you passionate about NHS health provision locally?

Sudbury WATCH (Working and Acting Together for Community Health) are seeking new members.

If you, or someone you know, might be the right person, please speak to Richard Titford or to Malcolm Snow.

Richard Titford has provided background information, which is attached.

Suffolk Refugee Support

To continue to receive news, please opt in to their new mailing list:      suffolkrefugee.org.uk/join-our-mailing-list

Inequality gap widens 

The development charity Oxfam has called for action to tackle the growing gap between rich and poor as it launched a new report.

42 people hold as much wealth as the 3.7 billion who make up the poorest half of the world’s population. 82% of the global wealth generated in 2017 went to the most wealthy 1%. FTSE 100 bosses earned on average 120 times more than the average employee.

Source for the above: theguardian.com/inequality/2018/jan/22. (Why ..read more

Sudbury Fairtrade – Town Steering Group

Read the minutes of the recent meeting, and see plans for Fairtrade Fortnight, which include a Fairtrade Coffee Morning at St. John’s on Saturday 10th March.

See also sudburyfairtrade.org.uk and the Facebook page.