Sudbury Fairtrade Town Steering Group

Read the minutes of the recent meeting.

Can you help?

‘I am working with a Sudbury resident who would greatly benefit from moving some items from her home to the local dump.

We are looking for someone with a van who could drive it with items on board, to the dump.

We will not be asking the driver to load and unload items.

We are asking if the person could volunteer their time and use of the van but we can reimburse the petrol money.

Please ..read more

Referendum

Here are two articles sent by LCF (Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship), one for each side.

They open up some issues not usually discussed, but are not comprehensive analyses of all factors.

Local Area Coordinator scheme

Richard Titford writes: CTiS&D members might be interested to learn about the new Local Area Coordinator scheme being run out by Suffolk County Council.

See notice.

Sudbury Fire Trust

The Sudbury Fire Trust is now fully operational and ready to receive requests for assistance. Chairman of the Trust Tim Ayrton said “We are keen to hear from anyone who has suffered loss as a result of the fire. Please contact the trust in writing enclosing as much detail as possible about your situation.”

Tim explained that  letters should be addressed to:

The Sudbury Fire Trust

c/o The Town Hall,

Old Market Place,

Sudbury CO10 1TL.

Tim went on ..read more

Sudbury Area Cancer Support Group

for Adults (18+) with Cancer and their Carers

Are you or someone you care for affected by cancer and would like support,  friendship & information at  this  difficult time ?

Please see poster for more information.

An appeal

Faith was never so beautiful as when it has it’s working clothes on. James 2:14-18.

An appeal from Sudbury Community Kitchen. We are a sub group of the Sudbury Market Town Partnership.

Our aim is to reach out and support those in need in a very practical way. We intend to begin by feeding people (soup and bread to begin with); it is here that we appeal for your help.

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have lost our venue. We ..read more

Tackling funeral poverty: time for the churches to act

Teresa Bishop draws this to our attention. See details.

Understanding Islam – a visit to Muslim Friday prayers.

On 22nd May 10 of us from local churches, including 2 retired ministers and 2 women, were invited to observe local Muslims at worship. It was a very moving experience – see our responses . See also the Muslim Council of Britain statement on ISIS, which is fully supported by Imam Bashir.

I welcome questions or comments. Just phone or email.

Jill Pullan ,rojill@aol.com   01787 372482

A thought on the election.

A few weeks ago Bishop Graham of Norwich Cathedral in his BBC Radio 4 morning slot talked of the transient nature of the election vote X and the eternal X of the Easter message.

Our country seems to be ruled by election promises that are rarely kept and few bring about real changes of truth and justice in our country. Only by turning to Jesus can promises and justice prevail.

In fact David Cameron went to great lengths ..read more