This Saturday, 11 July, we are at Little Cornard Church. We meet from 8 to 9.30am for a light breakfast, a time of fellowship and a time for prayer.

Do join us if you can. You will be most welcome, whether you have never been before, or have not been for a couple of years, or are a regular!

Directions to Little Cornard Church:

From Sudbury Belle Vue junction take B1508 Cornard Road/Kings Hill/Bures Road.

After about two miles, at ..read more

Kettle & Fish is a Christian Community Cafe. Volunteer helpers come from various local churches. It is normally open on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.

Kettle & Fish is open this Thursday, 9 July. Please do drop in and see us then. We will be serving the same delicious food and providing the same friendly welcome as always, 9.45am to 1.15pm at Suffolk Road Church, next to Aldi.

Future dates are:       9 & 23 July.

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Our next Open Forum will be held on Tuesday 14 July at 7.30pm, with refreshments from 7pm. It will be at St John’s Methodist Church, Sudbury (NOT at Lavenham – please note the change, and apologies for the wrong month last week).

The meeting will include a talk by Louise Bunton, from Home for Good Suffolk. Louise is Co-ordinator for Supporting Families. Home for Good: Suffolk connects families in the community who foster or adopt through peer groups that meet regularly ..read more

Are you passionate about supporting families involved in fostering, adoption and special guardianship? We are looking for a compassionate, motivated and relational Area Coordinator to join our team and focus on West Suffolk.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference by raising awareness of the need for foster carers, adoptive parents and supported lodging hosts, while also supporting foster, adoptive and special guardianship families already providing care for children and young people. You will build relationships with churches, ..read more

Last Autumn Andy Burnham gave the Theos Annual Lecture. It is available on the Theos website at www.theosthinktank.co.uk/events/2025/08/28/theos-annual-lecture-2025-with-andy-burnham .

Theos is the public religion think tank that has established itself as an important vehicle for research and debate about the place of faith in public life. It is good to be able to access the lecture with all that is going on at the moment.

Jim Stewart.

I am contacting you to invite your organisation to take part in a survey about volunteering opportunities for young people under 18 in Suffolk.

The aim of the survey is to better understand whether voluntary and charitable organisations currently involve young volunteers, what types of roles may be suitable, and what support organisations may need to expand youth volunteering opportunities.

There is a growing demand for volunteering opportunities for young people, including from schools, colleges, Duke of Edinburgh awards ..read more

This Saturday, 4 July, we are at All Saints’ Church Hall, Church Street, Sudbury, hosted by New Life Church. We meet from 8 to 9.30am for a light breakfast, a time of fellowship and a time for prayer.

Do join us if you can. You will be most welcome, whether you have never been before, or have not been for a couple of years, or are a regular!

On Saturday 11 July, we are at Little Cornard Church.

The list to ..read more

Kettle & Fish is a Christian Community Cafe. Volunteer helpers come from various local churches. It is normally open on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.

Kettle & Fish is not open this Thursday, 2 July. It is next open on 9 July. Please do drop in and see us then. We will be serving the same delicious food and providing the same friendly welcome as always, 9.45am to 1.15pm at Suffolk Road Church, next to Aldi.

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Our next Open Forum will be held on Tuesday 14 July at 7.30pm, with refreshments from 7pm. It will be at St John’s Methodist Church, Sudbury (NOT at Lavenham – please note the change).

The meeting will include a talk by Louise Bunton, from Home for Good Suffolk. Louise is Co-ordinator for Supporting Families. Home for Good: Suffolk connects families in the community who foster or adopt through peer groups that meet regularly and other events across the county.

All are ..read more

Yesterday, Monday 29 June, was St Peter’s Day. About 90 people from many local churches gathered at St Peter’s Church on Market Hill in Sudbury, for a service of celebration. It was conducted by several Sudbury church leaders.