The next Churches Together Forum is on Wednesday April 15th at St Mary’s Church, Bures, at 7.30pm, with refreshments from 7pm. (Apologies for giving  the wrong day last week.)

The speaker is the Rev James Ridge, Chaplain-General of Prisons and Archdeacon of Prisons.

Our forums are open to all, and everyone is encouraged to come along and learn about the work of the host church and of Churches Together, and to hear about a topic of interest.

On this occasion, elections of officers ..read more

We invite you to our ‘Open Church’ for a time of quiet, personal reflection and prayer. Browse the prayer stations and contemplate the events of Holy Week (with the option of exploring  the Easter story using the QR codes on your phone).

Monday 30th March – Saturday 4th April, 9 am to 12 noon

(Good Friday service 11am – 1pm)

All Saints’ Church, Church Street, Sudbury CO10 2BN

The walk will begin at All Saints’ Church, Sudbury at 1pm, and end at St Gregory’s Church.

It is preceded by a time of readings, reflection, and prayer at All Saints from 11am to 1pm.

At 2pm there is a Good Friday service at St Gregory’s.

3pm on Saturday 4th April at St Gregory’s Church.

Guaranteed egg for every child. Egg hunt, crafts, refreshments & more.

£2 per child. Book in advance at www.ticketsource.co.uk.

OXFAM are working with partners to campaign for the ceasefire in Gaza to become effective. They are asking for people to wear something red and take photographs at a local monument. They will weave the photos into a video on their social media and hand the video in to the Government.

At 4.15 on Bank Holiday Monday (6th April) some of us plan to meet at the Gainsborough statue on Market Hill to get a group photograph. Please do come ..read more

Thursday 2nd April – no public donations Drop off session.

Friday 3rd April – Bank Holiday – No food bank session

Monday 6th April – Bank Holiday

Normal service returns Tuesday 7th April. Closure due to allow our volunteers to enjoy an extended bank holiday weekend.

From Abby Evans abby@stourvalleyvineyard.org .

The new round of token appeals at Waitrose begins on April 1st. Number 72 has been selected as one of the three charities to take part. Please do support the work of Number 72 when shopping. The section with the most tokens at the end of three months is awarded £1,500. 

We are holding another Volunteer Open Afternoon here at The Christopher Centre in Sudbury on Thursday 9th April from 1pm to 3.30pm.

We would love to invite you along to showcase any Volunteer opportunities you may have at this time. A table would be provided for you to display any information you may have. 

Do let me know if this is of interest and if you have any questions. If you can’t join us, we would be more than happy to have ..read more

Apologies, I missed out the second half of last week’s update-from-lebanon post.

If you are able to contribute, please log in to www.echoesinternational.org.uk . State that your gift is ‘For Lebanon’.  

For Holy Week and Easter services, please see the websites of individual churches .

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