Fairtrade Fortnight

We are now in Fairtrade Fortnight, which runs until Sunday 9 March.

Read about Britain’s Bruising Banana Wars in the latest Fairtrade Towns Newsletter. Read the attached update from Sue Bentley at sue@thebentleys.org.uk , East of England Representative and Chair, National Campaigner Committee, Fairtrade Foundation, Visit the local website www.sudburyfairtrade.org.uk (and there are links from the CTiS ..read more

Two Rivers Mission

2RM News 4 is attached. Please note especially, two imminent dates: 1st March and 3rd March.

Marion Blower appeal

Boxford Church is holding  a fundraising coffee morning and cake stall for the Marion Blower appeal on Saturday March 15th at “Mary’s House”, Swan Street, Boxford, from 9.30am – 12 noon.

(Mary’s House is the benefice cottage, a few doors beyond the post office, on the same side of Swan Street.)          

Aglow International – Sudbury Group

You are invited to join us at our meeting on 1st March at our new and much warmer venue of CCF, The Hall, 1 Broom St, Gt Cornard, CO10 0JT.  

We start at 10.00am and finish around 12 noon with refreshments. 

Our speaker is Karen Avery who is well known in Sudbury and is Co-pastor at Living Waters Church so do come along and be greatly encouraged by what she will be sharing with us.

Cost for ..read more

Women’s World Day of Prayer

This year’s Service will be held at All Saints Church, Church Street, Sudbury, CO10 2BL. See Poster.

Friday 7th March 2014 at 2.15pm for 2.30pm.

All welcome.

Marion Blower Electric Wheelchair Appeal

Rock Choir Concert, Saturday 22nd February 2014, 7.30pm at St Peter’s, Sudbury. Tickets £5 (including interval refreshments) from Sudbury Tourist Information Centre in the library, or phone 01787 882473. Graham Gilbert seeks sponsorship for his participation in the Good Friday Fun Run. Contact him on 01787 373470.

If you are not familiar with this appeal, read about it here , which uses Marion’s former surname of Corner.

Lent Courses 2014

Various Lent courses are being run by the churches of Sudbury and District and they all welcome anyone who would like to join them. Details attached.

Two Rivers Mission

 

Church-Crawl

For those of you who are unable to complete the full circle of The Mission Prayer-Walk on Saturday 1st March, I give estimated times of arrival and departure at the different churches.

Starting in All Saints Church at 3:00pm, with introductions, modus-operandi and prayer. Leaving All Saints, say 3:40, we then walk to St. Peter’s for 3:50 to 4:10. Following prayer, we move on to St. Gregory’s for 4:20 to 4:40. After our prayer gathering in St. Gregory’s ..read more

Christian Aid

Simon Snell, Regional Coordinator for Suffolk, will be the speaker at the next CTiS&D Open Forum on Thursday 13th March, 7 for 7.30pm at the Friends Meeting House (Quakers), 22a Friars Street, Sudbury, CO10 2AA.

Whether or not you are already a supporter, this is an ideal opportunity to learn more about the work of Christian Aid and to bring along others.

Christian Aid Week this runs from 11th to 17th May, and we would welcome new people to help ..read more

Who-dunnit Mystery Evening

Arranged by St Gregory’s Church Events Committee

Saturday 1st March 2014, at 7 for 7.30pm in All Saints Church Hall.

For more information or to buy tickets please contact Malcolm Snow malcolmsnow@onetel.com or 01787 374096.

The cost is £8 and includes a Ploughman’s Supper.

A flyer is attached.

Parking will be available at nearby St Gregory’s School.

Please buy tickets in good time – thanks!