Churches Together in Sudbury & District Annual General Meeting and Open Forum

Read the AGM Minutes .

Malcolm Offord writes:

PLEASE MAKE AN EFFORT TO ATTEND CTiS&D’S AGM – meet new ministers, elect a new chairman, discuss the future of Kettle & Fish, listen to a young Christian speak of his work amongst Palestinians and much more. The meeting is on Wednesday 30 September at St John’s Methodist Church Hall, York Road, Sudbury, at 7.30pm, with refreshments from 7pm.

AGM Papers

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Canoeing down the Stour for Christian Aid

On Thursday 13 August, ten people, including Revd John Boardman, Simon Snell, and teenagers Judith and Matthew Gill from All Saints’ Church in Sudbury, arrived safely in Bures after paddling from Sudbury. This year the event supports a Christian Aid project to make pregnancy and birth safer, prevent HIV, reduce underage pregnancies and tackle gender-based violence for over 200,000 indigenous women and girls in Honduras and El Salvador.

The money raised will again be quadrupled by ..read more

Folk Concert at St George’s, Shimpling

Saturday 13 June Thank you for all who supported and came to the folk concert at St George’s Church, Shimpling on Saturday 13 June. It was an enjoyable evening with about 90 or so people in attendance, doubling our audience from last summer’s folk concert. We raised a grand total of £607.88 of which £303.94 will go to the Milkmaid folk arts project and their plans to build a folk arts centre, close to Bury St Edmunds railway station ,which will ..read more

24/7 Prayer

From Emma Stewart-Darling, Pastor, Stour Valley Vineyard Church

“Take time out to be in God’s presence and communicate with Him in silence, through music, art, listening and talking. The Prayer Room is open for all, and is a quiet space where people can draw aside from the business of life and encounter God, and find peace and strength in His presence. Sign up for an hour in the Prayer Room at stourvalleyvineyard.org/24-7-prayer.”

See this article and the earlier ..read more

Canoe for Christian Aid: On Thursday 13 August there will be another sponsored canoe trip down the River Stour from Sudbury to Bures. Revd John Boardman of St John’s Methodist Church, and Simon Snell, Regional Coordinator for Christian Aid in Suffolk, are taking part again. If you are able to sponsor one of the participants, that would be greatly valued. If you or anyone you know is interested in taking part, please contact me ctis.news@gmail.com or 01787 374096 for details. The ..read more

The June Open Forum will be on Thursday 25th June at St George’s Church, Shimpling. There will be a barbecue from 6.30pm, and the main meeting will begin at 7.30pm. The evening will include a presentation on The Porch Project which runs at St Mary’s Church, Hadleigh, Suffolk.

Here are a Poster , and the Agenda, Finances Report and Diary Dates for the rest of 2015. See also the minutes of the March 2015 Forum.

St George’s Church is off Aveley Lane, ..read more

“Prayer 48” –  48 hours of non stop prayer coming soon at St Gregory’s Church!

This special weekend starts at 10am  on Friday 12th June and rounds off at the Sunday Eucharist Service on 14th June.  Please do join us and spread the message to your friends, your congregation, your neighbours. Prayer request cards have been delivered to over 5000 homes in the parish but if you would like one and haven’t received one, let us know.

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CTiS&D United Service for Christian Aid Week

The service is on Sunday 10th May at All Saints’ Church, Sudbury, at 6.30 pm. The speaker is Simon Snell, Regional Coordinator for Suffolk. Please see Service poster 2015 .

Christian Aid Week runs from Sunday 10th May to Saturday 16th May. It is not too late to volunteer for the house-to-house envelope collection. Please contact Malcolm Snow via malcolmsnow@onetel.com or 01787 374096.

Christian Aid responded promptly to the crisis in Nepal through local partners. Read ..read more

Film: Open Bethlehem

‘Open Bethlehem’ is a story of a homecoming to the world’s most famous little town. The film spans seven momentous years in the life of Bethlehem, revealing a city of astonishing beauty and political strife under occupation.

The film will be shown at The Quay in Sudbury on Thursday 30th April at 7.30pm. Tickets are £7 and are now on sale from the Quay Theatre in person, or by phone 01787 374745 or via ..read more

Election Hustings – on 29th April The 2015 General Election Hustings, organised by Churches Together in Sudbury & District, will be held in St Peter’s Church, Sudbury, on Wednesday evening, 29th April, at 7.30pm.

All the declared candidates [Jane Basham (Labour), James Cartlidge (Conservative), Robert Lindsay (Green), Grace Weaver (Lib Dem) and Steven Whalley (UKIP)] have confirmed that they will attend, and any others who may be nominated will be invited as well.

For more information please see the attached ..read more