As you will have read in the last newsletter, Ian Copeman has now retired from the Chaplaincy at Thomas Gainsborough School. He was and is unique and we are grateful to him and to God for his years of service in schools.
We are very glad that Liz Moulton remains in place to continue the chaplaincy, but it would be good for her to have support and so we are looking for someone to work alongside her. This role ..read more
Please sponsor Stuart’s Marathon Swim on Sat 16th Aug at Dock2Dock, Royal Docks, London, to raise funds for Eden’s Youth Centre.
https://www.stewardship.org.uk/pages/MarathonSwim2025
Stuart is aiming to complete the marathon swim (an Olympic marathon swim distance is 10km/6.21miles) in under 4 hours.
If you are not really sure what this open water challenge is like and want something to compare it to, then it is the same distance as swimming 400 laps of Kingfisher 25m pool nonstop!
Stuart has ..read more
Prayer Breakfasts take a break during August.
The next is on Saturday 6 September at St John’s Methodist Church, Sudbury, 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!
Please click here for the list for the coming months. ..read more
Kettle & Fish is a Christian Community Café. Volunteer helpers come from various local churches. It is usually open every Thursday except the first in the month.
Kettle & Fish is next open on Thursday, 14 August. Please do drop in and see us then. We will be serving the same delicious food and providing the same friendly welcome as always, 10am to 1.30pm at Suffolk Road Church, next to Aldi.
The dates for the coming weeks are:
14, ..read more
From Andy Jowitt.
‘Unlimited’ (5-9 August) is a Scripture Union holiday for young adults with learning disabilities and is led by Helen Vinter and her daughter Harriet who used to worship in Sudbury before moving to Norfolk. There are Sudbury folk on the volunteer team. They’d value your prayers for the holiday and invite you to download and use the prayer leaflet .
