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Pick up your free devotional on Sunday mornings through Advent

devo.jpgAdvent is a season of waiting, expecting, and hoping. Beginning four Sundays prior to Christmas and ending on Christmas Eve, Advent helps us prepare for the coming, or “advent” of the Christ child at Christmas. (The word “advent” comes from the Latin word that means “coming.”)

Starting on Sunday 29 November we will have two devotional booklets that you can pick up and take away to use durig your quiet time during Advent. These are two great resources that will help you focus on the ‘reason for the season’.

Enjoy!

 

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Up and down the country, churches, schools and voluntary organisations are holding harvest services, festivals and suppers.

But what does Harvest mean to our wider community nowadays? What is the best way to celebrate it? Our senior pastor, Andrew Stewart-Darling, share some thoughts on his latest post on iGod.

 

 

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We are thrilled to welcome Eddie Lyle on Sunday 1st November at Stour Valley Vineyard.

Eddie is the president of Open Doors, UK & Ireland, an international ministry started 60 years ago by Brother Andrew to serve the most persecuted Christians in the world.

Come and be inspired in your own faith through the stories of ordinary Christians who are experiencing immense hardship in hostile, war-torn and troubled places like Syria and Iraq.

In many places, like in the Middle East and North Africa, the Church appears to be fighting for its survival. Yet, against the odds, the gospel continues to shine and amazing stories of God’s goodness are emerging, not least in the most closed countries on earth.

On this Sunday we have two services. In the morning, as usual, we meet at 10.30am in the Delphi Centre, Newton Road, Sudbury (map). Fresh coffee, cold drinks and pastries served from 10.15am. It Includes Planet Vineyard, our interactive programme for young children.

Then, in the evening, at 6.30pm we are hosting a Churches Together service at St John’s Methodist Church, York Road, Sudbury (map).

The theme is ‘Unshakeable Faith’. At this special joint service Eddie will be speaking particularly on the state of the persecuted church in Syria and the Middle East and how we can respond to their need. Coffee, cold drinks and doughnuts will be served from 6.15pm.

This day is a great opportunity to invite your friends and family to hear the gospel through a very topical and relevant issue for today’s world. We are expectant of God doing much in our hearts and minds.

 

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01_Duhok-Domiz-161Almost 2 million Syrian children have been forced to flee their homes.

The world has been shocked by the heart-breaking images of Syrian children appearing in the news over the past few weeks.  Its hard to ignore this crisis as people try to flea troubles in their own country. This year alone, more than 2,700 people have died trying to reach Europe, the majority of them drowning in the Mediterranean.

As a way of offering support to children in such terrible circumstances outside their control, a friend of Kerri Hellon-Warwick, a member of our church, is collecting socks and shoes for children in the Syrian refugee camps. We can do an amazingly generous, big-hearted thing today.

If you have any unwanted children’s socks or shoes that you would be happy to donate, please bring them to church this Sunday morning and hand to Kerri. The deadline for donations is next weekend (13.09.15).

For more details, please speak to Kerri Hellon-Warwick this week or contact the church office by email or phone: 01787 377 670 to be put in touch. Thank you.

 

 

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Please note there will be some electrical work taking place at The Christopher Centre (home of our midweek office) on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 August.

This means the Church office will be closed on these days, as there will be no power during the daytime while the work is completed. The Christopher Centre reception will still be open on these days, so you are able use the prayer room if you planned to come along but there will be no lights or power to play worship music.

If you need to get in touch with us you can conact Carl our administrator via email.

 

 

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iGodAre you ‘power mad’? Does the lack of power make you anxious? Do you sometimes feel jealous of other’s power?

Read Andrew Stewart-Darling’s latest post on iGod.

 

 

 

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ClosedIf you are visiting us at The Christopher Centre on Tuesday 4th August there will be a working party carrying out some work. For health and safety the car park at The Christopher Centre will be closed in the morning. The work should be completed by lunch time.

Alternative parking is available on North Street car park (behind argos) – see map

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Treasure Hunt BannerIf you where unable to join us for the Treasure Hunt Training evening on the 6th July with Paul Green and his tem from SOLE you can now catch up with what was a fantastic evening by following the link below.

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