First of all I should like to thank everyone from the Felixstowe Mission Area Churches for the support that you have given to each other and to the local community during these challenging days of Covid 19. Through internet, text, post, phone and where possible social distance meetings the work of our Churches has continued.…
Dear Friends With the coming of Autumn, we find ourselves once more in the glorious season of Harvest. It is good and right to thank God for all his good gifts to us. This year we will celebrate a number of Harvest Festival Services in a limited way as follows: Sunday 4th October – 11am…
SEPTEMBER UPDATE. Dear Friends, I hope this update finds you well. A hugh thank you to all who supported my recent Sponsored Run and the Market Stall in theManse garden. The total raised to date is £1,545 pounds, thank you so much for yourgenerosity. This money is a tremendous help to the churches. Included in…
Dear Friends, Firstly, many thanks to all of you who have so kindly sponsored the run I will be doing to raise funds for the Felixstowe Mission Area on Bank Holiday Monday 31st August. Also, a reminder of the Open-Air Market taking place this Saturday 29th August between 11am and 4pm in the Manse Garden.…
Dear Friends I hope this letter finds you well. Hopefully we are all now moving forward as we slowly emerge from a time of lockdown. At present in the Felixstowe Mission Area we have on offer three acts of Worship per week. On Sundays, 11 am – 12 noon @ Trinity. Followed in the afternoon…
Rev. Diane Smith brings us a short video from the garden at Kirton Methodist Chapel
Dear Friends Enclosed in this mailing is a short sermon reflection from myself for Sunday 16th August and Mike Pecks ever helpful Bible study notes on the same theme. The Felixstowe Mission Area Holiday Club was so well received last week that it is now possible to view it on the Circuit website . Thank…
Dear Friends Our thanks this week to Robin and Mary Pattinson who have provided the children with a wonderful online Holiday Club. This is something I know both adults and children have greatly enjoyed. Razzmatazz Robots has been very well received. Such a helpful resource for families during the summer holidays. It is a great…
On Saturday the 20th June hundreds of campaigners gathered in two Suffolk towns to hold peaceful Black Lives Matter protests. Protesters assembled in Felixstowe and Woodbridge to share their support for the global campaign. The Felixstowe event was held in the Spa Gardens and I attended along with other Members of the Local Methodist Church. …
One of the set readings for this Sunday the 14th of June is Psalm 100. C.S. Lewis once wrote “The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in God which made David dance.” Take time today not only to read Psalm 100 but to pray Psalm 100, for…