Minister’s Messages (Page 10)

Joan’s Jottings for 27th June

The Methodist Conference is underway. The Conference is the governing body of the Methodist Church and meets annually to discuss matters affecting the life of the Church, the nation and the world. This year the Conference is meeting online from 25th June to 1st July. Watch the livestream and find all the documentation by starting here.

Black Lives Matter

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. …

Joan’s Jottings for 18th June

You may have heard that the government is allowing church buildings to open for private prayer from Monday 15th June and for community worship at the earliest from sometime in July. Our Methodist Connexion has advised us not to open for private prayer unless it is essential to our ministry, which at this point, we do not deem it to be. There is a long and complex checklist that we will have to follow whenever we do decide that we are ready to open our buildings, and it will take time to prepare the building and provide training.

Joan’s Jottings for 14th June

Peni Rokobuli gives a presentation about his mission trip in our service today. It is MHA Sunday. Six people from around the circuit participated in singing the Ipswich Blessing. The local clergy made the newspaper with our statement about racism. Thank you to everyone from Museum Street who donated food to our food drive for FIND.

Joan’s Jottings for 5th June

Christian leaders in Ipswich have today put out a press release with a joint statement in response to the killing of George Floyd. Your six appointed circuit ministers have all signed it. This was put together in a short period of time, so, please do not assume, therefore, that if a neighbouring church or church leader is not on the list that they didn’t agree with the sentiment of the letter!