Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse October 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The people who know me well, my family and friends, would most likely say that I am a naturally optimistic person who tends to see the good in all situations and in the people, I meet. Whilst this may…
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…
t’s Harvest Time! We will be supporting FIND at our church Harvest Festivals this year. If you are attending worship, you are invited to bring non-perishable food items on the appropriate Sunday. If you are attending remotely, then please consider making a monetary donation to FIND.
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…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse September 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, ‘The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.’ Thus, begins one of my favourite novels, the Go-Between, by LP Hartley, that tells the tale of a young boy called Leo…
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 Siblings in Christ, Today’s service is available online. Scripture is Matthew 16:13-20. This is the fourth in the five-week series living outside the box. We try to box God in, but God is always breaking out of the box and shattering our understandings of life in God’s kingdom. Today we will ponder Jesus’ question,…
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…
Dear Siblings in Christ, Today’s service is available online. Scripture is Matthew 15:21-28. This is the third in the five-week series living outside the box entitled passing the crumbs. We try to box God in, but God is always breaking out of the box and shattering our understandings of life in God’s kingdom. In today’s…
Rev. Diane Smith brings us a short video from the garden at Kirton Methodist Chapel