Welcome to this weeks Bite Sized Church – A short 10 minute service to help you refresh, reflect and renew
Welcome to the Ipswich Circuit of the Methodist Church of Great Britain
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Centuries ago, a book was written called “The Cloud of Unknowing”. It’s still a classic with advice on how to pray and how prayer works. Perhaps the piece that is most remembered concerns silent prayer. We all need to cry out to God sometimes – often it’s an instinct beyond our reason. We’re in pain;…
Don’t overfill your kettle
The Ipswich Circuit’s – Climate Action initiative was launched on 5th September at a wonderful outdoor service.
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 12th September 2021 Lectionary readings: Isaiah 50 v4-9a; Psalm 116 v1-9; James 3 v1-12; Mark 8 v27-38. Guard your tongue! “My dear friends, with our tongues we speak both praises and curses. We praise our Lord and Father, and we curse people who were created to…
Recycle Medicine Blister Packs
I am assuming those of you reading this will know the well-known children’s story of Goldilocks and the three bears. A family of three bears, mother, father and baby bear live in a house in the woods. They eat porridge for breakfast, and on this particular day the porridge was a little too hot to…
How do you feel when you see on the news pictures of wildfires, hurricanes or floods? More often than not, the most extreme conditions happen in far off lands and whist we might sympathize with people, this is happening in a different country, even different continents and we might well disregard events like this as…
Psalm 55 v22.Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken Every now and again my phone sends me a message to say that I’ve used up nearly all my storage and that I should do something about it. Panic can set in and then I…
Some of you know I like doing jigsaws, as probably many of you do. I usually do Gibson’s jigsaws (there are other manufacturers!!) 4×500 pieces. In fact, Ray usually gives me one for my birthday and another at Christmas. The cupboard is getting full as I don’t like parting with them. When I’ve completed them,…