Read the current weeks edition, full of information from around the circuit and sign up for the weekly emails here.
Welcome to the Ipswich Circuit of the Methodist Church of Great Britain
News (Page 29)
At the end of September Sir John Rutter featured in the news as he celebrated his 80th birthday. As a highly acclaimed composer of choral music over more than 60 years it was right that his special birthday should be celebrated. In East Anglia we can be justly proud of his strong links to Cambridgeshire, as…
I was watching a TV programme recently that involved a young man who was involved in an accident. He had only been driving for a short period, and it appears that, travelling at about 65 mph, he had a tyre “blow out!” The car hit the central barrier, careered across the adjoining lane, clipped another…
My husband has gone to have his hearing checked, as I write this piece. He is concerned that he does not pick up everything said to him. I wonder sometimes if he perhaps has “selective deafness”?!? My nephew was born with complete hearing loss on his left side. Unless he could see their face, he…
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 19th October 2025 Lectionary readings: Genesis 32 v22-31; Psalm 121; 2 Timothy 3 v14-4 v5; Luke 18 v1-8. Present or Future? Luke recalls a story that Jesus told his disciples about a crooked judge and a persistent widow in order to illustrate how the disciples should keep…
It was quite a bitter pill to swallow having to come home from holiday on Saturday, 23rd August 2025, because my wife was in such pain with her legs. I know that makes me sound like a dreadful husband, but we had looked forward so much to spending a fortnight in our beloved Yorkshire, catching…
On Tuesday I was a Steward at a funeral of an elderly gentleman. He had been in the army for many years and it was a privilege to be present. In a tribute for his military service a bugler played The Last Post. I was standing right beside him and even though I have heard this played…
In a recent prayer meeting, someone said ‘God isn’t a God of muddles’. That set me thinking. In the creation story, God brought order out of chaos. Jesus’ mission was to ‘bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, set free the oppressed and announce that…
Read: Matthew 12:46-50 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my…
This week, our Bite Sized service reflects on John 1:29.