For your tomorrow we gave our today (A short reflection for Remembrance Day) When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today. (Kohima Epitaph) ‘For your tomorrow we...
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Remembrance Sunday Service at St Mary’s
The Remembrance Sunday service at St Mary's will take place at 10.45am starting at the war memorial. The service will include wreath laying and the playing of the Last Post. Following the act of...
Saturday 13th November Coffee Morning at St Mary’s Church
St Mary's Church looks forward to welcoming you to the November Coffee Morning from 10.00am until 12 noon. It's time for bacon butties! Freshly brewed Fairtrade coffee and homemade cakes also...
From the Rectory – Let Your Light Shine
As I walked from the church, dusk was falling. Pausing a moment, I looked back and was taken by the warm, peaceful glow in the windows. How quickly things had changed. At mid-day, heavy rain,...
Re-Creation – From the Rectory
In the beginning God created…. The mid-day sun hangs low in the sky, bathing the station platform in a soft, autumnal glow. The trains have long gone. The line closed more than 50 years ago. Yet...
Creation and Hope Service
North Bosmere Benefice Creation and Hope A special service about God’s creation and our hope for its future as we approach COP 26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference 9.30am 31 October 2021...
From the Rectory – Service
After the joys of Sutton Hoo (From the Rectory, 17 Oct), this week takes a sombre turn, following the murder of Sir David Amess. Any murder is a tragedy. What marks out the murder of Sir David,...
Passing Glory – From the Rectory
A few days ago, I visited Sutton Hoo. Gazing down the slope toward the Deben, I couldn’t help but think of the men who had laboured to raise a 90ft long, oak hulled, sea-going ship from the river...
Harvest Service at St Mary’s Coddenham
Our Harvest Festival service will take place at 9.30am on Sunday 17th October. We ill be supporting The Street Community in Ipswich. A group of volunteers from our local villages regularly help to...
Thanksgivings – From the Rectory
Last Friday I welcomed Stonham Aspal School into church for the school harvest service; 200 children and their teachers. It was a joyful time. From paintings of ‘my favourite food’ to researching...