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Services at St John’s
These are at 10:45 normally
Sunday Worship and
Communion Led by
Rev Peter Ball
06 Oct
13 Oct
Sunday Worship
Led by Rev Adam Earle
20 Oct
Sunday Worship
Led by Allison Smith
27 Oct
Sunday Worship
Led by Rev Jo Clare-Young
03
November
Sunday Worship and
Communion
Led by Rev Adam Earle
St John’s URC Ipswich Diary
Regular Events at Present
Sunday
10.45am
Worship for All.
Communion first Sunday of each month
included with the online service.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
7.30pm
Local AA Group Meeting
Thursday
5.00pm
2nd Hamilton Rainbows
6.15pm
40th Ipswich Brownies
7.00pm/2:30pm Church Meeting (5 meetings per Year)
Friday
Services
10.45 am on Sundays Worship for All
at which you will find a warm welcome
Services last about 55 minutes. Our Worship Leaders include Ministers, such as our own Ipswich and East Minister Rev David Rees and Adam Earle, plus some excellent lay preachers, also including our own two lay preachers, Sara Pells and Peter Dawson. We use a large screen to pr oject elements of the service including the hymns.
Minister’s Letter
Our Communion Service is held on the first
Sunday in the Month
All age ‘Celebration Services’ are held with inputs from Rainbows,
Brownies and Pre-School when circumstances permit.
ARE YOU SURE?
‘For God so loved the world that he
gave his only Son, so that everyone
who believes in him may not perish
but may have eternal life.’
John 3:16
I
didn’t
really
enjoy
history
at
secondary
school.
I
remember
staring
at
grainy
grey
photographs
dispersed
in
pages
of
words
in
the
text
book
and
being
asked
to
read,
remember
and
regurgitate
the
facts.
Teaching
history,
however,
was
something
I
loved,
and
I
tried
always
to
make
it
as
engaging
and
intriguing
as
possible.
You’ll
have
to
ask
my former pupils how successful I was in achieving this.
One
enduring
picture
from
teaching
history
was
the
image
from
Ancient
Egypt,
found
in
the
“Book
of
the
Dead”.
It
is
a
scene
of
judgement
in
which
the
heart
of
the
individual
is
placed
on
a
balance
and
weighed
against
a
feather.
The
weight
of
the
heart
was
determined
by
the
weight
of
guilt
for
wrongdoing
–
if
good
deeds
in
life
outweighed
the
bad,
then
the
heart
would
be
light
and
the
person
passed
into
eternal
paradise.
If
the
opposite
were
the
case,
a
guilt
laden
heart
would
lead
to
their
destruction.
It
was
not
until
death
that
the
individual
would
discover
their
fate.
In
life
they could have no certainty about what the future, the eternal future, had in store.
The
idea
of
admission
to
heaven
being
determined
by
whether
we
have
been
good
enough
or
done
sufficient
good
persists
in
many
minds
today.
Even
some
who
identify
as
Christians,
who
regularly
attend
worship,
who
pray
and
read
the
Bible
with
delight,
may
still
not
be
certain
that
they
will
make
it
in.
Paul
writes
in
his
epistle
to
the
Ephesians,
“For
by
grace
you
have
been
saved
through
faith
,
and
this
is
not
your
own
doing;
it
is
the
gift
of
God
-
not
the
result
of
works,
so
that
no
one
may
boast.
For
we
are
what
he
has
made
us,
created
in
Christ
Jesus
for
good
works,
which
God
prepared
beforehand to be our way of life.”
We
don’t
have
to
earn
salvation.
We
don’t
have
to
strive
to
ensure
that
the
good
in
our
lives
outweighs
the
bad.
Salvation
is
a
free
gift
of
God,
offered
through
Christ.
Through
faith
and
belief
in
him
we
are
welcomed
into
a
relationship
with
God,
into
the
very
heart
of
the
loving,
eternal
God.
We
of
course
have
to
turn
away
from
sin
and
turn
to
God
to
accept
the
offer,
to
embrace
it
and
welcome
the
presence
of
God
into
our
lives
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
That
same
Spirit
who
continues
God’s
work
in
us,
will
transform
us
to
be
what
we
were
created
to
be
–
people
who
live
in
the
light
and
love
of
God.
That
transformation
of
heart
and
mind
will
be
seen
in
what
we
say
and
the
good
that
we
do.
Good works are the outcome, not the means, of securing that place in heaven.
Someone
asked
me
not
long
ago,
if
I
believed
that
people
can
only
come
to
God
through
Christ.
My
first
reaction
was,
unsurprisingly
and
resolutely,
“Yes!”.
Christ
claims
just
that,
“I
am
the
way,
and
the
truth,
and
the
life.
No
one
comes
to
the
Father
except
through
me.”
(John
14:6)
If
I
didn’t
hold
that
in
my
heart,
then
I
doubt
I
would
have
ever
responded
to
the
call
to
ministry.
However,
as
I
reflected
further,
I
added
this,
“To
be
honest,
I
don’t
understand
the
extent
of
God’s
grace
and
mercy
sufficiently,
that
there
is
no
other
way
to
come
to
God,
but
I
do
wholeheartedly
believe
Christ
Jesus’
teaching,
that
he
is
the
only
way
of
which
I
can
be
certain.”
That
is
why
I
do
what
I
do,
and I pray that each and every one of you may know and cherish that certainty too.
Blessings
Adam
Room Hire
Below
are
the
main
rooms
availab
le
followed
by
an
interactive
guide
on
hiring
space
at
St
John’s.
The
Booking
Forms
below
the
pictures
of
the
spaces
offer
two
ways
to
start
the
process
of
Booking.
What
is
different
between
the
methods
can
be
seen
in
the interactive guide.
The Main Hall Upstairs
This
is
used
for
Pre-school
every
weekday
during
term-time.
Also
by
Brownies
and
Rainbows
on
Thursdays.
Other
than
the
Sanctuary,
it
is
the
largest
space
in
the
building
and has kitchen
fa
ci
lities just off the hall.
Room 1
This
is
a
regulary
used
space,
including
use
as
a
Polling
Station!
It
is
easy
to
mak
e
all
sorts
of
furnitur
e
arrangements.
It
is
also
straight
off
the
main
lobby
so
ma
kes
for
easy
access.
Rooms 4 and 5
A
useful
space,
with
a
divider,
so
it
can
be
made
cosy
or
more
open.
It
is
used
as
a
double
room
by
the
AA
Group
on
a
Wednesday
evening
regularly
throughout
the
year.
There
is
flexi
bility
in
the
setting
of
the furniture.
The Sanctuary
The
sanctuary
is
also
very
flexibl
e
in
layout,
but
as
the
chairs
are
m
ore
substantial,
re-arrangements
r
equire
much
more
work.
Ther
e
is
a
loop
sound
system
and
a
projection
screen.
The
organ
console
se
en
in
the
picture
to
the
left
is
moveable.
The
organ
pipes
can
be
seen
above
the
congregation
seating
ar
ea in the picture below.
Last, but not least, are the supporting areas.
There
are
toi
lets
on
both
floors
including
baby
changing
and
disabled
facilities
on
the
gr
ound
floor.
There
is
a
small
lift
in
the
entrance
lobby
for
people
to
get
to
and
from
the
upper
floor.
Finally,
each
flo
or
has
kit
chen
facilities.
The
pictures
are
of
the
downstairs
kithen.
There
are
toilets
on
both
levels with a disabled facility on the ground floor.
Below is a brief guide to hiring a room in St John’s.
Booking Rooms at St John's URC Ipswich
Initial Considerations
When? Day? Time? Looking at the
Church Diary will give you an indication
of any availabilty Click here .
How long needed for Booking Including
: Setting Up, Clearing Up
What Space Do You Really Need
What Sized Space? How Many People?
How Many Tables? How Many Chairs?
Do You Need Kitchen Facilities?
£ COST: Price on Application
Please note that it will vary with the
frequency of use and, in colder parts of
the year, the heating requirements.
Car Parking
This is really difficult so assume it is
NOT AVAILABLE
Conditions of Booking Summary
No Smoking,
No Exit Blocking
Restrictions on Alcohol
You Must
Take all precautions on safety
Have Public Liability Insurance - See
Conditions Document for Guidance on
Public Liability Insurance requirements.
Comply with all Laws On:
•
Health and Safety
•
Safe-Guarding of vulnerable adults
and children
•
Food Hygiene
•
Entertainment Licences
•
Disability
•
Equality
•
Clean and Tidy Up after the event
with everything
returned to its original place!
Complete Booking
Enquiry Form
There are 2 ways of doing this
1 Complete the enquiry Typeform
on special page
Click Here
The simplest and most secure
way
2 Download a form and complete it
and return to:
roombooking@stjohnsurcipswich.org.uk
Simple and you can work on it when you
have time and can check information.
The
form
is
a
fillable
PDF
but
you
may
need
to
print
it
still
if
your
PDF
reader
is
not able to cope with it.
Contact Details
St John’s URC Ipswich
Our Postal Address is:
St John’s United Reformed Church
1 Cowper Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 5JD
United Kingdom
Office
Telephone (Answer Machine)
01473 724961
Please use the adjacent contact
form. Minister: Rev David Rees/Rev
Adam Earle (Ipswich and East)
or email:
minister@stjohnsurcipswich.org.uk
Church Secretary:
email:
Secretary@stjohnsurcipswich.org.uk
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webmaster@stjohnsurcipswich.org.uk
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