Our Minister Rev David Rees (left), is joined by the
Rev Ernie Bossé (right) and Adam Woodhouse -
Minister in Training- (Centre) for the next nine
months to look after St John’s and 4 other
Churches: Castle Hill, Felixstowe, Saxmundham
and also Leiston LEP who joined Ipswich and East
Pastorate in September 2020 .
These churches and another 17 churches and
chapels are part of the
March Advance
This is the regular publication containing news of events and our church life.
You could help by sending content to advance@stjohnsurcipswich.org.uk
Also if you have both a printer and nearby members that a print a copy that would be their only means of
reading it. Ensuring you avoid any possible contamination in doing so by using disposable gloves for all
stages including posting it through the door.
Here is a version with coloured pictures & cover
for reading on line or printing
Covid -19 latest news:
We currently closed
until further notice.
More Here on
What is happening
Weekly
A live half hour
Zoom Service
at 10:30
Sunday
Please Note
we are unable to hire out any rooms due to
covid-19 restrictions.
St John’s URC Ipswich Diary
Regular Events
Sunday
10.45am
Worship for All. Communion first Sunday of each month
included with the online service.
Monday
Tuesday
6.15pm
23rd Ipswich Brownies
7.00pm
Improvisations Craft Group (1st Tues each month)
8.00pm
Ipswich Folk Dance Club (1st, 3rd and 5th Tues)
Wednesday
12.30pm Monthly Church Lunch Club, except July and August.
7.30pm
Local AA Group Meeting
Thursday
5.00pm
2nd Hamilton Rainbows
6.15pm
40th Ipswich Brownies
7.30pm
Elders Meeting (usually 2nd Thurs)
7.30pm
Church Meeting (5 meetings per year)
Friday
Saturday
10.30am
Community Coffee for All (2nd Sat in the month)
1.00pm
Ramble Group (last Sat each month)
Click here to view the Ramblers Page
All Services Cancelled for Now
In normal times
10.45 am on Sundays Worship for All
at which you will find a warm welcome
Services last about an hour followed by coffee/tea and a chat. Our Worship Leaders include Ministers, such
as our own Ipswich and East Minister Rev David Rees, and some excellent lay preachers, including our own
two lay preachers, Sara Pells and Peter Dawson. Whenever possible we use a screen to project elements of
the service including the hymns. There is also a printed Order of Service.
Minister’s Letter
Specification of the Organ
The
1916
two
manual
and
pedal
tubular
pneumatic
organ
by
Bishop
from
the
previous
building
was
rebuilt
with
electric
action
by
W
&
A
Boggis
of
Diss
in
the
new
church.
It
is
placed
in
an
elevated
position
in
the
Worship
Area
and
is
controlled
from
a
detached,
moveable console.
Certain
specifications
changes
were
made
to
take
account
of
the
new
acoustic
conditions
and a few ranks were added.
The Pedal reed pipes (which had been prepared for) were installed in 1993.
Dear St John’s church family,
I
It is now the start of my seventh month with you all in Ipswich and
East Partnership and wow what a time it has turned out to be!
Several lock downs, around thirty-five Elders Meetings, over three
hundred hours on Zoom, and I have even managed to lead worship in a
church building a few times!
However sadly I cannot stay with you forever and as most of you now know I am due to finish here in May and
move on to my next ministry. I am moving north to be the Minister in the Lancashire East Missional Partnership.
This is a group of eleven churches including: Revidge Fold, Trinity Brownhill, Westbury Gardens, Kingsway,
Woodlands, Clitheroe, Burnley and Nelson, Darwen Central, Trinity Lower Darwen, Tockholes and Great Harwood.
There is a wide range of situations from inner city to small village settings, congregations of 80+ to a small one that
can fit into a living room if it snows and you are not able to get to the Chapel.
The normal process for the movement of ministers cannot work during COVID 19 restrictions, so the usual physical
meetings between the missional partnership and myself could not happen. So instead, I met the members of the
steering group for three on-line meetings. On the first occasion the steering group and I engaged in question,
answer & discussion. On the second occasion I led a Bible study, and on the third occasion I was invited to Preach
with a view.
I am still learning about the churches I will be serving and hope to visit in person soon. Broadly speaking I will be
working alongside the present incumbents that are serving in the Missional Partnership in churches in Clitheroe
and Burnley working together for support, prayer and encouragement. There is also a Church Related Community
Worker serving three of the Churches. I have been called to minister to all age groups; there are strong Messy and
Muddy Church groups. I am looking forward to working with refugees as there is a refugee centre run by one of the
churches in partnership with a local Mosque; I will also be part of local interfaith forums. These of course are very
broad areas; I will find out more detail as I get to know the churches better. While I will be serving the whole
Missional Partnership, I will mainly be working on shorter specific missional projects with local churches, seeking to
express their faith and sharing the Gospel message while serving their local communities.
If you have any questions please do ask, I realise I have only really touched the tip of the iceberg or I would fill up
the whole of the magazine.
Thank you for all your support while I have been in Ipswich and East and I look forward to serving you well in these
last few months. I hope to see many of you before, but if not I hope you and your family have a blessed Easter
Celebration,
God Bless,
Adam
All Services are Online due to Covid Restrictions
Date
Leader
Information
07/02/2021
Ernie
Communion
Zoom Service - David
14/02/2021
David
21/02/2021
Ernie
28/02/2021
David
07/03/2021
Ernie
Communion
14/03/2021
David
21/03/2021
Ernie
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