At our meeting last Sunday at Number 72, 14 of us where gathered in the ’Upper’ room, lead this meeting by Brian Thake. I’m sure those that where there found it a very spiritually uplifting and personally refreshing & prayerful time together with the added bonus of fellowship and fun.

Our next meeting is on Sunday 27^th May at Number 72 North Street starting at 6:00pm.

o come along if you can you might be surprise who turns up! Our Lord will be with us that’s His promise to us all:-

‘When one or two are gathered in my name I shall also be there’.

Refreshment will be available a wonderful ‘Apple Upside Down’ cake was provided by Katrina Dalgleish, for our last meeting, what culinary delights do we have awaiting us at our next meeting?

Minutes of the recent  meeting, held on 2nd May,  are attached.

We need your help!

If your child attends a Sudbury and District school they will probably have Open the Book assemblies and have an n:vision club that they could attend.

Both of these are offered FREE of charge to the schools but to keep them going we need funds. 

HELP by coming to the Future Vision BBQ (bring your family) at All Saints Middle School, Acton Lane, on Saturday 30^th June at 6 pm, to hear about the work and make a donation so that the seed can continue to be sown in the year ahead.

Contact: Chris Rowe 370844.

                    Looking forward to seeing you there.

(Ticket entry only, with donations on the evening.)

See flier.

The next CTiS&D Open Forum is on Thursday 14^th June 2012 at Lavenham Church at 7.30pm preceded by a barbecue and refreshments from 6.30pm. The main focus will be:

Missing Generation?

Our recent survey shows 93% of local 18-35s have little or no involvement with church.  What’s to be done?

Hear and question  Dave Gardner, Vicar of St John’s Woodbridge, who has a passion for outreach.

ALSO: a full report on our Survey of 18-35s in local churches

AND:  we review the debut of SOUL CAFÉ in Sudbury

AND:  more …..

Saturday May 12th: 1pm – 2.30pm at St Gregory’s Church Hall, by invitation.

See Flyer and Report.

The Accidentals and Flat Broke – 27th May Concert St Peter’s Church, Sudbury, 3pm

An afternoon featuring the best of our blend of easy listening classic songs and instrumentals at St Peter’s Church, Sudbury.

Come and listen to the world premiere of our new 70s Gold TV Themes instrumental medley – magic!

Tickets £7.50 available from Compact Music, 90 North St, Sudbury or on the door.

The Accidentals is a 5 piece local female harmony group;  Flat Broke is their backing band.

From Jude Ayling

Eden’s is one of five charities that are a part of the Spirit Of Sudbury fund-raising initiative this year and one of the fund-raising aspects of this is ‘The Cabin’ in Belle Vue park that sells ice-creams and drinks. 

There is a paid member of staff working in there whenever it is open but they would like this person to be supported by volunteers. 

If we are able to provide volunteers to help staff this facility then Eden’s will get a cut of the profits according to the amount of volunteer hours provided. 

So if you have any spare time on your hands and would be willing to help Eden’s raise some money by volunteering in the park cabin then please contact the Eden’s office on 01787 375247 or email info@edensproject.co.uk.

Please see the flier about a potential new outreach initiative: “Agape cafe”.

To clarify: this is NOT a cafe church. The vision is to provide an informal, non-threatening Christian cafe environment in the heart of Great Cornard that can be used for outreach – a space to which Christians of a variety of ages should feel comfortable to bring their non-Christian friends and work colleagues, to build relationships.

This is something that I feel that God has put on my heart, and I guess the evening on 20th May is me putting out my fleece.  I know that I will not be able to run a cafe on my own, so I hope that people will prayerfully consider whether they would like to be involved. If people sign up then we can move forwards, if not, then I know it’s not for now.

Anyone  interested in finding out more, please come along on Sunday 20th May, 7.30 to Wells Hall Old School (where I envisage the cafe will eventually run).      Many thanks.  

Linda (Linda Mackie of New Church, Cornard).

Sudbury URC – coffee morning with sale of plants, refreshments and hard and soft back books.

This Saturday 10am to 12noon.

For more information call Chris on 01787 374289