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On Sunday 11 May 2025 at 6pm, Garland Street Baptist Church in Bury St Edmunds will host a special service to mark the 10th anniversary of Bury Drop In. This milestone event will celebrate a decade of invaluable work, providing a safe and welcoming space for those in need, offering support, compassion and signposting to local agencies. Bury Drop In has...

Improve your bird identification with reserve manager, Sarah Leedham and reward yourself with coffee and a croissant! Please book in advance on eventbrite to help with catering. Improve your bird identification skills with Sarah Leedham, reserve manager. Afterwards enjoy hot drinks and croissants! This will involve long periods of standing/walking. Please bring binoculars and suitable clothing/footwear for a wet site. Also come prepared...

St Mary’s Church, Ipswich, was filled with prayer and joy on Tuesday, 25 March 2025, as parishioners from across the Deanery of St Edward gathered to celebrate the fourth of seven Lenten Station Masses taking place this Lent throughout the Diocese of East Anglia. Presided over by the Right Reverend Peter Collins, Bishop of East Anglia, and co-celebrated by clergy...

The Diocesan Mission and Ministry Team, which plays a key role in facilitating a number of projects in the Diocese through both creating a more diverse range of worshipping communities, developing leaders, increasing vocations and developing a mixed ecology of church (including a strong focus on children and young people), is looking for an experienced Administrator to help it...

East Anglian Quaker grant fund, the Richard Waynforth Trust, has awarded its first grant to a non-Quaker cause in almost 300 years. The trust was formed from the residue of the estate of South Norfolk Quaker, brewer and landowner Richard Waynforth, who died in 1727 and made grants to, in Waynforth’s words; "honest industrious poor people called Quakers.". Over the years,...

The F Word: Stories of Forgiveness exhibition has arrived at St Edmundsbury Cathedral where it will be open to the public until Sunday 13 April. A thought-provoking collection of arresting images and personal narratives, The F Word explores restorative justice and forgiveness in the face of atrocity. It has been kindly sponsored by Greene & Greene Solicitors. Drawing together examples of...

Hope Together is excited to announce the launch of the WWII Commemorative Gospel of John, a special resource created to accompany the National UK Celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day. This edition includes powerful testimonies from Christians who lived through WWII, offering readers a chance to reflect on the past and find hope for the future. The first commemorative...

Are you are engaged in innovative ways to fund Christian mission which bless your community? Or would you like to be? If so, there is the opportunity to join a workshop led by Grace Pomroy to learn more about how God is calling us to align our approach to funding with our prayers, ethos and God-given call. Grace Pomroy has spent...

On Saturday 26 April (Felixstowe) and Thursday 5 June (Metfield) Revd Catherine Bond will be teaching the practice of meditation and offering people the opportunity to be in meditation together. When we create space within ourselves by letting go of concerns or worries, we create space for God’s peace and healing. You can enjoy also a walk along the seafront...

Stephen Griffiths from the West Suffolk Hospital chaplaincy has a request for chairs and other furnishings. He writes; " We have just been allocated a space at Newmarket Hospital to be used as a chapel/multi-faith space. At the moment it is just a blank canvas with no furniture at all. We were wondering if any of the churches had some church...