Dear Friend

Welcome and we are delighted that you are accessing the Bury St Edmunds circuit website.  I hope that you will be able to find what you are looking for, but if not then please contact the circuit office or one of the ministers.

These are very strange times to us all and we may not be meeting in the way that we have for hundreds of years but we are continuing to worship, to praise God, to pray and to have fellowship together.  We are doing this through the postal system and also using many forms of technology, you will find the details below.

We are keeping in touch with one another and if you are new to this website and would like someone to talk to then please contact one of the ministers.   

God is very much alive here in our lives and we are witnessing God’s love in a different way.  We must never forget that God is with us and that at the heart of the Christian Gospel is a message of hope, and that is something that the world could do with right now.

God bless

Debbie

Rev Debbie Borda

Superintendent Minister

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic things have had to change, so what’s going on……….. well…………..

The way we worship has changed – we now have so many opportunities to worship in different ways ….. it is so exciting and I hope that there is something to suit you.  We use the same order of worship across the circuit; it is good to know that we are not alone when we worship.

Worship Sheet

Every week we produce a worship sheet for your use and this is used across the circuit on a Sunday.  It is sent out by email or by post for those without internet access.  We post out about 120 each week.  The worship sheet can be accessed here

Services in Church Buildings

There is currently one service in every church on every Sunday and also one circuit zoom service.

We still have some restrictions in place. Face masks must be worn whilst in the building, we will sing in facemasks, a review of this will take place at the end of September.  A safe distance must be maintained between households, and we will not socialise in the building afterwards for the time being.  As buildings need to be well ventilated - please dress accordingly!  

Zoom Services

Every Sunday there is a Zoom services across the circuit, should you wish to join one of these please contact the circuit office who will be able to link you to the person hosting the service for that week.

Recorded Service

Every week we video record the service from the worship sheet and you can access this here.

Facebook Live Service

Rev Ruth Ridge is doing a weekly service on the St John's Facebook page live at 6pm every Thursday.  The service lasts about 30 mins and is available to watch live and on the page at any time after it has been broadcast.  The service is available at: https://www.facebook.com/stjohnsmethodistchurchsudbury and you do not have to have a Facebook account to access it.

Newsletter

It is so important that we keep in touch with one another and therefore each week we produce a newsletter which you can access here. If you have any information to add to it then please forward it to the Reverend Rita Carr.