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.  You can access the worship sheet here.

Services in Church Buildings

For the safety of all of our people, all of our church buildings have been closed for worship. However, from Easter Sunday onwards, some of our buildings will be open for worship once a month. From Sunday 4th July our buildings will be open for worship on a weekly basis, subject to the government 'roadmap'.

The services will be short, face masks must be worn, there cannot be any singing, a safe distance must be maintained, and we must not socialise in the building.  As buildings need to be well ventilated - please dress accordingly!

Zoom Services

Every Sunday there are two 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.

Daily Worship

Each day there is a thought for the day written by a Local preacher or a Supernumerary minister which is posted every morning on the website.   You can access it here.

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 Debbie Borda.