Suffolk Heights Benefice News

Welcome

Welcome to the Suffolk Heights Benefice News website created to complement the monthly community magazine, serving the six parishes of our benefice, Suffolk Heights. Here you will find information on the parish churches of Chedburgh, Chevington, Depden, Hargrave, Hawkedon and Rede along with details of upcoming events, services and the latest news.

Find out how you can contribute to the life of your parish and Suffolk Heights. Contact details for each can be found on the Contact Us page.

In the News section there are details of the World Day of Prayer to be held on Friday 5th March - on Zoom, of course.

If you are interested in joining Chevington Parish Council, there are now two vacancies so please go to the Local Councils page (under the More tab above) and see how you can apply to the Clerk.

The March 2021 edition is now available to view on the Magazine page of this site. There you can find details of the Hargrave on line quiz and the proposed Garden Fayre in May as we creep ever more cautiously to events happening again.

If you have any news, please send it in and I will add it to the News Section, see below.

From the Rectory

We have all been asked to give up so much this past year that to ‘expect’ people to give up something extra for Lent seems almost cruel somehow. And yet the extraordinary thing is that when we look back over the past year what I believe will shine through is how much people have given in helping others through these difficult times.

Our churches this past year have been observing a strict Lentern discipline – not voluntarily I must admit. Nevertheless, it has been a time that our churches have blossomed in other ways. We have come together in unexpected ways and found new and enriching ways of being church.

In the midst of another wilderness, the prophet Isaiah wrote, ‘The desert shall rejoice and blossom’. Already the spring buds are breaking and Easter beckons. Lent reminds us that despair is never the end of the story of faith. Living within God’s love there is always resurrection, renewal and hope. Let us hold onto this promise as we journey together in faith through Lent.

Every blessing

Rev Dr Simon Hill

Today's Prayer

Listen to or read the Prayer for the Day and join in with others saying these words each day.

Today's Prayer

Information

Covid-19

Zoom Worship

Covid-19

Our churches are now open for private prayer. More information on guidelines for Covid-19 can be found here:

Our guidelines

Services

Zoom Worship

Covid-19

For the moment we plan that the services as shown in the calendar below will go ahead as planned. Further details along with guidelines on Covid protocols, can be found here:

Our Services

Zoom Worship

RAF Chedburgh

Every Sunday morning there will be a Zoom Morning Prayer at 10.00am. The doors open at 9.45am with the service starting at 10am.

See details

RAF Chedburgh

Over the past few months there has been ditch clearance around Chedburgh resulting in some site clearance of the RAF accommodation area, known as Site 5. Ian Leggett has been investigating..

Find Out More Here

RAF Chedburgh

Clare Deanery

From car repairs and plumbers to catering and ironing, find your local business here.

See directory

Clare Deanery

RAF Chedburgh

Clare Deanery

Suffolk Heights Benefice belongs to Clare Deanery. You can find out more information about the Deanery using the link below.

Clare Deanery