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.

HAPPY ST EDMUND'S DAY

20th November

From the Rectory

The Archbishops have invited us to pray each day at 6pm. The suggested prayer for the week beginning next Monday, 16th November through to Sunday 22nd November is as follows:

Loving Father God,
be with us in our distress;
be with our families, friends, and neighbours,
our country and our world.
Give health to the sick,
hope to the fearful,
and comfort to mourners.
Give wisdom to our frontline and key workers,
insight to our Government,
and patience to us all.
Overcome disease with the power of your new life,
through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Please remember also to light a candle on Sunday evening from 6pm (remembering also to blow it out later in the evening).

Like all dioceses ours is faced with a challenging financial situation. I am asking everyone to consider their giving, that it is Realistic, Regular and Readily (cheerfully) offered. If you are able to make an additional offering this financial year, please speak with one of our treasurers or a churchwarden.

Thank you.

Next Sunday (November 29th) is Advent Sunday, the start of the new Christian Year. Look out for the-mail with all the information. If you are collecting for the Christmas Carrier Bag for the Storehouse families, please hang on to them and bring them to church on December 6th If we cannot meet in person I will make alternative arrangements to collect the bags. If you would like a carrier bag, please let me know! And if you haven’t got a clue about what I’m talking about, give me a ring (01284 850857) or drop me an e-mail and I can explain all!!

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

This year we are inviting you to take a Christmas Carrier Bag from the back of church to fill with Christmas gifts. The gifts will be distributed by ‘Storehouse’, the food bank administered by the Vineyard Church, Bury St Edmunds. You may wish to prepare a carrier bag(s) with gifts for children, a family, a homeless or an elderly person. The idea is that we fill the bags with Christmas gifts of seasonal food or toiletries.

The following gifts are just some ideas:

Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, mince pies, boxes of biscuits/shortbread
Boxes of sweets, chocolate variety packs, chocolate oranges
Seasonal toiletries for children as well as adults
Tins: ham, seasonal vegetables, meat pies
Gloves, hats, scarves, socks (new, no hand knitted though please).

But please, no alcohol or cigarettes and please ensure that food items will be in date at Christmas.

We hope that these bags of gifts will make Christmas that little bit special for those families and individuals that Storehouse helps throughout the year.

Please bring your Christmas Carrier Bags to any service on December 6th. Alternatively, please drop them off at the Rectory and we will arrange delivery.

Information

Covid-19

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

Our guidelines

Services

Covid-19

In compliance with Government guidelines, all services have been cancelled in November.

Our Services

Zoom Worship

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

Zoom Worship

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