Below are the five URC churches in Ipswich and East.
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WELCOMEPhoto Flatford Mill Bobby Allen This is the new website for the SSAP and is intended as a communication hub which is not just for the members and friends of the 19 churches. It is also as a window for anyone into what it might feel like to be part of the URC based in South Suffolk, wherever you are in the world. However, there is no substitute for being part of the community so please join us for worship in any of the 19 churches or chapels! The site will only succeed in achieving that aim if the content and information comes from the churches and people voice what they would like to see and what they do not like. Please contact the webmaster (me!) to help develop this site. Contact webmaster click here.Or complete the form on the contact us page.What is going on in the SSAP? See the web diary
SOME PANELS OF INFORMATION
Below are some simple facts about the people involved in the SSAPFor more detail on how the SSAP came about and developed click here
URC South SuffolkArea Partnership A Community of Churches Working Together
Our Area covers the whole of the south of Suffolk and much of the west of Suffolk
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INFORMATION PANEL TWO -
Current Vacancies as at 1st November 2018
INFORMATION PANEL ONE
Current URC Ministers as at 1st August 2022
Rev David Rees David Minister to Ipswich and East and the SSAP. He is currently looking after 5 churches now with the help of a second interim part-time minister. (See below)
Vacant4 churches in West Suffolk
Rev Bryn Rickards Bryn looks after Hadleigh and Monks Eleigh .
Rev Adam Earle Ipswich and East joined David in July 2022
Rev Rita CarrMinister For Needham MarketMethodist Circuit
Rev Neil Coulson Neil is the Baptist Minister to Christ Church Tacket Steet LEP in Ipswich and East .
The URC is the union of …..•The Congregational Church of England & Wales•The Presbyterian Church of England •The Re-formed Association of the Churches of Christ•The Congregational Churches in ScotlandThes first two united in 1972 the third joined in 1981. April 2000 saw Congregational Churches of Scotland Joining the URC at a special service in Edinburgh.Each local congregation belonging to the URC seeks:•To welcome those who come from any church background or none;•To arrange its own worship, witness and service;•To celebrate the sacraments of Baptism & the Lord’s Supper;•To hold regular Church Meetings of members and an elected body of Elders who, with the minister, share pastoral and leadership responsibilities;•To develop ecumenical relationships.
The Next SSAP Meeting is on 8th November 7:30 p.m. 2022Via Zoom by invitation Tuesday 24 May 2022 at 7:30 pm meeting notes and all prior meetings are available in the Members’ Area
Vacancy For the Methodist Minister to Framlingham LEP in Ipswich and East .