In Hope Sept/Oct 2012

Sept/Oct 2012 HopeChurchIpswich

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InHope Sept/Oct 2012

Welcome to Hope Church Ipswich. We believe that church is about God and His people. We welcome people of all ages and backgrounds to join us as we celebrate and share God’s love. Whether you are with us for the first time or have been coming for a few weeks, it’s great to have you with us.

Who We Are. Hope Church is a group of ordinary people of every age and many different backgrounds. Some have only recently started seeking Jesus while others have been Christians for many years. While still remaining diverse we do have some significant things in common:

• We have found the person of Jesus to be the answer to our deepest needs.• We have become committed both to him and to one another.• We love the Bible and God’s presence and look to experience both whenever we meet on Sundays and in Small Groups during the week.

We are part of Newfrontiers, a growing family of 600 churches on five continents. We are also a member of the Evangelical Alliance UK.

Where We Are Going. We want to build a significant church that demonstrates and declares the certain hope that can be found in Jesus (hence the name), that loves one another and serves the Waterfront community and Ipswich. We are on a big adventure together where ‘every life counts’ and everyone is involved.

Steve Jay

Steve Jay

Maurice Nightingale

New here? Please pick up our

“Are you new here?” brochure and say

hello to one of the Welcome

Team.

September is the month of the University Freshers Week with thousands of students returning or starting new courses. September often marks the start of something new for many. A new term after the holidays; a new job, new church or a new home. As Christians we are made totally brand-new people with a new start and a new eternal home. EVERY day is a new adventure with God’s grace and love. So we want to welcome you, whatever it is that’s new in your life to this month’s edition of our magazine - packed with stories of the new Hope we have in God! Pass it around!

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Our Elders:

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InHope Sept/Oct 2012AT HOPE ON SUNDAYS

InvolveInvolveWe all want Hope to be the friendliest and most welcoming church it can be, for

everyone who visits to feel loved and part of what we do and for people to be inspired to join us in building a God-glorifying church in Ipswich.

Viisit the Welcome Area on Sundays to do things like:

- sign up for the next Welcome Lunch- find out about Alpha, Tots, Kidz Klub, Oasis, Football or any of our regular ministries- find your nearest Small Group- get an introduction to someone in the church- buy a recommended book- find out what’s going on

WELCOME AREA Let’s all be involved...

A warm welcome awaits you at our students’ very own cell group. Running on a Wednesday evening throughout term-time we share a hot meal together followed by times of teaching, bible study, worship and prayer. There are also lots of social events throughout the year to watch out for. We previously ran a very successful student alpha and plan to run this again. There is a free student meal on offer most Sundays at various houses, which is a great opportunity to get to know people in the church.

It all kicks off with a freshers’ service on the 30th Sept. Dont miss it!HopeChurch

Ipswich

Join the Involve Team. For details email [email protected],speak to Justin Smith or come and say hello to the team on a Sunday.

David & Emma Sansom

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InHope Sept/Oct 2012 AT HOPE ON SUNDAYS

In term time 6.00-7.30pm At the Orwell CentreOptional cost £1Sept 14th, 28th and Oct 12th, 26thTable football, DVDs, Competitions, Songs, Pool, Craft, Table tennis, and more!Bring your friends

Trevor: 07876578973 or 01473 233176

k i d s w o r k o n S u n d a y sWe have children’s activities between 11.00 and 12.15 for children ages 0 - 11. Please take your children downstairs to the labelled rooms when the announcement is made, sign them in, and come back at 12.15 to sign them out.

Baby Bubbles meet in a supervised creche with a variety of toys. Each week we have a story time , snacks and a craft. Parents can either sign in and stay with their children or leave them in the care of the children's workers.

Bubbles is for ages 3 to starting year 1 at school. After registration we have a fun time together learning about Jesus. This involves story, craft, singing, talking together, refreshments and more!

School yrs 1-6 Splash and Xtreme meet in MR1. Every week we have varied activities including Bible teaching and application-praise-worship-prayer-memory verse-games-craft-drama-refreshments and lots of fun! We occasionally split the group into two for the teaching time.

Ages 1-3

Ages 3-5

School years 1-6

F r i d a y F o r n i g h t l y

ages 5-11

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Search Youth4Hope – Hope Church Ipswich on Facebook for more info

School Years 7-11 (Ages 11-16)Why not come along and join in the fun

as we learn about our awesome God, our

Sunday group meets downstairs; we go

down just before the sermon and finish

around 12:15. In this time we do a bible

study, currently following our series on the

foundations of Christianity. Once a month

we also do a ‘Grill a Christian’ in which a

member of the church comes down with

us to be grilled by our young people. (Those

aged 15-16 are not required to come down

but may if they would like) Speak to Shaun

and Megan Clarke for more details.

School Years7-13 (Ages 11-18)

At various places in Ipswichon Tuesdays we meet to do topical bible studies, have fellowship time, play games and do social events. We also have monthly praise and prayer events where we worship God and pray for each other and the town. We sometimes split the group into years 7-9 and years 10-13 to do more age appropriate studies and activities. Please speak to Jon and Hannah Alston for more details.

Sundays

Tuesdays

THANK

YOU!

Return from Newday

Some of our youth have recently returned from a fun-filled week of

camping, worship, bible-teaching and doing the things youths do! Thank you

to everyone in the church who helped us raise money, supported us with prayer, lent equipment, cooked our delicious food and gave

your time. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Look out for a feature in the next

magazine!

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InHope Sept/Oct 2012 AT HOPE ON SUNDAYS

Discipleship - God’s Word & Spirit in Action to the Ends of the Earth

The Book of Acts explodes with God’s plan to spread the Good News about Jesus from Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth. Acts is a treasure! Action-packed, deep in theology and a challenge to us as we continue the God-given mission of making disciples. The Holy Spirit compels the church onward, using people who have committed their ways to Jesus Christ: an intentional body of believers and motivated, obedient individuals. In this series we will let Peter, Paul, Barnabas, Dorcas and many others be our role models.

02 Sept Acts - The Good News

09 Sept Acts 1:1-1 - First Things First

16 Sept Acts Visiting Speaker

23 Sept Acts 2:1-13 - Spirit’s Empowerment

30 Sept Student Welcome (Freshers’ Sunday) Stef Liston

07 Oct Acts 2:14-41 - Our Story

14 Oct Acts 2:42-47 - Hope in Action

21 Oct Acts 4:1-22 - Courage

28 Oct Acts 4:23-31 - Facing Resistance

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Please check the Hope Church website and facebook page for updates and more information.

Events in Sept & Oct

september 2012

Free meal near the waterfront. How to make a di�erence & see the e�ects of a Jesus centred community.

Cheese and wine with insights from Grantley and Floss Watkins. Invite couples. £5 per couple.

Enjoy a couple of relaxing hours over a cream tea in the calm atmosphere of the Su�olk countryside.

Come and explore key principles for raising your teenager and proactive parenting.

Join us at Kesgrave Kitchen for brunch followed by pitch and putt golf. No experience needed. £6

Saturday 15.00

Saturday 10.00

Wednesday 19.30

Wednesday 19.30

Friday 19.30

05 Sept Singles

19 Sept Parenting Teens

08 Sept Men

14 Sept Marriage Matters

22 Sept Ladies

HopeChurchIpswich

Equipping

Book in on all of the above at the ‘welcome area’ or contact 01473 233176 or o�[email protected]

Celebrating together with our friends from Stowmarket and Bury St Edmunds as a cluster of churches in the Newfrontiers family. Our guest speaker is Angela Kemm, who spent twenty years building relationships in the Townships of Cape Town, resisting Apartheid, fighting for proper housing for people in shacks, leading many people to God and starting two church plants from scratch. She is passionate to see the church do social action, signs and wonders, evangelism and justice as one package. Angela is married to Greg and they have three married daughters.

Sun 7th Oct, 6.30pm Orwell Centre, Ipswich

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Events in Sept & Oct

This course helps equip every Christian to reach their full potential in Christ and is open to all members.Our next course starts Wednesday 3rd October 7.30pm at The Orwell Centre. If you would like to participate, please book in with the church office.

2nd annual worship conference - a day of worship, teaching, seminars and ministry!

We want to be a people who are marked by His presence! As we gather to honour Jesus, He is so pleased to be with us, and brings an acute awareness of His increased presence and power. Where: Bishops Stortford Community ChurchWhen: 15th September 2012—Cost: £15 per head inc lunch.

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SPRING is a voluntary organisation offering peer support for adults in Suffolk who are affected by anxiety. SPRING is run by people who are, or have been, affected by anxiety. If you have anxiety you can feel very alone. You are not. Estimates show that about 1 in 10 people can be affected by anxiety. Joining a peer support group can be very helpful for gaining support, reducing isolation and nurturing growth in yourself and in others. SPRING Peer Support Groups: Together we learn about living with anxiety and managing it more effectively. This does improve the quality of our life. We are all at different stages in our living with or learning about anxiety. There are no ‘experts’. This is NOT group counselling. Everyone is equal, a peer.

Tuesday evenings, fortnightly, starting 11th September at The Orwell Centre.For more information on how to join this group there are postcards available in church or contact us on: [email protected] 07583 22 77 85 www.spring.onesuffolk.net or ask Jacqui Wilkinson or Judi Jay for more information.

Ladies afternoon 22nd SeptemberCome and enjoy a couple of relaxing hours together over a yummy cream tea (diet-aware alternatives available!) in the calm and relaxing atmosphere of the Suffolk countryside.For more information contact the church office

Mens Event 8th SeptemberJoin a bunch of men at Kesgrave Kitchen for 10am. Eat bacon, drink coffee and chat. Those sufficiently brave and hearty will then repair to Fynn Valley golf course for some pitching and putting. No previous golf experience necessary. Club hire on the day £3.For more inf contact the church office

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InHope Sept/Oct 2012 FEATURES

PARENT AND TODDLER PLAYGROUP

£1.50 per session per child.

Mondays (term-time) 10.00 - 11.30 & 11.30 - 13.00Tuesdays (term-time) 10.00 - 11.30 & 13.00 - 14.30 Thursdays (term-time) 10.00 - 11.30

Parking: Free at rear of Orwell Centre with disabled access.Only 3 mins walkfrom Waterfront & University Speak to Rachael Crawley01473 233176

Orwell Centre Tots

eat crafts sing play noise run ride toys

www.hopechurchipswich.net 01473 233176 114 Fore Hamlet IP3 8AF

only 3 mins walk from Waterfront & University

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5-A-SIDE FOOTBALL

9pm to 10pm every ThursdayAt Northgate Sports CentreIP4 3DL£2 entrySpeak to Paul Goldring

Regular

HOPE FOOD HAMPEREvery month we put a food hamper together that goes out to someone in need.Every 2nd Sunday is the collection for the hamper but you are welcome to bring your contribution all through the month. For more info please speak to Kev Colbear or Di Majdalani

STUDENT LUNCHES

A free hot lunch every sunday for students who know that any free meal is always a good idea. Meet after our main Sunday meetings at the Welcome area.

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InHope Sept/Oct 2012FEATURES

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IPSWICH SOUP KITCHEN

Each night of the week from 8pm till 9pm, a group of 4 plus people go down to the town centre with sandwiches, soup and drinks for those in need. Hope Church helps out with this on a fortnightly basis, on Saturdays, 4pm—9pm and are currently recruiting volunteers. Please speak to Colin Smith if you would like to help out in any way.

Teams for soup kitchen this month:15th September — Jayasuriya’s small group29th September — Crawley’s small group13th October — Gillett’s small group27th October — Andrews’ small group

Events

OASIS CLUB for over 60s

2nd & 4th Wednesday’s of the month.2.30– 4pm at The Orwell CentreInteresting, varied programme including art & crafts, music, games, etc.Chat and make new friends over Tea/Coffee & Cakes.

12/09/12: Lunch, plus in house entertainment.Win, lose or draw. Cost £5.0026/09/12: Corn dollies with Keith pettitt. Cost £2.5010/10/12: Lunch with in house entertainment - Giant snakes and ladders. Cost: £5.0024/10/12: 'Has Beans' Skiffle Group. Cost: £2.50If you are over 60 why not join us?

Book in with Susan Cornish 07702420361.

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Town Pastorsat Latitude Festivalwith Steve Jay

Many people have now heard of Town Pastors: Christians who give up their time to look after people out clubbing on a Friday and Saturday night. Maggie Jardine and Paul Goldring from Hope Church are just two of 250 Town Pastors from nine towns across Suffolk. In July over 40 Town Pastors gave up their time to become Festival Pastors for the second year running. One of the Pastors, Emma, explains “Latitude is a music and arts festival held over 4 days at the Henham Estate near Southwold. There were over 35,000 attending. Patrolling a venue the size of a small town is challenging enough but when you add

in thick mud it adds a whole new dimension!”

As well as having a refreshment tent and prayer tent, giving away our ‘Latitude Baart the Sheep’ mugs, key-rings, sweets, wristbands and badges with messages of personal safety and helping a few people put up tents, the Pastors were able to have some fantastic conversations with people, explaining what we do and why we felt it was so important.

Steve Jay, Town Pastors Festival co-ordinator adds “A girl arrived at the prayer tent in tears and bare feet, her money and wellies stolen and fallen out with her friends. She wanted to leave early but didn’t

Watch a video of the Festival Pastors at Latitude: www.youtube/dMp8LbI9yuc

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know how. We prayed for her and miraculously obtained a FREE pair of pink wellies from a kind stall-holder and a pair of Town Pastors escorted her through the mud to get the shuttle bus to the train station. Her comment was that she will look for Christians like us in her home city!”

It's very easy to make judgements about what Christians are like and we definitely broke down a few prejudices by showing God's love to people. Our vision is to see Festival Pastors in every major event in the UK in the years ahead.

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Hope Radio Ipswich is an internet radio station launched in June 2012 playing great worship music and great mainstream music side by side!

Sounds a bit icky? Well surprisingly it totally works!

Graham Turrell, the founder and creator of this radio station has done it!Since receiving personal recommendations on facebook, (http://www.facebook.com/#!/HopeRadioIpswich) listening numbers have shot up. The deal is that Hope Radio Ipswich must average a certain amount of ‘hours listened to’ a month, otherwise the whole thing will be deleted - so get listening people! You’ll think you’re just being supportive to begin with and then you’ll discover what some of us have already discovered - it’s good!

Graham has sought and been granted permission from several sources to also broadcast preaches and seminars. You’ll be able to hear Hope Church preaches, material direct from Terry Virgo’s own website and bible readings excellently wrapped in great music full stop!

Graham, with help from Shaun and Megan Clarke, has plumbed the youth at Hope, to gather information about the music they’d like to hear being played and you are being invited to do the same!

Please contact Graham at [email protected] to get your best music heard!

It’s early days for this fledgling radio station. Graham has plans to develop it to include Thoughts from Time to Time(!), Requests, New Artists and for it to even to be used as a platform to introduce new worship music that we’ll find ourselves singing week by week.Can we also slip in a thank you to those who have plugged it, have listened to it, are still listening to it and who are going to give it a try! Thank you! Becky Turrell

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On Friday 9th June wind cancelled the Suffolk Show but didn’t stop our intrepid 18-30's (plus 17s) going on their inaugural weekend away to Great Wenham.

The windswept wigwams were ditched in favour of five comfortable cabins, which everyone squeezed into and soon Louis and Emma’s chariot of food arrived to a resounding cheer.

The weekend was jam-packed full of worship, seminars (Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Prayer, Unpacking your Bible and Evangelism) and focused on God’s grace looking specifically at Romans 5 & 6 with Louis, Jon and Hannah Alston speaking. Good times of fellowship were enjoyed and an abundant mountain of cake. Special thanks to Justin and Nicki Smith, Steve Jay, Rob Wright, Maurice Nightingale and Len South who visited on Saturday and led seminars.

Best bits: Sunday morning worship outside – enjoying God’s creation; Hope’s Got Talent on the Saturday evening; Josh Nightingale’s song winning the individual performance; and Emma’s group wowing us with the parable of the banana plantation (a creative interpretation of Matthew 20:1-16).

The fruits and seeds that God grew in the weekend will continue to grow and we look forward to more next year – but without the gale force winds! Lucy Vines

18-30s Weekend Away

“Good

fellowship, spending

time with one another

and God. A great

weekend! Hopefully the

first of many.”

Hannah Alston

“It was fun” Shea Savage

“God was really there!” Josie Edwards

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“Inspirational and uplifting! The weekend helped bring God to the main focus of my life. Overall a very fun time spent together.”Becci Cardwell

HOPE RADIO IPSWICH

“A great bunch of people...what a fantastic job Louis and Emma did.” -Nicki Smith.

Reviews weekend

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I came to Ipswich from Wales via clearing to study at UCS. Growing up in a non-Christian family I didn’t have any experience of church life. Life was going well and I didn’t think I needed any help from God. During student life I met a lot of Christians who encouraged me to come to Hope Church. Attending church for the first time was a very daunting experience but people there made me feel very welcome and the following week I decided to return. From then on I attended church regularly and soon became involved in a weekly small group for students and enjoyed going along to the student lunches. This turned out to be a great way to meet other students and learn more about Christianity.

A few weeks passed before I felt an urge to privately pray to Jesus; I was expecting fireworks or a big change in me straight away but God showed me His love in a quieter gentle way, meeting me in my heart and changing me slowly through His love. I attended the 18-30s weekend away in June where someone shared a picture from God that really touched my heart. That was when I knew He was talking and responding to me.

As well as changing my heart God has also been changing my circumstances. After completing my studies at UCS I was unsure of my future and applied for jobs both in Ipswich and closer to home. I prayed for guidance as to where my future would lead me and friends at Hope prayed for me to be offered the job in Ipswich; Some of these people I had only just met. I was humbled and grateful for the prayers and support shown. I am pleased to say I was offered a permanent job at Ipswich Hospital. I have settled in well to both my job and life in Ipswich and know that this is where God intends me to be.

Leanne Evans-Jones

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Specially for students with guest speaker Stef Liston. Stef leads Revelation Church in London and is a gifted and passionate teacher, communicating the gospel with zeal to this generation.

Students from Suffolk New College and UCS will be invited to join the Hope Church family for excellent worship, challenging preaching and lots of fun. It will also be an opportunity to find out more about what is happening at Hope for students at college, sixth form and university. This will be an important event for the church as we have the opportunity to give all new students a great welcome as we pray they will make their home among us. A Sunday not to be missed!

F R E s h e rs u n d ays p e c i a l

F R E s h e rs u n d ays p e c i a l10.30AM Sun 30th SEPt Orwell Centre

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Hope Overf lowing

In a children’s playground you will sometimes see a roundabout being spun faster and faster by an enthusiastic parent as their screaming children cling to the bars, desperate not to be flung into orbit by the increasing centrifugal forces. It’s scary for the children, but it’s also huge fun. Zechariah prophesies that a time will come when God’s house will overflow with prosperity (Zech 1: 17) and the word the prophet uses to describe this overflow has the same sense of an irresistible force working centrifugally. He anticipates a time when God’s church will be like a powerful fountain of water which will overflow to bring refreshment to whole communities, regions and even nations. Many of us are noticing that Hope Church Ipswich is beginning to surge afresh with spiritual life and hope, and it is inevitable that this life will begin to overflow powerfully to refresh and impact the world around us.

What will such an overflow look like? It is the overflow of lives lived out in the holy fear of God in our households, our workplaces, our colleges and neighbourhoods; lives lived in reverence to God that will bring spiritual refreshment wherever we live, to the unreached districts of Ipswich, to the surrounding rural villages and market towns, the urban centres and the great cities of the world, wherever God will lead us.

This overflow will also look like multiplied New Testament-style church communities, small groups and clusters of small groups, churches and clusters of churches, full of mature Biblical health and vibrant Holy Spirit life, and having a decisive missional impact wherever these are established, contributing to the re-evangelisation of whole communities, regions and even nations for the glory of Jesus Christ. We pray also that this will be accompanied by a multiplication of leadership and ministry, worship leaders, children and youth workers, ministers to the poor, and much more, that will be thrust out from Ipswich to help strengthen existing churches and plant fresh churches in the regions beyond. In the coming weeks there are a number of opportunities for you to be part of the overflow of hope from our church. Firstly, very soon we will be officially launching our new church plant to Stowmarket - the original date has been changed, so watch this space, but it would be such a privilege to join with our friends at Bury St Edmunds as we pray for the fresh church plant in Stowmarket led by John Putman.

Secondly, we have a Suffolk Cluster Celebration on Sun 7 Oct again with our friends from Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, with Angela Kemm speaking. We are also hoping our friends from Zimbabwe Church of Christ

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the King will be joining us again - who can forget their visit last Easter!

Finally can I direct your attention to the annual Heaven Touches East conference hosted by Lowestoft Community Church, Thu 11 to Sat 13 Oct 12, with Mark Stibbe and Julian Adams as the main speakers.

Bill Johnson says, “The message of the Father’s love has burned in Mark Stibbe’s heart for years. This is one of the most important and profound messages of our day, and is sure to be a central part of what God uses to bring healing to the body of Christ.” Clearly not an event to be missed! Booking details are here:

http://www.relationalmission.com/events/heaven-touches-east/

Come on, it’s time for hope to overflow - it’s going to be scary, but it’s also going to be huge fun!

Maurice Nightingale

© Andreas-photography

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Jon & Hannah AlstonThis is the youth group! We currently cover ages 12-18 and want to divide into two groups – 12-14 and 15-18. We’re looking for people who have a heart for young people to come and help us achieve this! Of course, we’re also busy having fun and learning together to trust God that He loves us in Christ!Tuesday evenings. Orwell Centre & Central Ipswich07748 188892 / 01473 233506 [email protected] / [email protected]

Mark & Sarah AndrewsThis group is looking to reach out to the Ravenswood area, although we do meet in various locations. We try to make time so the children of the families in the group can be involved. It is usually organised chaos, but we love the mess of growing together and responding to His love. Various Saturdays, Sundays, and some Wednesday evenings. Ravenswood Sarah: 07954588887 Mark: [email protected]

Small Groups

Mark & Rachael CrawleyCome and share the reality of life and faith with some great people. We meet in homes in the central Ipswich area - near to the Hope Church building. There is generally food - its supportive - and fun!Wednesday evenings. All welcome or ring Femi Davies (01473 399025) or Mark and Rachael Crawley (07768 357774) or by email - [email protected]

Paul & Ali CherryThis small group gathers the great and the good of the hinterland known locally as “Kesgrave”. For “Kesgrave” read “pretty much anywhere you can go east of Ipswich without getting your feet wet”. We meet every Wednesday alternating between “normal” small group meetings and socials. The socials are a mix of men’s evenings, ladies evenings and family events. The venue rotates around people’s houses; the aim being to allow as many people (i.e. those with kids), to make it.Wednesday evenings. Kesgrave / Woodbridge. 01394 615787 / [email protected]

Youth

Justin & Nicky SmithWelcome to all who live north of Ipswich and would be up for the adventure of community based on friendship, learning to follow Jesus, and baking!Villages North of Ipswich Starting with Saturdays.J: 07854 792822 / [email protected] N: 07954 321963 / [email protected]

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Matt Lang & Rach CuttsOur focus is mainly on the 18-30s but we’d love to welcome anyone. Come along to delve deeper into the word of God, grow in fellowship and develop a mission heart. Also we really like talking and cake...lots of both!Wed evenings (Tuesdays till 3rd July). Orwell Centre & Central Ipswich.ML: 07545 986895 / RC: 07913 071027 [email protected] / [email protected]

Louis & Emma JayasuriyaWe are a group of 18-30’s who love getting together to meet with God, develop gifts, and encourage one another through friendship and cake. If you want to study the word, worship God and socialize with like-minded people then you are welcome to join us.Wednesday evenings. Town / Waterfront. 07947 832065 / [email protected]

Jonny & Elie RamsaySince moving to central Ipswich we’ve become very much at home in Hope Church and our town and owe a huge thanks to all of you who have fed, prayed for, and even on occasion housed us.Building on a brilliant experience in Becky & Graham Turrell’s small group we’ll be starting a new group with the aim of encouraging each other to love the Lord & our neighbour through all the challenges of life. This new group will start in October in the Christchurch Park area and you’re warmly invited to come! 07717723550 / [email protected]

David & Emma SansomStudents galore! Students R Us! We love a God who loves Students. So this is about Students then, right?Wednesday evenings. UCS & Orwell Centre. 01473 [email protected]

Graham & Becky TurrellWe are an eclectic group of people with wide-ranging backgrounds and interests, careers, and stages of life and it works! We truly seek God’s presence together and dwell there with our worship and prayer. We are friends, meeting in lots of different homes and the general rule of thumb is ‘Don’t be early!’ because we just won’t be ready!Thursday evenings. Ipswich town. 01473 402398 / [email protected]

Students

18-30s

Ask someone at the ‘Welcome area’ for more information about joining a small group.

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Holywells Park

Alexandra Park

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Back Hamlet

Foxhall Rd

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www.hopechurchipswich.net

The Orwell Centre 114 Fore Hamlet Ipswich IP3 8AF

River Orwell

The Orwell Centre114 Fore HamletIpswichIP3 8AF01473 233176

[email protected]

When the Orwell Centre parking is full, please use the overflow parking at UCS via Cavendish St, Devonshire Rd, and Back Hamlet

If you would like to contribute an article for the next issue please contact Julia: [email protected] and for upcoming events contact: [email protected]

All submissions for the next issue must be received by Tuesday 23rd October.

This magazine is produced by the Hope Church Ipswich Communications Team:Julia Jolley (editing) Lucy Vines (reporter)Ben Reay (graphics) Philippa Branson (events)

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In Hope Sept/Oct 2012