A three-day holiday club for primary school aged children. Bookings taken from 1st April 2025 using attached booking form. Cost is just £15 per child. (This can be waived in cases of financial difficulty)

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Totally informal drop-in for a cup of tea/coffee and somewhere to be warm and have a chat rather than sit at home. You can stay all morning or just drop in when out for a walk or a drive or just tending a loved one's grave. Dogs are very welcome if under control. An ideal opportunity to peruse the fascinating volumes of photos and history of Barham Church produced by the Church Recorders or the plans for the nearby Barham Meadows housing development . You can also peruse a branch of the Bacon Road Little Library which is hosted at the west end of the Church. This is a free library although for those who wish there is an opportunity to make a donation towards the work of the local Stowmarket and District Foodbank. We acknowledge a warm space grant from from County Councillor Chris Chambers' locality budget which enables us to heat the hall during the 2023/4 winter
THERE WILL BE NO DROP-IN ON GOOD FRIDAY OR WHEN CHRISTMAS DAY/BOXING DAY FALL ON A FRIDAY

On 1st, 3rd and 4th Sunday of each month this is a Communion service in book of Common Worship format with Gloria and some responses sung as well as hymns . On the 2nd Sunday of each month this is a shorter Non-Eucharistic Morning Worship with Choir and hymns On Mothering Sunday and some other Sunday this will be a more child-friendly Family Communion service. All 10am services are followed by optional fellowship with tea & coffee in adjoining Church hall - a great chance to get to know people and make new friends, if you are new to the Church. The church has a modern audio system with hearing loop throughout. Services are relayed into adjoining hall if you feel you need to escape with young children.

Please Note that when there is a 5th Sunday in the month or on certain Sundays in December this service may be a benefice service held at either Henley or Gt Blakenham. Also on Remembrance Sunday the service starts at 10:30am to include the 2 minutes silence at 11am. Check "The Monthly notice sheet" via the menu on the left for details.

Come and make new Friends over a cuppa. all welcome

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This Service is for anyone who might find a longer Service difficult, but still enjoys praising God, and is suitable for those with dementia and their carers.

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This is a very relaxed Sunday evening event including crafts etc, short lively worship and a meal. It is aimed at families with young children from babies to young teenagers but all are welcome. We hold this on the first Sunday of every month apart from August. As we plan crafts and a sit down meal we appreciate knowing who is coming and any allegies etc. In July we have a barbecue for which we join with the rest of Church. If you plan to come any month please email [email protected] with your family details. However if you just turn up you will be made very welcome. Our aim is that you will be able to leave soon after 6 pm so little ones can get to bed.

Harvest Festival Communion for all ages. If you haven't been to Church for a while this is and ideal service to come back to. Thanksgiving gifts of tinned soup, coffee, sugar, tinned sandwich fillings (eg ham, tuna, corned beef) for use on our Sunday evening Soup Kitchen runs in Ipswich will be most welcome. There is tea and coffee for all after the service and for those who have pre-booked a roast lunch at about 1pm (see separate event notice)

Our service this week starts 30 minutes later than usual and will not include communion in order to incorporate an Act of Remembrance and the Silence at 11am. Wreaths will be laid on the War Memorials in the Church commemorating those from each village who died in the First and Second World Wars. All ages are welcome