We would like to offer you a very warm welcome to the website of All Saints Church Kesgrave.

Please feel free to browse our site, take some time to look at our photos and read our articles.

We are a Church of England Church and are proud of our strong relationship with the community of Kesgrave. You may see us out and about at Kesgrave's community meetings, retirement homes, regular community services, primary and secondary schools.

Every Blessing 

Rev Robin Spittle

Vicar

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VIRTUALLY KESWICK CONVENTION 
27th of July -31st of July 

Virtually Keswick Convention is an exciting, new five-day online event this Summer. Virtually Keswick Convention will feature teaching, sung worship and seminars for adults, youth and children. The engaging sessions will be available free online for everyone.

For more information and booking details please visit:
  https://keswickministries.org/convention-2020/

ALL SAINTS KESGRAVE CHURCH SERVICES

All Saints Kesgrave are delighted to announce to be hosting Three CHURCH SERVICES a week:

8.30am -9.00am         Sunday Holy Communion 
12.00pm - 12.30pm  Sunday Holy Communion
11.00am- 11.30am   Thursday Holy  Communion 

All three services will be 20 min long, traditional BCP style or Common worship, a simple mix of prayer, confession, thought for the day and blessing, you will be able to listen to some music to reflect upon. Holy Communion will also be available for those who find it comforting.
To ensure safe social distancing and due to limited numbers please email Robin Spittle on robinspittle@btinternet.com or phone 01473 623388 to confirm your attendance.

We hope you have found some comfort and joy in attending our Zoom ASK Services and Events. We will be continuing with those and will be sending updates and links to those on our email ASK Directory or alternatively you may also see our updates here on this page bellow. 
We are trying to regularly update notices and information as they become available, as well as adding items onto our pages on The Church of England's 'A Church Near You' site - https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2061/
If you are on Facebook, please like and follow us on our page - All Saints Church Kesgrave
https://www.facebook.com/Askesgrave/
- where we will also upload important developments and information, videos and ideas for prayer and worship.

COVID-19 - REVISED Sunday  26th of July 2020

A message from your Vicar

We wish to assure you that as a church we are continually  monitoring and  updating our decisions and practices with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time of national and world-wide uncertainty, we will of course continue to adhere to rules and guidance as set out by the Government, The Church of England and the Diocese of St.Edmundsbury. Please see below details of our online and Church services:

Tuesday 28th of July -7.00pm - 8.00pm - ZOOM ALPHA

Exploring is good. We’re built for it. But for all our searching – it’s rare to find time to think, and talk, about the big questions of life; about faith and reason and God and meaning.

Light wave are running a midweek Alpha on Zoom. Alpha is a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith. It runs all around the globe, and everyone's welcome to join for as often as you wish.

If you are interested in attending please contact Charlotte Cook by email Charlotte.cook@cofesuffolk.org

Thursday 30th of July 2020-11.00am-11.30am - THURSDAY HOLY COMMUNION
Quiet traditional BCP style worship, a simple mix of prayer, confession, thought for the day and blessing, you will  be able to listen to some music to reflect upon. Holy Communion will also be available for those who find  it comforting.
To ensure safe social distancing and due to limited numbers please email Robin Spittle on robinspittle@btinternet.com or phone 01473 623388 to confirm your attendance.

Sunday 2nd of August 2020-8.30am-9.00am -  HOLY COMMUNION
Quiet traditional BCP style worship, a simple mix of prayer, confession, thought for the day and blessing, you will also be able to listen to some music to reflect upon. An uplifting way to start any Sunday.Holy Communion will also be available for those who find it comforting.
To ensure safe social distancing and due to limited numbers please email Robin Spittle on robinspittle@btinternet.com or phone 01473 623388 to confirm your attendance.

Sunday 2nd of August 2020- 10.00am- 11.00am ASK ZOOM CHURCH-  Fruit of the Spirit –   'Faithfulness'
We would love you to join our All Saints Zoom Church- Fruit of the Spirit –                               
'Faithfulness' -2.08.20 at 10.00 am !!!
Please click the link below to join :
LINK TO FOLLOW

You will be able to listen to a sermon, join in with worship and prayer-time activities.

Please can you let us know in advance of any upcoming Birthdays or Anniversaries between 2.08.20 – 9.08.20 if you wish to mention them in the Service. Please email robin.spittle@btinternet.com

https://www.askesgrave.org/askzoomchurchrecordedservices.htm

Sunday 2nd of August  2020-12.00pm-12.30pm - HOLY COMMUNION
Quiet traditional Common worship, a simple mix of prayer, confession, thought for the day and blessing, you will be able to listen to some music to reflect upon.Holy Communion will also be available for those who find it comforting.
To ensure safe social distancing and due to limited numbers please email Robin Spittle on robinspittle@btinternet.com or phone 01473 623388 to confirm your attendance.

Sunday 2nd of August 2020- 17.00pm- 17.45pm-ASK ZOOM- After Hours 
It would be wonderful if you could all join us for inspiring video-led worship.You will be able to listen to a themed sermon  and enjoy some uplifting hymns. 

Please click the link below to join our All Saints Zoom Church- After Hours:
LINK TO FOLLOW

We also continue with an option of watching  Songs of Praise (1.15pm on BBC 1)

I have now produced  “Thoughts For The Times” videos and (amazingly to me) these seem to have been very well received! Apparently you can subscribe to get updates about future “episodes”. They can be accessed through this  website
https://www.askesgrave.org/thoughtforthetimes.htm
or here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL7_EWd9SRQ

To help us communicate with each other our Ministry Team are  using Zoom for Morning Prayer and a Staff Meeting each Monday
Look out for the Prayer, Listening and Practical Support Schemes that are coming into practice 
https://www.askesgrave.org/supportline.htm

You can also keep  in contact with us through our Facebook Page 
https://www.facebook.com/Askesgrave/

At the moment we are still allowing funerals at All Saints. Having said that the number that are allowed to attend is very low and the suggestion is that a basic funeral can be followed by a Thanksgiving Service later in the year. I want to reassure those who can’t attend that to simply remember their loved one at home during the time of the service is both itself appropriate and also what that loved one would want them to do.

Please be assured that the community of Kesgrave is continually in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.

Robin

A prayer for this time of difficulty...

Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.