Rushmere Baptist Church

“Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord.”
Paul, a follower of Jesus who wrote some of the letters in the New Testament part of the Bible

BENT DOUBLE

She walked the road
bowed as the wood she carried.
I saw her from afar.
And as we sped past I looked back
and saw her small hunched figure trudging still.
But until now, it had meant nothing to me –
just a phrase – two words.
But for that women it was the reality of her life,
her world, her daily task.

On reflection I think of Christ
and the wood he carried,
bent double for her too.
In such a way his road was long
as bent double he carried her pain.
His struggle then is hers now,
but suddenly the road is shafted
with an intensity of light that
as I look back
it is as if he carries
the very wood she labours under.

Written whilst in Ethiopia and read by the author, Dave Cooper,
at a service during which we looked at the needs of others.

March Newsletter

The March issue, all twenty-eight pages of it, of the church’s Newsletter is out - click here to download a copy. The Newsletter contains details of all our regular and special events.

IGNITE - a live music event in Ipswich

Friday 12 March 2010  7.30 - 10.30 pm  St Nicholas Centre, Cutler Street, Ipswich IP1 1UQ  Click here for the IGNITE website.

Annual Report

Our Annual Report for 2009 is available online for all to see. Click here to go to the downloads page.

Sermons Unlimited

We are continuing to put most of our Sunday morning sermons on this website - just click on “Sermons & Podcasts” on the right. Older sermons can be found in a “Sermon Archive” page - click the link on the right of the page.

The Church’s New Minister

Heather Marsden

Mrs Heather Marsden is to become the church’s full-time minister. Heather is currently part-way through a ministerial training course at Spurgeon’s Baptist theological college, and is on a placement with the church. Heather will be ordained as a Baptist minister at Burlington Baptist Church, Ipswich, at 3.00 pm on Saturday 22 May 2010, and inducted as minister at Rushmere Baptist Church at 3.00 pm on Saturday 11 September 2010.

Network Ipswich

Network Ipswich, a World-Wide-Web portal to all-things-Christian in Ipswich and district, has been launched. Click here to go there. Why not bookmark it in your browser? Now it’s got an RSS news article feed available from the front page.

Last updated 7.3.10
Webmaster: Terence Cooper