St. Gregory's Parish Church, Sudbury, Suffolk
"Your Community - Your Church"

St Gregory's Parish Church
About Us:
St Gregory’s is an Anglican Church (Church of England) serving most of the town of Sudbury, Suffolk in the United Kingdom. St Gregory’s has been in Sudbury for many centuries and continues to be a focus for the local community and is seen by many as the "Mother Church" of Sudbury. St Gregory’s aims to provide for the spiritual needs of the town and wants all who come, whether just as visitors to the building, or to join in with the worship, to feel a warm welcome.
Offering a range of Christian worship on weekdays and Sundays which is both welcoming and inclusive. St Gregory's continues to serve the local community through baptisms, weddings and funerals, and as a venue for Civic and other services, and as a church building that is open daily and provides a peaceful space for visits and for prayer and reflection.
Come and look around our beautiful and ancient building, soak up the atmosphere, and perhaps light a candle for a loved one.
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St Gregory's Parish Church
Visiting Us:
The Opening of St Gregory’s Church
St. Gregory’s Church, Sudbury will re-open for personal visits every Tuesday between 11.00 am and 2.00 pm from 2nd April until 21st October.
Personal visits are also welcomed on a Wednesday between 11.45 am and 12.15 pm and on the first Saturday of the month during the Coffee Morning between 10.00 am and 12 noon.
If you have any questions, please email: Claire walker, parish secretary, on parishsecretary@stgregspcc.uk
~ We look forward to welcoming you ~
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Rector: Revd Andrew Doarks
Andrew is on Sabbatical leave until August
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Writing from the Rectory - July 2025
In the film adaptation of Paddington the thoughtful bear learns that talking about the weather is a way to strike up conversation with strangers, so he goes about this by learning as many English expressions for rain as he can: ‘chucking it down’, ‘cats and dogs’, ‘pelting’. What other expressions can you think of?
We had longed for fine weather and yet farmers and gardeners are more aware than most of our dependency on rain. If there is one thing which unites us all, it’s water. In biblical times there developed the practice of celebrating the harvest by waving palm branches which, taken in large numbers, would make the sound of rain. It was a form of thanksgiving for the gathered crops and a prayer to God for sufficient rain for the following year. Jesus compares himself to the refreshing qualities of water. In chapter 7 of St John’s Gospel it says, ‘On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”’ The reference to water has often been used in the bible to mean the transformative power of the Holy Spirit and this is to be found by following Jesus.
Maybe you need refreshment and transformation but don’t know where to find it. Jesus promises that if we seek him, he will fill us with the Holy Spirit that we thirst for. However, the quotation goes further than a simple invitation to receive from Jesus. It explains that those who believe in Jesus will themselves go out into the world and provide refreshment and transformation to the world around them! In effect Jesus is saying you will become a source of God’s goodness for other people.
Paddington came to London hoping someone would adopt him. In so doing the Brown family became for him a source of living water. In one episode his marmalade sandwiches provide a welcome snack to various zoo animals and demonstrate his ‘paying it forward’, his being a source of refreshment to others. Can you think of someone in your life that has been a source of refreshment and transformation perhaps through random acts of kindness? Could you present them with a framed picture of a jug of water?
Blessings,
Revd Andrew
Regular Services
Wednesday Holy communion at 11am
Thursday Meditation 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Sunday Holy Communion 10am every week 8am on the 3rd Sunday of the month has been suspended until AugustOn the 5th Sunday of a month the service alternates between St Gregory's and All Saints churches.
31st August 2025- St Gregory's Church
30th November 2025 - All Saints Church
Please join us for refreshments after the 10.00am service.
The Coffee Club Team Rota is Here
Sunday Morning readings
We always have a gospel reading as the second reading; the other reading will be either Old Testament or Epistle depending on the season. We are following the Roots material for All Age worship which you will find here. The theme for the Sunday is the bold typed reading which might be the gospel but as currently is an Old Testament reading.
Weddings
St Gregory’s is here for all the significant occasions in your life.
We will be very pleased to hear from you if you are considering getting married.
To find out more about weddings, contact the parish secretary :
parishsecretary@stgregspcc.uk or phone 07776 955306
Claire is available Tuesdays 9am - 5pm by phone/email
Christenings
St Gregory’s is here for all the significant occasions in your life.
We will be very pleased to hear from you if you are considering a christening.
To find out more about christenings, contact the parish secretary :
parishsecretary@stgregspcc.uk or phone 07776955306
Claire is available Tuesdays 9am - 5pm by phone/email
Funerals
St Gregory’s is here for all the significant occasions in your life.
We will be very pleased to hear from you if you require funeral advice.
To find out more about funerals, contact the parish secretary :
parishsecretary@stgregspcc.uk or phone 07776955306
Claire is available Tuesdays 9am - 5pm by phone/email
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