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A lovely evening was enjoyed by all…. please put the date of next years Christmas Carol Service in your diary… Saturday 16th December. Carols by Candlelight – the annual carol service, with a difference, will be held at at the Unitarian Meeting House, Friars Street, Ipswich IP1 1TD – on Saturday 17th December at 6pm. Music,Continue reading “Christmas Carols by candlelight – a service with a difference!”

Stuck for an unusual gift idea? Why not enrol your relative/friend/colleague as a Friend of the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House? (Cost: Individual – £12. Family – £20. Student/Unemployed £5.) As a Friend of the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House, the lucky recipient will receive: To buy a ‘Friend’ gift voucher please email iumhfriends@gmail.com Pay the fee: IndividualContinue reading “Exciting news: We have a gift voucher!”

Thank you to Bob Allen. The Meeting House looked lovely and everyone attending enjoyed your Dickens! (On 19th November 2022) The ghost stories of Charles Dickens are as much a part of Christmas as turkey and tinsel. In the atmospheric Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House, opened in 1700 and still with its boxed pews, gallery andContinue reading “Dickens By Candlelight”

This weekend (Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September) will be a busy weekend at the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House. Saturday: The county-wide annual event ‘Suffolk Churches Ride and Stride’ is on between 9 and 5pm and the Meeting House will be welcoming cyclists and walkers as they journey between church and chapels (and Meeting Houses)Continue reading “A Special Weekend!”

As if Everything were a Miracle – a collection of poems by Peter Watkins

Carol Service by Candlelight – Saturday 18th December at 6pm. All welcome – the candelabra will be lit, the tea lights will be battery powered this year rather than naked flame (after all our restoration work!) and the atmosphere will be superb. This is a carol service with a difference – with contributions from the congregationContinue reading “Christmas by Candlelight!”

Congratulations to everyone associated with the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House and its big restoration project. They have won another award – with Distinction – this time from The Ipswich Society. Representatives of the Trustees, KLH Architects and builders Valiant, attended the prize-giving at The Hold, Ipswich, where they received their certificates from the Mayor ofContinue reading “Another Award for the Unitarian Meeting House!”

Thank you David Webb…. we loved your stories and seeing the famous Yellow Coat! (on Friday 10th December 2021) A fundraising evening for the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House. David Webb, one of the Webb Twins, had a long and successful career in show business, with his twin brother Tony. They are best remembered as theContinue reading “‘My Life as a Hi de Hi Yellowcoat’”