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Thursday 25th January 2024, 7pm AGM of the Friends of Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House . The formal business of the meeting was followed by a short organ recital by Meeting House organist, Robert Waller, which offered a taster for the celebration in March of Robert’s 50 years as the Meeting House organist.

Saturday 2 December, 7:00 PM Thank you very much to Bob Allen for a magical evening of readings. In the wonderful candlelit atmosphere of the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House, we were transported back to Victorian times with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and Pickwick Papers and Great Expectations, and heard of Christmas visits in KillertsContinue reading “Readings from A Christmas Carol and other Festive Delights”

‘The Hidden Secrets of the Medieval Churches of Ipswich’ was a talk given by John Field, previous Town Planner and Town Centre Manager for Ipswich. Organised by the Friends of Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House, on Friday 8th September.

The Ipswich Society organised a talk on Ipswich Dissenters in the Meeting House on Thursday 14th September Ipswich Dissenters: Henry VIII’s excommunication in 1538 allowed him some independence from European neighbours, as well as other options in his search for a male heir. For subsequent Tudors, the consequences were a serious threat to both theContinue reading “Talk on Ipswich Dissenters”

From May to September, the Meeting House welcomes visitors on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm. We hope to see you there. The Unitarian Meeting House is in Friars Street, Ipswich IP1 1TD (next to the black glass Willis building)

Thursday 12th January 2023 at 7pm, with light refreshments. All are welcome. Free admission. John Warren will sketch a brief history of the upheavals in Suffolk religions and the power of the state in the period from the Dissolution to the founding of the Unitarian Meeting House. John Field will give a history of theContinue reading “‘Ipswich’s Medieval Churches and their Hidden Stories – including that of the Town’s Dissenters’”

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”