Course in Christian Studies - Taster Evening

for 2 hours
The Barn (Village Hall)
Ashen Lane Stoke By Clare Suffolk, CO10 8JA

The Course in Christian Studies is a two year course exploring the Christian Faith with others, delivered weekly on Tuesday evenings between 7 and 9pm in the Barn, Stoke by Clare (10 week terms). The new course will commence in January 2024, but there is a ‘taster evening’ planned for the 17th October at 7pm to find out what it is all about and how it is delivered.

It is expected that members will bring their own varied stories and experiences and share them, finding new truth in themselves and in each other through lively discussion. You may feel you know a lot or a little about the Bible and of the huge riches of Christian tradition, but it doesn’t matter what your starting position is, we will all learn something together.

The course covers elements of the Old and New Testaments, the history of the church, Spirituality, Baptism and Holy Communion, Christian ethics and Christian Mission.

Your tutors will be Revd Liz Paxton and Revd Dr Karen Smith – do come to the taster evening to meet us and find out a little more about it. If you would like to like to more about it before committing, please don’t hesitate to call Revd Liz on 07932160594 or email [email protected].

Clare, St Peter & St Paul

Is it a great ocean liner afloat on the skyline? No, it’s one of Suffolk’s great churches with ‘a small tower for a fo’c’sle and two turrets for masts’ as author Simon Jenkins once put it. This beautiful building dominates the north end of the town, reflecting the prosperity of Clare in the Middle Ages when the main trade was cloth-making.

What's special?

The exceptional height of nave and the huge aisle windows where the light streams in through the lavish arcades. 

Look out for the gallery of 15th century roof faces and try out the handsome private pews, one bearing the emblems of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

The 18th century ringers’ gotch – that’s a beer jug. Beer was once the payment for the ringers. Clare’s ring of eight is said to be the heaviest in Suffolk.

How old is it?

The present church dates back to at least 13th century but after a visit by the image-breaker William Dowsing in 1643, the heraldic glass in the east window is all that is left of the 15th century glass that once might have filled the church.



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Clare
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Course in Christian Studies - Taster Evening

for 2 hours
The Barn (Village Hall)
Ashen Lane Stoke By Clare Suffolk, CO10 8JA

The Course in Christian Studies is a two year course exploring the Christian Faith with others, delivered weekly on Tuesday evenings between 7 and 9pm in the Barn, Stoke by Clare (10 week terms). The new course will commence in January 2024, but there is a ‘taster evening’ planned for the 17th October at 7pm to find out what it is all about and how it is delivered.

It is expected that members will bring their own varied stories and experiences and share them, finding new truth in themselves and in each other through lively discussion. You may feel you know a lot or a little about the Bible and of the huge riches of Christian tradition, but it doesn’t matter what your starting position is, we will all learn something together.

The course covers elements of the Old and New Testaments, the history of the church, Spirituality, Baptism and Holy Communion, Christian ethics and Christian Mission.

Your tutors will be Revd Liz Paxton and Revd Dr Karen Smith – do come to the taster evening to meet us and find out a little more about it. If you would like to like to more about it before committing, please don’t hesitate to call Revd Liz on 07932160594 or email [email protected].

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