The United Methodist Church of Ipswich
A Place of Worship & Fellowship

31 North Main Street
Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938

Calendar of Events
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Why Go To Church?

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all." 

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: 

"I've been married for 30 years now...In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals.    But I do know this...They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work.  If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today.  Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" 

When you are DOWN to nothing...God is UP to something!  Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!  Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

The Ipswich Cancer Prayer and Support Group

The Ipswich Cancer Prayer and Support Group will meet at the United Methodist Church of Ipswich on 31 North Main St. in Ipswich, MA at 6:30 pm the first Tuesday of every month.  The purpose of the group is to provide prayer and support those that have had cancer touch their lives.

The Ipswich Cancer Prayer and Support Group is an initiative of the United Methodist Church, and the meeting is open to everyone who is interested in discussing issues of concern for cancer patients and their family or friends who may be caretakers.  Cancer can be a lonely thing, and sometimes talking to a friend helps.

For additional information, please call (978) 356-2319 or (978) 948-7784.  

Dinner Bell Community Meals

Fellowship and good food will be on the menu as members from local churches and the community will host the weekly free dinners.

All are welcome to the "Dinner Bell" meal at the Masonic Lodge at
70 Topsfield Road, Ipswich from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. every Monday.

For more information contact Dorothy Calandra at (978) 356-4801

e-mail us at:
umcips@juno.com

Last Updated January 14, 2013

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