May 2022

A selection of events as advised by churches across the area; please contact us to add or update details. Services, events, dates and times are subject to late changes due to Covid-19 restrictions - please check with the church for latest details, reserving or booking places or tickets, See also our News pages and Facebook page 'Hope4Spalding'. Apologies for errors and omissions. Entries in italics = awaiting confirmation

26 May - 5 June: Thy Kingdom Come

Ascension Day

Thursday 26 May, 7:00am: Holy Communion, Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY
Thursday 26 May, 9:45am: The Ascension of The Lord, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Thursday 26 May, 10:00am: Communion in the Lounge, St John the Baptist (FB; FB - private group)
Thursday 26 May, 7:00pm: Ascension Day at Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY
Thursday 26 May, 7:00pm: The Ascension of The Lord, Holy Trinity Holbeach
Thursday 26 May, 7:00pm: Ascension Day Elloe East Deanery Evensong at St Matthew's Sutton Bridge (FB) ACNY
Thursday 26 May, 7:00pm: Ascension Day Methodist Circuit service at Moulton Chapel
Thursday 26 May, 7:00pm: The Ascension of The Lord, Holy Trinity Holbeach
Thursday 26 May, 7:00pm: Holy Communion, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Wednesday 25 May, 7:00pm: Vigil Mass of the Ascension, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)

Sunday 22 May, 3:00pm: Fellowship, Praise and Cream Tea for Christian Aid, Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Saturday 21 May, 9:00am - 2:00pm: Prayer tent in Spalding town centre, organised by Harvest Church (FB); visitors also being encouraged to visit local [CTSD] churches
Friday 20 May, 11:30am: Project St Thomas 'Hub-in-Hub-out' (FB) presentation; more info via The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB) - postponed (19/5)
Thursday 19 May, 12 noon: Soup and Sweet lunch for Christian Aid, Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Sunday 15 May: 10:30am: Easter Offering Circuit service, Broad Street Methodist (FB), (Circuit website)
Sunday 15 May: 9:00am: Informal service, Broad Street Methodist (FB), (Circuit website)
Sunday 15 May: 10:30am: South Holland Methodist Circuit service 'Easter Offering', Broad Street Methodist (FB)

15 - 21 May: Christian Aid Week

Saturday 14 May, 10:00am: Coffee Morning and snack lunches for Christian Aid, Broad Street Methodist (FB):
Saturday 14 May, 7:00pm: Coningsby Military Wives choir in concert, £10, Broad Street Methodist (FB): (Circuit website)
Saturday 7 May, 4:00pm: Messy Church at Crowland Methodist (FB) (Peterborough Circuit)
Tuesday 3 May, 2:00pm: Churches Together in Elloe East AGM at Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Monday 2 May, 6:00pm: Ecumenical prayer meeting for the wider church and community hosted by Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Flower Festivals starting Thursday 28 April; see also June
Opening times: most festivals open around 10:00am, some with changes on Sundays; please check with individual churches for times and any late changes
Saturday 23 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival 'Pastimes', St Laurence Surfleet (FB) PE11 4AB / PE11 4DA

Saturday 23 April to Monday 2 May: Flower Festival 'Scarecrows visit London' at St Mary's, Sutterton (FB) PE20 2JH

Wednesday 27 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival 'A festival of flowers', St Bartholomew (FB) West Pinchbeck PE11 3QG

Thursday 28 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival 'Let us give thanks' at Gosberton Methodist (FB, FB2, FB3); Sunday 1/5, 4:30pm: festival service PE11 4NQ

Thursday 28 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival '300 years', St James Moulton Chapel (Elloe Stone group) PE12 0XQ
Thursday 28 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival, St Mary & the Holy Rood, Donington ACNY PE11 4UA
Thursday 28 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival 'And I think to myself... What a Wonderful World...', St Mary's (FB) Pinchbeck PE11 3UA

Thursday 28 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival 'We go together', St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB) PE11 4EW

Friday 29 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival, 'My favourite book', Moulton Chapel Methodist; Sunday 1/5, 3:00pm: Festival service PE12 0XR
Friday 29 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival, 'Favourite Hymns', Sutterton Methodist, near PE20 2EY
Friday 29 April - Tuesday 3 May: Flower Festival 'The Life and Times of St Mary's Long Sutton' St Mary's (FB) ACNY PE12 9JJ

Saturday 30 April - Sunday 1 May: Flower Festival at St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft ACNY PE20 2NJ
Saturday 30 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival at All Saints, Holbeach (FB, FB public group) PE12 7LL
Saturday 30 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival at Fleet Baptist with Songs of Praise - Sunday 1/5 at 3:30pm PE12 8LL
Saturday 30 April - Monday 2 May: Flower Festival at St John the Evangelist, Weston Hills, PE12 6DQ (near PE12 6DS)
Saturday 30 April - Monday 2 May: Food and Craft festival, St Mary Magdalene, Fleet PE12 8NN
Sunday 1 May, 1:00pm onwards: Moulton Chapel Tuliptime PE12 0XQ