July 2023
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 - 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. Bold = ecumenical events supported or organised by churches working together; Entries in italics = awaiting confirmation
Sunday 30 July, 10:00am: Leaving service for Fr Chris Atkinson, Bourne Abbey ACNY; Rural Dean, Beltisloe Deanery; see also Churches Together in Bourne
Sunday 30 July, 10:00am: Glen Group Benefice Eucharist at St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) PE11 3QG
Sunday 30 July, 10:30am: Mid Elloe Benefice service, Holbeach, St Mark (Friends group FB)
Sunday 30 July, 10:30am: Benefice service for the Patronal Festival of Moulton Chapel, St James (FB) (Elloe Stone group)
Sunday 30 July, 10:30am: Junior Church Anniversary and Barbecue, Long Sutton Baptist (FB)
Sunday 30 July, 2:00pm: Benefice service for Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY at St John the Baptist, Whaplode Drove (FB) (ACNY) (Elloe Fen group)
Sunday 30 July, 2:30pm: South Holland Methodist Church united service at Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB)
Saturday 29 July, 10:00am: Coffee and Cake, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY
Thursday 27 - Sunday 30 July, Flower Festival 'Royal', St Mary Magdalene, Gedney (ACNY) PE12 0BU
Wednesday 26 - Friday 28 and Sunday 30 July, 10:00am (Sunday 10:30am): Holiday Club at Bourne Baptist (FB)
Wednesday 26 July, 10:00am: Poppy Get Together at Bicker Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Wednesday 26 July, 10:30am: Family Get-together on the Parkway grassed area; more info via, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding (FB)
Tuesday 25 July, 2:00pm: Mothers' Union, All Saints, Moulton (FB, 2023 FB) ACNY
Sunday 23 July, 11:00am: Worship at the Wellhead; more info via Bourne Salvation Army (FB)
Sunday 23 July, 10:00am Patronal Festival service, 12 noon: Hog Roast, 2:00pm: Songs of Praise in the garden. Hog Roast - Dixieland music by the Moonlighters, £12, £6, £30 family ticket, Priory church hall garden, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY
Sunday 23 July, 3:00pm: Celebration Tea, flowers, short service: St James the Great, Aslackby in the Gilbertine Benefice ACNY (Village FB)
Sunday 23 July, 6:00pm: Songs of Praise with Cantores Textoris, St Gilbert & St Hugh, Gosberton Clough (FB)
Saturday 22 July, 2:00pm: Strawberry Tea, £5, Sutterton Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) near PE20 2EY
Friday 21 - Monday 24 July: Art Exhibition and Sale, Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY PE6 0EN
Thursday 20 July: Rt Rev Stephen Conway became Bishop of Lincoln; to be enthroned in Lincoln Cathedral on 11 November 2023; see also Lincoln Diocese
Wednesday 19 July, 3:30pm: Warm Space, Barbecue, Ice Cream, Bouncy Castle, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY)
Tuesday 18 July, 7:30pm: Stephen Timewell guest speaker on the Spalding Flower Parade at West Pinchbeck village hall; more info via St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) PE11 3QG
Sunday 16 July, 10:30am: United service with Holbeach Methodist (FB) at Holbeach Baptist Church (FB)
Sunday 16 July, 11:00am: Picnic in the Park united service with Bourne United Reformed Church; more info via Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Sunday 16 July, 3:00pm: Fun Bargain Hunt and Strawberry Tea, donations to Christian Aid, Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Sunday 16 July, 3:30pm: Barbecue in the Vicarage Garden, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding (FB)
Sunday 16 July, 4:30pm: Rt Rev Stephen Conway last service at Ely Cathedral; see also Lincoln Diocese
Saturday 15 July, 2:30pm: Cream Tea, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding (FB)
Saturday 15 July, 3:00pm: Leaving service for Rev Bruce Thompson, Louth Methodist (FB)
Saturday 15 July, 7:00pm: Spalding Community Choir (FB) at Broad Street Methodist (FB), £5 plus food donation for Agape Care
Saturday 15 July, 7:00pm for 7:30pm: Pennyless (FB) in concert, £10, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY
Saturday 15 July, 7:30pm: Summer concert with Whittlesey Concert Band; Pimms, strawberries, £8, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Saturday 15 July and Sunday 16 July: Sacrecrow weekend in Moulton; Sunday service at All Saints (FB, 2023 FB) ACNY
Friday 14 - Sunday 16 July, Flower Festival, 'God's Church throughout the World', Sutton St James Baptist (FB) PE12 0EE, Sunday 3:30pm: festival Five Star service 'The International Church'
Thursday 13 - Sunday 16 July, Flower Festival, 'Famous Duos', St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY)
Thursday 13 July, 7:30pm: Music in Quiet Places: Alva - Angels in the Architecture, £16/£14/£8, St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB) PE9 4SN
Wednesday 12 July, 5:30pm: Holbeach town Christmas Fair planning at Holbeach Methodist church hall (FB)
Tuesday 11 July, 7:30pm: Spalding Area LMP (Local Mission Partnership) Chapter meeting at St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding (FB)
Sea Sunday, 9 July (Mission to Seafarers)
Sunday 9 July, 3:00pm: Fabulous Flute with Abigail Fletcher, accompanied by Chris Brown, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY
Sunday 9 July, 10:30am: Worship at the Wellhead; more info via Bourne Baptist (FB)
Sunday 9 July, 2:30pm: Chapel Anniversary, Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB)
Sunday 9 July, 6:30pm: Archdeacon's Visitation and Local Mission Partnership (Welland LMP) Inauguration service at St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB) See also June 2023 and our News pages
Saturday 8 July: Garden Fête, more info via St Guthlac's (FB)
Saturday 8 July, 10:00am: Who let the Dads out; more info via Bourne Baptist (FB)
Thursday 6 July, 6:00pm: for an hour: Ecumenical prayer meeting for the wider church and community, hosted by Broad Street Methodist
Wednesday 5 July, 2:15pm: The Psalms in Stitches at Bourne Abbey church hall (ACNY); more info via Mothers' Union, St Firmin's, Thurlby (FB) in The Ness Group
Tuesday 4 July, 7:00pm: Taizé ecumenical service at Moulton Chapel Methodist , PE12 0XL, organised by Churches Together in East Elloe
Tuesday 4 July, 2:00pm: Strawberries, cream and cake (£4) in the Garden, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Monday 3 July: Bookings open for 'The Snowman' in Lincoln Cathedral (FB); see also local listing on Christmas 2023
Monday 3 July, 7:00pm: Mass for the feast day of St Thomas, Holy Trinity Holbeach
Sunday 2 July, 10:00am: Holy Communion, followed by Annual General Church Meeting, Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Sunday 2 July, 10:30am: Holy Communion, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY - Thank you day with Music for Dementia
Sunday 2 July, 2:00pm: Pet service, Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Sunday 2 July, 3:00pm: Pet service, St John the Baptist, Morton in the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB)
Sunday 2 July, 4:00pm: Feast service, St Andrew's, Rippingale in the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB)
Saturday & Sunday 1 & 2 July: Medieval Weekend; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB) ACNY
