May 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
Flower Festivals - some starting in April; see also: 13 & 14 May, 20 & 21 May - West Lindsey May Churches Festival (FB)
Tuesday 30 May, 7:30pm: Pentecost Taizé, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Pentecost Sunday, 28 May
Thy Kingdom Come, 18 - 28 May: Praying and Living the Kingdom empowered by the Holy Spirit
Sunday 28 May, 9:00am: Informal worship, Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 9:00am: Pentecost at Lighthouse (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 9:15am: Eucharist, St Laurence Surfleet (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 9:15am: Pentecost at St Paul's (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 9:30am: Holy Communion, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:00am: Holy Communion for Pentecost, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Sunday 28 May, 10:00am: Pentecost united service (with Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY) at Holy Trinity, Gedney Hill (ACNY)
Sunday 28 May, 10:00am: Pentecost at St Firmin's, Thurlby in The Ness Group (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:00am: Holy Communion, St Gilbert & St Hugh, Gosberton Clough (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:00am: Pentecost at St John the Baptist, (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:00am: Pentecost Holy Communion, St John's, Baston in The Ness Group (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:00am: Pentecost Family Time, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft (FB) in The Ness Group
Sunday 28 May, 10:00am: Morning Worship at Gosberton parish church (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:15am: Pentecost at Spalding Baptist (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Worship led by stewards and members of the congregation, Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Pentecost at Calvary Baptist (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Meeting for Worship, Friends Meeting House (Quakers)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Morning worship, Gosberton Baptist (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Pentecost at Gosberton Methodist (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Pentecost at Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Pentecost with Harvest Church (FB) usually at the Polka Dot Academy
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Pentecost at Pinchbeck Baptist (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Pentecost Family Communion, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 10:30am: Pentecost with Rev David Curran at Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 11:00am: Pentecost, Sutton St Edmund Free Methodist Church; (Sutton St Edmund Village Life FB)
Sunday 28 May, 11:00am: Communion service, St Mary Magdalene, Gedney (ACNY)
Sunday 28 May, 11:00am: Service of the Word, St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) PE11 3QG
Sunday 28 May, 11:00am: Mass, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 11:30am: Pentecost at Lighthouse (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 4:00pm: Evening Prayer, St John the Baptist, (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 4:30pm: Flower Festival Songs of Praise; St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY PE11 6TE
Sunday 28 May, 6:00pm: Churches Together in the Deepings (FB) Pentecost joint service at Open Door Baptist church Deeping St James (FB); more info via St Guthlac's (FB)
Sunday 28 May, 6:30am: Evensong, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Saturday 27 May, 10:00am: Coffee Morning and Emporium Sales, Gosberton Methodist (FB)
Saturday 27 May, 10:00am: Coffee and Cake at the Priory church hall, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY, PE6 8NP
Saturday 27 May, 12 noon: Soup, bread and cheese lunch for Christian Aid in The Green School; more info via St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
Saturday 27 May, 4:30pm: Vigil Mass of Pentecost, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Friday 26 - Monday 29 May, Flower Festival, 'A Celebration of Hobbies and Holidays' with Songs of Praise 4:30pm on Sunday; St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY PE11 6TE (brochure: 28/4 - 1/5)
Monday 22 May, 7:30pm: Alpha at Tonic Centre, Broadgate House, off Westlode Street, PE11 2AF; more info via Harvest Church (FB)
Thy Kingdom Come, 18-28 May: Praying and Living the Kingdom empowered by the Holy Spirit
Thy Kingdom Come in the Elloe Stone group:
Sunday 28 May: Thy Kingdom Come - All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Saturday 27 May: Thy Kingdom Come - St James, Moulton Chapel (FB)
Friday 26 May: Thy Kingdom Come - St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY
Thursday 25 May: Thy Kingdom Come - Holbeach St John's
Wednesday 24 May: Thy Kingdom Come - All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Tuesday 23 May: Thy Kingdom Come - St James, Moulton Chapel (FB)
Monday 22 May: Thy Kingdom Come - St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY
Sunday 21 May: Thy Kingdom Come - 10am, St John's, 10:30am, St Mary's and 6pm St James
Saturday 20 May: Thy Kingdom Come - Holbeach Fen St John's
Friday 19 May: Thy Kingdom Come - All Saints, Moulton (FB, 2023 FB) ACNY
Thursday 18 May, 7:00pm: Ascension Day Communion service for Elloe East Deanery at Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Christian Aid Week: 14 - 21 May
Sunday 21 May, 3:00pm: Elloe West Deanery service at St Mary's, Cowbit ACNY (FB) PE12 6AL; more info via St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) ACNY, St Mary's (FB) Pinchbeck ACNY or any other Elloe West Deanery church
Sunday 21 May: International Day of Prayer for Eastern Churches; more info via The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Saturday 20 May: Craft Fair, Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY
Ascension Day, Thursday 18 May
Thursday 18 May, 6:00am: Ascension Day at St John the Baptist, Morton in the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB)
Thursday 18 May, 9:45am: Mass, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Thursday 18 May, 10:00am: Ascension Day Holy Communion, St Firmin's, Thurlby in The Ness Group (FB)
Thursday 18 May, 10:00am: Ascension Day Holy Communion, St John the Baptist, Spalding (FB)
Thursday 18 May, 10:30am: Ascension Day Holy Communion, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
Thursday 18 May, 7:00pm: Ascension Day Holy Communion, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB) (ACNY) PE11 2RA
Thursday 18 May, 7:00pm: Ascension Day Holy Communion, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB)
Thursday 18 May, 7:00pm: Ascension Day Communion service for Elloe East Deanery at Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Thursday 18 May, 7:30pm: Mass, Holy Trinity Holbeach
Wednesday 17 May, 7:00pm: Vigil Mass of the Ascension, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Sunday 14 May, 10:30am: Methodist Circuit Holy Communion, Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Sunday 14 May, 10:30am: Outdoor service at Bourne Wellhead; more info via Bourne Baptist (FB)
Sunday 14 May, 6:00pm: Choral Evening with Cantoris Textoris at St John the Baptist, (FB)
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 May: Flower Festival celebrating the Coronation, St Paul's (FB) PE11 2HY tbc
Saturday 13 May: Spalding Marching Ambassadors (FB) (Spalding URC, FB) at the Spalding Flower Parade (FB and Group FB)
Saturday 13 May, 9:30am - 4:00pm: Refreshments and a quiet space and more for visitors to the Spalding Flower Parade (FB) at Spalding Baptist (FB)
Saturday 13 May, 9:30am - 4:30pm: Refreshments for visitors to the Spalding Flower Parade (FB) at Spalding URC, (FB)
Saturday 13 May: Broad Street Methodist (FB) open for the Spalding Flower Parade: refreshments, hot drinks, savouries, cakes; church also open as a quiet space
Saturday 13 May: Spalding Flower Parade - in the marquee: Harvest Church (FB)
Saturday 13 May: Spalding Flower Parade; decorated church open, refreshments, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB) (ACNY) PE11 2RA
Saturday 13 May, 2:30pm: 'The National Church' Five Star service at Long Sutton Baptist (FB); more info via Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
Saturday 13 May, 7:00pm: John Barker, Trumpet, Holbeach Fen, St John (Elloe Stone group) £10
Coronation Celebrations Saturday 6 May: Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III
Friday 12 - Monday 15 May, Flower Festival 'Let's Celebrate', All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Monday 8 May, 2:00pm: Celebration Tea, £7, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) ACNY Sold Out (30/4)
Sunday 7 May, 9:15am: Coronation Service of the Word, St Laurence Surfleet (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 10:00am: Civic service to mark the Coronation, St Guthlac's (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 10:30am: All Age Worship celebrating the Coronation, followed by Bring & Share lunch, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 10:30am: Café Church followed by shared lunch celebrating the Coronation, Pinchbeck Baptist (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 10:30am: United service of Holy Communion with Spalding United Reformed Church (FB) at Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Sunday 7 May, 10:30am: Special service, St Mary Long Sutton, (FB) ACNY
Sunday 7 May, 11:00am: Punt Gun Salute outside St Mary's, Cowbit ACNY (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 11:00am: A Coronation service of Thanksgiving, St Andrew the Apostle, West Deeping ACNY (FB); more info via the Benefice of the Uffington Group (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 11:00am: A Joyful Family service to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III; more info via the Benefice of the Uffington Group (FB)
Sunday 7 May, tba: Coronation Lunch at Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Sunday 7 May, 12:30pm: Coronation Lunch, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 12:30pm: Coronation Big Lunch in the Vista hall; £10, accompanied children free, advance booking, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 1:00pm: Coronation Picnic in the Park, Deeping St James Jubilee Park (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 2:00pm: Indoor Street Party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY
Sunday 7 May, 3:00pm: Coronation BBQ at Morton House; more info via the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB); Morton (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 3:00pm: Coronation Afternoon Tea, St Firmin's, Thurlby (FB) in The Ness Group (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 3:30pm: Coronation Celebration Afternoon Tea in the Fraiser Room; more info via St Laurence Surfleet (FB)
Sunday 7 May, 5:00pm: Coronation celebration / Songs of Praise at St Luke's, Holbeach Hurn
Sunday 7 May, 6:00pm: Coronation Festal Evensong, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY, PE6 8NP
Saturday 6 - Monday 8 May, 2:00pm: Flower Festival 'Coronation', A Riot of Royal Decorations: St John's, Baston in The Ness Group (FB)
Saturday 6 - Monday 8 May, 2:00pm: Coronation Festivities, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
Saturday 6 - Wednesday 10 May: Beacon (6/5, 9:30pm), Big Lunch (7/5- cancelled 8/4) & Flower Festival (8/5 - 10/5), Holbeach, St Mark with St Matthew (Friends group FB) (Mid Elloe group)
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 May: Coronation celebrations - decorated church, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB) (ACNY) PE11 2RA; see also 12:30pm Big Lunch (above)
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 May: Lantern Parade, Jubilee Beacon, and Sunday Coronation Picnic and Sunday at 4:30pm Coronation Praise church service; more info via All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 May: Coronation: decorated church open on Saturday; Cream Teas with Prosecco, 3:00pm Sunday at St Mary's Sutterton (FB) ACNY PE20 2JH
Sunday 6 May, 3:30pm music 'Shoddy Waddy', 4:40pm service: Churches Together in the Deepings (FB) Riverside Park; more info via St Guthlac's (FB)
Saturday 6 May, all day: Children's Activities with the King's Coronation broadcast on screens at St John the Baptist, (FB) tbc
Saturday 6 May, 12 noon: Pensioners Coronation lunch and evening dance in Gosberton Public Hall (FB)
Saturday 6 May: King's Coronation broadcast on the big screen - with faith tea at Bourne Salvation Army (FB)
Saturday 6 May: Harvest Church (FB) in Spalding Market
Friday 5 - Monday 8 May: Coronation Flower Festival, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY, PE6 8NP
Friday 5 May, 8:00pm: Service celebrating King Charles III on the eve of his Coronation, St Martin of Tours, Barholm-with-Stowe ACNY
Friday 5 May, 2:00pm: King's Coronation Party, Tydd St Mary village hall; more info via Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Friday 5 May, from 3:30pm: Coronation celebration and Bonfire, BYO picnic, tickets and more info from Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 May: Triduum of Prayer and special Mass for the King on the Eve of the Coronation (5/5); more info via The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Coronation celebrations, details to follow; St Luke's, Holbeach Hurn
Thursdays 4, 11 & 18 May, 7:30pm: CAP Money Course at Spalding Baptist (FB)
Thursday 4 May, 6:00pm: for an hour: Ecumenical prayer meeting for the wider church and community, hosted by Broad Street Methodist
Tuesday 2 May, 2:00pm: Friendship Group: Coronation Thoughts, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Tuesday 2 May, 7:00pm, Service of Thanksgiving, Gosberton Methodist (FB)
Sunday 30 April - Monday 1 May, 11:00am: Uffington Scarecrow Festival - and 'The Piano'; more info via St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB)
Saturday 29 April - Monday 1 May, Flower and Craft Festival, St Mary Magdalene, Fleet
Saturday 29 April - Monday 1 May, Flower Festival 'Kings and Queens in the Bible', Fleet Baptist with Songs of Praise - Sunday 30 April, 3:30pm PE12 8LL
Saturday 29 April - Sunday 30 April, Flower Festival 'Pastimes', St John the Evangelist, Weston Hills, PE12 6DQ (near PE12 6DS)
Friday 28 April - Friday 5 May: Flower Festival 'Hobbies and Crafts', St Mary & the Holy Rood, Donington ACNY PE11 4UA
Friday 28 April - Tuesday 2 May: Flower Festival 'All the Fun of the Fair', St Mary Long Sutton, (FB) ACNY
Friday 28 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival*, 'Fenland Scenes', All Saints, Holbeach (FB) with Lincs Fire & Rescue Band free concert, 29/4 at 7:00pm; Have-a-Go singing, 30/4 at 10:30am, Pet service, 30/4 at 4:00pm and Have-a-Go bellringing, 1/5 at 1:00pm
Friday 28 April - Saturday 29 April: Flower Festival, Sutterton Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Thursday 27 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival, 'Saying it with flowers ... songs from the Operettas', St Mary's (FB) Pinchbeck PE11 3UA; Gilbert & Sullivam Festival Concert, 29/4, 7:00pm, £12 / £6
Thursday 27 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival 'Arts & Crafts', Moulton Chapel Methodist
Thursday 27 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival, St James Moulton Chapel (Elloe Stone group) PE12 0XQ
Thursday 27 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival 'Bible Superheroes', (opening service 27/4 at 9:30am, then:) 10:00am, Gosberton Methodist (FB)
Wednesday 26 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival 'A Festival of Flowers', St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) PE11 3QG
Saturday 22 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival 'Famous People born in Lincolnshire', St Laurence Surfleet (FB) PE11 4AB / PE11 4DA
Saturday 22 April - Monday 1 May: Flower Festival 'Scarecrows travel back in time', St Mary's, Sutterton (FB) PE20 2JH
