2022
News from local churches and brief CTSD council meeting notes & links; see also our Facebook page for Hope4Spalding - collating and reposting many church online or livestream services, news, events and more throughout this year. Italics = awaiting confirmation; apologies for errors or omissions
Christmas services; chronological, ecumenical listing commenced in October with events, services and links across South East Lincolnshire
Warm Spaces; various churches planning to open during the winter months including:
Mondays from 7/11: 10 - 4 at Broad Street
Tuesdays: 10 at Bourne Baptist
Wednesdays: 9:30 - 12:30 and 3-6 at Lighthouse Pentecostal
Thursdays from 3/11: 12 - 5:30 at St John's
Fridays from 18/11: 9:30am - 2:30pm at Spalding Baptist
Sundays: 12 - 2:30pm at St Norbert's (Project St Thomas)
Monday - Friday, 10 - 12: Sutton St James - Baptist (FB)
See also Midweek and our Facebook page Hope4Spalding
Memorial and Remembrance services in November
Wednesday 23 November, 7:00pm: AGM, Churches Together in Stamford (FB) at Stamford URC (PE9 1PE)
Harvest Festivals, Flowers, Arts & Crafts in September and October
Some church Harvest Festivals were postponed following the death of Her Majesty the Queen
Various dates and times in October: Project St Thomas public consultations; more info via The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Books of Condolence following the death of Her Majesty the Queen, along with Services of Commemoration - include:
All Saints, Holbeach - 6:30pm, 18/9
All Saints, Moulton
Bicker Methodist
Broad Street Methodist
Crowland Abbey
Deeping St James Priory church
Deeping St Nicholas - 9:30am and Community service 3:00pm with the Bishop of Grantham, 18/9
Gosberton Clough Methodist
Holbeach St Mark's
St Andrew's, Haconby  - 10:00am, 18/9
St Firmin's, Thurlby - 10:00am, 18/9
St Guthlac's, Market Deeping - 10:00am, Civic service with Holy Communion, 18/9
St John the Baptist, Baston - 10:00am, 18/9
St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank
St John the Baptist, Morton - 11:00am, 18/9
St Laurence, Surfleet - 9:00am, 18/9
St Mary's, Long Sutton
St Mary's, Pinchbeck, 6:00pm, 18/9
St Mary's, Sutterton, 11/9
St Mary's, Whaplode - 10:30am, 18/9
St Mary & St Nicolas, Spalding, 9/9
St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge - 4:30pm, 18/9
St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft - 10:00am, 18/9
St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton
South Holland District Council offices, Priory Road, Spalding
Books of Condolence close on Tuesday 20 September
Apologies for omissions
Monday 19 September, 11:00am: Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth
Livestream at St John's from 10:30am, refreshments
Some church Harvest Festivals are being postponed following the death of Her Majesty the Queen
Holiday Clubs in July,  August and September
Saturday 11 June, 10 - 4: Hub In Hub Out (FB) launch at The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
June: St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, Spalding have a new Facebook, page (FB - old public page; FB - private group)
Platinum Celebrations - seventieth anniversary - Ascension of Her Majesty the Queen, February , June
Downloadable pdf poster available
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
Christian Aid week events include a Coffee Morning at Broad Street Methodist (FB): (Circuit website) (14/5)
Flower Festivals 2022
Subject to any Covid-19 restrictions, churches flower festivals are running from April onwards - and celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee; see also our Facebook page for Church Flower Festivals
Easter 2022
A listing of services during Holy Week and Easter
Lent 2022
Listing of local Lent groups and events on our diary page for March. There's also an archive of CTSD ecumenical Lent Lectures over the last decade.
World Day of Prayer, Friday 4 March
WWDP - 'I know the plans I have for you'; preparation day on 4 February, 9:45am at Spalding Baptist (FB); poster and local services listing also availableÂ
Ukraine: News, Prayer Services (see also March 2022), Donations and more via our 'Hope4Spalding' Facebook page; see also St Olga's, Peterborough (FB 'Stand with Ukraine') (New FB page withdrawn 8/3)
Harvest Church moved  from Tonic Health to 'The Polka Dot Academy' on Westlode Street, PE11 2AE, Sunday 6 March
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity events in the area are included on our January Diary page. 'We Saw His Star in the East' (CTBI)
Tuesday 11 January: CTSD AGM postponed (10/1, 4pm); agenda and new date awaited
January 2022: Free Methodist Church - meeting in Sutton St Edmund; see also Freedom Church Kingswood (FB)
Vacancies
Admin Assistant at St John's, closing date 8/1/2023; more info via St John the Baptist, (FB) or New Wine (8/12)
Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) Youth and Community Workers (x2), 10 hours pw; closing date extended (from 7/11) to 30 November;Â more info from Broad Street
Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) Youth and Community Worker, 20 hours pw; closing date 11 July;Â more info from Broad Street
St John's Church Manager (New Wine job listing) and Children and Families worker (job listing), (FB); closing date: 28/1/2022
Covid-19 - Updates from the CofE website: https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches
Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus and Places of Worship
Bishop of London - response to lifting of restrictions 21 February 2022
Timeline of Covid-19 developments
Clergy and staff moves: a warm welcome to:
Rev Clare Davison, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB), Peterborough URC and others, 11 September 2022 at St Andrew's, Peterborough PE3 9RF
Rev Charles Brown, retiring from Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY, Cowbit and Weston Hills (31/8)
Rev Jane Sivers, St Polycarp's Holbeach Drove, Holy Trinity Gedney, Sutton St James, Sutton St Edmund and Tydd St Mary, July 2022
Rev Luke Smith, new Chair, Churches Together in Elloe East, May 2022
Marcus Brookfield (Family & Youth Worker) and Dawn Allen (Office Manager) at St John the Baptist (25/4)
Rev Karen Smilley to be minister at Spalding Baptist (FB) 18 September 2022 (7/4)
Rev Sherine Angus to be licenced as priest in charge of the Benefice of Holbeach (FB) on Monday 28 February
Rev Barbara Hutchinson to be Rural Dean, Elloe East (news 27/11/2021)
Rev Annie Billson to be part time interim priest, January - August 2022, St Guthlac's (FB) ACNY
18-25 January: WPCU - the materials for this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 'We Saw His Star in the East' (CTBI) have been prepared by the Churches of the Middle East
News from St John the Evangelist Weston Hills ACNY - closed while a new floor is installed from 12 December 2021, expected to reopen at the end of January 2022. Services temporarily at 9:15am at St Mary's Cowbit ACNY
Spalding church services update, 1 January; please check with individual churches direct for changes. Apologies for errors or omissions
Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) [9:00am] and 10:30am in church and online
Calvary Baptist (FB): 10:30am in church and livestream
Friends Meeting House (Quakers): 10:30am Meeting for worship in church
Harvest Church (FB): 10:30am The Polka Dot Academy from 6 March
Lighthouse (FB): 9:00am in church and 11:30am livestream and in church
South Holland Community Church (FB - private group; see also Ground Level): 10:30am at The Vista (15/8/2021)
Spalding Baptist (FB): 10:15am, in church and livestream; occassional traditional service at 4:00pm
Spalding United Reformed Church (FB): 10:30am in church
St John the Baptist, (FB), (FB - public; FB - private group): 10:00am in church and recorded, also 8:00am, 3:30pm, 4:00pm on various Sundays
St Mary & St Nicolas (FB): 10:30am in church and livestream and 6:30pm
The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB) (Lithuanian FB): 11:00am Mass in church and livestream
St Paul's (FB): 9:15am in church
Churches in surrounding towns and villages - a selection of churches open for worship or private prayer; see also Googlemap. Please check latest details direct with the church. Apologies for errors and omissions
Baston (FB), Langtoft (FB) & Thurlby (FB) - The Ness Group (FB) ACNY; see also the Welland Mission Partnership (FB)
Bicker Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
St Swithun's Bicker (FB group / FB group 2023)
St Andrew's, Billingborough Gilbertine Benefice ACNY
St Andrew's, Dowsby, Gilbertine Benefice ACNY
St Andrew's, Horbling, Gilbertine Benefice ACNYÂ
St Andrew's - Sempringham Abbey, Gilbertine Benefice ACNY
St James the Great, Aslackby, Gilbertine Benefice  (Village FB) ACNY
Pointon Mission - Christ Church in the Gilbertine Benefice (FB friend) ACNY
Bourne Abbey ACNY; Churches Together in Bourne
Bourne Baptist (FB)
Bourne and Deeping Catholic churches (Sacred Heart & St Gilbert, Bourne) (FB)
Bourne Evangelical Church (FB)
Bourne Methodist (FB) (Stamford Circuit)
Bourne Salvation Army (FB)
Bourne United Reformed Church (closed 23 March 2024)
Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY; see also the Welland Mission Partnership (FB)
Crowland Methodist (FB, FB public group) (Peterborough Circuit) and Messy Church in Crowland (FB)
Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY; see also the Welland Mission Partnership (FB 2023)
St Mary & the Holy Rood, Donington ACNY (Private group FB)
Fleet Baptist
St Mary Magdalene, Fleet ACNY; also St Mary Magdalene, Gedney ACNY, St Luke's, Holbeach Hurn ACNY, St Mark's, Holbeach Marsh ACNY (Friends group FB) (Mid-Elloe group)
Gosberton Baptist (FB)
Gosberton Methodist (FB, FB2, FB3), Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB) (Circuit website); Covenant service on 2/1/22 at the Clough
Gosberton (FB), Gosberton Clough (FB) & Quadring (FB) The Gosberton Group ACNY
Old Roman Catholic Church, Gosberton (FB)
All Saints, Holbeach (FB, FB public group) ACNY Churches Together in East Elloe
Holy Trinity Holbeach (see also St Norbert's FB)
Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Holbeach Baptist Church (FB)
Holbeach St Nicholas Fayre (FB)
Holy Trinity, Gedney Hill, (FB) (Village Life FB / 2023 FB) ACNY`
St Polycarp's, ACNY (FB)
Long Sutton St Mary (FB) ACNY
Long Sutton Baptist (FB)
St Nicholas, Lutton (FB) ACNY
Moulton All Saints (FB, 2023 FB) ACNY
Moulton Chapel Methodist
Moulton Chapel, St James (FB) (Elloe Stone group)
Market Deeping: St Guthlac's (FB) ACNY; see also Churches Together in the Deepings FB and the Welland Mission Partnership (FB)
Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY; see also Churches Together in the Deepings FB and the Welland Mission Partnership (FB)
Open Door Baptist church Deeping St James (FB) (WP); see also Churches Together in the Deepings FB
Deeping Baptist (FB), (non-CTiD)
Deepings Methodist (Circuit) (FB); see also Churches Together in the Deepings FB
Our Lady & St Guthlac, Deeping St James, (FB); see also Churches Together in the Deepings FB
Pinchbeck Baptist (FB)
Pinchbeck: St Mary's (FB) ACNY, St Laurence, Surfleet (FB) ACNY & St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) ACNY The Glen Group
St John the Evangelist, Weston Hills ACNY
Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB), All Saints, Dunsby, St Andrew's, Haconby (FB), St Mary & All Saints, Kirkby Underwood, St John the Baptist, Morton (FB) & St Andrew's, Rippingale (FB)
Sutterton Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Sutterton, St Mary's (FB) ACNY
Sutton Bridge St Matthew's (FB) ACNY
Sutton St Edmund ACNY
Sutton St Edmund Free Methodist Church (FB); (Sutton St Edmund Village Life FB)
Sutton St James - Baptist (FB)
St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) ACNY
Swineshead Methodist (FB) (Boston Circuit)
Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB)
St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY
St John the Baptist, Whaplode Drove (School room FB)
St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft ACNY
Monday 11 October 2021: CTSD council meeting at Spalding Baptist (changed from 5/10 on 16/9), agenda included: 'News of the CTSD churches as we return to 'normal' post Covid etc' (Gosberton Baptist, Broad Street, SHCC, Harvest Church and St John's - inc Alpha), Baby Essentials (FB), Chairman - 'two projects' - Mental Health (akin to CALMtown) and NHS, CTAL ( see also Christmas listings), Christmas stall on the market, CTSD Advent service (possibly 2022?), Spalding Lights Switch On weekend (Broad Street available Friday evening onwards if needed), Preacher Exchange (cancelled for January 2022), Lent 2022, AGM 11 January 2022 (Broad Street), St John's school governors, Clergy and Lay chairs and Finance.
Our News and Diary archives extend back to 1954; see 2021, 2020 and 2019
