February 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
Lent Lent courses, lunches, coffee and cake and further Lenten events; see also 1 March
Daily Devotional - 'Confidence' with the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (FB) - via Spalding Baptist (FB)
Tuesdays from 28 February, 7:00pm: Journey through Lent; more info via St Andrew's, Billingborough (Gilbertine Benefice) ACNY
Tuesdays in Lent from 28 February, 7:00pm: Compline, St Laurence, Surfleet (FB)
Tuesday 28 February, 7:30pm: Taizé Lent Prayer, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Saturday 25 February, 12 noon: Churches Together in the Deepings (FB) Lent Lunch in The Green School; St Guthlac's (FB) ACNY
Saturdays starting 25 February, 12 noon: Lent lunches at All Saints, Holbeach (FB)
Saturday 25 February, 12 noon: Evangelism Day outside Boots, Calvary Baptist (FB)
Saturday 25 February, 10:00am: Lectio Lent Course, Dunsby Village Hall (PE11 0UB); more info via the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB)
Friday 24 February, 11:45am: Lent Lunch, St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB)
Friday 24 February, 5:00pm: Vigil for Ukraine, organised by Churches Together in Bourne - at Bourne Baptist (FB)
Thursdays from 23 February until 30 March, 12 noon: Lent lunches and at 2:30pm: Lent Course based around the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book for 2023 'Failure: What Jesus Said About Sin, Mistakes and Messing Stuff Up', Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY
Saturday & Sunday 25 & 26 February: Snowdrop weekend, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY
Fridays in Lent from 24 February (not 3 March), 11:30am: Lent Lunches in the Fraiser Room; more info via St Laurence, Surfleet (FB)
CTSD Ecumenical Lent [home] groups (tbc)
Ash Wednesday
9:00am: Ash Wednesday morning prayer, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
9:30am: Ash Wednesday service with Ashing, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)
9:45am: Mass or Service of the Word and Holy Communion, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
10:30am: Holy Communion with ashing, St Guthlac's Market Deeping, (FB) ACNY
10:30am: Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Wednesday 22 February, 12:00pm: Lent Lunches (£6) supporting Christian Aid, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft (FB) in The Ness Group (FB) ACNY
6:00pm: Ash Wednesday service at St Andrew's, Billingborough (Gilbertine Benefice) ACNY
6:00pm: Ash Wednesday service, Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY
6:00pm: Ash Wednesday service at St John the Baptist, (FB)
7:00pm: Mass or Service of the Word and Holy Communion, Holy Trinity Holbeach
7:00pm: Holy Communion, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY
7:00pm: Ash Wednesday service at St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB)
7:00pm: Ash Wednesday service with Ashing, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)
7:00pm: Ash Wednesday service, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
7:00pm: Communion and Imposition of Ashes, St Laurence, Surfleet (FB)
7:30pm: Holy Communion, sung, with ashing; St Guthlac's Market Deeping, (FB) ACNY
7:30pm: Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY
7:30pm: Ash Wednesday service, St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft (FB) ACNY
Shrove Tuesday 21/2
Tuesday 21 February, 2-6: Pancake Drop In, Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
Tuesday 21 February, 3:15pm: Pancakes at West Pinchbeck Village Hall; more info via St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB)
Tuesday 21 February, 5:00pm, Pancakes in the village hall, £3; more info: St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB)
Tuesday 21 February, 6:30pm: Pancake supper, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Tuesday 21 February, 7:00pm: Pancake Party, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY
Sunday 19 February, 4:00pm: Talks at Teatime with Vicki Hird 'Rebugging the Planet' (recorded at Greenbelt), St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB) ACNY
Saturday & Sunday 18 & 19 February, 1:00pm: Snowdrop weekend, St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB)
Saturday & Sunday 18 & 19 February: Snowdrop weekend, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY
Saturday 18 February, 10:00am: Coffee Morning, Gosberton Methodist (FB)
Racial Justice Sunday, 12 February
Sunday 12 February, 3:00pm: Messy Church at Greatford Village Hall; more info via St Thomas of Canterbury, Greatford (FB) ACNY
Saturday - Wednesday 11 - 15 February: Wedding Dress display, Crowland Abbey St Mary & St Bartholomew & St Guthlac (FB) ACNY
Saturday & Sunday 11 & 12 February: Snowdrop weekend, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY
Mid February: Snowdrops, St Mary Magdalene, Gedney (ACNY)
Saturday 11 February: Valentine evening, Pinchbeck Baptist (FB) (tickets only)
Saturday 11 February, 4:00pm: Messy Church in Crowland (FB) at Crowland Methodist (FB) (Peterborough Circuit)
Friday 10 February, 7:30pm: Paul Mallard at Sleaford Keswick (FB)
Wednesdays 1 & 8 February, 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 March, 7:30pm: Finding Faith Today, Crowland Methodist (FB) (Peterborough Circuit)
Hope Explored course runs on 7, 14 & 21 February; more info via All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Tuesday 7 February, 7:30pm: Public meeting about Gosberton Youth Centre, Gosberton Public Hall (FB). See also Community Spirit (April 2011, April 2012)
Sunday 5 February, 2 - 4: Snowdrops, tea and cake, St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB) Group (FB)
Saturday 4 February, 7:00pm: 'Light in the Darknesss' Worship Night with musicians from St George's, Stamford at St John the Baptist, (FB) PE11 1JQ
Saturday 4 February, 2:00pm: Memorial service for Rev David and Jane Hill at St Mary & St Nicolas (FB) (YouTube); interment at St Mary's, Pinchbeck, 7 October 2023
Friday 3 February, 9:45am: World Day of Prayer (WWDP) Preparation day at Spalding Baptist (FB) - 'I have heard about your faith'; see also 3 March
Candlemas, Thursday 2 February (see also Christmas 2022)
Thursday 2 February, 9:30am: Service of the Word, Holy Communion and Blessing of Candles, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB): 11:00
Thursday 2 February, 10:00am: Holy Communion, St John the Baptist, (FB)
Thursday 2 February, 6:00pm: for an hour: Ecumenical prayer meeting for the wider church and community, hosted by Broad Street Methodist
Wednesday 1 February, 7:30pm: Finding Faith Today: 'Does God exist?', Crowland Methodist (FB) (Peterborough Circuit)
