October 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
CTSD Autumn Preacher Exchange
Bible Sunday | Light Parties
Tuesday 31 October, 6:00pm: Saints and Sausages - bonfire, hot dogs, sweets, Gosberton Clough Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Monday 30 October: Brigades Pumpkin Patch Party, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Sunday 29 October, 9:00am: Mass with Bishop Patrick, Holy Trinity Holbeach
Sunday 29 October, 9:15am: Benefice Eucharist, St Laurence Surfleet (FB)
Sunday 29 October, 10:00am: Benefice service, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone group)
Sunday 29 October, 10:45am: Holy Communion - one service together at St John the Baptist, (FB)
Sunday 29 October, 11:00am: Mass with Bishop Patrick, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
Sunday 29 October, 11:00am: Group Eucharist, St Andrew's, Rippingale in the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB)
Sunday 29 October, 2:00pm: Benefice service at Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Sunday 29 October, 3:00pm: Service of Light, Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Sunday 29 October, 3:00pm: Bryn Haworth, Café-Style Concert, £10, Priory church hall, Deeping St James (FB)
Sunday 29 October, 3:00pm: All Souls service, St John the Baptist, (FB)
Sunday 29 October, 4:00pm: All Souls service, St Mary Magdalene Gedney
Sunday 29 October, 4:30pm: Light Party, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone group)
Saturday 28 October, 10:00am: Christmas Craft Fair, Crowland Methodist (FB, FB public group) (Peterborough Circuit)
Saturday 28 October, 10:00am: Indoor Sale, Gosberton Methodist (FB, FB2, FB3) (Circuit website)
Saturday 28 October: Harvest Church (FB) in the Market Place
Saturday 28 October, 11:30am: Unveiling of Thurlby Tommy figures, The Green; more info via St Firmin's, Thurlby or The Ness Group (FB)
Friday 27 October, 6:30pm (Deeping) & 7:00pm (Bourne): Bourne and Deeping Catholic churches (FB) open for prayer for peace in the Holy Land
Thursday 26 October, 10:30am: Half Term Fun - craft, activities and games for up to 11 year olds at St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY)
Thursday 26 October, 7:00pm: Harvest Celebration, followed by refreshments, Holbeach, St Mark with St Matthew (Friends group FB) (Mid Elloe group)
Tuesday 24 October, 7:00pm: Christianity Explored in the Heraldic Suite, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) Started September
Sunday 22 October, 9:30am: Harvest Festival, Sutton St Edmund (Elloe Fen group)
Sunday 22 October, 10:45am: Harvest Festival, Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
Sunday 22 October, 3:00pm: Harvest Festival with Rev Angy Long, Bicker Methodist (FB)
Sunday 22 October, 3:00pm: Church Anniversary, Fleet Baptist
Sunday 22 October, 3:00pm: Harvest Tea followed by short service of thanksgiving, St James the Great, Aslackby in the Gilbertine Benefice ACNY
Saturday 21 October, 11:00am: Exploring Gifts of Faith 'Dipping your toe in the water' at Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY PE11 3ET; light lunch provided; organised by the Welland Mission Partnership (FB). See also 14 September
Saturday 21 October, 10:00am: Methodist Women in Britain Coffee Morning and Snack Lunches, Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Saturday 21 October: Autumn Fair and Craft Café, St Michael and All Angels, Langtoft (FB) ACNY
Saturday 21 October, 10:00am: Autumn Fair, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Sunday 21 October, 2:30pm: A Little Less Conversation by the Sutton Bridge Players at Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
Saturday 21 October, 7:00pm: An Autumn Evening of Music and Song, £6, Crowland Methodist (FB, FB public group) (Peterborough Circuit)
Thursday 19 October, 12:15pm: Souper Thursdays, Revealing Jesus; soup & bread lunch, explore the Bible together, Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
Thursday 19 October, 7:00pm: Harvest Supper in the Youth & Community Hall, £10; more info via St James, Moulton Chapel (FB) (Elloe Stone group)
Wednesday 18 October, 10:00am: Bible Space 'Christian Beliefs' at Broad Street Methodist (FB); started 13/9
Tuesdays 17 & 24 October, 7:00pm: Christianity Explored in the Heraldic Suite, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) Started September
Tuesday 17 October, 7:00pm: Bible Space 'Christian Beliefs' online; more info: Broad Street Methodist (FB); started 12/9
Sunday 15 October, 10:00am: Harvest Festival, St John's, Baston in The Ness Group (FB)
Sunday 15 October, 10:00am: Harvest Festival, Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY PE11 3ET
Sunday 15 October, 10:30am: Group service with Bishop of Grantham at St Mary's, Swineshead; more info via St Mary's, Sutterton (FB) ACNY
Sunday 15 October, 10:30am: Harvest Festival, Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Sunday 15 October, 10:30am: Brigades Celebration service with Rev Clare Davison, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Sunday 15 October, 11:00am: Harvest Festival, St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck (FB) ACNY The Glen Group
Sunday 15 October, 11:00am: Harvest Festival, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Sunday 15 October, 3:30pm: Jelly Church - including Pumpkin Carving, Sutterton, St Mary's (FB) ACNY
Sunday 15 October, 3:00pm: Two Royal Ladies of Deeping, £10, Priory church hall, Deeping St James (FB)
Sunday 15 October, 6:00pm: Churches Together in the Deepings (FB) service at Our Lady & St Guthlac, Deeping St James
Friday 13 - Sunday 15 October: Harvest Weekend, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB)
Friday, 7:00pm: Bring and Share Supper(Cancelled, 10/10)
Sunday, 10:30am: Harvest service
Saturday 14 October, 2:30pm: 'We are Church' Five Star service and Communion at Fleet Baptist; more info via Long Sutton Baptist (FB) / Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
Saturday 14 October, 10:00am: Children's Society Coffee Morning, West Pinchbeck Village hall; more info via St Bartholomew's (FB) ACNY The Glen Group
Saturday 14 October, 10:30am: Coffee Morning in The Green School; more info via St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
Saturday 14 October, 12:00pm: Art Exhibition, Thurlby Methodist (Circuit)
Fridays including 13 October, 4:30pm: Youth Group at St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY) (started September)
Friday 13 October, 10:00am: Macmillan Coffee Morning, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft; more info via ACNY
Friday 13 October, 7:30pm: Harvest concert 'The Ploughmen and the Crow', £6.50, Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY
Thursday 12 October: Mothers' Union retreat at Washingborough Methodist (FB) LN4 1AT; more info via St Guthlac's (FB)
Thursday 12 October, 2:45pm: Baby Loss Awareness Week service, St John the Baptist, (FB)
Wednesdays 11, & 18 October, 10:00am: Bible Space 'Christian Beliefs' at Broad Street Methodist (FB); started 13/9
Wednesday 11 October, 8:45am: Baby Loss Awareness Week service, St John the Baptist, (FB)
Wednesday 11 October, 7:30pm: Intercessory Prayer meeting for peace in our world, Lighthouse (FB)
Tuesdays 10, 17 & 24 October, 7:00pm: Christianity Explored in the Heraldic Suite, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) Started September
Tuesdays 10, & 17 October, 7:00pm: Bible Space 'Christian Beliefs' online; more info: Broad Street Methodist (FB); started 12/9
Tuesday 10 October, 2:45pm: Baby Loss Awareness Week service, St John the Baptist, (FB)
Monday 9 October, 8:45am: Baby Loss Awareness Week service, St John the Baptist, (FB)
Homelessness Sunday, 8 October; CTE resources
Sunday 8 October, 10:30am: United Service with Broad Street Methodist (FB) at Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
Sunday 8 October, 10:30am: Fr Charlie Robertson's last service, Sutterton, St Mary's (FB) ACNY (See also Clergy moves, News)
Sunday 8 October, 11:00am: Harvest Festival, St Luke's, Holbeach Hurn tbc
Sunday 8 October, 11:00am: Harvest Festival, St Mary's Pinchbeck (FB) ACNY, The Glen Group
Sunday 8 October, 11:00am: Harvest Festival, followed by lunch in the village hall St Nicholas, Lutton (FB) PE12 9HP
Sunday 1 October, 3:00pm: Harvest Festival, Holy Trinity, Gedney Hill (Village Life FB) (ACNY)
Sunday 8 October, 3:00pm: Harvest Festival, Sempringham Abbey church (Gilbertine Benefice, FB friend) ACNY
Sunday 8 October, 3:00pm: Messy Church in Braceborough Village Hall; more info via St Margaret's, Braceborough ACNY (FB)
Sunday 8 October, 5:00pm: West Elloe Deanery Confirmation with the Bishop of Grantham; more info via St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
Saturday 7 October: Spalding Pumpkin Festival
Saturday 7 October, 10 - 1: Pumpkin-themed crafts, refreshments at Broad Street Methodist (FB), open for the Spalding Pumpkin Festival
Saturday 7 October, 10:00am: Autumn Fayre, £1, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY
Saturday 7 October, 10:00am: Model Railway show, £3, Crowland Methodist (FB, FB public group) (Peterborough Circuit)
Saturday 7 October, 10:30am: Catholic Diocese of Nottingham Fraternity Day, meeting at Bradgate Park, Leicester; for 18+ only
Saturday 7 October, 12:00pm: Rev David and Jane Hill interment at St Mary's, Pinchbeck (FB) ACNY; see also 4 February 2023
Saturday 7 October, 2:00pm: Harvest Lunch, St John the Baptist, (FB)
Saturday 7 October, 2:00pm: Musicake 23, an informal afternoon of music, chat, tea and cake, St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB)
Friday 6 October, 12:00pm: Mothers' Union Harvest Lunch supporting Water Aid and Holbeach Community Larder, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY
Friday 6 October, 6:00pm: Harvest Supper in the Walsingham Hall at Holy Trinity, Holbeach, £2; more info via St Norbert's (FB)
Friday 6 October, 6:00pm: Harvest Festival service , St Andrew's Rippingale (FB) in the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB)
Thursday 5 October, 12:15pm: Souper Thursdays, Revealing Jesus; soup & bread lunch, explore the Bible together, Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
Thursday 5 October, 6:00pm: for an hour: Ecumenical prayer meeting for the wider church and community, hosted by Broad Street Methodist
Wednesdays 4, 11, & 18 October, 10:00am: Bible Space 'Christian Beliefs' at Broad Street Methodist (FB); started 13/9
Wednesday 4 October, 1:30pm: Coffee and Cake, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Tuesdays 3, 10, 17 & 24 October, 7:00pm: Christianity Explored in the Heraldic Suite, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) Started September
Tuesdays 3, 10, & 17 October, 7:00pm: Bible Space 'Christian Beliefs' online; more info: Broad Street Methodist (FB); started 12/9
Monday 2 October, 7:00pm: Harvest Supper, £8, Whaplode Drove, St John the Baptist (Elloe Fen group)
Friday 29 September - Sunday 1 October: Harvest Flower Festival weekend, St Laurence Surfleet (FB) PE11 4AB / PE11 4DA
Sunday 1 October, 9:15am: Harvest Festival followed by Harvest lunch, St Laurence Surfleet (FB)
Sunday 1 October: Harvest at St John the Baptist, (FB); new service times: 9:15am Informal Contemporary, 10:45am Traditional
Sunday 1 October, 10:15am: Harvest Festival supporting Water Aid and the Foodbank, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB)
Sunday 1 October, 10:30am: Harvest Festival supporting AgapeCare and Christian Aid, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB); decorated church open all weekend
Sunday 1 October, 10:30am: Harvest Festival, St Mary Long Sutton, (FB) ACNY
Sunday 1 October, 11:00am: Harvest Festival followed by Bring and Share lunch; donations to Stamford Foodbank, St Michael & All Angels, Uffington ACNY (FB)
Sunday 1 October, 3:00pm: Harvest, followed by Harvest Tea and Auction, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft; more info via ACNY
Sunday 1 October, 6:30pm: Harvest Festival, Whaplode Drove, St John the Baptist (Elloe Fen group)
Sunday 1 October, 6:30pm: Harvest Festival, St Mary Magdalene Gedney
