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
See also Christmas 2024 and January 2025
Tuesday 31 December, 9:30am: Mass, Sacred Heart & St Gilbert, Bourne (FB)
Tuesday 31 December, 10:00am: Mass, Holy Trinity, Holbeach, The Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham, South Holland (FB)
Tuesday 31 December, 12:00pm: Mass, St Norbert's, The Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham, South Holland (FB)
Tuesday 31 December, 6:30pm: New Year's Eve service at Peterborough Cathedral (FB), organised by Hope4Peterborough (FB); see also Peterborough City Praise (FB)
Tuesday 31 December, 8:30pm: Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY
Tuesday 31 December, 9:00pm: New Year's Eve Fellowship, Lighthouse Pentecostal (FB)
Monday 30 December, 9:30am: Mass, Sacred Heart & St Gilbert, Bourne (FB)
Sunday 29 December, 11:00am: Rev Neil Bullen, farewell Eucharist, St John the Baptist, Morton (FB) followed by meal at the Five Bells, pre-booked by 15/12, £8, moving from the Ringstone in Aveland Group (FB) to the Four Spires benefice ACNY (FB) in Peterborough diocese, 30/1/25
Sunday 29 December, 10:30am: South Holland Methodist Circuit Covenant service with Holy Communion at Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Sunday 29 December, Feast of the Holy Family and start of the Jubilee Year 2025; St Norbert's, The Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham, South Holland (FB) has been nominated a Jubilee Church for the year
Sunday 29 December, 10:30am: Group service, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft; more info via ACNY
Sunday 29 December, 2:00pm: Repair Café at Thurlby Methodist; more info via St Firmin's, Thurlby (FB) in The Ness Group (FB)
🎶🍰Saturday 28 December, 10:00am: Emporium, cake and carols, Gosberton Methodist (FB)
More Christmas services available from 26 December onwards
Midnight Mass, Crib services and more - comprehensive listing available
Monday 23 December, 7:00pm: Advent Course, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY); also 2, 9 & 16/12
🎶Sunday 22 December, 6:30pm for 7:00pm: Peterborough City Carols (FB) at St Mark's, Lincoln Road, PE1 2SN
Saturday 21 December, 2:30pm: Messy Church in The Green School, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
Friday 20 December, 10:00am: Advent Course, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY); also 29/11, 6 & 13/12
Thursday 19 December, 7:00pm: Advent Course; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB) also 28/11, 5/12 & 12/12
Wednesday 18 December, 10:30am: Advent Course; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB) also 27/11, 4/12 & 11/12
Wednesday 18 December, 12:00pm: Elloe Fen Benefice Advent Study, followed by soup lunch, Gedney Hill Memorial Hall (Gedney Hill FB); more info via Holy Trinity, Gedney Hill (ACNY) (FB) also 27/11, 4 & 11/12
Wednesday 18 December, 7:00pm: Advent course/discussion 'The Meaning is in the waiting'; more info via Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY also 27/11, 4/12 & 11/12
Tuesday 17 December, 10:00am: Advent Study Group 'Women of the Nativity', Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY also 26/11, 3 & 10/12
Monday 16 December, 10:30am: Advent Study Group 'Women of the Nativity' Mary and Shiprah, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB), also 25/11, 2 & 9/12
🎄🧁☕Monday 16 December, 6:45pm: Cupcake workshop, hot chocalate station and more, £35, Our Lady & St Guthlac, Deeping St James, (FB)
Monday 16 December, 7:00pm: Advent Course, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY); also 2, 9 & 23/12
🎄Friday 22 November - Sunday 15 December: Christmas Tree Festival and cards at St John's, Stamford
🎵Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 December: The Snowman in Lincoln Cathedral (FB)
🎄👑Saturday 14, 10:00am & Sunday 15, 11:30am: Festival of Kings, St Firmin's, Thurlby in The Ness Group (FB)
⛸️🍕Saturday 14 December: Ice Skating and Papa Johns; more info via St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)
🎵Saturday 14 December, 6:00pm: Traditional Carol concert with Holbeach Town Band and Sutton St James Community Choir, St John's, Parson Drove, PE13 4LF (FB) (Murrow FB) (CCTSt John's)
🎵Saturday 14 December, 7:00pm: Christmas Concert with Spalding Community Choir (FB) and Spalding Encore Orchestra (FB) £7 on the door at Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Friday 13 December, 10:00am: Advent Course, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY); also 29/11, 6 & 20/12
Friday 13 December tbc, 6:30pm: New Horizons for the young people of SSJBC and those in years 6-13, Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
🎵Friday 13 December, 7:00pm: Marching Ambassadors 'A Night at the Movies and Christmas Classics', £5/£0 plus refreshments; more info via Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
🎵Friday 13 December, 7:30pm: A Great and Mighty Wonder with the South Holland Singers (FB), £10/£0, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB) ACNY
Thursday 12 December, 7:00pm: Advent Course; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB) also 28/11, 5/12 & 19/12
Wednesday 11 December, 10:30am: Advent Course; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB) also 27/11, 4/12 & 18/12
Wednesday 11 December, 12:00pm: Elloe Fen Benefice Advent Study, followed by soup lunch at the Village Hall; more info via Sutton St Edmund ACNY also 4, 11 & 18/12
Wednesday 11 December, 7:00pm: Advent course/discussion 'The Meaning is in the waiting'; more info via Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY also 27/11, 4/12 & 18/12
🎵Wednesday 11 December, 7:30pm: Peterborough Community Orchestra, £10/£0, St Firmin's, Thurlby (FB) in The Ness Group (FB)
Tuesday 10 December, 10:00am: Advent Study Group 'Women of the Nativity', Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY also 26/11, 3 & 17/12
🎄🍽️☕🎵Monday 9 - Sunday 15 December, 10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Priory church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY, lunches, teas, live music
Monday 9 December, 10:30am: Advent Study Group 'Women of the Nativity' Abigail and Elizabeth, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB), also 25/11, 2 & 16/12
Monday 9 December, 7:00pm: Advent Course, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY); also 2, 16 & 23/12
🍽️🍷🥧☕Sunday 8 December, 12 for 12:30pm: Christmas lunch in the Fraiser Room, £15; more info and bookings via St Laurence, Surfleet (FB) ACNY (The Glen Group)
🎄☕🍰Sunday 8 December, 2:00pm: Refresh Café Wreath Making, £20 donation, St Firmin's, Thurlby in The Ness Group (FB)
Sunday 8 December, 3:00pm: Messy Church at Tallington Village Hall; more info via St Lawrence of Rome, Tallington (FB) ACNY in the Uffington Group (FB)
Sunday 8 December, 3:30pm: Jelly Church Christmas party, St Mary's, Sutterton (FB) ACNY
🎶Sunday 8 December, 6:00pm: Boston Town Carols at Centenary Methodist (FB) PE21 6NY
🎄Saturday 7 December, 10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival and Christmas Fayre, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) (also 30/11)
☕🍰Saturday 7 December, 10:00am: Christmas Coffee morning, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone group)
🎄Saturday 7 December, 10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Bourne Methodist (FB) (Stamford Circuit)
🎄Saturday 7 December, 11:00am: Bourne Christmas Fayre and Lights Switch On (Bourne Council FB); also involved Churches Together in Bourne
🎄Saturday & Sunday 7 & 8 December, 10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft PE20 2NJ; more info via ACNY - also 30/11 & 1/12
🎄Saturday & Sunday 7 & 8 December: Christmas Tree Festival, Thorney Abbey PE6 0QA (FB)
🎄☕🍰Saturday & Sunday 7 & 8 December, 10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, Lights switch on Friday 6/12, 6:30pm, Thorney Abbey PE6 0QA (FB)
🎄Saturday 7 December, 10:00am: Christmas Market & Fair, St John's, Parson Drove, PE13 4LF (FB) (Murrow FB) (CCTSt John's)
🎄Saturday 7 December, 11:00am: Christmas Fair, St Thomas Centre next to St Norbert's, The Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham, South Holland (FB)
🎄Saturday 7 December: Christmas Craft Fayre, Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY
☕🍰Saturday 7 December, 2:00pm: Ladies Christmas Tea; more info via Open Door Baptist church, Deeping St James (FB) (WP)
🔑Saturday 7 December, 2:00pm: Nativity Escape Room for all ages, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)
🎉🍷Saturday 7 December, 7:30pm: Christmas Party Time: Wine tasting, fun-packed Quiz and more, £12 pre-booked, over 18s, The Green School, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB) - cancelled (3/12)
🎵Saturday 7 December, 7:30pm: Opera Gala, £17.50, St Mary's Stamford (FB)
Friday 6 December, 10:00am: Advent Course, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY); also 29/11, 13 & 20/12
Friday 6 December, 6:30pm: New Horizons for the young people of SSJBC and those in years 6-13, Sutton St James Baptist (FB)
🎶Friday 6 December, 7:30pm: Holbeach Town Band concert with carols, soup; more info via Tydd St Mary (FB) ACNY (Elloe Fen group)
Thursday 5 December, 6:00pm: for an hour: Ecumenical prayer meeting for the wider church and community, hosted by Broad Street Methodist (FB); see also Prayer for Spalding (FB)
Thursday 5 December, 7:00pm: Advent Course; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB) also 28/11, 12/12 & 19/12
Wednesday 4 December, 10:30am: Advent Course; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB) also 27/11, 11/12 & 18/12
Wednesday 4 December, 12:00pm: Elloe Fen Benefice Advent Study, followed by soup lunch in the Church Hall; more info via Sutton St James, ACNY also 27/11, 11/12 & 18/12
Wednesday 4 December, 2:00pm: South Holland Methodist Circuit Bible Study - The Romans Course at Holbeach Methodist (FB); also 31/7, 14/8, 28/8, 11/9, 25/9, 9/10, 23/10, 6/11 & 20/11
Wednesday 4 December, 7:00pm: Advent course/discussion 'The Meaning is in the waiting'; more info via Deeping St Nicholas, (FB) ACNY also 27/11, 11/12 & 18/12
Tuesday 3 December, 10:00am: Ecumenical Bible Study at Broad Street Methodist (FB)
Tuesday 3 December, 10:00am: Advent Study Group 'Women of the Nativity', Crowland Abbey (FB) ACNY also 26/11, 10 & 17/12
🎶Tuesday 3 December, 10:30am: Music Man Christmas Carol concert, Boston Salvation Army (FB)
Tuesday 3 December, 11:00am: Introducing #ThyKingdomCome webinar from Churches Together in England, also at 7:00pm
🎶Tuesday 3 December, 2:00pm: Friendship Group Christmas Quiz, nibbles and carols, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
🎶🍺🪗Tuesday 3 December, 8:00pm: Carols in the Pub - the Crown Hotel - a pint and some carols to an accordion; more info via All Saints, Holbeach (FB)
Tuesday 3 December, 7:00pm: Introducing #ThyKingdomCome webinar from Churches Together in England, also at 11:00am
Monday 2 December, 10:30am: Advent Study Group 'Women of the Nativity' Huldar and Anna, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB), also 25/11, 9 & 16/12
Monday 2 December, 7:00pm: Advent Course, St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) (ACNY); also 9, 16 & 23/12
9:30am: Mass, Holy Trinity, Holbeach, followed by Breakfast Soirée by the choir; more info via The Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham, South Holland (FB)
🎄☕🍰Sunday 1 December, 10:30am: Wreath Making in Cowbit Village Hall, £25; more info via St Mary's, Cowbit ACNY (FB)
🎶Sunday 1 December, 10:00am/12:00pm/1:30pm: Churches Together in the Deepings (FB) stall at the Deepings Christmas Market; Deepings Methodist (Circuit) (FB) leading Carols
Sunday 1 December, 12:00pm: Christmas Wreath Workshop / Kalėdinių vainikų dirbtuvės, £18, followed by Mass at 2:00pm; The Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham, South Holland (FB) (Lithuanian FB)
🎄⛸️Wednesday 27 November - Sunday 1 December: Christmas Tree Festival with Skating; more info and bookings via St Wulfram's, Grantham (FB)
🎄Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December, 10:00am/11:00am: Christmas Tree Festival (FB), Sleaford Methodist (FB) (Sleaford Circuit)
🎄Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December, 10:00am: Christmas Tree Festival, St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft PE20 2NJ; more info via ACNY - also 7 & 8 December