April 2026

A selection of events and posters as advised by churches across the area in addition to - or replacing usual service times; 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
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Further details and services awaited; see also the Church Listings pages for links to churches for their usual weekly services 

🌷Thursday 30 April - Monday 4 May: Flower Festival 'Celebrate with flowers', Gosberton Methodist (FB, FB2, FB3) (Circuit website)

tba: New Writers Showcase; more info via  Lincoln Mystery Plays Trust (FB / Group FB); see also Saturday 24 January

Thursday 30 April, 10:00am: Farmers' Market in St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group)

Sunday 26 April

☕6:30pm (light refreshments) for 7:00pm: Peterborough City Praise (FB) at St Mark's (FB), Lincoln Road, PE1 2SN

☕🍰Saturday 25 April, 10:00am: Emporium, Gosberton Methodist (FB)

Monday 20 April, 2:00pm: Craft Afternoon, Gosberton Methodist (FB)

Sunday 19 April

❓9:15am: Youth Alpha for young people aged 12-17, on the third Sunday each month, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB)

Saturday 18 April, 10:00am: Lincolnshire Churches Conference, Heckington Village Hall, £34/£26 for SLHA members; more info via CTAL

Saturday 18 April, 10:00am: Contemplative Prayer and Contemplative Ministry with Rev Ian Cowley, £16, Edenham Regional House ACNY (FB) 

Saturday 18 April, 2:00pm: Messy Church at Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)

Tuesday 14 April, 11:30am: Light lunch, Gosberton Methodist (FB)

Monday 13 April, 7:00pm: Churches Together in East Elloe Prayer Group at Sutton St James Baptist (FB)

Sunday 12 April, 3:00pm: Messy Church; venue and more info via the Uffington Group ACNY (FB) Group (FB) 

Friday 10 - Sunday 12 April: Methodist Women in Britain (MWiB) (FB) Residential weekend at The Hayes, Swanwick

Easter Day, Resurection Sunday, 5 April

A selection of services, in addition to - or replacing usual services; apologies for errors or omissions; italics = details awaiting confirmation

5:30am: Easter Sunrise service at Frieston Shore; more info via St Guthlac's, Fishtoft (FB) ACNY

🍴5:30am: Elloe Stone Benefice Dawn Watch service, firepit, followed by breakfast, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) 

6:00am: Dawn service, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)

6:00am: Dawn service followed by breakfast; more info via St Botolph's, Quarrinton (FB) ACNY 

6:00am: Sunrise service, Priory Church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY

9:00am: Said Eucharist, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

9:30am: Parish Eucharist, St Martin's, Stamford Baron ACNY

10:00am: Easter Communion, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone Benefice)

10:00am: Holy Communion, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB) ACNY 

10:15am: Easter Sunday at Priory Church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY

10:30am: Holy Communion for Easter Day, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)

10:30am: Easter Praise, Gosberton Baptist (FB)

10:30am: Easter Sunday at Gosberton Methodist (FB)

10:30am: Easter celebration, The Bible Course - Peace, Harvest Church (FB) 

11:00am: All Age Eucharist, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

11:00am: Easter Communion, St Botolph's, Quarrinton (FB) ACNY 

11:00am: Holy Communion, St Guthlac's, Fishtoft (FB) ACNY

11:00am: Holy Communion, St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group)

🥚🐰🥕2:00pm: Easter Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny and the Giant Carrot, St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group) 

6:00pm: Choral Evensong, Priory Church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY

6:30pm: Choral Evensong, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)

6:30pm: Sung Evensong, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

Saturday 4 April

Gazebo, Harvest Church (FB) 

4:00pm: Meditation, Priory Church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY

7:00pm: Confirmation with Rt Rev Nicholas Chamberlain, Bishop of Grantham, and Great Easter Vigil, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB) 

7:30pm: Solemn Vigil and First Mass of Easter, St Mary's, Stamford (FB) ACNY

8:00pm: Easter Vigil, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

Good Friday, 3 April

A selection of services; apologies for errors or omissions; italics = details awaiting confirmation

9:45am: Walk of Witness; more info via Priory Church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY

☕10:00am: Easter Coffee Morning, All Saints, Moulton (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone Benefice)

10:00am: Messy  Church 'Easter', Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

10:30am: Good Friday at Gosberton Methodist (FB)

11:00am: Churches Together in Sleaford Walk of Witness leaves Sleaford railway station; 11:20am service in the Market Place followed by refreshments and hot cross buns at Riverside Church

11:00am: Stations of the Cross, St Mary's, Stamford (FB) ACNY

11:00am: March of Witness from St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB) ACNY 

12:00pm: Stations of the Cross, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

12:00pm: Churches Together in Holbeach Walk of Witness from Holy Trinity RC to All Saints, Holbeach (FB), refreshments at 1:00pm, Holbeach Methodist (FB)

12:00pm: Churches Together in Stamford (FB) Walk of Witness, Stamford town centre

1:00pm: Good Friday Meditation, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

2:00pm: At the Foot of the Cross, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)

2:00pm: Good Friday Liturgy, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

2:00pm: Hour at the Cross, St Guthlac's, Fishtoft (FB) ACNY

2:00pm: Liturgy and Communion, Priory Church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY

2:30pm: Traditional Devotional service for the Haven Group at St Mary & the Holy Rood, Donington ACNY 

3:00pm: Liturgy of the Cross, St Martin's, Stamford Baron ACNY

Monday 30 March - Good Friday 3 April: Spring Harvest: 'No greater life' (FB), Skegness; Lincoln Diocese Discount for day tickets poster

Maundy Thursday 2 April

A selection of services; apologies for errors or omissions; italics = details awaiting confirmation

10:00am: Holy Eucharist, St Martin's, Stamford Baron ACNY

6:00pm: Ecumenical prayer meeting, hosted by Broad Street Methodist (FB); see also Prayer for Spalding (FB)

6:00pm: Compline, St Martin's, Stamford Baron ACNY

tbc Holy Communion with foot washing, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)

7:00pm: Holy Communion, Gosberton Baptist (FB)

7:00pm: Communion service, St Botolph's, Quarrinton (FB) ACNY 

7:00pm: Maundy Communion, St Guthlac's, Fishtoft (FB) ACNY

tba: Maundy Thursday service and meal in The Green School; more info via St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB) 

🍽️🍷7:00pm: Elloe Stone Benefice Passover service with supper; more info and bookings (by 25/3), St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) 

7:00pm: Holy Communion, St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) (FB Friends) ACNY (Haven Group)

7:30pm: Solemn Mass and Watch, St Mary's, Stamford (FB) ACNY

7:30pm: Foot Washing, Priory Church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY

8:00pm: Maundy Thursday Liturgy, Bourne Abbey (FB) ACNY

Wednesday 1 April, 12:00pm: Elloe Fen Lent Course, Communion, Whaplode Drove Schoolroom (FB) (Gedney Hill FB) ACNY

Wednesday 1 April, 6:00pm: Compline, St Martin's, Stamford Baron ACNY

Wednesday 1 April, 7:30pm: Compline, All Saints, Holbeach (FB)

Wednesday 1 April, 7:30pm: Meditation and Compline, Priory Church, Deeping St James (FB), ACNY