2024
News from churches across the area and brief notes and links from CTSD council meetings; see also our Facebook page for Hope4Spalding - with further news, events and more throughout the year. Italics = awaiting confirmation; apologies for errors or omissions
Clergy & Staff Moves
Rev Mark Williams to be licenced as priest in the Haven Group on Monday 22 April at St Mary the Virgin, Swineshead (FB) ACNY PE20 3LJ
Rev Greg Bannister to be licenced as vicar and Rev Sophie Bannister to be licensed on open ended basis, 10:45am, 4 February at St John the Baptist, (FB); see also February 2021
Fr Stephen Buckman, 7:00pm, 27 February, Bourne Abbey ACNY
Rev John & Mary Bennett farewell and retirement, Sunday 30 June; various events in June at St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Rev Aileen Workman retirement service, 10:30am, Sunday 28 January; more info via St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
Rev Michael J Howard retirement service, 10:00am, Sunday 21 January at Langtoft; more info via The Ness Group (FB) ACNY
Welcome to Allison Willson, church administrator and to Anthony Horton, Youth Worker, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB) ACNY (10/1)
Vacancies
Youth and Community Worker, 35 hours pw; closing date 15 January; more info from Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) (21/12); (commissioned 24/3)
Church changes
Sunday 21 April, 2:30pm: Rev Angy Long and Rev Luke Smith South Holland Circuit service at Holbeach Drove Methodist
Easter Day: Merger of the parishes of Holy Trinity Holbeach and The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB) to become 'The Parish of Our Lady of Walsingham, South Holland' in the Southern Lincolnshire Deanery, each church retaining their long standing titles; inauguration service 8:00pm, 30/3
Bourne Salvation Army shop closing early April; more info: Bourne Salvation Army (FB)
Saturday 23 March: Bourne United Reformed Church last service
Churches Together in Grantham closing their Facebook page, March 2024
Second Helpings, Stamford: new opening hours from 2 April (FB)
The Benefice of St Mary's and St Martin's churches to be disolved with each church having seperate internet presence; more info via St Mary's Stamford (FB) ACNY and St Martin's, Stamford Baron ACNY
RoadHog (FB) new bus launch: Saturday 11 May, 2:00pm at Boston Rugby Club PE21 7PB
Easter Holiday Clubs and more in April
Family Play on Thursdays at 1:00pm starts 25 April, £1, Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website)
Services listing collation continued throughout February and March
🌷Snowdrop Walks and Flower Festivals and more including the Spalding Flower Parade weekend; comprehensive listing available (11/4)
Lent Groups, Lent Lunches, Lent Talks in February and March
World Day of Prayer (WWDP) 'I beg you bear with one another in love', Palestine, Friday 1 March; preparation day Friday 2 February, 9:45am at Spalding Baptist (FB)
Revive Thursday 25 April, 7:30pm: Revive with Rev David A Hull at Gosberton Methodist (FB) PE11 4NQ
🔥Alpha courses - launch: Tuesday 9 January, 7:30pm, St John the Baptist, Hawthorn Bank, (FB) ACNY; also:
Thursday 18 January, 11:30am, fortnightly, alternating with Bible Study; further details from St John's
Thursday 18 January, 11:30am, fortnightly, alternating with Bible Study; further details from St John's
Christianity Explored Tuesday 6 February, 7:00pm for seven weeks in the Heraldic Suite, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY (Elloe Stone group)
A Life Worth Living course starts Sunday 21 January, 10:30am, Harvest Church (FB)
🌍Gaia Monday 5 - Sunday 25 February, Lincoln Cathedral (FB)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18-25 January - 'Go and Do Likewise' prepared by Burkina Faso ecumenical team and Chemin Neuf CCN (CTBI, 2024 Resources)
Bourne Foodbank (FB) moved from Bourne United Reformed Church to the Butterfield Centre (FB), North Road, PE10 9AP on 29 December 2023
The Bread and Butter Thing launches in March at the Iron Horse, High Street, Market Deeping, PE6 8EB; more info via Open Door Baptist church Deeping St James (FB), St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB) or Churches Together in the Deepings (FB)
Ecumenical prayer meetings are hosted by Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) on the first Thursday of each month at 6:00pm for an hour
Spring Harvest: 'Up and Alive!' (FB) discounted day tickets for Thursday 4 April for Church Leaders and their families, in the region of the Lincolnshire Coast, at 75% off their usual price. Only 60 tickets available this year; more info via Lincoln Diocese (FB) (29/12/23)
See also Midweek and our Facebook page Hope4Spalding. Warm Spaces dates and times subject to changes; please check with the church for the latest
Warm Spaces; various churches open during the winter months or longer:
Mondays: 10 - 2 at Broad Street Methodist (FB) (Circuit website) as a 'Welcome Space'
Tuesdays: [Coffee Morning at Broad Street]
Wednesdays: 9:30 - 12:30 and 3-6 at Lighthouse (FB)
Thursdays: 12 - 5:30 at St John's (2023)
Fridays: 10:30am - 2:30pm at Spalding Baptist (FB) (Warm Welcome FB)
Sundays: 12 - 2:30pm at St Norbert's FB (Project St Thomas); see also Hub In Hub Out (FB)
Warm Spaces; neighbouring churches open including:
Monday - Friday, 10 - 12: Sutton St James - Baptist (FB)
Monday and Friday, 10:00am - 1:00pm: Pinchbeck Baptist (FB)
Mondays and Thursdays: Market Deeping - St Guthlac's (FB) ACNY
Mondays, 2 - 4: St John's, Baston (FB) - The Ness Group (FB)
Mondays, 12-2: Hub In Hub Out Holbeach (FB) at Holy Trinity Holbeach (see also St Norbert's FB and HIHO Spalding (FB))
Tuesdays: 10 at Bourne Baptist
Third Wednesdays, 3 - 6 at St Matthew's, Sutton Bridge (FB) ACNY
Thursdays in Whaplode, 10-1 at St Mary's, Whaplode (FB) ACNY; also other days around Whaplode
Thursdays: 9:30 - 1, Holbeach Methodist (FB)
Our News and Diary Archives extend back to 1954; see also 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018
