Thank you to all the volunteers who sat in Hepworth Church during the “Ride + Stride” for the Suffolk Historical Churches Trust, on the 14th September.… Read the whole story
Letter from the Rectory this month
by Lay Elder Ken Smith
I wonder if you have ever sat down and really thought about what you are worth? I don’t mean financially, I mean as a human being?… Read the whole story
Hepworth Harvest Festival Service
Harvest Festival Service @ St Peter’s Church, Hepworth.
Sunday, 1st September @ 1500
Everyone’s Welcome -please join as we celebrate God’s goodness.… Read the whole story
June Letter from the Rectory
Dear Friends and Neighbours,
This month on 16th June it is Father’s Day. For many it’s a time to celebrate and be thankful for their father and the father figures in their lives but for others it’s a day that some really struggle with …for all kinds of reasons.… Read the whole story
Benefice Church Letter
Written this month by Ken Smith the Lay Elder at Hinderclay
I love Spring! Not only because it comes on the heels of the season I dislike the most, but because of all the things it represents – renewal, growth, new life, and hope.… Read the whole story
Church Yard Clean Up
Saturday, 11th May 2024 @ 0930
Sausage sandwiches provided!
Contact Jane on 01359 250 347 to offer help.
Parallel Thoughts?
In recent weeks we have celebrated the Rising of the Son as well as witnessing the increasing influence of the sun as new growth emerges and unfolds.… Read the whole story
A letter from the Rectory – April 2023
Dear Friends & Neighbours,
I love a good story …don’t you?
I grew up loving Beauty and the Beast, C.S Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the Last Battle and I love the classics like Pride and Prejudice, and Emma and then there’s The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings… and The Shawshank Redemption… and so many more; some of them are stories I’ve read, some of them are films I’ve watched.… Read the whole story
King’s Voices Choir
St Peter’s Church, Hepworth
Please join us for
Choral Evensong
Sunday, 26th March at 6:00pm
Revd Dr Stephen Cherry, Dean of Kings’s College, Cambridge will lead the service,
with the King’s Voices Choir, directed by Ralph Woodward.… Read the whole story
A Letter from the Rectory : February 2023
Dear Friends
I’m writing this letter in the middle of January and it’s wet and cold and grey outside. I’ve just spent half an hour on my exercise bike desperately trying to keep my New Year’s resolution to get fit going… and it’s hard.… Read the whole story
Letter from Rev. Cathy Bladen
Dear Friends & Neighbours,
As we head into Autumn, I’m reminded of the words from Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 that were read at the Queen’s Service of Remembrance at Edinburgh Cathedral;
‘There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot…’
For me as a Christian, Autumn with its harvest of crops and fruits is a wonderful reminder that no matter what is happening in the world the seasons keep turning and there is always hope of new things and times to come… even if in the moment we find it hard to feel the hope.… Read the whole story
From the Benefice – A letter from Andrew Bladen A church Lay Elder
We are approaching holiday season again, perhaps a time to go away, or to simply holiday at home, perhaps taking time to go to the beach or simply to go out for walks.… Read the whole story
From now until the end of October the Church will be open
Daily 10 – 4
for private prayer and reflection.
You are most welcome.… Read the whole story
A Retirement at Hepworth Church
Sunday 1st May saw Chris Anderson take his last service at St Peter’s Church. Chris and his wife Pat are retiring from church duties after forty three years of devoted and tireless work.… Read the whole story
Magazine letter June 2022 from Ken Smith, Benefice Church Lay Elder
Dear Friends & Neighbours
When I was a young teacher I got to know our local Ixworth policeman quite well. My occasional visits to the police station tended to be to plead with him to give some lad or another a second chance after committing a minor offence.… Read the whole story
From the Benefice – A Time to Pray & Help
At this time of writing, the world is very concerned with the situation in Ukraine. The news is dominated with the terrible events happening since the Russian invasion.… Read the whole story
Church Services Across The Benefice – March 2022
| Date | Church | Time | Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 2nd March Ash Wednesday Service | Hinderclay | 7pm | Holy Communion |
| Sunday 6th March | Barningham | 11.00am | Holy Communion |
| Hepworth | 9.30am | Village Service | |
| Hopton | 9.30am | All Age | |
| Thelnetham | 9.30m | Holy Communion | |
| Sunday 13th March | Coney Weston | 9.30am | Holy Communion |
| Hinderclay | 9.30am | Village Service | |
| Stanton | 11.00am | Holy Communion | |
| Sunday 20th March | Barningham | 11.00am | Village Service |
| Hopton | 9.30am | Holy Communion | |
| Market Weston | 11.00am | Holy Communion | |
| Sunday 27h March Mothering Sunday | Hinderclay | 9.30am | Holy Communion |
| Hopton | 6.00pm | Night Prayer | |
| Stanton | 11.00am | Everyone Welcome (Informal Service for everyone) | |
Message from the Rector
Dear Friends & Neighbours,
Happy March…
According to the meteorological calendar, Spring starts on the 1st March…I think most of us are pleased to see the bulbs beginning to appear, the evenings drawing out, the hedgerows greening up and the first signs of birds nesting; It brings a smile to our faces as we begin to look forward to the warmer months.… Read the whole story
Endings and Beginnings
Dear Friends and Neighbours …
I can’t believe I’m already writing a magazine letter for December … where has the year gone? I remember people telling me when I was young that time went faster the older you get, so perhaps that’s true.… Read the whole story
Face to Face (Being together)
Perhaps in our modern world, communication has never been so efficient and immediate. We have the opportunity to communicate using the telephone, emails, text, etc, which means we can message people almost instantaneously anywhere in the world!… Read the whole story
Hepworth Angels
We are singing again with great gusto every Monday at 19.30 in the Church.
No auditions – just come and sing!
All abilities welcome
Letter from Rev Bladen – April 2021
Dear Friends & Neighbours,
I don’t know about you, but I find mazes fascinating. Particularly those mazes where you begin in daylight and then walk through the paths in semi darkness until you emerge in the centre back into the daylight.… Read the whole story
A Letter from Rev Bladen for March
Dear Friends and Neighbours,
I recently read a story about some Missionaries in Africa who hired some local villagers as porters to carry some supplies.… Read the whole story