Harvest Festival
St Peter’s Church, Hepworth
Sunday 5th October, 9.30am
You are invited to join us for our Harvest Festival Service, followed by refreshments
DONATIONS WELCOME FOR THE FOOD BANK
ALL WELCOME… Read the whole story
WREATH MAKING WORKSHOP
Coming soon…
On Saturday 29th November
At The Hepworth Pavilion
Half day
Refreshments included
Look out for further details
News from St Peter’s, Hepworth
Church Roof Fund
A small team are meeting to look at funding applications to raise the necessary funds to retile the roof of this historic building.… Read the whole story
From the Rectory – October 2025
A HARVEST OF GENEROSITY
Dear Friends and Neighbours,
I love the beauty of the countryside around us at this time of year. This autumn I’ve especially noticed how many blackberries and sloes there are in the hedgerows, and the amazing colours of the trees as they begin to glow with wonderful autumn golds, reds, oranges and browns.… Read the whole story
An appeal for help
St Peter’s Church, Hepworth is one of many medieval churches in Suffolk and dates back mainly to the 14th and 15th century although there has been a church in the site since the Domesday Survey in 1086.… Read the whole story
The Churches sponsored bike ride and stride will this year be on Saturday 13th September from 9am-5pm.
Contact Heather Shelley 07747028096 for details or collect a sponsorship form from the Church.… Read the whole story
From the Rectory – August 2025
A SUMMER OF REST
Dear Friends,
As we move into August the lanes are edged with wildflowers, the bees are humming in the churchyard, and the days are lengthening into those beautiful light evenings that feel like a gift.… Read the whole story
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