All Saints’ Church Restoration and Redecoration
Thanks to the generous contributions and legacies from villagers and our congregation, All Saints’ Church has been able to start the first phase of high level restoration work in the Nave. Grants towards this work were received from The Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust (£3,000) and The Benefact Trust (£4,000).
The repairs to the stonework and the fresh new decoration of the central Nave is a great improvement and the conservation and painting of the interior arches by Matthew Beesley the Conservator is exceptional. The historic lead in the high clerestory windows was found to be very fragile putting the medieval glass at risk. The work on the glazing is planned to carry on until the end of April.
Sunday services will continue to be held in the Chancel where there is seating for approximately 40 people. If anyone requires access to the church for any reason please contact us.
Services at All Saints
Sunday 21st April, 9.30am, Morning Prayer
Sunday 21st April, 3.00pm, Forest Church
Sunday 28th April, 9.30am, Holy Communion
Sunday 5th May, 9.30am, All Age Service followed by APCM
Thursday 9th May, 7.00pm, Team Ascension Day Service, St Peter’s, Barton
Sunday 12th May, 9.30am, Village Christian Aid Service, Haslingfield Methodist Church
Sunday 19th May, 9.30am, Holy Communion
Sunday 19th May, 9.30am, Forest Church
Sunday 26th May, 9.30am, Holy Communion
Details of upcoming events can also be found on our Facebook page.
Links to recent sermons and talks can be found here.
19th April 2024
Dear Friends,
Thank you for supporting the many services over Holy Week and Easter. With the Nave still being scaffolded we were quite a nomadic community. Good Friday we walked from Haslingfield to Harlton carrying a cross lovingly made and given to us by Raymond. On Easter Saturday we were at the Methodist Church who made us feel so welcome. Tim prepared a fire and with Tim’s help I lit the Paschal candle outside and we processed in the darkness across the lawn to enter the darkened church with electric candles. The childrens’ choir and our adult choir sang an anthem I’d written with violin descant parts from Kiko, trumpet fanfare from Aidan and snare drum accompaniment from Gregory with Joan on the piano and Tim on the organ. On Easter Sunday, Revd Alexandra celebrated a wonderful Easter Communion in the village hall.
Since then we have been back in the Chancel for two Sundays at our usual time of 9.30am and will be there for the next few weeks as the clerestory windows need more restoration work than originally thought.
This coming Sunday, 21st April, Revd Priscilla will be with you for Morning Prayer and Sarah Rittman will be leading Forest Church at 3pm. On Sunday 28 th April I and Revd Alexandra will be with you for Holy Communion and on Sunday 5th May Sarah and I will be with you for our All Age followed by our Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Please do come along. We shall elect church wardens and PPC members and have a short slide show of groups that meet in the Parish.
On Thursday 9th May I will be presiding at the Team Ascension Day Service at St Peter’s Barton at 7pm with Revd Clare Coates preaching. Please do join us there.
On Friday 17th May the Lordsbridge Pilgrimage Walk takes place starting at Coton and reaching Haslingfield mid – morning. Do look on www.lordsbridge.org for more details and start getting into training for walking some of the stages.
Please keep in your thoughts the Austin Family as they prepare for Freddy’s funeral at Harlton on Monday 13th May at 12.30pm.
With Easter blessings,
Claire
[email protected] 01223 874194
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