Most entries below are based on details with the leaflet (collated by Robert Molson), published February 2020. Changes, postponements and cancellations in line with Coronavirus Covid-19 precautions are being added to this listing as and when advised by individual churches. 20 March 2020: this weblisting updated and re-ordered; Flower Festivals now listed in three main parts: Flower Festivals in chronological order (updated 23 March) Festivals later this year (as advised at 16 March) Postponements and cancellations (awaiting new dates)  Weblinks also include Facebook (FB) pages Flower Festivals this springtime in chronological order Saturdays & Sundays 8 & 9, 15 & 16, 22 & 23 February, 10-3pm: Snowdrop Walks at St Mary's, Whaplode FB  The Prime Minister's address to the nation, 8:30pm, Monday 23 March (BBC News) announced that places of worship must close immediately. Accordingly, details for the festivals planned for April/May have been moved to the section below 'Postponements and cancellations' Festivals later in the year St Matthews, Sutton Bridge, PE12 9SA: 'Back to school' Thursday 16 - Monday 20 July FB St Mary Magdalene, Gedney, PE12 0BU 'Curtain Up' Thursday 23 - Sunday 26 July Croyland Abbey, Crowland, PE6 0EN Flower Festival: 'The Natural World' Friday 28 - Monday 31 August FB St Nicholas, Lutton, PE12 9HP/PE12 9LQ: 'Inns and Taverns' Friday 28 - Monday 31 August Gosberton Baptist, PE11 4NP: 'Ups and Downs: Hills and Valleys in the Bible' Saturday 29 - Monday 31 August FB St Maryʼs, Long Sutton, PE12 9JJ: 'The Life and Times of St Mary's' - celebrating their 850th anniversary (postponed from April/May to September) FB Spalding group of parishes: 'A Celebration of Harvest' Friday 2 - Sunday 4 October  Revision history: this image of the original listing up to 16 March 2020 prior to Coronavirus Covid-19 precautions resulting in postponements and cancellations St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, PE11 4UA (ACNY): 'VE Day' cancelled (23/3) Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May; Friday 24 April, Coningsby Military Wives Choir St Maryʼs, Pinchbeck, PE11 3UA (car park/brochure PE11 3UD/PE11 3UG): 'And I think to myself, what a wonderful world' - indefinitely postponed, further details awaited (22/3) Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May; Saturday 2 May, 7:30pm: Stamford G&S players, £12 FB Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May FB St Maryʼs, Sutterton, PE20 2JH: 'Scarecrows visit London' Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May FB St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton, PE11 4EW: 'We go together' Saturday 25 April - Sunday 3 May FB St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft: Flower and Craft Festival: theme awaited Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 April and Saturday 2 - Monday 3 May tbc St Bartholomew's, West Pinchbeck, PE11 3QG: 'A Festival of Flowers' Wednesday 29 April - Monday 4 May; Friday at 7:00pm - Festival of Praise with congregation's choice of favourite hymns; refreshments FB Moulton Chapel Methodist Church, PE12 0XR (near PE12 0XQ): 'Significant achievements over the last 40 years' Thursday 30 April - Monday 4 May - expected to be cancelled, details awaited The Village Parade on Sunday 3 May was cancelled (16/3) FB Gosberton Methodist Church, PE11 4NQ: 'Biblical Superheroes' Thursday 30 April - Monday 4 May, 10am - 5pm with 'Songs of Praise' service at 6:00pm on Sunday 3 May Sutterton Methodist, PE20 2EX: Favourite Hymns Friday 1 May - Monday 4 May with Flower Festival service at 6:00pm on Sunday 3 May All Saints, Holbeach, PE12 7LL (near PE12 7DT): 'A Question of Sport' Friday 22 - Monday 25 May FB St Mary's, Whaplode, PE12 6TE: 'VE Day - Before and After' Friday 22 - Monday 25 May FB Fleet Baptist, PE12 8LL: 'Numbers in our Bibles' Friday 1 - Monday 4 May Sunday 3 May, Festival Songs of Praise service, 4:00pm St John the Evangelist, Weston Hills, PE12 6DQ (near PE12 6DS): theme awaited Saturday 2 - Sunday 3 May and Friday 8 - Saturday 9 May Friday 8 May, 10-4 FB Friday 8 - Monday 11 May Flower Festivals in previous years Details awaited for 2020 St Michael and All Angels, Uffington, PE9 4SU: Flower Festival tba FB St Polycarp's, Holbeach Drove, PE12 0SF: Flower festival tba St Peter & St Paul, Wigtoft: Garden Club Flower Festival for Harvest tba tba St Maryʼs, Weston, PE12 6HU (near PE12 6RA): tba tba |
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