April
A selection of events as advised by churches across the area; please contact us to add or update details. Services, events, dates and times are subject to late changes due to Covid-19 restrictions - please check with the church for latest details, reserving or booking places or tickets, See also our News page and Facebook page 'Hope4Spalding'. Entries in italics = awaiting confirmation; apologies for errors and omissions; see also South Holland Methodist Circuit for more detail on Methodist church services.
April: Flower Festivals - please see our News page
27 April, Alpha Course, 7:30pm for ten weeks to 29 June, via Zoom, hosted by St John's in partnership with St George's Stamford
Special services of commemoration marking the death of His Royal Highness, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, include:
Sunday 18 April, 10:00am: St Mary's, Pinchbeck, booking required (FB)
Saturday 17 April, 6:00pm: St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB)
Friday 16 April, 6:00pm: St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
Friday 16 April, 6:00pm St Andrew's, Rippingale, booking required (FB)
Wednesday 14 April, 6:00pm: St John's
Sunday 11 April, 10:30am: Gosberton Baptist (FB)
Books of Condolence online from the Royal Household, the Church of England and South Holland District Council
Tuesday 13 April, 10:00am, Social Issues in the Fens Partners' Forum via Zoom with Rowan Williams. More info from Social Issues in the Fens / FB
4 April: Easter Day, Resurrection Sunday
8:00am: Holy Communion, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
8:00am: Holy Communion, St Firmin's, Thurlby (FB)
9:00am: Outdoor service with bonfire, All Saints, Holbeach (FB public group)
9:00am: Recorded service online, All Saints, Holbeach
9:00am: Mass, Holy Trinity Holbeach
9:00am: Holbeach St John's
9:00am: Lighthouse (FB) (booking required), livestream
9:00am: Sutterton Methodist - more detail from the Circuit
9:15am: Parish Eucharist, St Paul's (FB)
10:00am: Broad Street Methodist in church and via Zoom
10:00am: Gen-z at Spalding Baptist (FB) online
10:00am: Holy Communion, St Firmin's, Thurlby (FB)
10:00am: All age Holy Communion, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
10:00am: Holy Communion, Deeping St James Priory Church (FB)
10:00am: Holy Communion, St John's, Baston (FB)
10:00am: Easter Day Communion, St John the Baptist (FB - public; FB - private group)
10:00am: Holy Communion, St Margaret's, Quadring (FB)
10:00am: Eucharist, St Mary's, Pinchbeck (FB)
10:00am: Holy Communion, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft (FB)
10:00am: Deeping St Nicholas
10:00am: Holy Communion, St Peter & St Paul, Gosberton (FB)
10:15am: Spalding Baptist (FB) in church (booking required) and livestream
10:30am: Holy Communion, All Saints, Holbeach (FB public group)
10:30am: Calvary Baptist (FB) livestream
10:30am: Friends Meeting House (Quakers)
10:30am: Harvest Church (FB) via Zoom tbc
10:30am: Holbeach Methodist - advance booking may be required, more info from the Circuit
10:30am: Easter praise, Gosberton Baptist (FB)
10:30pm: Gosberton Methodist - more detail from the Circuit
10:30am: Moulton Chapel Methodist - more detail from the Circuit
10:30am: Pinchbeck Baptist (FB) online
10:30am: Easter Day with David Curran in church, Spalding United Reformed Church (FB)
10:30am: Family Communion, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
10:30am: Holy Communion, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB)
11:00am: Crowland Abbey (FB)
11:00am: Eucharist, St Andrew's, Haconby (FB)
11:00am: Mass, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
11:30am: Lighthouse (FB) (booking required), livestream
2:30pm: Gosberton Clough Methodist - more detail from the Circuit
6:00pm: Bicker Methodist - please confirm with the Circuit
6:00pm: Holy Communion, St Gilbert & St Hugh, Gosberton Clough (FB)
6:00pm: Evening Prayer, Deeping St James Priory Church (FB)
6:30pm: Holy Communion, St James, Moulton Chapel
St Mary's, Sutterton, open 9-5pm Easter Sunday and Monday (FB)
South Holland Community Church (FB) (Ground Level) - update awaited
3 April: Holy Saturday
4:00pm: Meditation, Deeping St James Priory Church (FB)
5:00pm: Easter Vigil Mass, Holy Trinity, Holbeach [FB]
7:00pm: Eucharist, St Mary and All Saints, Kirkby Underwood (FB)
7:00pm: Easter Vigil Mass, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
2 April: Good Friday
March of Witness, Gosberton - cancelled
10:30am: Lighthouse (FB) (booking required), livestream
10:30am: Pinchbeck Baptist (FB) online
11:00am: Spalding Baptist (FB) in church (booking required) and livestream
12 noon: At the foot of the cross, All Saints, Moulton (FB)
12-3pm: Vigil, Broad Street Methodist - church open for private prayer
12 noon: Children's Way of the Cross, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
2:00pm: The Last Hour at the Cross, All Saints, Dunsby (FB)
2:00pm: At the foot of the cross, All Saints, Holbeach (FB public group)
2:00pm: Reflective service, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
2:00pm: Last Hour meditation, Deeping St James Priory Church (FB)
2:00pm: The Last Hour, a meditation, St John the Baptist (FB - public; FB - private group)
2:00pm: St Laurence, Surfleet (FB)
2:00pm: Communion at the Cross, in church at St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
2:00pm: The foot of the Cross, St Michael & All Angels, Langtoft (FB)
2:00pm: Deeping St Nicholas
2:00pm: St Paul's (FB)
3:00pm: The Solemn Proclamation of the Passion, Holy Trinity Holbeach
3:00pm: Service of the Cross, St Gilbert & St Hugh, Gosberton Clough (FB)
3:00pm: The Solemn Proclamation of the Passion, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
6:00pm: Compline online, All Saints, Holbeach (FB public group)
6:00pm: Stations of the Cross, Holy Trinity Holbeach
1 April: Maundy Thursday
5:00pm: Mass of the Lord's Supper, Holy Trinity Holbeach
6:00pm: Holy Communion in church, All Saints, Holbeach (FB public group)
6:00pm: Holy Communion, St John's, Baston (FB)
6:00pm: Eucharist and Vigil, online only, St Mary & St Nicolas (FB)
7:00pm: Mass of the Lord's Supper, The Immaculate Conception & St Norbert (FB)
7:00pm: Eucharist, St John's, Morton (FB)
7:00pm: Holy Communion, Gosberton (FB)
7:00pm: Deeping St Nicholas
7:30pm: Compline online, All Saints, Holbeach (FB public group)
7:30pm: Contemplating the story of Holy Week, Broad Street Methodist
7:30pm: Communion, St Guthlac's, Market Deeping (FB)
7:30pm: Holy Communion, Deeping St James Priory Church (FB)
7:30pm: Communion, St John the Baptist (FB - public; FB - private group)
7:30pm: Holy Communion, St Mary's, Whaplode (FB)
Thursday 1 April, 6:00pm: Prayer for the wider church at Broad Street Methodist
