Morning Harvest Festival and Afternoon Tea raising money for Macmillan Cancer Care

Occurring
Sunday 14 September 2025 Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Great Ashfield, All Saints
Address
Elmswell Road Gt Ashfield Bury Saint Edmunds, IP31 3HF, United Kingdom

The service is a celebration of the completion of harvest in our rural community and the church is highly decorated, with special emphasis on tinned & packaged food, which, with the fruit & vegetable produce, is all given to Tayfen House - now named LUCY ADAMS HOUSE, in Bury St Edmunds - a homeless hostel. GUEST SPEAKERS from Lucy Adams House talking about what they do and who Lucy Adams is. NOT TO BE MISSED!
In the afternoon you are invited to view the decorated church and raise lots of money for Macmillan Cancer Care, over tea and homemade cakes and scones.

Macmillan Tea - 3.00 - 4.00pm

Great Ashfield, All Saints

All Saints, Great Ashfield  is OPEN DAILY FOR PRIVATE PRAYER 10am-4pm

A car park is situated behind the church using the lane to the south of the building, through the ford.

Anyone is welcome to drop in and enjoy this warm-hearted  place, either during the week, or for Sunday services.  A kitchen and toilet are situated under the tower, with refreshments provided if you need a cup of tea or coffee on weekdays.  We are always delighted to read in the visitors' book of those passing through, where they have come from and why they have chosen to visit All Saints.

You may be expecting choir stalls in the chancel, as of old, but the layout has changed.  Nowadays, larger gatherings are held in the main body of the church but several services take place in the cleared space of the chancel on specially purchased chairs, packed away until needed.  There is always someone to welcome you to services and explain what is going on. Refreshments are served after the Family Communion on the 3rd Sunday.

The chancel space lends itself to all manner of activities, one being the Community Breakfast: T.O.A.S.T. on the 4th Sunday of the month.

Great Ashfield holds the Memorial Altar and Window commemorating the 385th USAAF Group that flew from the airfield during WW2, which is why an American 'stars & stripes' hangs in the church. Contact Mr. Roy Barker 07876496063,  [email protected]  if you wish to know more about that period of the history of Great Ashfield.

Get in touch

Revd Katherine Valentine

The Orwell
Woolpit Road
Norton

IP31 3LU
Revd Katherine Valentine, Rector
01359 235095
What's on

Morning Harvest Festival and Afternoon Tea raising money for Macmillan Cancer Care

Occurring
Sunday 14 September 2025 Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Great Ashfield, All Saints
Address
Elmswell Road Gt Ashfield Bury Saint Edmunds, IP31 3HF, United Kingdom

The service is a celebration of the completion of harvest in our rural community and the church is highly decorated, with special emphasis on tinned & packaged food, which, with the fruit & vegetable produce, is all given to Tayfen House - now named LUCY ADAMS HOUSE, in Bury St Edmunds - a homeless hostel. GUEST SPEAKERS from Lucy Adams House talking about what they do and who Lucy Adams is. NOT TO BE MISSED!
In the afternoon you are invited to view the decorated church and raise lots of money for Macmillan Cancer Care, over tea and homemade cakes and scones.

Macmillan Tea - 3.00 - 4.00pm

Safeguarding

Our parish of Great Ashfield: All Saints, is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Benefice Safeguarding Officer (BSO). If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the Benefice Safeguarding Officer Philippa Wilding 07776443004, [email protected] or contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Office, Karen Galloway, direct, on mobile 07785 621319, or email: [email protected]. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services. Click below for the vital links to the safeguarding Advisor pages

Diocesan Safeguarding Advisors