Our next Family Service at St Helen's is a Pet Blessing Service. It will take place on Sunday 5 July 2026 at 11 am. We are hoping the weather will continue to be kind so we will be in outside in the lovely churchyard. Whether you have 2 legs, 4 legs, no legs, or hundreds of legs, you are welcome as we worship God together and ask for his blessing. Songs include 'All things bright and beautiful', 'If I were a butterfly', and 'He's got the whole world in his hands' - please join in and make a joyful noise!! Refreshments will be served after the service.
Our lovely village Garden Fete is back again!Sunday afternoon 28th June 2026 2pm onwards atThe Innocents, Berrick Prior (courtesy of Nicol and Ian Glyn).Stalls, competitions, kids’ races, tug-of-war, teas, Pimms, games, outdoor fun and ice creams.Door to door collection...Thursday 25 June 2026 18h00 - 19h00If you have any of the following items to donate to stalls:Bottles (any content, shape or size) Toys & games Books Gifts (new/very nearly new)White Elephants (saleable pre-loved items)these can be collected from you between 6 and 7 pm on Thursday 25th June - just leave them (labelled please!) outside your gate/door.Please bring any cakes, preserves and plants to the stalls on the day.Do please come along - and bring your friends. We are working hard to ensure that our lovely historic village church will still be here for future generations...See you there!St Helen's PCC
As we enter Passiontide and look forward to Easter please see below for the services which will be held at St Helen's: Palm Sunday (29th March) – Gather at The Chequers at 11am to collect our palm crosses, then process with Basil, the village 'ponkey', up the lane to St Helen's for a Family Service with activity and refreshments. Good Friday (3rd April) – a reflective Good Friday Liturgy service (10h00), followed by Coffee and Hot Cross Buns at Meadow Croft Easter Day (5th April) – Easter Day Family Communion Service (11h00) with Easter Egg hunt in the churchyard!
If you are new to the village, you may not know about our lovely churchyard.Do come up when you have a few spare minutes and admire the snowdrops - they are just opening!
