Sunday 25 January 2026 - Choral Evensong - 16h00 - St Mary's Church, Chalgrove

There is no service at St Helen's Church this Sunday (25 January 2026). 

You are welcome to join us for the Benefice Quarterly Evensong which will be held at St Mary's Church, Chalgrove at 16h00.

There is a Benefice Service of Holy Communion, also at St Mary's Chalgrove, at 11h00.

Sunday 1 February 2026 - Family Service - 11h00

Our next St Helen's service will be a Family Service at 11h00 on Sunday 1 February 2026 where the theme will be Candlemas.

Christmas 2025 Appeal - £500 Donation to The Chiltern Centre

This year’s Christmas collection was donated to The Chiltern Centre, which provides specialist care for 16 - 30 year olds with disabilities. Very many thanks to all who contributed to the grand total of £500!

Thanks...

Thank you to everyone supporting the Christmas Day service, the Carol Service and the Walking Nativity. And congratulations to the candle lighters, the decorators, and the choir singing John's outstanding new carol!

...and not forgetting the Walking Nativity...Thank YOU to everyone who came! It was so great to have such wonderful support. 

Special thanks to all who helped organise and do stuff and to our star turn, Basil Bagel Burger the ponkey (sic), our hilarious thespian innkeeper at the pub and of course Kirsty and Michael for the wonderful costumes and activity👏🌲🫏

Berrick & Roke Christmas Fair 2025

The Christmas Fair raised a magnificent £2765.60 towards maintaining and running our beautiful historic village church.

A massive 'Thank You' to everybody who came, and to those who cooked, served, poured, decorated, set trails, sold, operated competitions and so generously allocated an enormous amount of energy and expertise.

And a particular thanks to the terrific village children who got stuck in with running events, Christingles, and competitions.

What a wonderful village we live in – such bonhomie…

No wonder Santa and his Elf were delighted to fit Berrick into their very busy schedule!

Prayers for peace and hope

Please see here for the Church of England's prayers for peace and hope in the midst of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict and here for the Church of England's response to the conflict in Ukraine.

Regular Services at St Helen's

For the current pattern of weekly services at St Helen's please see here.

Online Worship

The Benefice YouTube channel is available at:

 https://www.youtube.com/c/stmaryschalgrovewithsthelensberricksalome .

Enquiries about Marriage and Baptism etc

These should be directed to Father Michael Lakey on 01865 890392 (not available on Mondays).