Harvest Celebration for All Ages

Occurring
Sunday 05 October 2025, Sunday 04 October 2026 Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

An All Age service on October 5th at 10.30am to celebrate God's harvest gifts to us. This will be from 10.30am and will be instead of the Said Communion and Funday we normally have on the first Sunday of the month.

As part of our service of thanks we will collect fresh produce for the Produce table and tins and packets for the Dorking food bank. These can be taken up to the front of the church to the Altar during the service.

The food bank asks for non-perishable foods and a list of what they take is given below. Feel free to bring these to the church any time, during the day, in the week or 2 before the service. You can leave them in the Food Bank box at the back of the church (moved onto the top of the cupboard beside where it used to be) or just put them on the table in the entrance hall.

You can also bring produce and home-made jams and pickles from your, or your friends and neighbours, gardens. Please bring these either on Saturday 4th or to the service. Fresh produce & home-made preserves will go onto the “Produce Table” and anyone at the service or at the lunch can take produce and just give a donation for it. This money, and the church collection that day, will also go to the Dorking Food bank.

Please do join us for the service or come along to the Shared harvest lunch afterwards, from about 12 noon.

Dorking Food bank would like the following items:
Tins or Jars of: meat/fish, veg/potatoes/tomatoes, fruit, rice pudding/custard, pasta sauce,
Plus jars of Jam/spread & small jars of instant coffee
Packets or Cartons of Cereal, Rice, Biscuits, Chocolate/Snack/muesli bars,UHT milk, Long-life fruit juice
Also needed: 4 roll toilet roll pack, Shampoo/shower gel, Toothpaste, Laundry capsules, Washing up liquid

Usually the first Sunday in October but please check the church website for more details.

Holmbury Church

Holmbury Church welcomes you! We are a warm, friendly village church in the centre of the beautiful village of Holmbury St Mary. 

Please join us for our weekly services in the church at 10am on most Sundays. 

We're an active church community, ranging in age from 0 - 90+ and serving the village community and reaching out to the wider world. 

We also have a church cafe on most Tuesdays and Thursdays and on the 3rd Thursday of the month a Hear Here clinic for people with NHS hearing aids  - see the events section for more details.

If you would like to receive regular emails with details of the upcoming activities, please write to [email protected] with your email details.

The parish of Holmbury St. Mary is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. You can read more on our policies here: Holmbury Safeguarding Policy

Get in touch

Rev Kia Pakenham

The Rectory,
Abinger Common
Dorking

Abinger Parish Office
Tel: 01306 737160

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Harvest Celebration for All Ages

Occurring
Sunday 05 October 2025, Sunday 04 October 2026 Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Holmbury Church
Address
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

An All Age service on October 5th at 10.30am to celebrate God's harvest gifts to us. This will be from 10.30am and will be instead of the Said Communion and Funday we normally have on the first Sunday of the month.

As part of our service of thanks we will collect fresh produce for the Produce table and tins and packets for the Dorking food bank. These can be taken up to the front of the church to the Altar during the service.

The food bank asks for non-perishable foods and a list of what they take is given below. Feel free to bring these to the church any time, during the day, in the week or 2 before the service. You can leave them in the Food Bank box at the back of the church (moved onto the top of the cupboard beside where it used to be) or just put them on the table in the entrance hall.

You can also bring produce and home-made jams and pickles from your, or your friends and neighbours, gardens. Please bring these either on Saturday 4th or to the service. Fresh produce & home-made preserves will go onto the “Produce Table” and anyone at the service or at the lunch can take produce and just give a donation for it. This money, and the church collection that day, will also go to the Dorking Food bank.

Please do join us for the service or come along to the Shared harvest lunch afterwards, from about 12 noon.

Dorking Food bank would like the following items:
Tins or Jars of: meat/fish, veg/potatoes/tomatoes, fruit, rice pudding/custard, pasta sauce,
Plus jars of Jam/spread & small jars of instant coffee
Packets or Cartons of Cereal, Rice, Biscuits, Chocolate/Snack/muesli bars,UHT milk, Long-life fruit juice
Also needed: 4 roll toilet roll pack, Shampoo/shower gel, Toothpaste, Laundry capsules, Washing up liquid

Usually the first Sunday in October but please check the church website for more details.

Safeguarding

The parish of Holmbury St. Mary is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). The Diocese of Guildford’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the Parish Safeguarding officer on [email protected] or Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor, DSA details here https://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/safeguarding. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Services.

Download Safeguarding policy