Barnack, Ufford, Bainton, Helpston and Wittering Churches News

12/06/2026

The St Botolph Helpston Flower Festival

Saturday 10 am to 4 pm

Sunday 2 pm to 4 pm

Flowers, art display, refreshments, raffle

Free entry

Donations for church funds (still needing topping up after the modernisation)

26/09/2025

A short introduction to our sermon series on the Nicene Creed

08/09/2025

Church notices for Sunday 14 September

Services: 9 am Bainton - Harvest Festival and Communion
9.30 am Barnack - All Age Service
10.30 Wittering - All Age Service
10.45 Helpston - Communion

“When You’re Smiling” The St Botolph, Longthorpe Ukulele Orchestra will be at St Botolph, Helpston starting 4pm on Saturday, September 13th. £10 entrance with the proceeds going to the two churches.

28/08/2025

This Sunday's Church Notices.

Bainton 9 am Communion
Barnack 9.30 am Communion
Helpston 10.45 am Cafe Church
Wittering 4.30 pm Hymns and Pimms

Helpston has another special service Sunday at 10.30 am - “Cafe Church” - come and join in a different form of church, informal and (hopefully) quite spontaneous!

24/07/2025

This week's church notices https://mailchi.mp/36a28ff4072e/barnack-ufford-bainton-helpston-wittering-church-notices-14765081?e=[UNIQID]

Services this Sunday:

9.30 am Barnack - All Age Service
10.30 am Wittering - All Age Service with baptisms
10.45 am Helpston - All Age Service
4.30 pm Bainton - "Folk" Communion - a communion service with the acoustic instruments from Barnack's music group, with a little more space for reflection

This Friday (25th) “Prayer During the Day” will be a Communion service for St James’s Day at the Lady Chapel altar in St Botolph’s Helpston. 12.15.

12/06/2025

This week's church notices. This Sunday we are marking Trinity Sunday. We have a special visit from the Archdeacon of Oakham, the Ven Alison Booker, at St Botolph's Helpston at 10.45 on Sunday.

Services 9.30 am Barnack - All Age
10.30 am Wittering - Communion
10.45 Helpston - Communion
4.30 pm Bainton - God in the Garden - the Waters of Baptism

And all our many other activities can be found in the mailshot - especially the Grand Reopening of St Botolph's Helpston after its modernisation.

A special service this Trinity Sunday at Helpston in particular. The Venerable Alison Booker, Archdeacon of Oakham, will be preaching and presiding.

06/06/2025

This year's "Ride and Stride" is coming up! If you're interested in taking part, all the details are here: https://camhct.uk/ride-and-stride/

And you can set up a "GoFundMe" type fundraising page to raise funds online!

24/05/2025

The Replica Turin Shroud has been put in place in St John the Baptist's Church, Barnack and will be here for the next two days 10.30-5. And the thing that strikes you first (it's a full size replica) is how big it is.

The second thing that strikes you is the detail.

Come and have a look, have a chat with our visitors from Templars Today, make yourself a cuppa, and wonder at our beautiful church.

Free entry.

08/05/2025

Some views of the lanterns the children from Wittering Primary Schooll made, lit up for VE Day on the war memorial, and the graves of the World War 2 servicemen who died.