The Lordsbridge Team Pilgrimage will take place on Friday 22 May 2026. Everyone is welcome to join us!
This year, we are trialling two routes for the Pilgrimage. You are welcome to join us for part of the route or the whole walk. We look forward to seeing you!
As Christians we are continually learning to trust Jesus and to place our lives in his hands, knowing that he will be with us in all circumstances. Earlier this year we reflected on the question Jesus asked his first disciples: what are you looking for? (John 1:38) It is also a good question for us to ponder in the middle of the season of Lent. What are we looking for in our relationship with God? Jesus wants us to live our lives to the full. Walking with Jesus informs our choices and helps us to be our best selves. Our priorities change as we grow spiritually. Jesus calls his followers to share the good news of his life giving and life transforming love. The best way to do this is in and through our daily lives because we can all be a good example of how Jesus makes a difference in our lives and how he has transformed us.
God Bless,
Clare
Revd Clare Coates
Team Rector of the Lordsbridge Team
Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley clarecoates@lordsbridge.org 07818 618795
There is no service in the Church but all most welcome to join us in Hardwick (Morning Worship with Ali Marcus and Kate Riley) or Dry Drayton (Holy Communion with Revd Clare) at 9:30am
Sunday 15 March Mothering Sunday
3pm Evening Prayer with Revd Clare.
Sunday 22 March
There is no service in the Church but all most welcome to join us in Hardwick:
9:30am Baptism with Revd Clare (Hallie White)
3-4pm Wild Church
Sunday 29 March Palm Sunday
3pm Evening Prayer with Revd Clare.
Services in April 2026
Thursday 2 April Maundy Thursday HARDWICK
6pm Holy Communion and handwashing with Michaela McNeill and Revd Clare
Friday 3 April Good Friday
3pm Childerley Chapel tbc Reflections at the Cross with Revd Clare. Messiah Sermon series.
An hour at the Cross with Revd Clare. Messiah Sermon series.
Sunday 5 April Easter Day
11am Holy Communion with Revd Clare.
Caldecote Women’s Prayer group Thursday mornings in term time at 9am on Zoom Women from Caldecote and surrounding villages are warmly invited to join us online, gathering in spirit to pray, reflect and lift one another up through prayers. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88137270141?pwd=pCvjk7eQrFqYX8GrvRP6JmMZKI9bYK.1
Meeting ID: 881 3727 0141 Passcode: 655934
News
Team Rector Announcement
We are delighted to announce that Revd Clare Coates, Team Vicar, has been appointed as the new Team Rector of the Lordsbridge Team. As well as her parish responsibilities, Clare will have oversight of ministry across the Team.
Invitation to the institution and induction service of the new Team Rector
The Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councils of The Lordsbridge Team
Barton, Caldecote with Childerley, Coton, Comberton, Dry
Drayton, Great Eversden, Little Eversden, Hardwick,
Haslingfield, Harlton, and Toft
have great pleasure in inviting
Our Parishioners, and all other friends of the Team
to the Institution of
The Revd. Clare Gye Coates
as Team Rector of the Lordsbridge Team Benefice
by the Rt Revd Dr Dagmar Winter, Bishop Suffragan of Huntingdon
and the Induction by the Venerable Dr Alex Hughes, Archdeacon of Cambridge
In All Saints’ Church, Church Way, Haslingfield
on 19th March 2026 at 7 pm
A Reception will follow after in the Church
RSVP by 12th March to thelordsbridgeteam@gmail.com
Clergy are invited to robe – Please indicate on your acceptance if robing.
There is limited disabled parking at the Church, parking is available in the surrounding streets, please be considerate of our neighbours.
Postcode of the Church: CB23 1JF
Installation Choir Invitation
Sarah Rittman is organising a choir for the installation of our new Team Rector, Revd Clare Coates, at All Saints’ Haslingfield at 7pm on Thursday 19th March. The choir will be singing Rutter’s Gaelic Blessing as well as the hymns. There will be a rehearsal beforehand and at another time TBC as soon as possible!
Please let Sarah know asap if you would like to sing! Rehearsal times tbc as soon as possible!
The new Team Vicar post for Comberton and Toft will be half-time, based in Comberton, and Lead Minister for Comberton and Toft. We are currently finalising the parish profile and advert and hope to get the recruitment process underway shortly.
Team Administrator update
Due to health concerns, our Team Administrator, Emily, will be stepping down at the end of March. We are looking for a new Team Administrator and will be advertising the post shortly. If you are interested in the Administrator Role, please contact:
We are delighted to announce that Revd Clare Coates, Team Vicar, has been appointed as the new Team Rector of the Lordsbridge Team. As well as her parish responsibilities, Clare will have oversight of ministry across the Team. She will be inducted and installed as Team Rector on Thursday 19th March at 7pm at All Saints Haslingfield by Bishop Dagmar. All most welcome.
It’s wonderful to see spring flowers emerging already in our beautiful churchyard – the snowdrops started emerging at the end of December and despite the snow last month, they are now emerging in their full beauty! This month sees the start of the season of Lent: the six weeks before Easter when Christians are called to spend time reflecting and praying. It’s a season when we intentionally seek to grow spiritually; a time to stop, think, slow down and wait on God, refocusing on Him. Each Lent God calls us to return to Him. To know, receive and be comforted by His goodness and mercy. Lent is not really about what we give up, but where our hearts are directed. Maybe this Lent you will try something new instead? Something you have always wanted to do? This season of self examination and reflection can give us hope and a renewed sense of being, because through life’s many ups and downs, God promises always to be with us.
God Bless,
Clare
Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley clarecoates@lordsbridge.org 07818 618795
11am Morning Prayer with Stephen Coates and Revd Clare
Sunday 15 February
3pm Evening Prayer with Revd Clare
Wednesday 18 February Ash Wednesday at St Peter and St Paul’s Dry Drayton
12noon Holy Communion and Ashing service with Canon Sue and Revd Clare preaching: Lent Messiah Sermon Series
Sunday 22 February
There is no service in the church but you are welcome to join us in
HARDWICK
9:30am Baptism with Revd Clare and Sunday Club
3-4pm Wild Church at the Cabin. An outdoor family service suitable for children of all ages, to engage playfully, actively and creatively with God’s Natural World.
Zoom
Worship at Home – All Lordsbridge Zoom Service
Every Sunday, 11.00am. Join any time from 10.50am.
On Sundays where there is no service in our church, you are most welcome to join us at any of our services across the Team.
Caldecote Women’s Prayer group Thursday mornings in term time at 9am on Zoom Women from Caldecote and surrounding villages are warmly invited to join us online, gathering in spirit to pray, reflect and lift one another up through prayers. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88137270141?pwd=pCvjk7eQrFqYX8GrvRP6JmMZKI9bYK.1
Meeting ID: 881 3727 0141 Passcode: 655934
HARDWICK
Tuesday Toddlers in the Cabin, every Tuesday in term time 10-11:30am. Please note, no Toddlers on February 3rd.
All welcome to join us for free play, craft, story and fun!
Every year Christmas gives us a great sense of fresh hope and wonder. Jesus’s birth transformed the world: it changed lives and continues to change us. Jesus was born in the humblest and most unlikely circumstances, in a stable surrounded by animals. Jesus is the living hope that God is with us, through thick and thin. Jesus is the Christmas gift of God’s unconditional love and forgiveness. Jesus is the light of the world, shining through the darkest darkness, and keeping alive that flicker of hope and joy which can never be extinguished. The Christmas story reminds us that even if we are afraid, we too can experience a renewed sense of hope and joy. So let’s celebrate the wonderful news together!
Wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
God Bless,
Clare
Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley clarecoates@lordsbridge.org 07818 618795
3pm a traditional service of Carols and Lessons in the Long Barn at Childerley Hall, with seasonal refreshments after the service. Childerley Gardens will be open from 2pm with the Carol service starting at 3pm. All welcome.
Sunday 21 December
No service in Church – you are most welcome to join us in DRY DRAYTON at 11am for Morning Worship at 11am
HARDWICK Monday 22 December
4pm Christingle service followed by tea in the Cabin. Please book at events1@stmaryshardwick.org.uk with your dietary requirements.
Christmas Eve No service in Church – you are most welcome to join us in:
DRY DRAYTON 3pm Crib service with Revd Clare. Children are warmly invited to come dressed up as their favourite Christmas story character, and we will have a dressing up box available too!
HARDWICK 11pm Midnight Mass with Revd Clare.
Christmas Day
11am Holy Communion with Revd Clare in the Chapel at Childerley Hall
Zoom
Worship at Home – All Lordsbridge Zoom Service
Every Sunday, 11.00am. Join any time from 10.50am.
On Sundays where there is no service in our church, you are most welcome to join us at any of our services across the Team.
What’s On:
HARDWICK Christmas Tree Festival 13 and 14 December 3-5pm in the church with refreshments available both afternoons; donations gratefully received. There will be a Christmas Concert with carols on Sunday 14 December 5-6pm with the Eversden Brass Band. Proceeds in aid of St Mary’s Fabric fund and Jimmy’s Night Shelter.
Caldecote Women’s Prayer group Thursday mornings in term time at 9am on Zoom Women from Caldecote and surrounding villages are warmly invited to join us online, gathering in spirit to pray, reflect and lift one another up through prayers. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88137270141?pwd=pCvjk7eQrFqYX8GrvRP6JmMZKI9bYK.1
Meeting ID: 881 3727 0141 Passcode: 655934
HARDWICK
Tuesday Toddlers in the Cabin, every Tuesday in term time 10-11:30am
All welcome to join us for free play, craft, story and fun!
DRY DRAYTON
Saturday 6 December at 6pm Christmas Choral concert at St Peter and St Paul’s Dry Drayton by St Catherine’s College Choir. The programme will include choral and organ music from the Renaissance to the 21st Century. Tickets £15 and £5 (students and under 18s) to include wine/juice after the concert. Tickets can be reserved at https://drydraytonxmas.eventbrite.co.uk payment on the door.
For the Church, November is traditionally a season of remembrance. We remember and give thanks for those known personally to us and also for those who have given their lives in defence of our nation. A special Lordsbridge Team Choral Evensong service is being held at St Peter and St Paul’s Church Dry Drayton on Sunday 2 November and we will be remembering with love and gratitude all those known to ourselves who have died. Our Remembrance Sunday Service is being held on November 9 starting at 10:55am at the Peace Garden. All are most welcome to join us for this special service of commemoration and remembrance.
Christians believe that Jesus offers hope and comfort to those who grieve. Jesus himself is the sign and symbol of God’s regenerative and transcending love, the promise that God will restore life where there is death. Christians believe that Jesus can bring hope even to the darkest and most painful moments of our life. Writing after their experiences of the horrors of trench warfare in WWI, both JRR Tolkein and CS Lewis wrote of how their faith in God helped them get through their worst days, giving them hope for a better tomorrow. That goodness and light would overcome the darkness in the end, and that justice would prevail. And that is our hope and prayer for today too: that the fragile peace in Gaza and the Middle East will hold, and that justice and peace will come to Ukraine and other parts of the world currently in conflict.
God Bless,
Clare
Revd Clare Coates, Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley clarecoates@lordsbridge.org 07818 618795
11am Holy Communion for All Saints with Revd Clare
DRY DRAYTON 5:30pm Choral Evensong for All Souls, with Revd Clare and Nigel Taylor. All welcome.
Sunday 9 November Remembrance Sunday
10.55am A special service of remembrance with Stephen Coates at the Peace Garden, and a special service of commemoration in the village hall following the laying of wreaths. Refreshments (tbc) in the hall following the service. All welcome.
Sunday 16 November
3pm Evening Prayer with Revd Clare
Sunday 23 November
10:30am Churches Joint Service at Comberton Leisure Centre. Children’s activities led by GenR8. Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/ezHUuyAqUL2BtExe9
3-4pm Wild Church at the Cabin in Hardwick. A family friendly service, exploring nature and God in the grounds of the Cabin. All welcome.
Sunday 30 November Advent Sunday
10:30am Lordsbridge Team Service at St Mary’s Hardwick with Sue Nelms leading and Revd Clare preaching and presiding. Our Advent Sermon series on Handel’s Messiah begins today and WCYM will be leading our music. All welcome!
Zoom
Worship at Home – All Lordsbridge Zoom Service
Every Sunday, 11.00am. Join any time from 10.50am.
On Sundays where there is no service in our church, you are most welcome to join us at any of our services across the Team.
Caldecote Women’s Prayer group Thursday mornings in term time at 9am on Zoom Women from Caldecote and surrounding villages are warmly invited to join us online, gathering in spirit to pray, reflect and lift one another up through prayers. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88137270141?pwd=pCvjk7eQrFqYX8GrvRP6JmMZKI9bYK.1
Meeting ID: 881 3727 0141 Passcode: 655934
HARDWICK
Tuesday Toddlers in the Cabin, every Tuesday in term time 10-11:30am
All welcome to join us for free play, craft, story and fun!
Creation season is coming to an end, and we will be marking the move into the next church season by celebrating Harvest Festival together this month. At Harvest time we give thanks to Farmers and all who work to bring us our food, acknowledging their hard work and dedication. We also give thanks to God for His good provision. It is also important for us to reflect and think about those who do not have enough to eat. Harvest is a good opportunity for us to find practical ways of helping those most in need. Here in Caldecote we will be collecting food and toiletries for our local Foodbank. All donations will firstly go to the Cambourne Distribution Hub and then on to the Cambridge City Foodbank Depot, where items are weighed and reassembled into different sized boxes to meet the needs of individuals and families. Each box contains daily essentials, as well as toiletries, and food staples which last over a longer period. These are then distributed through many collection points in the area (such as the Catholic Church in Cambridge, for example) to local families in need. Provision is also made for emergency walk ins and homeless people who may turn up looking for urgent help. As Christians, we are called to be good neighbours and to look out for those most in need. Jesus shows great love and compassion to all who ask for his help. This Harvest time, as we give thanks to God for all His goodness, lets also recommit to following Jesus’s example in everything we do.
God Bless,
Clare
Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley clarecoates@lordsbridge.org 07818 618795
On Sundays where there is no service in our church, you are most welcome to join us at any of our services across the Team.
Caldecote Women’s Prayer group Thursday mornings in term time at 9am on Zoom Women from Caldecote and surrounding villages are warmly invited to join us online, gathering in spirit to pray, reflect and lift one another up through prayers. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88137270141?pwd=pCvjk7eQrFqYX8GrvRP6JmMZKI9bYK.1
Meeting ID: 881 3727 0141 Passcode: 655934
HARDWICK
Tuesday Toddlers in the Cabin, every Tuesday in term time 10-11:30am
All welcome to join us for free play, craft, story and fun!
How do we manage to get the right balance between our family and work commitments, our friendships and hobbies, and at the same time find space for our spiritual lives? The story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42), which we reflected on over the summer, has a lot to teach us as we try to juggle our busy lives but at the same time make time for God. This is a real challenge because, like Martha, we can easily get distracted or worried by a myriad of things. The most important thing we learn from this story is to make God and our spiritual wellbeing a priority. This may require adjustments by ourselves or by others around us. Of course, our practical commitments and responsibilities will always be there. We can’t neglect or overlook those. However, it is vitally important to make time to ‘be’ with God each day. For our spiritual wellbeing is as is essential to our overall wellbeing us as exercising and healthy eating. What small change could you make to your daily routine to give yourself that little bit more time to ‘be’ with God? The story of the two sisters is a good reminder to us that we need balance in our lives. This gives us the hope and encouragement that our lives can improve. If we make the conscious decision to make a change, however big or small, we will find ways to draw close to God. And this will give us the precious time we need which is so essential to our spiritual wellbeing.
Clare
Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley clarecoates@lordsbridge.org 07818 618795
Services in September 2025
Sunday 7 September
11am Holy Communion with Revd Clare
Sunday 14 September
11am Morning Worship with Revd Clare Coates
Sunday 21 September
3pm Evening Prayer with Revd Clare
Sunday 28 September
No service in the Church – you are most welcome to join us at10am for the Hardwick and Dry Drayton Eco Service
All welcome to join us at our joint service celebrating our Eco weekend, with Revd Clare and Revd Kate Gaze, and Canon Sue Wyatt preaching. We will be worshipping together outdoors in the beautiful Cabin grounds (and if it is raining, we will be in St Mary’s Church!)
Zoom
Worship at Home – All Lordsbridge Zoom Service
Every Sunday, 11.00am. Join any time from 10.50am.
On Sundays where there is no service in our church, you are most welcome to join us at any of our services across the Team.
Caldecote Women’s Prayer group Thursday mornings in term time at 9am on Zoom
Women from Caldecote and surrounding villages are warmly invited to join us online, gathering in spirit to pray, reflect and lift one another up through prayers.
“Survivors Photo” taken in All Saints’ Haslingfield after a long day’s walking for the Lordsbridge Pilgrimage 2025.
Dear Friends,
We have been enjoying some glorious, hot summer weather and it looks set to remain for the holidays! We were blessed with a beautiful day for this year’s annual Lordsbridge Pilgrimage last month. Setting off from Childerley Chapel at 8am, we visited all eleven Parishes, meeting and making friends along the route. Our grateful thanks to all who greeted us in each parish with cool drinks and a chance to refresh ourselves in the coolness of our beautiful buildings. It was a relief to reach Haslingfiled at just after 6:30pm! What an incredible day of friendship and fellowship! For many of us, the day was the perfect opportunity to connect with God in our beautiful churches and countryside and a chance to recharge our spiritual batteries in amongst the daily busyness of life. During the season of Pentecost we are reminded of God’s promise to “power us up” spiritually through the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit infuses us with energy, power and confidence to live out our faith. The Holy Spirit accompanies us on our life’s journey, sustaining and strengthening us, whatever happens.
Whatever your plans for the Summer, I hope you have a wonderful time!
God Bless,
Clare
Rev’d Clare Coates, Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick clarecoates@lordsbridge.org 07818618795
Services in July
Sunday 6 July 11:00am Holy Communion with Revd Clare
Sunday 13 July 11:00am Morning Worship with Stephen Coates
Sunday 20 July 3:00pm Evening Prayer with Revd Clare
Sunday 27 July No Church service
Please note Revd Clare will be on annual leave from Friday 25 July and returning to work 3 August
Services in August
Sunday 3 August 11:00am Holy Communion with Revd Clare
Sunday 10 August 11:00am Morning Prayer with Stephen Coates
Sunday 17 August 3:00pm Evening Prayer with Revd Clare
Sunday 24 August No Church service
Sunday 31 August 10:30am Team Service at St Andrew’s Toft with Revd Barnabas and Revd Charles
Please note Revd Clare will be on annual leave from Friday 15 August and returning to work 1 September
Services in September
Sunday 7 September 11:00am Holy Communion with Revd Clare
Zoom Worship at Home – All Lordsbridge Zoom Service Every Sunday, 11.00am. Join any time from 10.50am: https://zoom.us/j/82311473640.
On Sundays where there is no service in our church, you are most welcome to join any of our services across the team: please see our website www.lordsbridge.org for further details.
What’s On
Caldecote Women’s Prayer group Thursday mornings in term time at 9:00am on Zoom.Women from Caldecote and surrounding villages are warmly invited to join us online, gathering in spirit to pray, reflect and lift one another up through prayers. We are taking a Summer break and will be back on Thursday 4th September.