Dear Friends,

Happy New Year! As we embark on this New Year – 2024 – I wonder: what journey of faith is God calling us on? Each of us may face difficult challenges and unexpected diversions: we can’t predict the year ahead. Our recent experiences have shown us that anything and everything can happen. But going on a faith journey with God is a positive, exciting thing. It can give us purpose and meaning; it can be challenging but most importantly it can give us hope, for a better and brighter today and tomorrow. We don’t know what journey God is taking us on this year. But we can be certain that God who calls us is faithful and promises always to be with us, especially when we can’t sense His presence. As we settle into this New Year, whether we have set goals or not, let’s endeavour to step out in faith, seeking God and following Him wherever He calls us to.

God Bless,

Clare

Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org

07818618795

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Services in January

7 January
11:00am Holy Communion at St Michael and All Angels Church

21 January
3:00-4:00pm Café Church the Village Hall 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.

Notices

Hamper Scheme
Caldecote Church partners with our local primary school to offer a supermarket voucher to Caldecote families who might appreciate some help through the holidays. If you would like to donate to this scheme, please see the link below:

Donate to Caldecote’s Summer Hamper Scheme

What’s On

Dry Drayton Musical Events
Saturday 3 February at 5:30pm in St Peter and St Paul’s Church, a Recital by the Alea Quartet featuring Mozart String Quartet no. 19 K465. Tickets at the door – for more details please see the poster below:

Useful Contacts

Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org

Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974

Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org

Join us at Dry Drayton Church on Saturday 3rd February at 5.30pm for a Recital by The Alea Quartet. Tickets are £10 and £5 (students & under 18s) and can be reserved at https://ddchambermusic.eventbrite.co.uk. Payment on the door. Everyone is welcome!

Dear Friends,

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. He 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 lets celebrate the wonderful news together!

Wishing you and your family a very Happy Christmas.

God Bless,

Clare
Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org

07818618795

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Services in December

Sunday 3 December: Advent Sunday

11:00am Holy Communion, led by Rev’d Clare with Beth Keenan preaching. All welcome.

Sunday 10 December

4:00pm Carols by Candlelight at St Michael and All Angels, with festive refreshments after the service. All welcome.

Sunday 17 December

3:00-4:00pm Café Church, Carols and Christingles, in the Village Hall. All welcome.

Monday 25 December: Christmas Day

11:00am Family Communion at Childerley Chapel, Childerley Hall. All welcome.

Sunday 31 December

9:30am BCP Morning Prayer at St Peter and St Paul’s Dry Drayton with John Harding. All welcome

10:30am Team service of Holy Communion at All Saints Haslingfield, with Rev’d Priscilla. All welcome.

5:30pm Team service of Evening Prayer at St Peter and St Paul’s Dry Drayton, with Rev’d Clare. All welcome.

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.

Notices

Hamper Scheme

Caldecote Church partners with our local primary school to offer a supermarket voucher to Caldecote families who might appreciate some help through the holidays. If you would like to donate to this scheme, please see the link below:

Donate to Caldecote’s Summer Hamper Scheme

What’s On

Dry Drayton Musical Events this Christmas

Saturday 2 December at 6.00pm Peterhouse Chapel Choir

Music for Advent and Christmas.  All welcome.

Sunday 10 December at 5:30pm

Useful Contacts

Revd David Newton, Team Rector & Lead Minister for Comberton and Toft: 01223 665654; 07736 944396; davidnewton@lordsbridge.org

Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org

Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974

Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org

Dear Friends,

Here at St Michael and All Angels, we are entering a new season in the Church’s year; the season of remembrance. This month we will be commemorating Remembrance Sunday on November 12 starting at 10:50am, in the peace garden, followed by a service in the Village Hall with refreshments afterward. All are most welcome to join us. Unfortunately, this year, war again seems much closer to us because of what’s happening in Ukraine and in the Holy Land. There are many other ongoing conflicts around the world, including Sudan, Ethiopia and the Yemen, and other nations such as Syria and Afghanistan are still suffering the devastating consequences of war. The terrible images on our tv screens remind us of the sad realities of war, and bring home to us the severe consequences for ordinary people. So this year, as well as remembering those from our village who gave their lives for our country in the two World Wars, and all conflicts since, and also remembering those known personally to us, we will be thinking of and praying for all those suffering today, and praying for peace. For many fighting in the two World Wars, Christian faith helped them through the horrors of war. Their faith gave them hope that things would be better and that good would overcome the darkness in the end. It is this hope we share today. Christians believe faith gives us strength, consolation and hope to carry on through the most difficult of times.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning time, we will remember them.

God Bless,

Clare

Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org

07818618795

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and see what we are up to across the team!

Instagram: @lordsbridge_team

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LordsbridgeTeam

Services in November

Sunday 5 November

11:00am Holy Communion, led by Rev’d Clare with Gabrielle Clarke preaching. All welcome.

Sunday 12 November – Remembrance Sunday

10:40am at the peace garden for laying wreaths and two minutes silence, followed by a service in the Village Hall, led by Fiona Whelan and Gabrielle Clarke. All welcome.

Sunday 19 November

3:00-4:00pm Café Church in the Village Hall. All welcome

Sunday 26 November

10:30am WOCES Joint Service for Christ the King at Comberton Leisure Centre, followed by refreshments, and an opportunity to say goodbye to our Team Rector, Rev’d David, before he leaves for his new role at the end of December.

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.

Notices

Hamper Scheme

Caldecote Church partners with our local primary school to offer a supermarket voucher to Caldecote families who might appreciate some help through the holidays. If you would like to donate to this scheme, please see the link below:

Donate to Caldecote’s Summer Hamper Scheme

Useful Contacts

Revd David Newton, Team Rector & Lead Minister for Comberton and Toft: 01223 665654; 07736 944396; davidnewton@lordsbridge.org

Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org

Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974

Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org

Dear Friends,

At this time of year churches hold Harvest Festivals to celebrate crops being gathered in from the fields and were traditionally held at the end of September to coincide with the autumn new moon. Harvest Festival is celebrated around the world and is a good opportunity to thank farmers and farm workers who work so hard on the land and at sea. The first ever Harvest Festival was held in a small church in Morwenstow, Cornwall, in 1843. Reverend Robert Hawker invited his parishioners to a special service of thanksgiving and praise. Victorian Hymns such as ‘We plough the fields and scatter’ and ‘All things bright and beautiful’ helped to popularise the idea of Harvest Festival and spread the annual custom of decorating the church with home grown produce and flowers. Harvest Festival reminds Christians of all the good things God gives us, and encourages us to share with others in need. Harvest time is also a good time for us to reflect and to be thankful for the food we have, and to think of those around the world who are hungry. This year we will be celebrating our Harvest Festival at Childerley Chapel on Sunday 1 October at 11.00am, and we will be accepting gifts of food for the Cambridge Foodbank. We do hope you can join us at this traditional service of thanksgiving.

I hope you have a wonderful October!

God Bless,

Clare

Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org

07818618795

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and see what we are up to across the team!

Instagram: @lordsbridge_team

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LordsbridgeTeam

Services in October

Sunday 1 October

11.00am Harvest Festival Holy Communion, led by Revd Clare, at Childerley Chapel, Childerley Hall. All welcome.

Sunday 8 October

11.00am Morning Prayer, led by Fiona Whelan in the Church. All welcome.

Sunday 15 October

3.00-4.00pm Café Church in the Village Hall. All welcome

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.

Notices

Hamper Scheme

Caldecote Church partners with our local primary school to offer a supermarket voucher to Caldecote families who might appreciate some help through the holidays. If you would like to donate to this scheme, please see the link below:

Donate to Caldecote’s Summer Hamper Scheme

In Hardwick:

Also Saturday 21st October, 10.00am – 4.00pm – The Big Book Sale at The Cabin, St Mary’s Hardwick.

Useful Contacts

Revd David Newton, Team Rector & Lead Minister for Comberton and Toft: 01223 665654; 07736 944396; davidnewton@lordsbridge.org

Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org

Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974

Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org

Dear Friends,

I hope you had a good summer and are now feeling refreshed and renewed, ready for all that is in store this Autumn. The festival of Michaelmas, or St Michael and All Angels has been celebrated in parishes throughout Britain for centuries. Michaelmas is also traditionally seen as one of the quarter days of the calendar, marking, in medieval times, the end of the farming year with the harvesting and gathering of crops. Falling on September 29, near the equinox, it is also associated with the beginning of Autumn and days gradually getting shorter. Celebrating Michaelmas is one way to remind ourselves of the changing pattern of the seasons. For Christians, it is also a reminder of the light of God’s love shining into the darkness as we approach winter.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

God Bless,

Clare

Revd Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org

07818618795

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and see what we are up to across the team!

Instagram: @lordsbridge_team

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LordsbridgeTeam

Services in September

Sunday 3rd September

11:00am Holy Communion, led by Revd Clare. All welcome.

Sunday 10th September

11:00am Morning Prayer, led by Fiona Whelan in the small meeting room, at the Village Hall, Highfields Caldecote.  All welcome.

Sunday 17 September

3:00-4:00pm Café Church in the Village Hall. All welcome

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.

Notices

Hamper Scheme

Caldecote Church partners with our local primary school to offer a supermarket voucher to Caldecote families who might appreciate some help through the holidays. If you would like to donate to this scheme, please see the link below:

Donate to Caldecote’s Summer Hamper Scheme

What’s On

Friday September 22 at 7pm Chamber Music Concert at Dry Drayton Church

Useful Contacts

Revd David Newton, Team Rector & Lead Minister for Comberton and Toft: 01223 665654; 07736 944396; davidnewton@lordsbridge.org

Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org

Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974

Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org

Dear Friends,

August is traditionally the time for long Summer holidays. A time to relax, rest, and recharge our batteries. A time for getting up later, maybe, with no need to rush to school – or to work! Summer can be a good opportunity to reflect on the year so far. Many of us may have been facing difficulties, with our own health or that of loved ones, for example, or our life circumstances may be challenging. As well as present troubles, we may also have future worries and uncertainties. In the face of all we might be feeling or facing at the moment, Christians believe that we can turn to God, asking for help and strength. The more difficult our circumstances may be, the more tempting it is to retreat into ourselves, rather than reaching out for help. In all our anxieties, Jesus reaches out and promises rest for our minds and to help us to regain our sense of inner peace and calm: “Come to me all who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens,” he says, “and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) Jesus is not saying life won’t ever be hard, but he is saying the comfort and rest he can give us will help us to get through. Faith can help make our lives more bearable. The peace and rest we receive from him helps us to cope with whatever life throws at us and reassures us that he is with us and won’t ever let us go. 

I hope you have a wonderful Summer and I look forward to seeing you soon.

God Bless,

Clare

Revd Clare Coates, Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org; 07818618795

Please note I will be on annual leave from Monday 21 August, returning to work on Monday 4 September.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and see what we are up to across the team!

Instagram: @lordsbridge_team

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LordsbridgeTeam

Services in August

Sunday 6th August

11.00am Holy Communion, led by Revd Clare. All welcome.

Sunday 13th August

11.00am Morning Prayer, led by Revd Clare. All welcome.

Sunday 20th August

3.00-4.00pm Café Church in the Village Hall. All welcome.

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 the Team website www.lordsbridge.org for further details.

Notices

New Bishop of Ely – have your say!

As individuals and parishes we are being encouraged to have our say and to let the selection committee know our thoughts about our future Bishop. As a parish, we believe that it is very important for our future Bishop to be inclusive, ordaining both men and women. Here is the link to the survey, which we are encouraged to return as soon as possible and no later than 14 August: https://www.elydiocese.org/statement-of-needs.php

Summer Hamper Schemes

Some of the Lordsbridge Team Churches partner with their local primary school to offer weekly food hampers (or supermarket vouchers) to families who might appreciate some help through the holidays. If you would like to donate to these schemes, please see the links below:

Donate to Caldecote’s Summer Hamper Scheme

Donate to Comberton’s Summer Hamper Scheme (through Comberton PCC – ref: Meridian)

Donate to Harlton and Haslingfield’s Supermarket Voucher Scheme (through Haslingfield PCC – ref: Vouchers)

What’s on

Friday 18 August 7:30pm, Cheese and Wine Fundraiser in the Cabin

All are most welcome to join us for an evening of fun and friendship. For more details, see poster below:

SAVE THE DATE!

Friday September 22 at 7pm Chamber Music Concert at Dry Drayton Church

International Cellist, Iris Azquinezer will be performing a Cello recital, featuring the Bach Cello Suites. For more information, please see poster below:

Useful Contacts

Revd David Newton, Team Rector & Lead Minister for Comberton and Toft: 01223 665654; 07736 944396; davidnewton@lordsbridge.org

Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org

Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974

Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org

During the Summer Holidays we support families in Caldecote with our Summer Hamper scheme. If you would like to donate to the scheme, please do so through our Give-a-Little page here.

Dear Friends,

Summer is here, and after a very cool wet spring, we have warm weather at last! We are very blessed to be living in such a beautiful part of Cambridgeshire, and it has been lovely watching each season unfold. The beauty of God in creation is breathtaking in all its diversity. Our churchyard in particular is an incredibly beautiful and tranquil place. It is very encouraging to see the wildflower areas developing. We have lots of daisies, buttercups, cow parsley and poppies, nettles and dandelions. Going forward, we hope to encourage more biodiversity. The churchyard is also home to many different species of wildlife and insects, including bats, squirrels, foxes, rabbits, crows and small birds. Why not come in and take a wander, to see what you can spot?

I hope you have a wonderful July.

God Bless,

Clare
Revd Clare Coates, Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org; 07818618795

Please note I will be on annual leave from Monday 17 to Sunday 30 July, returning to work on Monday 31 July.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and see what we are up to across the team!

Instagram: @lordsbridge_team

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LordsbridgeTeam

Services in July

Sunday 2 July

11.00am Holy Communion, led by Revd Clare. All welcome.

Sunday 9 July

11.00am Morning Prayer, led by Revd Clare. All welcome.

Sunday 16 July

3.00-4.00pm Café Church in the SMALL MEETING ROOM in the Village Hall. All welcome.

Sunday 30 July

10:30am Team Service of Holy Communion at St Peter’s Church, Barton. All welcome.

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 the Team website www.lordsbridge.org for further details.

What’s On

Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 July Caldecote Open Gardens

All most welcome to come and enjoy spending time in the beautiful gardens of Clare Farm and Longmeadow, from 1-6pm on Saturday 8^th and Sunday 9^th July. Entry by single donation to both gardens, with funds being raised for St Michael and All Angels Church. For more details, see poster below:

Saturday 8 July

Ceilidh in aid of Ukraine Emergency Flood Relief in Storey’s Field Centre, Eddington, 6-9pm. Tickets £5; children free: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ceilidh-for-ukraine-flood-releif

HARDWICK: Saturday 15 July, starting at 5pm

We are holding a summer concert, in the grounds of the Cabin, to raise money for our Church building repair fund. Tickets £10 each or £30 for a Family of 4 (children under 16). Contact Anne for tickets jeffandanne23@gmail.com; 07912 685025.

Useful Contacts

Revd David Newton, Team Rector & Lead Minister for Comberton and Toft: 01223 665654; 07736 944396; davidnewton@lordsbridge.org

Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org

Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974

Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org