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

Dear Friends,

What a welcome sight to see Dry Drayton Church across a sea of yellow at the end of an epic 22.2 mile walk: my first Lordsbridge Pilgrimage! A wonderful reminder that we were nearly home! Six of us started at 7:30am that day in bright, sunny Coton. And all six of us finished, eleven hours later. We were joined throughout the day by fellow pilgrims, who walked with us, part of the way, before heading off home. We visited every beautiful church in the Lordsbridge Team, plus the stunning Kingston church, before lunching at the Old Rectory in Caldecote. I throughly enjoyed each church visit, and was amazed to see so many well preserved medieval wall paintings in so many of our parishes. I have never been on a pilgrimage before and was not sure what to expect. I didn’t even think I would finish! And yet, as the day wore on, and as we walked through the beautiful countryside, the miles soon evaporated. It was an incredible day of conversations, reflection, of seeing and being. Together, as we journeyed forward, to our destination, despite the tiredness, it was a day to cherish and remember as being one where we drew closer to God, and to each other. I can’t wait for next year!

God Bless,

Clare

Services in June

Sunday 4 June

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

Sunday 11 June

11am Morning Prayer, led by Fiona Whelan. All welcome.

Sunday 18 June

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

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

Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 July Caldecote Open Gardens

Useful Contacts

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

Revd David Newton, Team Rector & Lead Minister for Comberton and Toft: 01223 665654; 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; 07789 019157

Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org

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

Lordsbridge Team Instagram: @lordsbridge_team

Easter Services

Sunday 4 April

11am Holy Communion for Palm Sunday, followed by our APCM. All welcome

Good Friday, 7 April

All welcome to join us in the quiet beauty of Childerley Hall Chapel, from 3pm for a short service of reflection and music.

Easter Day, Sunday 9 April

11am Easter Day Holy Communion. Come and join us for our Easter Celebrations.

Events

Services

Online services continue

On zoom: https://zoom.us/j/89870702475 (ID 898 7070 2475). Every Sunday at 11am.

Other Services

Join in with other churches across the team. www.lordsbridge.org

If you would like to join our weekly newsletter mailing list, please email Revd Clare at clarecoates@lordsbridge.org

We had a wonderful Harvest Festival Service at Childerley Hall. With all donations going to the Cambourne Foodbank.

We will gather in the Peace Gardens and then at the Village Hall for the annual Remembrance Service.

Sunday 13th Nov at 11am.

We are launching a new children’s choir, based in St Andrew’s Toft. They will rehearse during term time on Friday from 4 – 5pm and then sing at a service, during term time, once a half term. If interested there is a workshop on Friday 15th July. Sign up here

On Easter Monday, from 2-4:30 pm, the ever popular Daffodil Walk at Childerley Hall Gardens will be open again, by kind permission of Chloe Jenkins.
Enjoy the beautiful gardens, daffodils, orchards in blossom and tea & cake, and help to raise funds for Caldecote Church

We have continued to work in partnership with the school providing vouchers for families to help through the holidays.

We have been awarded a £1000 grant from the Arnold Clark Community Fund to continue this work into the future. A huge thanks to Fiona Whelan for securing this.