There is only one Service in the Benefice on Sunday, December 30th. This will be Holy Communion (Said) led by the Rev Barbara Johnson at St Mary's Church, Hatley Road, Potton, starting at 10.30am. All are very welcome to this final Service of the Old Year. On Tuesday, we welcome in the New Year and a new programme of Services will be announced very soon. Meantime, we wish all our readers and followers, A Very Happy New Year

A quick reminder that tomorrow of course is Christmas Eve, I'm sure you all know that. However we have had a few enquiries as to when the Crib Service and the Midnight Communion Service both start. Here is what you need to know: 4.30 PM The Crib Service. This is mainly aimed at the Younger Children and their Mums and Dads, but is open to anyone, Children of all ages and Adults too. It's a lovely start to Christmas. 11.30 PM The Midnight Holy Communion Service. We hold this

Next Saturday, December 22nd, St Mary's Events Team are bringing to you, a Victorian Evening in the Church Hall, starting at 7pm. Tickets are £10, payable on the door, and a glass of wine or a soft drink are included. Children are free. The evening will try to re-create a typical Victorian evening of traditional food, games, carols, readings and that great Victorian feature, the Mummers Play! Come and have some Victorian Fun in the last few days before Christmas, and we'll do

Come and join us in St Mary's on Sunday Evening, December 16th, at 6pm, for our traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols. Join us afterwards in the Church Hall for Festive Refreshments.

The first of our special Children's Advent services, was held this afternoon. It was our Christingle service which although is for the Children, it is well enjoyed by grown-up Children as well, their Mums amd Dads! The service as always was very well attended and the Rev Gill carefully explained to everyone what the meaning of each part of the Christingle represented. (A diagram can be found on an earlier entry on this page, or on our website). A few favourite Children's Caro

Rev Dave Smith, our former Curate till he retired to Australia a few years ago, has sent us a Christmas greeting, with a little of his latest news. Since arriving in his retirement town, Strathalbyn in South Australia, near Adelaide, he has formed and run Choirs there and really got very involved with other local activities. Dave was also the Choirmaster at St Mary's up till the time he moved away. You can see why his choice of town was a good one by clicking this link: strat

4.30pm at St Mary's Church, the Children's favourite Advent Service, next Sunday, December 9th. Each child will receive a Christingle emblem during the service. Most people will know that this is an Orange representing the World and decorated with a Candle, a Red Belt round the middle and little sweets. Most of these get eaten usually before the end of the service! All these symbols are explained in this picture. A candlelit procession round the church using the candle on the

The last village column notice for this year, is this Friday. It will return in the New Year. Just as another reminder, here are the service times for St Mary’s until Christmas Day. Keep up to date with other news from your Parish Church through our website and Facebook page. Sunday 9 December – The Second Sunday of Advent 9am Holy Communion (Said) 10.30am Choral Holy Communion 4.30pm Christingle Sunday

The morning service next Sunday is Choral Holy Communion to be conducted by the Rev Gill. Later at 4.30pm, it is our extremely popular children’s Christingle Service, so please bring your children so they receive their Christingle. Small donation boxes are usually available from the schools for this service. Our First Steps toddler and baby group meet on Friday as usual in the church hall at 9.30am and this week it is their Christmas party. Details about the Group can be obt

Quite an amazing Friends and Family service last Sunday, but then it was the time to prepare St Mary’s for the Christmas period and we had a really good attendance to do just that, It was pleasing to see more new faces at this already popular service. The Rector, the Rev Gill Smith introduced the service and explained what everyone would be doing, to make and fit decorations and decorate Manger cakes, to decorate the Tree and help with a new Peace on Earth banner that was nea