October Newsletter

Newsletter October 2025

Dear Friends,

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 Dry Drayton 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 Dry Drayton, Caldecote with Childerley and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org

07818 618 795

Services in October

Sunday 5 October

5:30pm Choral Evensong with Revd Clare

Sunday 12 October Harvest Festival

9:30am Holy Communion with Revd Clare

We shall be collecting donations of food and toiletries for our local Foodbank.

Sunday 19 October

11am Morning Worship for all ages with Charlotte Kalinsky and Revd Clare

Sunday 26 October

9:30am Holy Communion, with Revd Sue

HARDWICK

3-4pm Wild Church at the Cabin. A family friendly service, exploring nature and God in the grounds of the Cabin. All welcome.

Online Services

Sundays at 11am Lordsbridge Zoom Service

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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
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