🌻 KESGRAVE SCARECROW FESTIVAL 🌻Kesgrave Scarecrow Trail is here!!! 🎉🌻Thank you so much to everyone who has taken part — whether by making a scarecrow, growing sunflowers for our Sunflower Competition, making kind donations towards the raffle, tombola and book raffle, or volunteering to help on the day of the Scarecrow Café on 12th September.A huge thank you to you all! We simply couldn’t have done it without your help! ❤️Just a little reminder that we have two weeks to enjoy the trail, from 29th August to 12th September, and we really hope everyone will enjoy walking around Kesgrave and seeing all the wonderful scarecrows along the trail. As the nights are drawing in, please be mindful of the scarecrows when walking in the dark, so they don’t make you jump! 😉 🌙Here is the link to the Kesgrave Scarecrow Trail map, which has 21 entries:Kesgrave Scarecrow Trail Map🌻 Scarecrow Café – Saturday 12th SeptemberOn Saturday 12th September, at All Saints Kesgrave, from 10am–2pm, we will have our Scarecrow Café, and everyone is welcome!There will be lots of yummy cakes, children’s activities, a teddy zip wire (we are asking children to bring their brave teddies along to have a go! 🧸), a pet blessing, tombola and some lovely stalls.Our Scarecrow Trail and Sunflower Competition winners will also be announced.We would absolutely love to see you there!Many thanks again to everyone who has taken part in this community event. It makes such a huge difference when we have so many lovely people coming together to bring smiles to Kesgrave. ❤️As a church, we are so grateful for all your support. We remember how cold last winter was without our heating system, and we know how important fundraising events like this are in helping us raise the money needed to replace it.So many of you have already supported us towards this cause, and we are extremely grateful. However, replacing the heating system is a very large-scale project, and we still need to raise a considerable amount.We therefore hope that the Kesgrave Scarecrow Festival and Scarecrow Café on 12th September will be a huge success — both as a brilliant event for our community and as an important fundraiser to help our church with this project.So please do come along, bring your family and friends, enjoy the trail, have some cake, join in the activities and help us make it a really special day!We would love to see you there! 🌻🧸☕❤️And if you would like to support our church and help us towards replacing our heating system, you can make a donation through the Parish Giving Scheme here:Donate to All Saints KesgraveEvery donation, however big or small, is very much appreciated. Thank you so much for your kindness and support! ❤️With many thanks and love,All Saints Church Kesgrave
All Saints Church Kesgrave NEWSLETTER -August- September 2026If you would like to read it online, please click on the link above. You may also download our PDF version.
Save the Date! 🎉We are delighted to share the news from The Ven Rich Henderson, Archdeacon of Suffolk, that the Collation, Induction and Installation of The Revd Rhiannon Wilmott as our new Vicar will take place on:Thursday 8th October at 7.30pmAll Saints Church, KesgraveThe service will be led by The Right Revd Dr Joanne Woolway Grenfell, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and The Ven Rich Henderson, Archdeacon of Suffolk.Please save the date and join us for this very special celebration as we begin a new chapter together across the Benefice of Kesgrave, Little Bealings and Playford with Lightwave Emerge.It will be wonderful to have our church families and wider communities from Kesgrave, Little Bealings, Playford and Lightwave Emerge with us as we welcome Rhiannon and celebrate this exciting new chapter together.
Kesgrave Scarecrow Festival(Scarecrow Trail, Cafe & Sunflower Growing Competition) 29th August - 12th September 2026We would like to invite you to take part in our second Scarecrow Trail and Festival. Similar to last year (which was a great success, all thanks to your amazing entries!!!!), we would encourage you, as individuals or groups, to make scarecrows to display outdoors at your home, school or workplace in Kesgrave to cheer our town. The trail starts on Saturday 29th August (Bank Holiday weekend) and runs until Saturday 12th September. During this time, exhibits will be judged by our panel, and prizes will be announced and awarded at our Scarecrow Café on Saturday 12th September, from 10.00 am to 2.00 pm, at All Saints Church, Main Road, Kesgrave, IP5 1AA. Please feel free to be as creative as possible with characters of your choice.In addition to last year, we have introduced a Sunflower Growing Competition, which was launched at our Spring Festival in May. Hopefully, your sunflowers are well on the way to producing great height and the largest flower heads! There is also a category for the Best Multi-Headed Sunflower and Young Gardner Award. (It is still possible to purchase sunflower plants from 87 Bell Lane if you've had problems.)If you would like to take part in either the Scarecrow Trail (29th Aug – 12th Sept) or the Sunflower Growing Competition, please register your entry by contacting allsaints.parish@outlook.comAll scarecrows will be included on our Scarecrow Trail map (with an online link to Google Maps), helping visitors find their way around the town. If you're entering a scarecrow, we'd be grateful if you could let us know its name and the address where it will be displayed, so we can include it on the map.To enter the Sunflower Competition, please state the category you would like to enter:Tallest SunflowerLargest Sunflower HeadBest Multi-Headed SunflowerYoung Gardener AwardIf you are entering the Young Gardener Award, please also state your name and age.We are launching our Scarecrow Festival ahead of the school summer holidays to give you plenty of time to be creative with your scarecrows, so that you have every chance of being successful in our fun competition in September.Good luck to you all, and ENJOY!With all good wishes,The Scarey Crow Crew
