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
Announced on Sunday, 28th June:The Right Revd Dr Joanne Woolway Grenfell, the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, is delighted to announce that The Revd Rhiannon Wilmott has been appointed as Vicar of the Benefice of Kesgrave, Little Bealings and Playford.Rhiannon is currently Assistant Curate of St Matthew’s and St Paul’s church in the diocese of Winchester.A date for Rhiannon’s Collation, Induction and Installation service will be confirmed in due course. The Bishop has asked me to pass on his thanks to all those involved in the process of Rhiannon’s appointment, and he assures you of his prayers. Please pray for Rhiannon and family as they prepare for their move to Suffolk over the summer.The Ven Rich Henderson Archdeacon of Suffolk
All Saints Church Kesgrave NEWSLETTER -June- July 2026If you would like to read it online, please click on the link above. You may also download our PDF version.
Service of Holy Communion and Meeting of Candidates – Wednesday 17th JuneYou are warmly invited to a short service of Holy Communion on Wednesday, 17th June at 9.00am,at All Saints Kesgrave followed by tea and coffee at approximately 9.30am for around 15 minutes. This will be an opportunity for you to meet the candidates we are all eagerly anticipating.Please continue to pray for our Benefice and our three churches—for our future, for our next incumbent (whom God is calling), for our unity, and for how we can continue to support and encourage one another, and grow in mutual care and love.I cannot express it better than Archdeacon Rich did in his sermon last Sunday, 31st May. I really enjoyed listening to him and watching the service. If you did not have a chance to hear it, here is the link:https://www.youtube.com/live/J3sL4rExhWE?si=Cl7U_xPQ-hsPLRiz
