Our lovely village Garden Fete is back again!Sunday afternoon 28th June 2026 2pm onwards atThe Innocents, Berrick Prior (courtesy of Nicol and Ian Glyn).Stalls, competitions, kids’ races, tug-of-war, teas, Pimms, games, outdoor fun and ice creams.Door to door collection...Thursday 25 June 2026 18h00 - 19h00If you have any of the following items to donate to stalls:Bottles (any content, shape or size) Toys & games Books Gifts (new/very nearly new)White Elephants (saleable pre-loved items)these can be collected from you between 6 and 7 pm on Thursday 25th June - just leave them (labelled please!) outside your gate/door.Please bring any cakes, preserves and plants to the stalls on the day.Do please come along - and bring your friends. We are working hard to ensure that our lovely historic village church will still be here for future generations...See you there!St Helen's PCC
As we enter Passiontide and look forward to Easter please see below for the services which will be held at St Helen's: Palm Sunday (29th March) – Gather at The Chequers at 11am to collect our palm crosses, then process with Basil, the village 'ponkey', up the lane to St Helen's for a Family Service with activity and refreshments. Good Friday (3rd April) – a reflective Good Friday Liturgy service (10h00), followed by Coffee and Hot Cross Buns at Meadow Croft Easter Day (5th April) – Easter Day Family Communion Service (11h00) with Easter Egg hunt in the churchyard!
If you are new to the village, you may not know about our lovely churchyard.Do come up when you have a few spare minutes and admire the snowdrops - they are just opening!
Walking Nativity in Berrick Salome - Saturday 20 December 2025 - 10h30 at The ChequersCalling would-be angels, shepherds, kings, stars, sheep (maybe even camels)...The Walking Nativity will be taking place this Saturday 20th in the carpark of The Chequers, where we will see if there is any room at the Inn...Basil the ponkey will be there and will enjoy meeting all the children before the Nativity procession begins.As last year, he will very likely join us inside the church also, to munch on his hay-net, whilst all the children dress up to form a Nativity tableau with Christmas songs and story.No need to dress up as nativity costumes will be provided when we get to the church.Hot chocolate with marshmallows, and other refreshments, will be provided for afterwards.Everyone welcome!Christmas Eve Carol ServiceOn Wednesday 24 December 2025 -18h30 - at St Helen's Church. This year we continue with our traditional service of Carols by Candlelight including the Blessing of the Crib. We invite you to:· walk up the candle-lit Church Lane (limited parking is available)· gather in the candle-lit church· sing some lovely well-known carols (from a service sheet), each linked by a line of the Christmas Story· hear the children singing around the crib.The service will last about 60 minutes. Everyone is welcome! This year’s collection will be donated to The Chiltern Centre, which provides specialist care for 16 - 30 year olds with disabilities, so please give generously, by cash, or online . Christmas Day Holy CommunionOn Thursday 25 December 2025 from 11h00 to 11h45 we will be holding our traditional Service of Holy Communion for Christmas Day in St Helen's Church.We do hope you can join us at one or more of these festive events!
