Christmas Services and Events at St Helen's

Christmas Eve - Tuesday 24 December 2024 - 18h30 - Carol Service and Crib Blessing

You are very welcome to join us for our traditional candle-lit Carol Service on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Day - Wednesday 25 December 2024 - 11h00 - Family Communion

On Christmas Day there will be a family-friendly service of Holy Communion - all welcome!

To everyone who helped at the Walking Nativity

Saturday morning 's first Berrick Walking Nativity was the brainchild of Mel, our lovely curate, who has sadly had to move on before being able to see it through...but it was beautifully compiled and delivered today by Rev Michael and his wife Kirsty. Plus huge, huge thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the morning. There was such a wonderful team of helpers providing so many special ingredients, from the fabulously turned out "Ponkey" (Basil), to the talented minstrels, to the delicious refreshments, and also thank you to many who mucked in at the church to help! What we could not have done without, though, was the magnificent and enthusiastic support of all of you who braved the threatening weather (which DID stay relatively calm for us!) to come and be involved and support it (30 children, 20 adults, 4 dogs and a ponkey (thank you, Pam, for the perfect name!). So 🙏🙏🙏 to you all. 

St Helen's PCC

To everyone who helped at the Christmas Fair...

Thank you so much for doing all you did at the Christmas Fair earlier in the month, and for all the hard work that you contributed to the event beforehand.

It was a truly awesome whole-village effort. Whether you were cooking, mulling, brewing, baking, selling, shifting furniture, cleaning the Hall afterwards, decorating, running competitions / creative activities, singing, raffling, or any other of the varied activities that went into making this event so successful, the PCC thanks you wholeheartedly: the money you helped to raise makes a valuable contribution to the annual costs of running and maintaining our unique and historic village church so that it will be here for future generations.

SO FINALLY – here’s the financial outcome: an amazing £2,562.77.

With our grateful thanks,

St Helen's PCC

Prayers for peace and hope

Please see here for the Church of England's prayers for peace and hope in the midst of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict and here for the Church of England's response to the conflict in Ukraine.

Regular Services at St Helen's

For the current pattern of weekly services at St Helen's please see here.

Online Worship

The Benefice YouTube channel is available at:

 https://www.youtube.com/c/stmaryschalgrovewithsthelensberricksalome .

Enquiries about Marriage and Baptism etc

These should be directed to Father Michael Lakey on 01865 890392 (not available on Mondays).