Welcome to

The Lambfold Benefice

Our Benefice consists of five rural parishes - Litchborough, Adstone, Maidford, Blakesley with Woodend, and Farthingstone, and we are located in the south-westernly corner of the county of Northamptonshire, in the heart of the English countryside.

To enter any of our churches is to enter English history itself. From the stance of national heritage one can stand in the footsteps of the Normans, of medieval Yeoman farmers or even a notorious 17th century pirate! Within them the very history of our land can be grasped and touched, whether it's the image of the ‘the Bearer of the Bow' to King Henry IV; or the beheaded ‘idolatrous statuary' left behind by the reformation's zealots, or indeed the very private grief made public, of a wealthy family quite literally annihilated by the effects of the First World War. 

Yet these buildings are more than mere centres of focus for England's heritage. They are treasure houses of Christian prayer and mission. To enter them is to enter a place made sacred by almost 1000 years of prayer. Where generations of births, deaths and marriages have been celebrated and marked. Where, for half the Christian epoch, men and woman have sung praises to their creating, redeeming and sustaining God. To enter them is to join in this unbreakable chain of prayer.

 

 

 

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:

(see Benefice Calendar above for all services this month)

Sunday 10th December 2023 - Second Sunday of Advent     

                           9.00am       Holy Communion        Maidford

                         10.30am       Family Service             Blakesley

                          4.00pm        Carol Service               Litchborough

                           6.00pm       Carol Service               Farthingstone

                           6.00pm       Compline                      Adstone            

 

                             

                                

 

   

Please include this prayer in your daily prayers:

Leading Your Church into Growth

God of Mission, who alone brings growth to your Church,

send your Holy Spirit to give vision to our planning, wisdom to our actions, joy to our worship and power to our witness.

Help our church to grow in numbers, in spiritual commitment to you, and in service to our local community, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Safeguarding

If you have any concerns regarding the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult, please contact 

Mrs Sandy Aked-Walker, our Benefice Safeguarding Officer on 01327 830077 or 

send her an email here

For further information on help available from the Peterborough Diocese, please click here: Peterborough Diocese Safeguarding Office.

If a child or adult is in serious danger then please phone 999 / 101

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