Newsletter November 2025
Dear Friends,
For the Church, November is traditionally a season of remembrance. We remember and give thanks for those known personally to us and also for those who have given their lives in defence of our nation. St Mary’s All Souls Service is being held at the Church on Monday 3 November at 3pm and we will be remembering with love and gratitude all those known to ourselves who have died. Our Remembrance Sunday Service is being held on November 9 starting at 10:55am, at the village sign, and then continuing in the Church with a special service of commemoration and remembrance. All are most welcome to join us.
Christians believe that Jesus offers hope and comfort to those who grieve. Jesus himself is the sign and symbol of God’s regenerative and transcending love, the promise that God will restore life where there is death. Christians believe that Jesus can bring hope even to the darkest and most painful moments of our life. Writing after their experiences of the horrors of trench warfare in WWI, both JRR Tolkein and CS Lewis wrote of how their faith in God helped them get through their worst days, giving them hope for a better tomorrow. That goodness and light would overcome the darkness in the end, and that justice would prevail. And that is our hope and prayer for today too: that the fragile peace in Gaza and the Middle East will hold, and that justice and peace will come to Ukraine and other parts of the world currently in conflict.
God Bless,
Clare
Revd Clare Coates
Lead Minister for Hardwick, Dry Drayton and Caldecote with Childerley
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org
07818 618795
Services in November
Sunday 2 November
9:30am Holy Communion with Revd Clare
Monday 3 November All Souls
3pm A service of thanksgiving and remembrance in the Church with Revd Clare and Ali Marcus
Sunday 9 November Remembrance Sunday
10:55am start at the Village sign for two minutes silence at 11am, followed by a service of commemoration and remembrance in the Church with Revd Clare and Ali Marcus.
Sunday 16 November
9:30am Holy Communion and Sunday Club, with Revd Clare
Sunday 23 November
10:30am Churches Joint Service at Comberton Leisure Centre. Children’s activities led by GenR8. Please sign up here:
https://forms.gle/ezHUuyAqUL2BtExe9
3-4pm Wild Church at the Cabin. A family friendly service, exploring nature and God in the grounds of the Cabin. All welcome.
Sunday 30 November Advent Sunday
10:30am Lordsbridge Team Service at St Mary’s Hardwick with Sue Nelms leading and Revd Clare preaching and presiding. Our Advent Sermon series on Handel’s Messiah begins today and WCYM will be leading our music. All welcome!
Weekday Services:
Wednesday Prayers
1st Wednesday of the month, 9am at the Cabin
And in the following weeks, on zoom. All welcome.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81351619270?pwd=4IWnuF7ljOZnmXDY4omwPvNKJx7iRl.1
Meeting ID: 813 5161 9270
Passcode: 986206
Caldecote Women’s Prayer group Thursday mornings in term time at 9am on Zoom
Women from Caldecote and surrounding villages are warmly invited to join us online, gathering in spirit to pray, reflect and lift one another up through prayers. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88137270141?pwd=pCvjk7eQrFqYX8GrvRP6JmMZKI9bYK.1
Meeting ID: 881 3727 0141
Passcode: 655934
Friday night prayers at 7:30pm, on Zoom
All most welcome to join us on Fridays for night prayers starting at 7.30 pm with chat and prayer actually beginning at 7.45 pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83806423658?pwd=Ux2yZaz0VJeLnNbF12pUyuvihUeSkL.1
Meeting ID: 838 0642 3658
Passcode: 167011
What’s on:
Tuesday Toddlers in the Cabin 10-11:30am, every Tuesday in term time
All welcome to join us for free play, craft, story and fun!
Tuesdays, alternate weeks:
1-3pm The Colour Wheel Hardwick Mindful Colouring Group:
in the Cabin. £3 donation which includes refreshments and materials. For more information contact Nicky 07539 429394 kerranica@gmail.com
Thursdays
10:30 – 12: Bumps and Babes with Ali in the Cabin. All welcome.
1st Saturday of every month: Pippins
10am-12 noon, in Hardwick School Hall. Drop in for a cuppa, cake and a chat! All most welcome.
Wednesday 5 November Bonfire Night Party at the Cabin, with campfire and refreshments. Please email Sue for more details and for catering: events1@stmaryshardwick.org.uk
Useful contacts
Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org
Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974
Team Administrator: Mrs Emily Griffiths: thelordsbridgeteam@gmail.com
Lordsbridge Team Instagram: @lordsbridge_team
Lordsbridge Team Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LordsbridgeTeam