Living Brook Benefice (Piddington, Hardingstone and Quinton)

We hope you will join us for an evening of wine tasting.   Expect to enjoy 8 luscious wines selected for flavour, quality and easy drinking appeal, guided by our wine expert. Your ticket will also include a selection of cheeses.  When:  Saturday 7th March 2026 Arrive a few minutes early for the 7:30 start time Where:  Horton House Cricket Club Denton Road, Horton NN7 2BE Tickets:  £22.50 per person.  Ring Jane on 0788 5321111 Emma on  01604 870681

After a recent request for a photo of one of the memorials inside the church, we took some photos and made an album available. You can see it here (https://goo.gl/photos/Vd11Pf3kTdHMJP2D6) We also had a request to install a sign indicating that we have commonwealth war graves in our churchyard and that is now in place. In fact, there is just one commonwealth grave in our graveyard, which you can see below. This stone commemorates R.E.G. Hall (T/179137) a Driver with the Royal Army Service Corps, who died on the 29th of February, 1944, aged 28.

 Christmas Services in Living Brook Benefice We look forward to welcoming you at our Christmas Services!  Christmas Tree Festival  Saturday 13th December 2025 10.30 am – 4.30 pm at Piddington Church Father Christmas is visiting 12-2 pm Sunday 14th December 2025 10.30 am – 4.30 pm at Piddington Church Come and share our warm space, chat, have a hot drink, and some mince pies,  listen to some music, enter our raffle for fab Christmas Hampers, and enjoy the inventive Christmas trees decorated by local groups and families.   Wassail and Carol Service  Sun 14th December 2025 6:00 pm (with mulled wine and mince pies) at Piddington Church Arrive early to get a seat!  Nine lessons and Carols Sun 21st December 2025 17:15 pm Family Carol Service at St Edmund’s Church , Hardingstone    Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 2025  3:00 pm Wednesday Christingle Service at St Edmund’s Church - family-oriented 4:00 pm Wednesday Crib Service at Piddin...

 This year Christmas Tree Festival is on December 13th and 14th. Father Christmas will be there between 12-2pm to accept your children’s or grandchildren’s letters so he can get on and make whatever they have asked for!  Our Wassail will be on the 14th at 6pm but come a bit earlier to enjoy Jo’s festive fizz. Word is getting out at how good it is. Our Wassail includes our Nine Lessons and Carols - it is a lovely end to the festival and as it is quite late in December this year it will definitely put you in the Christmas mood! 

 Our annual Christmas Tree Festival this year is on the 7th and 8th December from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. Father Christmas will be there on the 7th between 11am and 1 pm for you to give you a chance to give him your Christmas present letters in person. Entry by donation.  On Sunday we have our Wassail with Nine Lessons and Carols. This service starts at 6 pm with mince pies and Jo’s fabulous punch. Please come along to support us - all money raised will go towards the repair of our beautiful church.

Let us rejoice in the risen Lord on Easter Sunday - the 31st of March in one of our services across the benefice.  Piddington said service - no choir 9.30  Hardingstone sung service - with choir 10.00 Quinton said service - no choir at 10.30 <a href="https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/gradient-easter-sunday-illustration_12552692.htm#fromView=search&page=1&position=0&uuid=06a8bae1-94f0-42a4-9ecb-0fefe244448c">Image by freepik</a>

EASTER EGG HUNT ST EDMUND'S HARDINGSTONE 2024 Following the Easter Day Service on March 31st at 10am there will be an Easter Egg hunt around the church.   

  You are warmly welcome to our services in the Living Brook Benefice     HOLY WEEK   w/c  Sunday 2 4 th   March  2024     11:00am   Palm  Sunday   Benefice  Eucharist at St Edmund’s Church.     7:00pm   Maundy Thursday     Service   at Piddington Church.     7:30pm   Maundy Thursday     “ Watch ”   at Quinton Church.     2:00pm   Good Fri day     Service at  St Edmund’s Church     7: 3 0pm   Satur day   Easter Vigil: Lighting the Fire at Piddington Church EASTER DAY   Sunday  31 st   March 2024      10:00am     Easter   Sunday         Eucharist Service at Piddington Church.     10: 0 0pm     Eucharist Service at St Edmund’s Church.     1 0 : 3 0am     Holy Communion at Quinton Church.  

  LENT COURSE: TRUE FREEDOM  T his year's course is looking at the important subject of modern slavery and Paul's letter to the Galatians. It should be a provoking and challenging course and we hope to see you there.   The 5-week course will be held in Hardingstone Church starting Tuesday the 20th of February at 2pm.  There will also be an evening session on Zoom starting on Thursday the 22nd of February. For anyone who would like to attend the evening session please contact Revd Julie at; revjuliescott@gmail.com to get the link.  The issue of the modern slavery is one that affects many people in our communities on a daily basis and this course will allow us to listen to case studies from survivors and explore Paul's letter.  You do not need to have an understanding of the Bible, or of the subject of Modern Slavery to take part in this course. We will explore this together as a group.  If you have any questions please contact Revd Julie at: r...

    FIRST SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY   w/c Sunday  7 th  January 202 4     8:30am   Sunday   Said Communion at St Edmund ’ s Church.     10:00am   Sunday   Sung Eucharist at Piddington Church.     7:00pm   Wednesday   Midweek Service  at  Piddington Church.     SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY   w/c Sunday 1 4 th   January  202 4     10:00am   Sunday   Holy Communion at Quinton Church.     11:00am   Sunday   Sung Eucharist at St Edmund’s Church.     7:00pm   Wednesday   Midweek Service at  Piddington Church.     THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY   w/c Sunday  2 1 st  January  202 4     10:00am   Sunday   Sung Eucharist at Piddington Church.     11:00am   Sunday   Café Church at St Edmund’s Church.     7:00pm   Wednesday   Midweek Service...

  Piddington with Horton will be hosting their annual Christmas Tree Festival on the weekend of the 9th and 10th December the theme for the trees this year is favourite Christmas movies. Please come along and see if you can guess what films the trees are decorated as. There are some very nice Christmas hampers to give away this year by raffle and as ever, mince pies and hot drinks. Santa will be in the church on Saturday!

 Please join us for th e Harvest Quiz - details on the flyer below

 This Sunday May 7th all our churches held special services to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Here are some pictures of some of the flowers on display at Piddington Church. We are so blessed to have such skilled flower arrangers. There are commutative books in our churches in which you can write a message or prayer for the reign of King Charles III.

  Please see above poster for how to take part in the Piddington Church Easter Treasure Hunt 

  As we look forward to Christmas, and as we hear the news that less than half of people in this country described themselves as Christian in the 2021 census, we have some serious thinking to do. Doubtless the purveyors of chocolate, alcohol, luxury foods, toys, video games, decorations,  jewellery  and books will continue to do well this month: our nation will still celebrate Christmas after a fashion. But Christ is less and less at the centre of it. Increasingly our task as Christians and Churches is to teach again the very basics of the faith, not assuming that people know anything at all about it. The simple Christmas story is a good place to start, but we also need to explain the deeper meaning and encourage people towards commitment.  So  I have a double-barrelled Christmas message this year. To Christians and  Churches  I say: Rejoice in Jesus, all that he is and means, and seek to find new ways of sharing him with those around you. To the major...