Ketton and Tinwell Benefice
St Mary's Ketton &
All Saints' Tinwell
Ketton and Tinwell Benefice
Welcome to the Churches of St Mary’s, Ketton and All Saints, Tinwell. All are welcome at our events and services.
The benefice is currently in an inter regnum or vacancy (since our last vicar Olwen Woolcock retired in November 2023). Please click “inter regnum” for news of progress towards getting a new vicar.
In the meantime, please contact the churchwardens with any queries.
Ketton:
Sara Mann saramann50@gmail.com
Alex Woodfield alex@ketton.org
Lay Pastoral Minister – Julia Freeman at juliafreeman@tiscali.co.uk
Tinwell:
Bryan Yule bryan.yule766@gmail.com
Please see the notices below for current information.
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Have you ever thought which month of the year Noah got his ark ready? It could well have been this September!
A little research on the internet has provided details of which month was which in the Old Testament.
| Name | Time According to Gregorian calendar | Jewish Holidays |
| Tishrei | September – October | Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot |
| Heshvan | October – November | |
| Kislev | November – December | Hanukah |
| Tevet | December – January | Tevet 10 Fast |
| Shvat | January – February | Tu Bishvat |
| Adar | Feb- March | Purim, Esther Fast |
| Nissan | March – April | Passover |
| Iyar | April – May | Pessah Sheni, Lag Ba’omer |
| Sivan | May – June | Shavu’ot |
| Tamuz | June – July | Tamuz 17 (Fast day) |
| Av | July – August | Av 9 (Fast day) |
| Elul | August – September | High Holy Days |
Of course by the time of the new testament, the Roman (or Julian) calendar had been implemented across the Roman Empire in 46 BC. Not much mention of months in the new testament and only as a unit of time, never a specific month. Why is that? The average max daytime temperature in Jerusalem in January is 11C and in August is 19C (elsewhere in Israel 26C) so it isn’t like the seasons don’t matter.
As a bit of advance notice for the St Mary’s family service on 6 October – this is our harvest festival service. It is at 11am and will move quickly into a “bring and share” lunch at the Congregational Hall from 12 noon. I have often tried to get some clarity about what a bring and share lunch is and the response is “it is what it says on the tin” I guess bring a platter of what you might like to eat and feel free to eat what anyone else brings too. You don’t have to bring something at all though and there will be more than enough for everyone. 5 loaves 2 fish etc!
One thing which the harvest festival does bring though is a reminder of the need to provide food for others and there will be a collection of non-perishable items. Stamford Food Bank’s latest list of urgent items is below.
What’s coming up in our churches:
St Mary’s Ketton
Sunday 29 September 10.30 Churches Together led by Reverend Charles May
Sunday 6 October – 11.00 Harvest Festival service
All Saints Tinwell
Sunday 29 September – churches together service at St Mary’s Ketton (see above)
Sunday 6 October 09.30 All Age Worship
PRAYERS FOR ST MARY’S KETTON AND ALL SAINTS TINWELL –
Prayers continue to be held in St Mary’s on Saturday at 9.00am (for half an hour) for the future of St Mary’s, Ketton and All Saints, Tinwell.
Prayer group this week will restart on Thursday 3 October at 2pm (note the one off change of time)
Please pray this week for:
If you do need to get in touch then please do so at alex@ketton.org or 07712 043 282.
