Higham, Holton St Mary, Raydon, Stratford St Mary

Four churches united by God and his people





 Services in the 4 Marys Benefice 


Please check our Facebook pages for any updates or email if you would 

like to receive occasional updates by email.  


Benefice Churches Open 
All the churches in our benefice are open for visiting every day during daylight hours.

 

Church Services for September 2025 

Sunday, 7th September
12th Sunday after Trinity
   
10am Stratford  Parish Communion
 

Saturday, 13th September 2025:

Suffolk Historic Churches Trust ‘Ride & Stride’ 
‘Pilgrimage of Song’ in Stratford St Mary
Continue the pilgrimage and visit other churches.
You can make it part of your ‘Ride & Stride’, too.
See Events for details.

Sunday, 14th September: 
10am Higham Harvest Festival Communion

Sunday, 21st September: 
9.30am Stratford St Mary Café Church
in the Parish Room
10am Holton Harvest Festival Communion

Sunday 28th September: 
11am  Raydon Harvest Festival Communion

followed by refreshments  
(Please note later starting time!)

 

October 2025 Services

Sunday, 5th October:
11am Stratford  Harvest Festival Communion
followed by Harvest Lunch in the Parish Room
(Please note later starting time!)

 

Benefice Bible Study / House Group  

The House Group will meet this month on  Thursday, 25th September at 2.30pm. Dates of our subsequent meetings for your diaries:
 23 October 
27 November 
(no meeting in December)
22 January

Please get in touch with Judith, Sandy, Christine if you would like to know more.

Prayer pointers for the Benefice


We pray for the wedding couples who are getting married in the churches of our benefice.

And we pray for the children and adults who are preparing to be baptised this summer.

We pray for Julian and Kristen, our Mission Partners from ‘Feeding Faith’ in Guatemala.

We pray for all those who are ill, among them Nicky Bull, Penny Watkins, Amanda Berry, Pat Ablitt and Peter Snelling, and any others who need God’s healing and wholeness.

We remember all those who have died, from our benefice Andrew Potter and Jim Lowe.

May they rest in peace and rise in glory.  And we pray for all who mourn. May they be held in God’s love and comforted in their grief.


.Prayer for our Bishop-elect 

We pray for our Bishop-elect, the Rt Revd Dr Joanne Grenfell and we look forward to working with her.

Loving God, we give thanks for Bishop Joanne who will join us this autumn. May she lead with compassion, courage and faith and be filled with the Gospel of Love.
 Pour out your wisdom and grace upon her, give her a spirit of courage and right judgement, knowledge and love;  and grant her strength as she prepares to take up this office.
May she always remain humble in heart, generous in spirit, and faithful in service. May her ministry inspire others, bear fruit that will last and bring glory to Your name.

And we pray for all those who serve in the name of Christ in our Diocese, lay and ordained, that together we may walk in unity, love, and peace. Amen.

  • The Rectory
  • Hadleigh Road
  • Raydon
  • Suffolk
  • IP7 5LH

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