St Botolph's, Harrowfield A parish church in the Diocese of Elmswood
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    • Tuesday 13 October 2026

    It is Ordinary Time

    Day 142 of 160

    The doors are open every day until dusk. There is no charge, nobody will ask who you are, and you are welcome to sit at the back and say nothing at all.

    This Sunday

    Sunday 18 October

    In Ordinary Time

    1. 8.00 amSaid EucharistBook of Common Prayer · The Lady Chapel
    2. 10.00 amSung EucharistCommon Worship, with the choir · The nave
    3. 6.00 pmChoral EvensongBook of Common Prayer, sung · The quire
    The whole pattern, week by week

    The year

    Advent to Advent, 2025–2026. Everything below follows from the date of Easter, which the site works out for itself — so the marker moves on its own and the colours change on the right morning without anyone logging in.

    1. Advent, from 30 November, 25 days.
    2. Christmas, from 25 December, 12 days.
    3. Epiphany, from 6 January, 28 days.
    4. Ordinary Time, from 3 February, 15 days.
    5. Lent, from 18 February, 39 days.
    6. Holy Week, from 29 March, 7 days.
    7. Easter, from 5 April, 49 days.
    8. Pentecost, from 24 May, 1 days.
    9. Ordinary Time, from 25 May, 160 days. The season now.
    10. All Saints, from 1 November, 1 days.
    11. Kingdom, from 2 November, 27 days.
    1. Advent 30 Nov
    2. Christmas 25 Dec
    3. Epiphany 6 Jan
    4. Ordinary Time 3 Feb
    5. Lent 18 Feb
    6. Holy Week 29 Mar
    7. Easter 5 Apr
    8. Pentecost 24 May
    9. Ordinary Time 25 May
    10. All Saints 1 Nov
    11. Kingdom 2 Nov

    Weddings, baptisms and funerals

    Coming for the first time

    Sit anywhere. Everything you need is printed and handed to you at the door. Nobody will mind if you do not join in, and nobody will ask you for money.

    Church Lane, Harrowfield

    01xxx 000 000

    Who to ask

    From the parish

    The building

    A parish church, at parish scale. Nothing here is a cathedral, because this is not one.

    An open book resting on a wooden ledge in warm low light
    The lectern Bible, open at whatever was read last.
    Rows of votive candles burning in blue and red holders
    The candle stand. People light these who never come to anything else.
    Three leaded windows in a plain stone wall
    The south aisle windows, 1878, and the reason the room is cold.
    A weathered stone cross against the sky with graves behind
    The churchyard is still open. Ask in the office.
    The pipes of a church organ rising into the roof
    The organ. Two ranks do not speak and we know which.
    Flowers tied to the end of a dark wooden pew
    Pew ends, done by whoever is on the rota.
    A jar of gypsophila hung from a wooden pew end
    Weddings. The jars come back the same afternoon.
    A dim church interior in monochrome, light falling down the nave
    Half past four in November, which is when this church is at its best.
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