St Mary's Church
Additional Information
Rector - Rev'd Fr Chris Hewitt SCP
For weddings, baptisms and funerals please contact Barbara Chamberlin as below –
East Barkwith - Richard Stamp 01673 858249,
Sixhills - Barbara Chamberlin 01673 838514,
South Willingham - Marcus Edmundson 01507 313623,
East Torrington - Maureen Turner 01673 857363,
Hainton - Joyce Ward 01673 857163
Rector - The Parish is presently in “interregnum”
For weddings, baptisms and funerals please contac
Parish of the Barkwith Group
HOLY COMMUNION
at
St Mary's Church
East Barkwith
Sunday 20th September 2020
9am
Led by Archdeacon Mark Steadman
and
Rev'd Fth Chris Hewitt
Everyone Most Welcome
Services will continue every 3rd Sunday
9am at East Barkwith
BARKWITH GROUP OF PARISHES
In the Church of England, unlike the Free Churches, there has to be a priest to hold certain
services and to keep the congregation together. The Barkwith Group (the old parishes of
East Barkwith, West Barkwith, Sixhills, Hainton, South Willingham, East and West Torrington)
has not had its own priest-in-charge for many years with its Lay Reader Mary Jordan acting as de
facto vicar and first the Rev'd Charles Patrick and then the Rev'd David Post giving us a great deal
of help. Now the Rev'd Fr. Chris Hewitt SCP, Rector of the Walesby Group and also our Rural
Dean, will be our priest-in-charge and the Group is delighted to welcome him. This will begin a
new chapter in the history of our group.
We are sorry that St Martin's South Willingham, All Saints Sixhills, St Mary's Hainton, St Michael
East Torrington remain closed. The Covid-19 regulations for opening churches (and other public
places) are so complex and labour intensive that for the time being we cannot open. This is the first
time for many years that the Church has been shut and we find this hard.
St Mary's East Barkwith, has been deep cleaned and services are held every 3rd Sunday at 9am.
