Harvest Service 2026

Harvest Service Sunday 11th October, 11am

You are warmly invited to St Peter’s traditional Harvest Service this Sunday in church on Sunday 11th October at 11am.

We will reflect on God’s creation and the gift of food from our farmers and producers after an immensely challenging growing season.

We’ll sing lovely harvest hymns and the church will look spectacular, adorned with flowers from a family wedding the day before. Join us afterwards for coffee, tea and biscuits.

We invite you to bring gifts of food to church to support The Food Bank at The Well in Kibworth. Find out more below.


St Peter’s Harvest Appeal: The Food Bank at the Well, Kibworth

This year, our donations will be going to The Well, at Kibworth. Not only does The Well have a Coffee shop and a second hand shop, selling clothes etc; but a vital part of their work is the food bank.  They deliver parcels of much-needed food to families in the area struggling to make ends meet in these challenging times.

How you can support and donate

Please donate tinned food, such as tomatoes, beans, custard dry ingredients such as pasta and rice, breakfast cereals, biscuits, tea, coffee and similar essential items.

The Harvest collection will be delivered to The Well next week. We will also be making a cash donation to The Well to help buy such things as toiletries etc, such things which are not so frequently offered.

Donating funds and online donations

You can make a money donation by using the cashless Collectin terminal inside church. Simply choose one of the options suggested or choose your own amount and follow the instructions. Do give time for the machine to process your donation.

Online donations

Alternatively, you can make a secure donation online with our Give a Little campaign.

Use the button link below or point your camera at the QR code. The image of the donation screen will open in a separate tab. Simply choose the amount and follow the onscreen instructions.

To learn more about The Well, see their website here

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Sunflowers grown by school pupils

Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home!
All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, doth provide
For our wants to be supplied;
Come to God’s own temple, come,
Raise the song of harvest home

Henry Alford

Worship for Launde Deanery Minster Community

St Peter’s and the Langtons churches are part of the wider Launde Deanery Minster Community, which serves all the villages in south east Leicestershire. Revd Crystal McAllister, Minster Community Oversight Minister with the team look after the services.

The Minster Community offers various activities and gatherings too – Find out what’s on this month on our What’s On page.

Zoom Services – Every Week

All the details are found here and you can worship even if you aren’t able to join us in person. There is a weekly service on Saturday live from Gaulby and Sunday worship too. Click the link below for the details and then links from there for Sunday and Saturday worship.

Launde Minster Community Newsletter

We are delighted to present our newsletter full of information about our worship community in south Leicestershire. The link below takes you to the page where all the newsletters are found, and from there you can download each one individually. The most recent edition is shown at the top of the list and dated. Click on the download button to read.

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Launde Deanery

Worship for Launde Deanery – October 2025

Welcome to October and the beautiful season of Autumn. This month is notable for its Hunter’s Moon – In fact, this special moon is the first of three ‘Supermoons’ of 2025, when the moon is closest to the Earth – and seems especially bright and large in the sky. Here in our minster community, there are many places to see these incredible full moons.

New month and new service pattern

See below and download the service pattern for all our churches throughout the month ahead. You can click the image below to enlarge and view – or click the button below to download a version that you can print at home.

Enjoy the beautiful and bountiful season of Autumn and we look forward to seeing you soon,

First edition of Launde Minster Community Newsletter

We are delighted to present our newsletter full of information about our worship community in south Leicestershire.

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Launde Deanery October 2025