Harvest Festival 2025

© Vanessa Murphy
© Vanessa Murphy
© Suzy Richardson
© Suzy Richardson

On Sunday 14th September 2025, we celebrated a brilliant Harvest Festival with the community.

We held a special Harvest Thanksgiving Service at the Old Parish Church of St James, which was beautifully decorated again this year by a very talented group of volunteers, led by Kate Green. It was a lovely service with a full congregation.

Following the service, the festivities continued with a Harvest Lunch at 12:30pm in the Haybarn at Stanstead Bury Farm, which is just a short stroll from the church. This year tickets were sold out a week before the event as we reached capacity of 100 guests! As always, lunch offered a fantastic spread of locally produced and sourced food. The weather forecast hadn’t been great, but thankfully the rain held off.

What people had to say…
‘[It] was such a happy occasion and lovely to be part of it all. What a truly scrumptious feast too.’ (Kate)

‘Lovely service, brilliant food and a great atmosphere.’ (Janet)

‘All the hard work paid off. Lovely food, superbly cooked. Great to bring locals together.’ (Rosemary)

A wonderful time was had by all! Thank you to everyone for all the hard work that was put into making this such fantastic event.

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While our Harvest Festival is over, the season goes on… There are a number of Harvest events still to come within The 3 Churches Benefice, including those with the schools.

If anyone would like to make food donations, the following items are currently in need at The Foodbank:

  • Tinned meat, fish, potatoes, vegetables
  • Toiletries
  • Rice/pasta
  • Custard/rice pudding
  • UHT milk, coffee, tea
  • Cooking sauces
  • Long-life fruit juices

All donations are welcome. Thank you