Benefice Harvest Festival 2024

Sunday 22nd September was the date of this year’s Benefice Harvest Festival. We had a lovely service at the Old Parish Church of St James, with a brilliant turn out of people. Once again, the church was beautifully decorated with seasonal displays, for which special thanks go to:

• The Friends of St James’s Church
• Stanstead Abbotts Scouts – Forest Beaver Colony and Oak Squirrel Drey
• Stort Valley Organics, Stanstead Abbotts
• Joe and Mo from the High Street Allotments
• The Easneye Estate
• Hill House
• Kate Green (overall mastermind)

After the service, there was a very special lunch in the Haybarn at Stanstead Bury Farm, Stanstead Abbotts, organised by Antonia Trower and supported by helpers from the Friends of St James’s. Locally produced food and drink was provided in the barn, and there was a real community feel. Thanks go to the local food and drink producers:

• Temple Farm, Roydon
• Stanstead Bury Farm
• Stort Valley Organics, Stanstead Abbotts
• New River Brewery, Hoddesdon
• Brick Lock, Roydon
• Four Acre Estate, Little Hadham
• Hazel End, Bishop’s Stortford

Thank you to everyone for all the hard work that was put into making this such fantastic event.