The benefice is currently in vacancy.
Churchwardens:
Mrs Lynda Collins and Mrs Janys Alexander
Safeguarding Officer:
Mrs Eve Hurley
All Saints' Church is the smallest and oldest church in the benefice of Crick, Yelvertoft and Lilbourne, in the Diocese of Peterborough.
It's situated beyond the modern village, at the lower end of Station Road close to the River Avon (CV23 0SX). The building is Grade-1 listed, and the earliest part - the chancel - is late Saxon. It's a lovely, simple church with seating capacity for about 100.
The church is open throughout the day, every day because we strongly believe that it is there for the community and for anyone who wishes to visit it. Basic refreshments are freely available and there is a lot of information on the notice-boards in the porch and inside the building. If you're researching family history, we have a detailed list of all known graves and their location in the churchyard, full copies of the registers, and more information available.
*Please note that although we have almost always been able to maintain the pattern of services in the benefice during the current interregnum, there may be occasional unavoidable changes.
There will also be a change for Pentecost 2026. This falls on 24th May. There are five Sundays in May and the fifth would normally be a United Benefice service. We have swapped the services. Pentecost will be a United Benefice Holy Communion service, at Lilbourne church, at 6.00pm, with refreshments to follow. The service will be taken by the Rural Dean, Revd Allison Twigg.
On 31st May we will have an Evensong service at 6.00pm. Like other Evensongs during the iterregnum, this will be taken by John Rogers, a churchwarden at Crick, who received training for preaching from our last incumbent.
Usual services take place weekly. Over a month, the pattern is:
First Sunday: Morning Praise at 9:30 am. Short and modern, with coffee and croissants to follow. Taken by Lorna Taylor, a Reader, whiel we are in interregnum.
Second Sunday: Morning Praise at 9:30 am. This service is lay-led, and informal. Refreshments served at the start. No hymns, no sermon!
Third Sunday: Holy Communion at 9.30 am, using the updated 'Order One' liturgy. Refreshments follow. Taken by a locum priest.
Fourth Sunday: Evensong at 6:00 pm. Refreshments follow.
Fifth Sunday: When applicable, a United Benefice service at 11:15 am, in one of the three churches of the Benefice. A full meal usually follows.
Our church is a very welcoming, friendly community and we would be so happy to share it with you!
The 2025 APCM was held in the church on Monday 28th April. The Electoral Roll was renewed before the meeting. Lynda Collins and Jan Alexander were re-elected as churchwardens, uncontested and by unanimous vote, at the short meeting that immediately preceded the APCM.
The following form the Parochial Church Council for2025-2026:
Jan Alexander (Churchwarden, PCC secretary & Electoral Roll officer)
Sandie Bacon
Lynda Collins (Churchwarden)
Eve Hurley (Safeguarding officer and assistant churchwarden)
Mary Lloyd (Deanery Synod representative)
Patsy McClellan
Catherine Munn (Treasurer)
A copy of the Electoral Roll for 2025-2026 can be found in Documents.
The 2026 APCM will be held in the church at 7.00pm Monday 27th April
Our responsibility to safeguard the vulnerable is taken very seriously. Please see our safeguarding statement. Our Safeguarding Officer is Mrs Eve Hurley.