The average congregation at services is only about twelve. The yearly quota is £3,000, this sum being mainly for rector's stipend, and fund-raising events are held to pay for this, mainly the Thurlow Fayre (in 1997 £549.75), the Christmas bazaar (1997 £180) and plant sales.

The church is decorated for the Harvest Festival (usually in October) and at Christmas, when the Thurlow Estate provides a Christmas tree. A flower rota is in operation but on special occasions everyone helps out, Easter being the most important. Marriages by parishioners from any of these parishes can take place in any of the churches belonging to the benefice, but very few baptisms and marriages take place as the population is mainly elderly and families are mostly very small and the popularity of cremation means that traditional funerals and burials are seldom held. However some people do have a service in Church, which is well attended by village people. The practice of drawing curtains when the cortege passes through the village has long gone, as has the use of the hand-pulled bier. In the 30s the village had its own undertaker, but huge limousines from outside the village are now used.