It was smiles all round at the Licencing Service for Revd Jonathan Brewster and Revd Jane Maycock by Bishop James at St Paul’s, Grange-over-Sands, on Thursday evening 14th October. At last our wait is over and we have a vicar for St Peter’s Field Broughton with Lindale. The service at Grange was a special one. […]
Additions to our Congregation
One or two looked slightly askance, when our two latest additions to the congregation made their entrance at our Harvest Festival service. We await the reaction if we ever have a full blown ‘Pets in Church Sunday’!! Our two canine newbies behaved impeccably. Mowgli (on the left) and Pippa even posed for this delightful photograph […]
Harvest Gifts to Manna House
The Harvest gifts offered at the altar during our Harvest Festival service on 10th October were delivered later that week to Manna House in Kandal. (Please follow the link below to see all the wonderful work they do!) Our offerings this time were a mixed bag to say the least! Plenty of healthy fresh produce, […]
Appointment of Vicar
… at last some good news for us to celebrate “The Bishop of Carlisle has appointed The Revd. Jonathan Brewster, at present Canon Treasurer at St. Paul’s Cathedral, as Mission Community Leader of the Cartmel Peninsula Team Ministry, Interim Team Vicar of Haverthwaite, Finsthwaite, and Staveley in Cartmel, and Associate Priest of Grange-over-Sands and Field Broughton. […]
Communion Online
A big ‘thank you’ to George Wilson Thank you, George, for taking this Holy Communion service for us.If you wish to follow the service you must visit our YouTube channel. Click on the link below to go to our YouTube channel. If you are asked to ‘subscribe’ you can decline and keep clicking.You will eventually […]
Matins Online
A big ‘thank you’ to Terry Wilcock Thank you, Terry, for taking this service of Matins for us.If you wish to follow the service you must visit our YouTube channel. Visit St Peter’s FB YouTube Channel Follow the service Click on the booklet to view / download Follow the service You can download / listen […]
Church Re-Opens
At last your church is open for private worship The Government has allowed, and the Parochial Church Council has agreed, to the opening of church tomorrow from 9.30am for private worship. The take up may be small but it will be there for anyone who wants to go in. Visitors should sanitise hands, ensure there […]
Lifting the Lid
…on a box full of Easter educational items On Tuesday 25th February the two churchwardens visited Lindale Primary School to deliver our gift from St Peter’s to the children. As part of their Shrove Tuesday assembly, we presented to them, a ‘Lift the Lid’ Easter Box. This contains all sorts of educational packs with activities […]
St Peter’s Day 2019
Celebrate St Peter’s Day with us The Feast Day of our Patronal Saint is on Saturday 29th June, and we invite you to come and celebrate with us at St Peter’s Field Broughton. There will be organ music – broadcast via speakers so those enjoying the sun outside church can hear it. There will be […]
Corpus Christi 2019
This Thursday (20th June 2019) at 7pm there will be a service to celebrate Corpus Christi, ‘the body of Christ’. This is a very special service without hymns to celebrate the gift of the Eucharist. ‘Eucharist’ is our celebration of communion, the word comes from the Greek for ‘thank you’. Participants sit round a candlelit […]
St George’s Day 2019
Play Video Flying the flag with pride – for both the Queen’s birthday and for St George’s Day. Saint George’s Day, also known as the Feast of Saint George, is the feast day of Saint George as celebrated by various Christian Churches and by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George […]
1619 ‘Priceless’ Bible
Many thanks to Sue Dean for sending in this fascinating article about an ancient Bible with very local connections. Sue added a note: The Barrow family had several brothers who emigrated to America, they are related to dad’s side of family,also Mary Long and the Dixons. I think it was once of the Barrow brothers […]
Explore Churches Website
There’s an excellent website out there encouraging tourists to seek out churches to visit. It’s definitely worth a look. Here is a preview of our entry.
Swap Books DVD and Jigsaws
A new scheme to ‘swap, exchange or buy’ books, DVDs and jigsaws has been set up for the community and is based in the Lady Chapel in St Peter’s. The sign tells you all you need to know… Do please pay us a visit and take advantage of this community initiative.
Churchyard Mow April 2019
Many thanks to all who turned out to mow and rake in the churchyard on 28th April 2019. As always special thanks those who provided the rewarding tea for those who toiled through the afternoon – and an even more special thanks for allowing the late arrival(s) who did only a little work, but were […]
Choral Evensong
An invitation from St Peter’s Finsthwaite As part of our St Peter’s Day celebrations this year, we have been invited to Choral Evensong at St Peter’s Finsthwaite. Usually we alternate a celebratory service each year, but when the day itself (29th June) falls on a Saturday or Sunday we stick to our own Patronal festivities. […]
Easter Egg Hunt 2019
Easter Egg Hunt – Sunday 21st April “We’ve found one!” St Peter’s welcomed over 50 worshippers to the Easter Day service on 21st April 2019. This year there were enough youngsters in the congregation to offer still competition for the adults who joined in the traditional Easter egg hunt. It must be admitted that the […]
Easter Garden & Flowers
As always, many thanks to Judith and her team of dedicated arrangers for their efforts in making the church so beautiful for Easter. Our congregation of over 50 on Easter Day were certainly very appreciative. Click on each image to get a better view – especially of the Easter Garden. Have a look too at […]