The Revd Jonathan Brewster, Revd Nick Devenish and the Revd Jane Maycock are hosting a course during Lent to which all members of the Church of England across the Peninsula are welcome. Difference is a five session course exploring the subject of reconciliation and what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ in […]
Rembrandt – Simeon in the Temple
Last Sunday was Candlemas and our first United Service at St Peter’s. In his sermon, Jonathan mentions a picture by Rembrandt of Simeon holding the baby Jesus (with Hannah just behind him). Simeon (looking like a cross between Santa Claus and former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams!) is the archetypical wise old man looked up […]
Church Weekly Offering Plan 1961
Interesting to read the details of fund-raising scheme undertaken by St Peter’s in the 1961. The aim then, as now, was to spread the burden of giving as wide as possible. If we could persuade many to give a little (or rather, as much as felt able!) then our future would be more secure… Click […]
Our First United Service (with bacon!)
On Sunday 30th January we hosted our first United Service. On the fifth Sunday the parishes of Field Broughton with Lindale, Staveley, Hatherthwaite, Finsthwaite and Grange will take it in turns to host the United Service. We held firm and did not weaken! Our service was at 9.30am as always! We were worried that this […]
Very First Parish Magazine
Another from the archive! The very first Parish Magazine – celebrating the opening of the new church in 1894. Click on the images below to see a pdf version of teh Magazine pages. You can then zoom and read the text.
Coronation Festivities
One from the archive! With the celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee beginning to be thought about, this is a timely reminder of how these things were done in the past. Some of us just about the remember the kind of television the parishioners will have gathered round to view the ceremony – nothing like […]
January Church Flowers
As always a massive ‘Thank You’ to those who regularly put in such an effort to decorate the church so beautifully with flowers! (The first picture below, on the left, is actually the pedestal display for our last Harvest Festival; the other two pictures are indeed the current January altar display!)
Magi’s Arrival
At last the Magi (Three Wise Men) make it to the crib! “A cold coming we had of it,Just the worst time of the yearFor a journey, and such a long journey:The ways deep and the weather sharp,The very dead of winter.” (T S Eliot) The poem, written shortly after Eliot’s 1927 conversion to Christianity, […]
Epiphany
The Magi are making their way to the crib – you might have expected them to have arrived by today… but this year there is a bit of a delay!… Sunday 2nd January 2022 was when most churches probably celebrated Epiphany. However, at St Peter’s we decided that we would hold on until the 9th. […]
Churchyard Carols
On Tuesday 21st we were blessed with another excellent turnout for festive Carols in the Churchyard. It was especially enjoyable to have some of our carols accompanied on the accordion! Some beautiful decants were added by the more accomplished choristers! The ubiquitous mulled Broughton Bank cider was on offer and helped the proceedings go off […]
Christingle and Zabava Choir
In the circumstances, we had a good turnout for our Christingle service. Everybody stayed on for the extra at the end – and what an extra it turned out to be. We were treated to about 20 minutes of enchanting Russian and Ukrainian Carols. We were told afterwards that the youngest members of the congregation […]
High Newton Carols
On Friday (17th December) the community gathered at the Village Hall in High Newton to sing carols. Mulled cider and other goodies were on offer to. One comment received: “Thanks everyone for making last nights do such a success. And thanks to Annette for promoting the idea in the first place. Didn’t it go well! […]
The Russians Are Coming!
After our Christingle service on Sunday 19th December we are delighted to welcome Zabava to St Peter’s! Four members of this Russian A Cappella choir will treat us to about 25 minutes of atmospheric singing. See the video clip below for a sneak preview! We are so pleased that this plan has finally come to […]
Food Bank Thanks
On Sunday 5th December our food bank donations were taken to St Charles’ Church, Grange-over-Sands. It was nice to get a ‘Thank You’ and to be reassured of the true worth of valuable work. We extend our sincere thanks to those working at the sharp end; those who do all the really hard work to […]
Christingle Preparations
On Thursday members of the congregation at St Peter’s went into Lindale Primary School to help the children make Christingles for our service on Sunday. We also hope to drum up some support for attendance at that service. Arrangements have been hampered by Covid (as has everything else!) so our preparations began a little later […]
Community Carols
Tuesday evening (14th December) saw our first gathering to sing Christmas carols in our parish community. It was very gratifying to have such a great turn out. About 25 singers assembled. The mulled cider (provided by John Hibbert) went down very well and probably helped us overcome our inhibitions – singing ‘a cappella’ is not […]
Pandemic to Powercut
As if the Pandemic wasn’t enough to have to put up with, Storm Arwen blew in on Friday evening and caused chaos in High Newton and Field Broughton. The power went off and remained off in some cases for well over a week! No electricity, of course, meant the boiler did not come on. The […]
Remembrance Sunday 2021
We held our Remembrance Sunday service as part of our usual 9.30am Sunday worship. There was a good turnout of over 20 in the congregation. The service was led by Rev George Wilson, to whom we are, as ever, so grateful for his time and commitment. Andrew Sykes read out the names of the fallen […]