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 […]
A Special Welcome
Sunday 7th November was a special day in the recent history of St Peter’s! We were delighted to welcome Rev Jonathan Brewster to officiate at his first service with us. There was a good turn out of 20 for this Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion service. The theme from the readings was ‘discipleship’ – […]
All Souls Service
For a number of years now at St Peter’s we have added an element to our normal Sunday service which falls nearest to All Sants’ Day. We have created a special moment during the service when members of the congregation can come forward and light a candle in memory of a loved one who has […]
Barry’s Bench
The plaque has now been affixed to the new memorial bench in the Garden of Remembrance: “In loving memory of Sheila Marie Bowker 1948-1991 Much loved and sorely missed … and beside her again Barry James Bowker 1945-2020 The Big Man of wind and song”. Generations to come will be able to sit for moments […]
Smiles All Round at Licencing
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 Sunday service on October 10th. 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 co-operated for this […]
Harvest Gifts to Manna House
The Harvest gifts offered at the altar during our Harvest Festival service on 3rd October were delivered later that week to Manna House in Kendal. (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. […]