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, […]
Category: Service
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Vigil 2019
Easter Vigil – Saturday 20th April The Easter Vigil and first Eucharist of Easter will be held at St Mary’s Staveley-in-Cartmel beginning at 8.30pmOn Holy Saturday (Easter Eve), as has been the tradition within the Cartmel Peninsula, we will be hosting the Easter Vigil and first Eucharist of Easter for the Team. This year […]
Stewardship Appeal
Stewardship Appeal Easter 2019 For the cost of ‘a pie and a pint’ each week you could really help your parish church. (Admittedly that’s a cheap pie!) We are hoping that the equivalent of 25 people will gift £20 per month, or 100 could give £5 per month. This regular extra income will mean we can serve […]
Appeal from 1954
Historic Appeal from 1954 As we launch our ‘pie and a pint for St Peter’ stewardship appeal,it is interesting to read here about the concerted effort to share outthe burden of responsibility throughout the parish. Click on image for better view View pdf version How they went about things in 1954 1954 Appeal to raise […]
Mothering Sunday 2019
March 31st was Mothering Sunday. Our ‘Service of the Word’ included the distribution of posies to the mothers attending; posies were also delivered to Mums in the parish who support the church, and to other friends of St Peter’s who we thought would like this ‘touch of Spring’. From our pewsheet: In the 16th century, […]
Valentine’s Sunday 2019
17th February – Valentine’s Sunday View Pew Sheet / Service Sheet On 17th February we held our special Valentine’s Sunday service to celebrate God’s Love in the world. The service is a slightly shortened version of Holy Communion with appropriately themed readings. Last Sunday we were delighted to welcome two couples who were married at St Peter’s […]
The Crib
The crib will be blessed at our Christingle Service on Sunday 23rd December. At the moment Mary and Joseph are ready and waiting for the birth of Jesus, so the infant will be placed in the manger at our service on Christmas Day. The collection on Christmas Day will go to Derian House Children’s Hospice.