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 […]
Category: Sunday
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 […]
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 […]
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.
The Magi
The Magi wait patiently on the window sill at the back of the church as they make their journey to visit the baby Jesus at Epiphany. Over the Sundays that lead up to the Feast of Epiphany they will make their way up the church via the window sills on the left hand side… until […]