Take a look at our Christmas page using the link below to see all the events that are going on at St Peter’s during Advent and Christmas.
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St Nicholas Service Sunday 10th December
Sunday 10th December 10am at St Peter’s Church, Stanley
Santa needs some help to collect presents for children in need this Christmas! Can you bring a gift for Santa?
Come to our café-style family service on St Nicholas Day and bring a gift to go in Santa’s sack. There will be children’s activities and visit from Santa.The Salvation Army will tell us about their Christmas Present Appeal which gives thousands of Christmas presents to children in need every year. By giving a gift you can make a real difference to someone’s life at Christmas. Gifts can be for children aged 0-16 years and should be brand new and UNWRAPPED
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Concert with the Stanley Community Singers
Sunday 10th December, 3pm at St Peter’s Church, Lake Lock Rd
With a varied programme of festive songs, special guest performers, and singalong carols. Also with a raffle and refreshments.
Wear something Christmassy if you want to!Buy tickets on the door: £4 adults & 50p children
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Stanley Heritage Trail Launch – 21st October
You may have already seen or heard about the interpretation board that was installed last month at the site of the old St Peter’s Church. The board has text about the history of St Peter’s Church and its important role in Stanley life. Many Stanley residents will cherish memories of being married there and watching their children being christened, and it is of course a place of memorial for those we have lost in our community. The design of the board was a collaboration between Stanley Residents Group and the church and we are very grateful for generous funds contributed toward it. We hope it is a fitting way to mark the Church’s 200 year anniversary next year. We are very excited to announce :
The Stanley Heritage Trail will be launched on Saturday 21st October
10am-12pm at St Peter’s Church on Lake Lock RoadWe very much hope that you will join us to celebrate Stanley’s wonderful and varied history. There will be a mining exhibition, as well as items and memorabilia from the old St Peter’s Church, including some of the stunning misericords and the old clock face. We are inviting local residents to contribute items to a display of artefacts and memorabilia of Stanley history. If you have any such items, please contact stanleyresidentsgroup@gmail.com and we can arrange collection.
Refreshments will be provided at the launch event, and those who can and wish to, can join one of the volunteer-led walks to explore sections of the Trail. For the kids, there will be a Trail hunt for stamps that can be traded for prizes!
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Parish Magazine for October 2023
You can download the October 2023 parish magazine in PDF format using the link below.
The parish magazine is in Adobe PDF format, if you can’t view the magazine you can download a reader at adobe.com.
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Letter for October 2023
Dear Friends, Welcome to our October benefice magazine as we continue our journey through church events across the autumn. Many thanks again to all who have contributed and to Ellie for kindly pulling all the information together. At the moment there’s nothing much to report on filling the post of a new associate priest so please keep on praying.
On a positive note we welcome Revd Rob Harper with us from 1st October on a three month placement—please read Rob’s introductory letter below and I am sure we will give him a good welcome as he begins his time with us in the benefice:
“My name is Revd Rob Harper, and I am currently a Curtate at St John’s Wakefield. I studied at St Hilda’s college at Mirfield and prior to being ordained I worshipped at Holy Trinity Rothwell for many years; over the years I have worshipped in a very broad range of churches. I have started my fourth year of a part time curacy as a self-supporting Minister. As part of my curacy, I am starting a placement with you in October, and I am looking forward to meeting you all.
I have two grown up children; Ben is 22 years old, and Susie is 19 years old. I enjoy baking, travel, reading and outside activities. I also enjoy art and watching films. I have recently returned from a family holiday to Northumberland where I walked barefoot to Holy Island following the traditional route from the mainland. Rooting ourselves in the past helps us to know where we should be looking forward to.
I’m hoping to support Glenn in the four churches and serve you in the best way that I can. You may not see me every week and I am terrible at remembering names; however, I am sure there will be opportunities to get to know you all.
Best wishes, Rob.”In other news we are working on a leaflet that will detail the projects we are progressing across the benefice; for example a team will look at how we take care and minister to families who approach us for a baptism. Discussions are also under way to hold another bereavement course in November and full details will be published in due course. Things are happening all the time so please keep up-to-date with the weekly newsletters.
God Bless and take care and please keep praying for an associate priest to join us. Glenn
Rev Glenn Coggins, Vicar of the United Benefice of North Wakefield
Rob Harper
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Coffee Morning – Sat 14th October
Sat 14th October 10.30-12.30pm – Thank you everyone who supported last month’s coffee morning, which raised £282 for church funds. Our coffee morning this month will be on Saturday 14th October with delicious bacon butties, cakes, tombola, raffle and more. Councillor Lynn Masterman will be available in case anyone has any local issues they would like to raise with her.
The following month in November (11th November 10am-1pm), the monthly coffee morning will become an Autumn Fair with refreshments plus lots of stalls including cakes, books, greetings cards, crafts, tombolas, raffle, bric a brac and lots more! Please join us for a wonderful morning!
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Murder mystery evening – Saturday 8th July
Murder mystery evening – ‘Death by Chocolate’
Written by David Greenwood-Haigh
Saturday 8th July, 7pm at St Peter’s church
With 3 course meal including chocolate fountain! Plus raffle.
Bring your own drinks.
Tickets £8.50 each from Val, Barry or David G-H (or contact the Church Office)
Proceeds to a charity project in Ghana
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Coffee Morning – Sat 8th July
Sat 8th July 10.30-12.30pm – Coffee morning with bacon butties, tombola, raffle, refreshments, jigsaws and more. Always a great opportunity to socialise and chat!
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Parish Magazine for July 2023
You can download the July 2023 parish magazine in PDF format using the link below.
The parish magazine is in Adobe PDF format, if you can’t view the magazine you can download a reader at adobe.com.