Date: Saturday 12th October 2024

Time: 7.30pm onwards

Venue: Stanton Lacy Village Hall

Led by St Peter's with support from the Village Hall committee, we are all looking forward to getting together again for this year's Harvest Supper and Celidh. 

Details are in the notice opposite.

If you would like to contribute food to the supper table please let Jennette Arnold know.

Music this year will be provided by Bandemonium, a highly rated Ceilidh band, and, we hope to see everyone on the dance floor after supper!

There will be a raffle, with all proceeds to Ripples Africa a charity supported by St Peter's Church.  Raffle prizes greatly appreciated - please contact Jennette. 

 

Date: Sunday 13th October 2024

Time: 6.30pm

This is our annual opportunity to celebrate and give thanks for the Harvest.

Donations of food this year will be for the Ludlow Food Bank. Their aim is to provide food parcels for those in crisis. Please leave your contribution at the Church. 

All welcome.

Date: Sunday 10th November 2024
Time: 6.30pm

'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon

"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them. We will remember them".

'The Kohima Epitaph' by John Maxwell Edmonds

When you go home, tell them of us and say,
For your tomorrow, we gave our today.

The programme for the service is here

 

Date: Sunday 3rd December 2023
Time: 9.15am

From the Church of England website;

"Advent is a season of expectation and preparation, as the Church prepares to celebrate the coming (adventus) of Christ in his incarnation, and also looks ahead to his final advent as judge at the end of time. The readings and liturgies not only direct us towards Christ’s birth, they also challenge the modern reluctance to confront the theme of divine judgement.

The Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – have been traditional themes for Advent meditation. The characteristic note of Advent is therefore expectation, rather than penitence, although the character of the season is easily coloured by an analogy with Lent.

The anticipation of Christmas under commercial pressure has also made it harder to sustain the appropriate sense of alert watchfulness, but the fundamental Advent prayer remains ‘Maranatha’ – ‘Our Lord, come’ (1 Corinthians 16.22).

Church decorations are simple and spare, and purple is the traditional liturgical colour. In the northern hemisphere, the Advent season falls at the darkest time of the year, and the natural symbols of darkness and light are powerfully at work throughout Advent and Christmas. The lighting of candles on an Advent wreath was imported into Britain from northern Europe in the nineteenth century, and is now a common practice. The Moravian custom of the Christingle has similarly enjoyed great success in Britain since the latter part of the twentieth century, with the encouragement of the Children’s Society; Christingle services may take place before or after Christmas.

The Third Sunday of Advent was observed in medieval times as a splash of colour in the restrained atmosphere of Advent (Gaudete or ‘Rose Sunday’), and the last days of Advent were marked by the sequence of Great ‘O’ Antiphons, which continue to inspire modern Advent hymns and meditations".

Date: Sunday 10th December 2023
Time: 6.00pm

We have had the Tree of Light since 2015 and each year it shines through the darkness from early December until Epiphany, giving us an opportunity to celebrate the lives of  those we have lost and those we still have and are so grateful for.

We will be getting together in the Churchyard to light the tree and the crib, sing in Christmas and keep warm with mulled wine or spiced apple juice heated on fire pits.

Put the person's name, with a message if you want, on a star and hang it from the tree.

Each star costs £1 and all proceeds will be go to the maintenance of St Peter's. Stars are available for purchase on the night or in advance at the Community Market, Stanton Lacy Village Hall on 30th November (where St. Peter's Church Christmas Draw tickets will also be for sale).

Alternatively, you can buy your star by Jennette Arnold on ‭07568 083322.

If you would sooner buy online, then go to the DONATE page of this website, follow the links through to the payment section and specify the amount you would like to donate. When you get to the comments section just add in the words 'Tree of Light' and you can pick up your star when you come to the service.

Please join us - it will be lovely to see you and sing together.

 

 

Date: Sunday 24th December 2023
Time: 3pm - 4pm

Venue: Stanton Lacy Village Hall

The Christmas Eve Carols event will take place place as usual in the Stanton Lacy Village Hall.

Members of the Congregation will join with others across the Parish as we all sing our favourite traditional Christmas carols.

Everyone welcome.

Date: Sunday 24th December 2023

Time: 11.30pm

Gather with us for Midnight Mass as we remember the birth of Jesus Christ into the world.

This late-night service starts on Christmas Eve and ends just after midnight, so you’re among the first to celebrate Christmas!

Image by J. S. Arnold

We managed to begin organising events again at St Peter's, post-Covid, from September 2021.

If you would like to see what we have been up to, please click on the link below;

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