Welcome
to St Peter's Parish in Belper
including
St Peter's St Mark's St Swithun's 
Please browse this website to find out more about us - you can even look at the Church diary and find out everything that is going on - just click on the Parish Life link. (All regular groups and most events happening in our churches are suspended for the time being)
Sunday April 11th - 2nd Sunday of Easter
9.45 am Church without Walls (On-line) (more info below)
10 am Holy Communion at St Peter's Virtual Sunday Club for young people can be accessed on St Peter's Sunday Club link 10 am Morning Worship at St Mark's 11 am Morning Worship at St Swithun's
Theme: Testing truth
Readings: 1 John 1:1-22 and John 20:19-end
Collect: Risen Christ, for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred:
open the doors of our hearts, that we may seek the good of others
and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace, to the praise of God the Father. Amen.
Please be aware that services in our buildings will look and feel very different, face coverings must be worn, no refreshments or singing is allowed but this is an opportunity to worship together in a new way.
A few general but important considerations. Please: Wear a face covering when in church, wait to be directed to an allocated seat, give your name for track and trace, use the offering plate at the back as it will not be passed (contactless payment will be available in St Peter's), maintain social distancing, be kind.
On-line Worship Services
9.45 am Church without Walls (On-line) Sundays
followed by
Zoom Coffee at 11.15 am
Join us in a Zoom Meeting Room for natter and nibbles. (Go onto Enfold for the link.)
Each weekday morning you can share in Morning Prayer from 8.55 am on our Facebook Page and around 9.20 am on You Tube.
Click here to see our 'Church Without Walls' page, a different way of being Community.
Also, remember you may subscribe to our email newsletter ENFOLD
A range of prayer and worship resources can be found on the Church of England website www.churchofengland.org You can also find other local, online services at derby.anglican.org/streams
St Peter’s is open for individual private prayer,
Monday to Saturday from 10 am - 12 noon, Sunday 12 noon - 4 pm. St Mark’s is open on Wednesdays 10 am - 10.45 am for individual private prayer.
St Swithun's is not open for private prayer at the moment.
Three in One is the parish magazine (published monthly) Please take a look - we can be together even though we are apart. View the April 2021 issue
If you would like to give to the work of the Parish, especially during this difficult time, you can do so via Paypal
You don't need an account, you can use any card, click on the Paypal logo for a link or QR code for Give a Little
ZOOM PARISH BIBLE STUDY Usually a small group meets on Zoom on alternate Thursday Evenings at 7.00 pm. The usual fortnightly meetings will re-start after Easter.
Parish Weekly News Sheet We aren't producing a news sheet at the moment.
Our regular groups are paused for the time being.
RECYCLING AT ST PETER'S
IS SUSPENDED DURING LOCKDOWN from 5.1.21
St Peter's Clock and Tower Repair Fund For more information and details of how to donate please click the link at the top of this page.
Food Bank donations to be delivered to Morrison's or one of the three Co-ops.
Thank you for your continued support of The Hub (food bank) - your generosity has kept us well stocked in these difficult times. If you are able to add to your shopping basket to support us you will find occasional updates on our Facebook page as to which items are most useful or that are we are short of – just click on the link http://facebook.com/hopeforbelper/
Update 19.3.21
Refugee donations (Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity group) is still available subject to social distancing at St Peter's.
The donations go to the Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity store in Derby to be sorted and taken to Syria and the refugee camps in France. They need camping equipment including sleeping bags, tents and rucksacks, clothing for young men, especially good waterproofs and strong shoes or boots. Please no children’s clothing or baby items just now.
St Peter's is open every weekday from 10 - 12. Thank you.
Smiles Virtual Mission Trips.
There are a number of us in the Parish who are poised to go on Mission Trips to Smiles in Romania once it is possible. It is now over twelve months since people have been able to take part in these trips and they are sorely missed by the team in Romania. It will be at least June before the trips can restart so in the meantime there are three Virtual Mission Trips organised. This is an excellent way to find out what a Mission Trip involves and perhaps encourage you to take the next step of joining a real trip once it becomes possible. Follow this link to the Smiles Website to find out more: https://www.thesmilesfoundation.org/2021-virtual-mission-trips/
Now Saturday 18th September 2021 instead of 21st May 2021
Now Saturday 18th September 2021 instead of 21st May 2021
St Peter’s are pleased to present The Bohemians in concert.
Tickets are available from the Parish Office or Derby Live. Any profits from this concert will go to Belper’s ‘Sacrifice’.
Up to the minute information and pictures can be found on our Facebook page:
Click here for our Facebook Page
and you may subscribe to ENFOLD our parish e-news
Messy Church is paused for the time being.
It is usually 2nd Saturdays at St Swithun's
4.00 pm - 6.00 pm including tea
For an interesting report full of pictures about everything that goes on in the Parish please call in to any of the churches and pick up a copy to find out all about us, or click on the link St Peter's Parish pictorial report 2019 at the top of this page.