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to our vibrant Christian community
including our on-line streamed worship Church without walls    

St Peter's

 St Mark's

St Swithun's

      St Peters summer pic

St Marks summer pic

    St Swithuns summer pic  


  St Peter’s is open for anyone to come in to look around, meditate or pray

  Monday to Friday from 10 am - 3pm               Saturday 10 - 4pm              Sunday 12 noon - 4 pm.


                                                                                                                                               From Holbrook Magazine February 2025


concerts and events                   Concert write up from Holbrook mag Feb 25

We host a variety of events from rock and folk concerts 

through to outdoor activities and installations

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Please browse this website to find out more about us - 
you can view the Church diary and find out everything that is going on - 
just go to the Parish Diary page

We are a FAIRTRADE Community and we recycle        Fair Trade logoEco Church Gold Badge


Sunday 16th March

Lent 2

  St Peter's       10.00 am        Relaxed Worship

        St Mark's         10.00 am        Morning Worship & Sunday Club

St Swithun's       11.00 am      Holy Communion


     The Church's Special Prayer for this week: 

Almighty God,

by the prayer and discipine. of Lent

may we enter into the mystery of Christ's sufferings,

and by following in his Way

come to share in his glory;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 Amen.


Church Without Walls

On-line streamed (and on-demand) worship



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     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 M Film Club 2025                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                         

                        The Annual Smiles Container Challenge started on Sunday 2nd March

   Smiles 25

                                                    Deadline for contributions 31st March



Lent Bible Study

Come and explore the Beatitudes of Jesus with others on the Christian journey

There will be five 90 minute sessions, weekly in St Peter’s West end

Tuesday 11 March – Tuesday 15 April (not 1 April)

10.00-11.30 am or 7.30-9.00 pm  

Choose the time that suits you each week. 

More details from: Philip Waller (philtwaller@gmail.com 07552929393)


                                       Also at St Mark's, Mondays at 2.00 pm, or Wednesdays at 2.00 pm and 7.30 pm.                                      For more details, contact: John Walker (john@cardfish.me.uk 07815 785752)

Booklets with 40 daily reflections on the themes of the Beatitudes are also available for use in Lent instead of, or alongside, the group studies.  Pick up a booklet in any of the churches in the parish, free of charge – though a £3 donation wouldn’t go amiss to cover the cost!



                                                                     Holiday at Home does Easter 25

Booking forms available in all three churches



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'Three in One' is the Parish magazine

View the March issue


'Three In One' is our monthly parish magazine. It contains useful information about services and events in our three churches and in the wider community, a letter from one of our church leaders, a prayer diary and sometimes a children's page.

If you would like to receive a paper copy regularly or have an item or advert included in a future publication, please contact the Parish Office.

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Up to the minute information and pictures can be found on our Facebook page





   If you would like to give to the work of the Parish,   you can do so via Paypal  Paypal logo                           


kids are welcome

     We have a huge range of activities for children and young people.         Go here for a special set of pages.


                                                     Coffee Mornings at St Peter’                     Coffee cup                                                            10.30 am - 12 pm, 1st Tuesday of the month                                                    Come along and meet friends old and new.

            There will be the usual book and jigsaw swap.



Board Games Afternoons at St Peter’s 2nd Monday monthly

     from 2 pm  but not in April, see you in May.    

         Come along and learn how to play Quirkle, play Scrabble or bring along your favourite game.           

 

                                                                                       Tea and biscuits provided.
                                                          It’ll be fun, see you there!


                                            Hope for Belper

Hope for Belper manages the local Food and Community Hub

Donations may be given at St Peter's Church, St Mark's Church,
Morrisons or 
one of the three Co-Ops.  

Our churches continue to have collection points for The Hub food bank: thank you

Please make donations suitable for the Food Bank: Cereal, Tinned potatoes/packet mash, Tinned sweetcorn/carrots, Coffee, Hot dogs, Tinned meat and chicken, eg mince, Curries, Meatballs,                       Tinned chilli/curry, Tinned fruit, Tinned fish, 

Sponge puddings and custard, Rice pudding, Tea and coffee, UHT milk, 

Washing liquid for clothes and dishes, Toilet rolls – 2 roll packs, Sanitary items, Toiletries – single toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, Treats – biscuits, chocolate, sweets.

  The Hub also need help with the finance to buy the fresh items that go into each box (such as bread and milk). So you might like to make a donation (even better, if you can, Gift Aid it) to Hope for Belper. There are envelopes in each church.

  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/

                                         


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 here.