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)
CORONA VIRUS UPDATE 5.1.21
During lockdown the Sunday services in the parish will be:
9.45 am Church without Walls (On-line)
10 am at St Peter's and St Mark's
St Swithun's is currently closed
(for each specific week's service type please look further down on this page)
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.
Virtual Sunday Club for young people can be accessed on St Peter's Sunday Club link.
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 March 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
Sunday March 7th - 3rd Sunday of Lent
10 am Morning Worship at St Peter's
Virtual Sunday Club for young people can be accessed on St Peter's Sunday Club link
10 am Holy Communion at St Mark's
St Swithun's is not open for worship
Theme: Under construction Readings: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 and John 2:13-22
Collect: Eternal God, give us insight to discern your will for us, to give up what harms us, and to seek the perfection we are promised in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
LENT DEVOTIONS
Click below on the date to open the daily devotions throughout Lent. There will be a series of reflections, images, Bible readings, songs, etc on the theme of understanding Jesus as Messiah, through the Old and New Testament.
Ash Wednesday Click here 18th February Click here 19th February Click here 20th February Click here 21st February Click here 22nd February Click here 23rd February Click here 24th February Click here 25th February Click here 26th February Click here 27th February Click here 28th February Click here 1st March Click here 2nd March Click here 3rd March Click here 4th March Click here 5th March Click here 6th March Click here 7th March Click here 8th March Click here
Join us this Lent on the
Bible Series: Experience a better story
A 7-part journey through the big story of the Bible.
Each week touches on key themes and relates them to universal human needs.
Includes some video input, testimony and discussion time in small groups
Join us on Zoom each Wednesday at 7.30 pm from 24th February.
Join Zoom Meeting ID: 875 1789 6327 Passcode: Prayer2
ZOOM PARISH BIBLE STUDY Usually a small group meets on Zoom on alternate Thursday Evenings at 7.00 pm, but during Lent they will be joining the Lent Bible Study Group on Wednesday nights (see above). 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 if the churches are shut.
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/
Refugee donations (Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity group) is still available subject to social distancing.
Update 22.11.20
We're happy to accept donations for refugees again but ONLY warm coats, sleeping bags, good strong (preferably waterproof) shoes and tents. Please save other items until the New Year. Thank you so much.
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/
POSTPONED until 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.