St Peter and St Paul, Seal, is trying to contact as many other churches dedicated to St Peter and St Paul around the world in time for our Patronal Festival on June 27th 2010. Our youth group have helped me put this blog together - you can find some of their comments about the church on the page "about us" and I'm hoping it will help us to be more aware of the diversity of God's family as we celebrate.
If you are a member of a church jointly dedicated to these two saints (not just to St Peter or St Paul!) then do send along your greetings - if you aren't the person in charge of the church, please could you check with them first that they are happy for you to do this.
Greetings can be shared by adding a comment. Click on the link in the pale blue bar beneath this message "...comments". There are instructions about how to add a comment in a box on the right of this message. I have started the ball rolling with a greeting from us to you. You might like to tell us where you are, and a sentence or two about your church. This blog is moderated, so there may be a delay between you posting your comment and it appearing here.If you have any trouble posting here, please send your greeting by email to me.
The Revd. Anne Le Bas
Priest in Charge, St Peter and St Paul, Seal, Kent
http://www.sealpeterandpaul.com/
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St Peter and St Paul, Seal, is an ancient church in the village of Seal, just outside Sevenoaks in the South East of England. The oldest parts of the current church date back to around 1280, but we know that there was a church here before then.
ReplyDeleteWe are broadly in a liberal tradition, with a mix of traditional and modern worship, a good spread of ages,an active choir,bell-ringers and lots of other activity. We aim to welcome everyone, whatever their background, lifestyle or history. We hope that they will find God at work in us, as we will find God at work in them.
Greetings from Dorset. We are a busy town Church with lots happening (www.bfpc.org.uk) and have just completed a £500,000 project to build a new Church Centre which will have been showing the World Cup by the time of 27th June. We are excited about what God is doing here as we seek to “Discover and Nurture relationships in Jesus Christ” to fulfil our Vision to see “Every Road in Blandford Baptised in the Love of God”. Our 9 Home Groups aim to reach out into the community alongside the bigger events in the Centre, which include “Not Just Sundaes”, an Ice Cream parlour for the Market Square.
ReplyDeleteSo we pray that you will know the honesty and integrity of Peter and the power and dynamism of Paul as you celebrate the festival in the power of the Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus and to the Glory of God the Father!
Rev Tim Storey
St. Paul United Methodist church is part of a two-church Charge near the Chesapeake Bay on the Middle Peninsula of Virginia, USA. I was pastor from 2001 to 2006. Church dates from the middle 1800's. Greetings to all!
ReplyDeleteHolsworthy send's its greetings. Originally "Haroldsworthy", a Saxon Market Town, keeping traditional worship and Order.
ReplyDeleteBlessings
Fr Michael Reynolds, Rector of Holsworthy
Greetings from St Peter and St Paul in Weobley in rural Herefordshire
ReplyDeleteVisit our website
www.weobleyandstaunton.co.uk
with our prayers
Prebendary Bob King
Peace and joy from the Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul in Sheffield. Sheffield Cathedral serves one of the poorest communities in the UK. We host a social care project for the homeless and vulnerable. Our clients can access clean clothes, showers, really good food, and lots of support to help them get their life back on track. We also provide access to many health services, and we are the only Cathedral with a fully equipped dental surgery!
ReplyDeleteWe are also a centre of worship and evangelism in this very secular city, and we pray for our Diocese and its communities three times a day, every day of the year. Our community is currently preparing to reach out to the thousands of people who work in the city centre. If you are ever in Sheffield, please come and say hello.
Peace to you all in Seal!
Peter Bradley
Dean
Greetings from the Catholic Chapel of SS Peter and Paul, Brailes, Warwickshire in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Our chapel is one of the oldest post-reformation public catholic churches in England, constructed in 1726 in the upper storey of a medieval barn. Be assured of our prayers on our patronal feast. Oremus invicem.
ReplyDeleteFr Brian Doolan
www.catholicbrailes.org.uk
Greetings from Saints Peter and Paul's Old Cathedral in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
ReplyDeleteConstruction began on our Catholic Cathedral in 1875 and was completed in 1891. We are currently undergoing an extensive restoration to repair/restore stonework, stained glass, etc.
For more information on our Cathedral please feel free to visit our website - www.stspeterandpaulsoldcathedral.org
Our main project for 2010 is the design and installation of a mosaic to Caroline Chisholm to cover an unsightly concreted window behind our famous Hill and Son organ. Caroline Chisholm was born in Northamptonshire and is buried there. She worked tirelessly for immigrants coming to the Colony in the early to mid 1800's and is known in Australia as "The Immigrants Friend".
We are having a celebration Mass and Dinner on the weekend of 26th/27th June to honour Saint Peter and Saint Paul and Caroline Chisholm to help raise funds for the mosaic.
We offer our prayers and good wishes that your celebration (and ours) may be successful and inspiring.
Father Dermid McDermott,
Parish Priest,
28th April, 2010.
27 April 2010 23:04
Greetings from St Peter & St Paul's Parish in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
ReplyDeleteWe are the Catholic parish serving south Wakefield, a City ten miles south of Leeds at the junction of M1 and M62, on the River Calder- which forms our northern parish boundary. We are in the Diocese of Leeds.
Our parish is an active one, with around 450 people at our weekend Masses, in a church built in 1991 (www.peterpaul.org.uk). The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is on our southern boundary, and on the northern, opposite the medieval bridge chapel, the nearly-completed Hepworth Gallery is named after the Wakefield-born sculptor and will show a number of her works. Other residents at various times were the "Grand Old Duke of York" who marched his men up to the top of Sandal Castle near our church, and was killed when marching them down again in the Battle of Wakefield (1460)- and John Bretton of Sandal who died for his Catholic faith in 1598- a reminder of divided times: relations between local churches are nowadays very good. Charles Waterton founded the world's first nature reserve here in the early C19 at Walton Hall, an island house. A devout and ascetic man, he brought the Jesuits to Wakefield, and later they opened the first St Peter & St Paul's Church in 1926, becoming a parish in 1954. The Anglican Bishops of Wakefield and Pontefract both live not far from us, too!
We wish you well with your project.
God Bless...
Nick Shields, Deacon
Wonderful idea and a delight to send greetings to our patronal "family"
ReplyDeleteI'm experiencing my first patronal festival in Godalming,Surrey, a beautifulhistoric church with sections from a stone font now dated to 820. So weve been here a long time! Perhaps the next idea might be a pulpit exchange?
God Bless from Godalming.
Greetings from the Church of St Peter and St Paul Osbournby and how nice to hear from and about other Churches whose name we share.
ReplyDeleteOur Church along with 10 others is part of the rural Parish of South Lafford, in South Lincolnshire. This is quite a lot of ground for the Priest in Charge to cover though the current incumbent has been known to travel his parish on horseback.
The Domesday Survey records a Church in Osbournby in 1086 but much of the existing Church was constructed in 1320. The nature of the font supports the view that there was an earlier Church on this site. The base and plinth on which it sits are modern but the font is Anglo-Norman, ornamented with pillars and interlaced semicircular arches. It is drum shaped which is not uncommon in Lincolnshire. Extensive restoration was begun in 1873 when the roof was replaced and the East window and pews were installed (cost £1,460). Some of the pews are Victorian copies, but others have mediaeval ends. Nikolaus Pevsner, referred to them as a ‘fine set’.
May God be with us all in the work of our Churches and the varied challenges we face. Please pop in if you are in the vicinity.
Hi, I'm Anita and I send greetings to you from St. Peter & St. Paul Milton Gravesend.
ReplyDeleteI help with the children and young peoples groups here. We're just starting on a new venture called Jam +, This follows on from our Holiday Club which we hold annually. We will be initially running this once a month for our existing Sunday School children helped by our youth group, we intend to reach out to the community by inviting children from our Holiday Club from previous years.
We are quite excited about this. Your prayers would be greatly appreciated. Other things we have going on during the week are "Musical Movement" which is a Keep Fit session for over 50's, Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and newly formed Senior Guides. Wednesdays are busy with Our Milton Minors, parent and toddler group and Milton Munchies, luncheon club for the parish.
Once a week some of our ladies meet for Prayer, Praise and Bible Study either in each others homes or in the Parish Centre. Our new Rector Rev. Graham Herbert hopes to start up a weekly Bible Study on a Thursday evening. Once a month we have a prayer breakfast on a Saturday morning, this is a new venture and has had mixed response.
We like many churches are having to raise money for our Bell Tower as well as other charities. Our youth Group have been working hard to organize a Family Quiz Night on the 22nd May. They are very enthusiastic about it and so far we have had a good response. The money raised will go to HOPE HIV and the Tower Fund. The initial idea was that the group were given £10 which they had to "plant" and watch the money grow to £100 for HOPE HIV. It is great to see our young people get so excited and enthusiastic about this project to help others less fortunate than themselves. For a few years now they have also supported the "Smiles" Charity making up shoeboxes full of gifts and essentials for children at Christmas.
We have enjoyed sharing some of what goes on here and send you God's Blessings from all here at Milton for your Patronal Festival on the 27th June.
Anita
I am Gail Radka and our message comes from YOOF....our Youth Group at St Peter and St Paul Parish Church in Pickering,North Yorkshire. We meet once a week on a Sunday evening and would like to send you greetings and a warm welcome to anyone who is travelling in our area. Our Church is an interesting one to visit and we have world famous 15th century wall painting. If you are interested check out our website at www.pickeringchurch.com. On this website we also have our youth group blog so feel free to leave a comment/contribution we are eager to hear your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteblessings to you all in Seal from Pickering
Warm gretings from the city of Nantes, in the west of France, where St Peter & St Paul's is our Cathedral church in the heart of the city.
ReplyDeleteToday's church was started as early as 1434 and was only completed in the late XIXth century!
A "virtual visit" is possible on my website (in French), but you have to come to Nantes for more emotion!
Greetings from rural Somerset and from the people of St Peter & St Paul's in Chiselborough.
ReplyDeleteThe church has a probably Norman foundation (various bits of Norman masonry were discovered at the start of the 20th century and a Norman Arch constructed). It is rare in Somerset in having a spire on its tower. The village has under 400 people - but has a church service each week, ranging from prayer book or common worship communion, through to an informal Open Door service or more reflective services such as Christ in Quiet or Taize.
This year's Patronal Festival day will also mark teh 30th anniversary of my ordination.
Rev Peter Thomas - priest in charge
From The church members of St Peter and St Paul Muchelney in the Somerset Levels Greeetings.
ReplyDeleteOur present village church was completed by the Abbots of Muchelney Abbey in early 15th century but the Christian faith has been practised on this site since Saxon time. Behind the church are the ruins of the Abbey and opposite
is the medieval Priest's House, one of the oldest in the country.
The ceiling was painted in the early 1600s and depicts angels wearing Tudor costumes, some of whom are very feminine! The tall panels in the east end window are full of colourful Victorian glass. The small panels above are of medieval glass dating from around 1200 and the two side windows are roundels of 17th century Flemish glass.
The ancient tiles around the altar date from the 12th century and originated in the Lady Chapel of the Abbey. The simple font dates from the 14th century
There is a fully working barrel organ which was used in church until 1872. Less than a dozen of these still exist today. Ours is kept tuned and in full working order and is played regularly.
We are part of the 9 parish Langport Team. We have 45 members but from the village of 170 that is a good proportion.
The hamlet of Medmenham lies mainly to the south of the Henley Road. On the main road itself is the Dog and Badger pub, dating from the 14th century. To the south lies the church, and beyond this a pretty straggle of cottages and houses of varying ages and styles runs along the historic Ferry Lane to the Thames.
ReplyDeleteThe church sits at the junction of Ferry Lane and the main road. The churchyard lies below the level of the road and is surrounded by brick and flint walls and trees.
The land rises north of the churchyard with the Dog and Badger pub lying across the road, and then the steep escarpment behind, crowned by Lodge Farm.
A 15th century manor house stands on the west of the lane.
The remains of a Cistercian abbey closed by Henry VIII lie close to the river and have been incorporated into a Jacobean mansion. This was remodelled in the 18th century by Medmenham's most notorious resident, Sir Francis Dashwood, and the meetings of the Hell Fire Club were held there until the discreditable nature of these was exposed.
The Abbey is well screened and is best viewed from the Berkshire bank of the Thames. A ferry no longer crosses the Thames but the landing stage still stands. The Thames Path runs along the river to the west of this.
greetings and blessings from st Peter and st Paul in rustington West sussex, I cant think of a better way to describe our chuch than you did yours, we must be very simialar in many ways . I am currently the choir leader, any original ideas for music for patronal festival ? We plan to have cheese and wine after the service on 29th june
ReplyDeleteOur church is at the foot of the North Downs in Trottiscliffe, Kent. It is a Grade one listed church and and is recorded in the Doomsday book. The church is a house of prayer which is open every day and we get many visitors,often walkers coming down from the country park. I think communicating with other SS. Peter and Paul churches is a lovely thing to be doing. Diana Laite, Churchwarden
ReplyDeleteDear congregation at Seal
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Kilmersdon in Somerset! We are a small congregation, rather traditional, and mostly fairly elderly. We live in a beautiful part of Somerset, the village being the home of the nursery rhyme 'Jack and Jill' and our primary school has a well in the grounds, the lower part of which is medieval. The school is our Church school and is a thriving one serving Kilmersdon and the neighbouring village of Holcombe. We reach out to the community through the festivals and choral evensong services which usually include opportunities for refreshments and a good get-together. We wish you blessings on the patronal festival.
Rosie Kane (Churchwarden)
Hello and greetings from St. Peter & St. Paul's Mansfield, Notts. UK
ReplyDeleteWe are a beautiful 12th Century Church in the heart of the busy town of Mansfield.
We are open 6 days a week and get a variety of visitors.
Worship is of a traditional, fairly informal style and we have a midweek Pizza & Praise Service for families.
We too are celebrating our Patronal Festival. We have a 4 day flower festival (St. Peter's at work), a concert featuring a local brass band and St.Peter's school, a summer fair and a songs of praise.
May God bless you richly in all your celebrations
Kathryn
Parish Secretary
St Peter & St Paul Abington, Northampton
ReplyDeleteHello :)
I am 16 years old I am a member of Abington Church
I was recently confirmed with two of my friends. I attend youth group and also help out as I am a youth leader. I also help out in the Sunday services. We have many other activities available such as; bell ringing, the choir, a local link with guide and scout associations.
Our buidling is situated in the middle of Abington park and the church is nearlly 1,000 years old!
Next weekend we are camping as a church and the weekend after is our annual church fete (this year the theme is sports). I looking forward to this as I am helping to organise some sporting activities.
I hope your patronal festival is a success and may God be with you through the event
God Bless and with love from Grace
(Youth Member)