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Parish Brochure Parish Brochure In this brochure: 1. Welcome to St Peter’s 3. Ancient building, living church 8. Our five priorities 10. Living and working in Birstall 14. Looking to the future 17. Facts and figures Welcome to St Peter’s Welcome to our parish brochure, thank you for taking the time to read it. Our aim is to give you a taste of our Christian Mission through an understanding of our parish, its people, and its church. We are seeking to appoint someone to lead us in achieving our key priorities as we bear full witness to Christ’s teachings. We welcome applicants who have experience of leading and managing a parish, working with volunteers, parishioners and young people and have created a culture of giving and support. We are very excited to have the opportunity to work with our Patron and Bishop in the appointment of a new vicar. Most of the information in this brochure is based on the life of the church in “pre-COVID” times, for obvious reasons! Miles and Denise Churchwardens Meet the team We are blessed at St Peter’s to have a leadership team with both experience and enthusiasm! Church wardens Denise Gosling Miles Lawson I am churchwarden with Miles Appointed at the last AGM after a and as a team we manage to 2 year break for work reasons and handle most things successfully. I now working closely with Denise live close to the church and also to help keep everything afloat am the PCC Secretary for the last during the interregnum. 10 years. Readers Wendy Harper Leif Wilks I’m 78 years old, married with I’m 75, married with four two daughters and four grandchildren. I retired from grandchildren. I’ve been a Reader Kirklees Council ten years ago, and at St. Peters for over 20 years been a Reader since 2006, which and am now Emeritus with means preaching, teaching and PTO. It’s felt that my calling is anything else I can contribute to. preaching; teaching and the healing ministry. Church council and lay pastoral ministers Our PCC of 16 members, is currently chaired by Ray Gallagher as Lay Chair and Secretary, Denise Gosling. The rest is made up of a very gifted group of people including Churchwardens, Treasurer, Trustees of Church Woods, Health and Safety Officer, Governors and Chair of Governors of St Peters School and our Safeguarding Officer. We also have a team of lay pastoral ministers. Alison, Elaine and Solly, who work under the direction of the incumbent, supporting church members and those who live in our parish, they visit the elderly, housebound and sick, as well as those who are bereaved. They care and support families, having befriended many through the work of St Peters playtime and through baptisms, and our school of St Peters. This work gives us the opportunity to come alongside people, offering care and support and showing Gods love. St Peter’s Birstall Parish Brochure | stpetersbirstall.co.uk | [email protected] Page 1 Get to know St Peter’s Services and mid-week events For over a decade the church has had two Sunday morning services; one with a traditional feel, and one more modern and family oriented. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and especially when worship moved online, we have had to merge these two services. We also have a Wednesday morning prayer service with a small but dedicated congregation. For many years, St. Peter’s has been known to have a heart for prayers for healing. Authorised members of the team have made themselves available at every regular service, and every third Sunday we had prayers for healing instead of Intercessions. Music for our modern and online services is provided by our Music Team, using guitars and drums, playing a mixture of contemporary songs and modern arrangements of favourite hymns. For traditional services, weddings, etc. we have a functioning organ. Each Wednesday lunchtime the church becomes a cafe as we welcome around 40 diners to “Bridge”, a lunch and social club. On three afternoons/evenings per week, the Church becomes a classroom for a local private tutoring group. And we also cater for a monthly coffee morning hosted by local travel agents. St Peter’s Playtime on Thursday afternoons for pre-school children with their parents, grandparents, and carers offers a couple of hours of play, songs, refreshments, and friendship for everyone, adults and children. You may even catch St Peters from time to time hosting a thank-you meal at the church or holding a murder mystery evening or concert – we’ve hosted everything from brass bands to big bands! In addition to this St Peters also has house groups which meet weekly to monthly depending upon group structure and preference. We also welcome families to our Messy Church service where they can enjoy painting, cutting out, pasting, drawing, colouring, making things to eat, Bible stories, Christian teaching, worship, tea, and sandwiches! St Peter's School St Peter’s is a happy, hard-working, and well-ordered school in which children are able to develop to their full potential academically, socially, spiritually and creatively. The school is privileged to have wonderful caring children, supportive parents, a committed governing body and staff whose efforts are underpinned by the drive to see every child achieve success in a warm, caring, supportive and stimulating environment. Taking assemblies at the school is a very worthwhile and enjoyable part of the role of the vicar! St Peter’s was judged in the last Ofsted as a good school and in the last SIAMS inspection was awarded a Good judgement. St Peter’s Birstall Parish Brochure | stpetersbirstall.co.uk | [email protected] Page 2 Ancient building, living church There has been a church building on the same spot in Birstall for over 900 years, and even before this we have evidence to suggest a stone preaching cross may have been present. 900 years of Christian worship In 2020 we celebrated 900 years of the first stone church being built on the site of the present St Peter’s. We celebrated this important milestone with a year of events and special acts, including: We also hoped to give out 900 invitations during the year – although due to the coronavirus pandemic many of our events were sadly cancelled. For many years we have had a small collection of historical artifacts on show in the church. Recently we have mounted these artifacts, some dating back 800-900 years, in custom-designed stands to preserve them so they can be enjoyed by future generations. A member of the church also carved a commemorative stone tablet, which you can see on page 1. This is a view of the High Altar, with the Lady Chapel on the left, and the Vestry on the right. We took many pictures of the church from the scaffolding erected while the Frampton Mural was being restored. We may not get the chance to take photos from 30 feet in the air again! St Peter’s Birstall Parish Brochure | stpetersbirstall.co.uk | [email protected] Page 3 Frampton mural St Peter’s Church in Birstall, West Yorkshire, preserves one of the few surviving wall paintings by the artist Edward Reginald Frampton (1872-1923). Painted in 1901 over the chancel arch on the nave east wall, it depicts Christ in Majesty surrounded by angels. It was almost indecipherable due to the darkening of an unevenly applied varnish coating – and partly damaged by past rainwater infiltration. As the painting was otherwise in exceptional condition and following the recommendations of a preliminary inspection report in July 1996, a phased conservation programme was begun in March 1998 with funding from the Council for the Care of Churches. The mural in the 1920s The faded mural The mural after restoration In January 2020 the final phase of the restoration of the Frampton mural was started by acclaimed conservators Stephen Rickerby and Lisa Shekede (pictured right). The restored mural was revealed in February 2020, and some details of the work are available in photos below. The church is extremely grateful to all those who donated to ensure this vital work was completed, especially the generous donor (who wishes to remain anonymous) who contributed half the total cost. We hope that this beautiful mural can bless visitors to our church for years to come. Angels in adoration The mural centrepiece; Christ in One angel is not paying attention! majesty (shadowed by scaffolding) This close-up shows what an amazing difference the restoration has made. St Peter’s Birstall Parish Brochure | stpetersbirstall.co.uk | [email protected] Page 4 The church building and grounds Stained glass The church is the home of some beautiful stained-glass windows including the work of Charles Kempe, a famous glass designer of the 19th century, as well as that of J B Capronnier of Belgium, and F X Zettler of Germany. Bells In 1919 eight bells were recast by bell founders, Gillett and Johnson of Croydon, and rehung in memory of their son Lieutenant Edward Brook Longbottom. The Longbottoms were owners of a local mill and the dam opposite to the church was a part of that site and is called Longbottom Dam. The Tenor bell is 22 cwt being cast in the key of eb and the bells are some of the best sounding in West Yorkshire. The ringing band is led by Miles Lawson and comprises a mix of both local and visiting ringers. Most are at an early learning level and more people from the town have requested to join the band.
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