Welcome to the parish of St. Peter’s Halliwell
Rev Alan writes…
They’ve Arrived!
It was exciting to welcome the AYF team from Uganda to the parish on Thursday as part of their UK Mission Visit. The group of six arrived from Bristol, having previously visited Peckham and Gillingham in London. They are Andrew, Peter, Mary and younger members: Andrew’s children, Elijah and Emily, and Peter’s son, Jesse.
The mission visit will include sessions at Canon Slade High School, working with a Year 8 form on the ‘Love Your Neighbour’ project, taking part in a Youth Alpha special lunch club and sharing songs and stories in a music lesson. There will also be visits to Johnson Fold and St Peter’s Smithills Dean Primary Schools, and a day at Lowton CE High School to deliver lessons, workshops and assemblies. They will visit our Tread Youth Group on Tuesday evening. This Sunday they will join some of our morning services.
Climax of the visit will be a special parish-wide Praise Concert at St Peter’s on Sunday at 6.30pm. Please come along and invite your friends and family for what is certain to be a wonderful evening.
Read more in this week’s newsletter.
Andy Kind event
Andy Kind is a Christian preacher and comedian – a “promedian”. He’s coming to Bolton to entertain us on Saturday 31st January, at the Old Links Golf Club at 7pm. He won’t be preaching, but his comedy is funny and clean. To read more about Andy head to his website at www.andykind.co.uk
Tickets cost £15 and include food. They are available from the parish office (at St. Peter’s Parish Centre), where you can pay in cash or by debit card, or you can pay by BACS using the details below. If you pay by BACS you won’t get or need an actual ticket – we’ll have a record of payments on the night.
To buy your ticket by bank transfer please use these details:
Account name: St Peter’s Halliwell
Account Number: 00030623
Sort Code: 40 52 40
Reference: Andy Kind
Morning Service theme - Verse of the Year 2026
During the month of January we will be focussing on our Verse of the Year 2026.
We’ve been on a journey in our sermons in our morning services as a parish since Rev Alan started as Vicar just over three years ago.
• Year 1: we focused on the Kingdom of God
• Year 2: we focused on the church as Jesus’ Family on Jesus’ Mission
• Year 3: we focused on Jesus, how we should fix our eyes on him and learn from his example.
In 2026 (Year 4): we are going to focus on learning more about, and loving, our neighbours, which of course should flow out from giving our whole selves in our love of God and our commitment to his church as Jesus’ Family on Jesus’ Mission.
Our morning services from St. Peter’s Church are live-streamed (slides and audio, no live images) and are available to watch later on our YouTube channel.
Evening Sermon series - coming soon
Details of our next Evening Service theme will be announced soon.
We meet every Sunday at 6.30pm in St. Peter’s Church and the reading and talk from this service is available on our YouTube channel.
Oasis
Oasis is our midweek service – a time of fellowship and friendship at St Peter’s!
Refreshments are served in the church lounge from 10.30am and at 11.30am there is a 30 minute service in church for those who would like to attend.
Do come and join us – everyone is very welcome for part or all of our time together.
Verse of the Year 2026
Rev Alan says:
We’ve been on a journey in our sermons in our morning services as a parish since I started as Vicar just over three years ago.
• Year 1: we focused on the Kingdom of God
• Year 2: we focused on the church as Jesus’ Family on Jesus’ Mission
• Year 3: we focused on Jesus, how we should fix our eyes on him and learn from his example.
In 2026 (Year 4): I want us to focus on learning more about and loving our neighbours, which of course should flow out from giving our whole selves in our love of God and our commitment to his church as Jesus’ Family on Jesus’ Mission.
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St. Peter's Church
Barrow Bridge Mission
Smithills Fellowship
St. Andrew's Church
Parish Centre
St. Peter’s parish church is an impressive Grade II listed building at the heart of the parish. In the 1980’s an extension provided a lounge, kitchen and toilets and more recently a welcoming entrance area has been created between this and the church.
Barrow Bridge Mission is situated in an important conservation area on the edge of Bolton. The attractive community is a former model community mill village and comprises former mill owner and worker cottages.
Smithills Fellowship meets in St. Peter’s Smithills Dean CE Primary School and Smithills Hall Chapel. The Chapel forms part of Smithills Hall and is leased from the council.
St. Andrew’s meets in the Hope Centre, which serves the Johnson Fold estate. The centre has been completely refurbished in the last 15 years, to better serve the needs of the surrounding community.
St. Peter’s Parish Centre is a hive of activity most days with church groups and other bookings.
It is also home to the administrative hub of the parish. The office is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am-3pm.
St. Peter's Church
St. Peter’s parish church is an impressive Grade II listed building at the heart of the parish. In the 1980’s an extension provided a lounge, kitchen and toilets and work is currently underway to provide a welcoming entrance area.
Barrow Bridge Mission
Barrow Bridge Mission is situated in an important conservation area on the edge of Bolton. The attractive community is a former model community mill village and comprises former mill owner and worker cottages.
Smithills Fellowship
Smithills Fellowship meets in St. Peter’s Smithills Dean CE Primary School and Smithills Hall Chapel. The Chapel forms part of Smithills Hall and is leased from the council.
St. Andrew's Church
St. Andrew’s meets in the Hope Centre, which serves the Johnson Fold estate. The centre has been completely refurbished in the last 15 years, to better serve the needs of the surrounding community.
Parish Centre
St. Peter’s Parish Centre is a hive of activity most days with church groups and other bookings.
It is also home to the administrative hub of the parish. The office is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am-3pm.
Safeguarding
At St. Peter’s Halliwell we work hard to maintain a safe environment for all. We are committed to implementing the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policies and good practice guidance.
If you have any concerns or enquiries regarding safeguarding, please visit our Safer Church page here for details of who to contact.