Welcome to the parish of St. Peter’s Halliwell.
This week we are launching the Prayer Diary to help you engage in depth with the topics of our recent sermon series on Commitment. Although it’s dated to begin on Monday 25th November, you can start it at any time, and take as long as you need to work through it.
If you are encouraged by your reflections please share with one of the clergy or a member of your church leadership team.
Christmas Services
There is an awful lot going on in the coming few weeks, with nativities, carol services and concerts. See the Newsletter for more details, or pick up a flyer in church – in fact take a few and hand them around to your family and neighbours!
There’s also information at aChurchNearYou.com.
Our weekly Newsletter has full details of what’s on in the coming few weeks. Click the Newsletter image to read or download it.
It would be great to see you at a service at one of our four worship centres on Sunday. However, if you are unable to join us, the 10.30am service from St. Peter’s Church is live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
The talks from our Sunday 6.30pm parish-wide service in St. Peter’s Church are also available on our YouTube channel.
If you would like more information about any aspect of what we offer, please contact us.
Morning Service theme - Commitment
On 6th October Rev. Alan shared his vision for our parish at a united service at Bolton School.
Over the next few weeks members of our preaching team will explore these areas in more detail as they share the vision with the different congregations across the parish.
Our morning services are live-streamed and available to watch later on our YouTube channel.
Evening Sermon series
Following on from our Parish-Wide Vision Service where we heard about the five areas for commitment to Jesus’ Church on Jesus’ Mission (Give, Meet, Serve, Baptise, Pray). This new series focusses on our commitment to pray (My Church Commitment – Pray) and looks at the teaching and example of Jesus, together with Nehemiah and Paul. The title is “Lord Teach us to Pray” and comprises the following themes:
- The Lord’s Prayer for our Instruction
- Nehemiah’s Prayer for Restoration
- Paul’s Prayer for the Church
- Jesus’ Prayer for us all
We have two services with a different theme interspersed in this series. On 10th November we welcome back Salim Munayer as our guest speaker, and on 17th November we celebrate the work of Christians against Poverty on CAP Sunday.
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.
Annual Review for 2023
Our parish Annual Meeting (APCM) was held on Sunday 19th May. Click the image to download the Annual Report of all that happened last year.
Download and read the weekly Newsletter
Coming up soon …
See the Newsletter for more details
Newsletter Archive
Read the Newsletter from the last few weeks:
1st December
24th November
17th November
10th November
3rd November
27th October
20th October
13th October
6th October
29th September
22nd September
15th September
8th September
1st September
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 work is currently underway to provide a welcoming entrance area.
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.