Welcome to the website of St Peter’s Church, Woolley
We are part of the Diocese of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, and the Church of England.
St Peter’s is a medieval church with some good late medieval stained glass. We are the only church serving the village of Woolley, just off the M1 motorway at junction 38 and 7 miles south of Wakefield. Click here to view map.
Our sister church is in the neighbouring village of West Bretton, home of the world-renowned Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The Church in West Bretton is an Anglican-Methodist Local Ecumenical Partnership. Sunday services there are at 10.30am each week. Anglican Holy Communion is on the 4th Sunday, and usually we have Holy Communion there on Tuesdays at 10.30am.
Church Services and Events
@ St Peter's Woolley
in July & August.
Thursday 3rd July, St Thomas
10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 6th July
10.30am Holy Communion & Baptism
Thursday 10th July, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 13th July, Sea Sunday
10.30am Holy Communion (Traditional Rite)
Thursday 17th July, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 20th July
10.30am All-age Communion
Thursday 24th July, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 27th July
9am Holy Communion
Thursday 31st July, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 3rd August
10.30am Holy Communion
Thursday
7th August, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 10th August
10.30am Holy Communion (Traditional Rite)
Thursday 14th August, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 17th August
10.30am All-age Communion
Thursday 21st August, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 24th August, St Bartholomew
9am Holy Communion
Thursday
28th August, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 31st August
10.30am Holy Communion
News
Flower Demonstration
A big “Thank you” to all who helped organise and who supported
the Flower Demonstration in the Village Hall on May 14th, which raised
£868.20 for St Peter’s Church.
Christian Aid
This year’s Christian Aid house-to-house collection raised over
£900. Thank you for your generosity, and a big thank you to the
collectors who give their time each year.
Please think about the farmers
Seeing cattle and sheep grazing in our local fields is a joy, and restful
too. Footpaths through fields for dog-walking is a benefit of living in
the countryside. But please keep dogs on leads – cattle and sheep
are easily distressed by dogs running free. And please don’t allow
dogs to foul the paths or the grazing.
The barley harvest starts soon, and then there’ll be the harvesting of other crops until the autumn wheat harvest. Harvesting often goes on into late evenings and weekends, and combine harvesters and tractors with trailers need wide access to turn into fields and farmyards, so please think before you park around the village. Parking too near a gateway to a field or farm means farm vehicles can’t get in and out. And on our narrow lanes, please park as close to the edge as possible – even if it means your passengers getting out of the car before you park.
Woolley Horse Show
Saturday 27th July sees the annual Woolley Horse Show, at Beacon Hill
Farm on Intake Lane in Woolley.
Woolley Horse Show has something for all the family, also Catering and
Refreshment Tents, besides many Craft Stalls and Trade Stands.
Toddler Praise
Toddler Praise re-starts in September on the usual 2nd Friday-in-the-month,
September 12th. Same time, 10am.
Prayer Group
Several people responded to our recent Body Building exercise by signifying
that they’d like to join a prayer group. We’ll meet initially
on Sunday September 7th at 6pm in church.
Online shopping
Do you buy online from well-known retailers? If so, please access their
online stores through www.easyfundraising.org.uk
Hundreds of major retailers donate to charity for online orders placed through this site. St Peter’s Church is registered as Woolley Church. So, if you decide to buy anything online from any of the 500 UK retailers, first you simply find Woolley Church (under Find a Cause – W), register yourself as a purchaser, and Woolley Church will be identified as the cause you want to support by your purchases. Why not visit the site now and see what they have to offer?
Contact us
By phone, 01226 382550
By email
