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.
If you are thinking about having your wedding at St Peter's, we offer Marriage Preparation to help you make it the best of beginnings.
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 February & March.
Wednesday 3rd February
8pm Service of Stillness & Peace
Thursday 4th February, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 7th February
10.30am Holy Communion
Young Adventurers
in the Village Hall
Thursday 11th February, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Friday 12th February
10am Toddler Praise
Sunday 14th February
10.30am Holy Communion (Traditional Rite)
Afternoon - Diamondbacks
go ice-skating to Leeds Millennium Square
Wednesday 17th February,
Ash Wednesday
7.30pm Holy Communion & Imposition of Ashes
Thursday 18th February, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 21st February
10.30am All-age Communion
NO Holy Communion on Thursday 25th February
Sunday 28th February
9am Holy Communion at Woolley
10.30am Holy Communion at West Bretton
Wednesday 3rd March
8pm Service of Stillness & Peace
Thursday 4th March, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 7th March
10.30am Holy Communion
Young Adventurers
in the Village Hall
NO Holy Communion on Thursday 11th March
Friday 12th March
10am Toddler Praise
Sunday 14th March, Mothering Sunday
10.30am All-age Communion
7pm Diamondbacks
Thursday 18th March, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 21st March
10.30am Holy Communion (Traditional Rite)
Thursday 25th March, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 28th March, Palm Sunday
9am Holy Communion.
10.30am Holy Communion at West Bretton
Monday 29th March, 7.30pm Holy Communion
at St Peter's, Woolley
Tuesday 30th March, 7.30pm Holy Communion
at West Bretton
Wednesday 31st March, 7.30pm Holy Communion
at St Peter's, Woolley
Thursday 1st April, Maundy Thursday
7.30pm Holy Communion & Footwashing
at West Bretton
Frday 2nd April, Good Friday
7.30pm Devotional Service at St Peter's, Woolley
Saturday 3rd April, Easter Eve
8pm Service of New Light & Holy Communion
at West Bretton
Sunday 4th April, Easter Day
10.30am All-age Communion at Woolley
NO Young Adventurers
News
Young Adventurers in April is on Sunday 25th, not Sunday 4th.
Church Council Grants
Our budget shortfall in 2009 meant that we have reduced our annual grants
to Christian Missions. We agreed on a total of £1000. This year’s
beneficiaries each receiving £200 are the Church Mission Society,
St George’s Crypt, Emmaus, the Bethany Healing Centre and the Church
Army.
Christmas for others
£482.77 was given to The Children’s Society from the collection
at The Nativity, Crib & Christingle Service on Christmas Eve.
The “Good Moos” Church Christmas Card raised £176, providing two herds of goats for villages in Burundi, Africa, through Christian Aid.
The Farmyard Nativity on 23rd December raised £830 for Martin House Children’s Hospice. Many thanks to all who supported this event.
Palm Crosses
If you’ve saved your palm cross from last year’s Palm Sunday
service, please bring it back to church on or before Sunday February 14th.
The tradition is to burn old palm crosses to make the ash for our Ash
Wednesday service (Feb 17th this year). You’ll receive a new palm
cross on Palm Sunday, March 28th.
Mothering Sunday Arrangements
Please note that in March our All-age Communion Service will be on Mothering
Sunday, March 14th.
Holy Communion using the Traditional Rite will be on Sunday March 21st
T Club
The next meeting of the “T” Club will be on Thursday February
18th at Phyllis Brake’s, Woolley Bank Farm, Bramley Lane, 2pm –
4pm. Come along and join us. Everyone welcome.
Woolley Residents' News
Race Night, Saturday 27th March 2010
At Woolley Village Hall, 7.30pm
Woolley Village Residents’ Association invite you to a fun Race
Night at the Village Hall in aid of Diabetes UK. Dress to impress in black
and white. Raffle and prizes. Tickets which are limited are £15
each including canapés and a selection of drinks.
Sponsor a race or name a horse and have fun supporting this worthwhile
cause.
For tickets and sponsorship information please contact Penny Woolhouse
or Alison Wainwright
Date for your diary
Woolley Village Residents’ Association Safari Supper, Saturday 8th
May 2010
Enjoy a great evening with friends and neighbours sampling good food and
company on a culinary mystery tour of the Village.
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
