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 March & April.
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
Thursday
11th March, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
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)
NO Holy Communion on Thursday 25th March
Sunday 28th March, Palm Sunday
10.30am Holy Communion at St Peter's.
Please note change of time from usual 4th Sunday 9am
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 at West Bretton
Sunday 4th April, Easter Day
10.30am All-age Communion at Woolley
NO Young Adventurers
Wednesday 7th April
8pm Service of Stillness & Peace
Thursday 8th April, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Friday 9th April
10am Toddler Praise
Sunday 11th April
10.30am Holy Communion (Traditional Rite)
7pm - Diamondbacks
Thursday 15th April, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 18th April
10.30am All-age Communion
Thursday 22nd April, 10am Holy Communion
(said, Traditional Rite)
Sunday 25th April
10.30am Holy Communion followed by Annual Pariochial Church Meeting
Please note change of time from usual 4th Sunday 9am
Young Adventurers
in the Village Hall at 10.30am
News
Young Adventurers in April is on Sunday 25th, not Sunday 4th.
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 March
18th at The Vicarage, 2pm – 4pm. Come along and join us. Everyone
welcome.
The April meeting will be on Thursday 15th April at the home of Maureen Grace, when Pauline Gallivan will be with us to give a talk on Icing Decoration
Open Church: Treasures Revealed in Wakefield
From Saturday 29th May to Sunday 6th June Wakefield District is hosting
a festival celebrating the hidden multi-cultural treasures of the area.
Churches and other places of worship are being invited to specify when
they will be open to visitors, and all details will be included in a Festival
Guide distributed to households. Treasures Revealed is an initiative of
the Churches Regional Commission, and has already been successfully run
in Leeds and Bradford. St Peter’s Woolley will be one of the many
places for people to visit during the Festival, so this event will now
replace the proposed Open Church Weekend we had been planning for the
end of April.
Wedding Belles and Memories
As part of our Treasures Revealed here in Woolley, Penny Woolhouse would
like to put on a display of Wedding Dresses through the decades. If you
still have your wedding dress and would be prepared to loan your dress
for display together with a photo of you on your big day, please contact
Penny Woolhouse or The Vicarage (01226 382550)
If you were married at Woolley Church this would make the display very
special indeed.
Flower Festival 2010
St Peter’s Church holds a Flower Festival every two years, usually
the last weekend in June to coincide with St Peter’s Day. This year
we have decided to move the Flower Festival to the weekend of September
18th/19th to fit better with people’s holiday arrangements. We hope
to have another Scarecrow Festival in the Village that same weekend, and
the Residents are planning a Ceilidh.
Seven fat cows
When Stephen came as our Vicar in June 2003 his “licence”
was for seven years. That end is fast approaching. The good news is that
the past seven years of plenty are not to be followed by seven years of
famine – rather, the Bishop has agreed to renew Stephen’s
licence for a further seven years.
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
Tickets are now available. The first 64 ticket holders can name their own horse and be a racehorse owner if only for the night.
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?
Just by viewing the site you make a contribution to church funds. So far we have receivd £16.51 from 1651 hits on the site.
Contact us
By phone, 01226 382550
By email
