Parish News
Eco Church
As part of our care for God’s creation the three churches in the Parish are taking part in the Eco Church scheme. The Zero X 30 group invite you to think about ways in which you can make a difference too.
We are trying to stop using floral foam in our flower arrangements, for more information on this, you might like to see what A Rocha have to say, including tips for alternatives:
https://ecochurch.arocha.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Church-flowers-and-sustainability.pdf
We also encourage you to think about your environmental footprint by using either of these measurement tools:
From WWF https://footprint.wwf.org.uk
From Climate Stewards https://climatestewards.org/carbon-calculators/
Good Friday Pilgrimage to the Priory
“Great Clean up” at St Peters
The heating system is almost complete and it was time to get the church ready for our return. A group of us met to clean St Peters. Thanks Sheilah, for the tea and cake at half time 😊
We will be starting our 11:15 services from Sunday 12th April, and printmakers will be back from Friday 17th April 1-4pm.
St Peters Heating – work begins
The trenching to lay the new 3 phase electricity supply got started this week at St Peters.
We hope to install the Air Source Heat Pump heating system in March!
St Peter’s News – January
It seemed timely to share a few updates on activities at St Peters:
Coats and Carols
Christmas festive activities were kicked off with “The Coats and Carols” service – which was well attended and a lot of fun, with our favourite carols sung on request.
Heating System
Providing all the various approvals go ahead as planned we are hoping to get the new air source heating system installed in March. Please keep your collective fingers crossed!
As a first step the old gas heaters that had been condemned have now been removed and sold for scrap – raising about £100! The new heaters will need three phase electricity, and approval has already been given to dig the trench to supply this – the track of the cable is already marked in silver dots through the lychgate.
Refreshments area
Permission has been granted to go ahead with improving the refreshments area, replacing the old freestanding units with a purpose-built bar and storage units. The bar has an attractive curve on it making it far more welcoming when entering the church. So far, the outline is just marked on the floor, but watch this space (literally).
The old carpet in the refreshment area and up the aisle has been taken up and good progress is being made removing the glue residue.
