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“Friends of St Peter’s” Launches Appeal
The Friends of St Peter's have just launched their appeal - for funds to help the church continue to pay its ...

More Tea, Vicar?
A warm Sunday afternoon in the Vicarage garden. A marvellous tea and good company. That was what was on offer to ...

St Peter’s Summer Festival Goes Foodie!
The 2010 Summer Festival took Food as its theme, and went down a storm. We got off to a good start, with ...

Recipe Ideas Wanted for the Braunstone Recipe Book
As part of our Food Festival on 26th June we are collecting recipes in order to produce a Bumper Braunstone recipe ...

Chris’s last letter home (7) – 21st May
Well, the 3-month Sabbatical has come to an end. On Sunday (Pentecost, the Feast of the Holy Spirit) I’m due ...

Welcome visitors!
We were pleased to welcome our friends from Goadby Marwood, who gave us such an enjoyable day with them last year. ...

Summer is Coming - Braunstone Food Festival planning
A range of Foods We are planning our Summer festival at the moment. This year the theme is Food and ...

Annual Parochial Church Meeting & Annual Report
We held our Annual meeting on Sunday 25th April after the main Sunday Eucharist. The Austin Hoyte and Janet Grant ...

Chris’ letter home (6) - 15th April
This will be my last letter home, unless I find I can't resist posting photos of my latest model railway! ...

A Journey of Love….
For our Easter celebration we were privileged to have Archdeacon Richard Atkinson leading us on a journey of love, from Palm ...

Chris’s letter home (5) – 30th March
After a smooth flight home and a quick break for washing, ironing and re-packing, I’m now staying in London with my ...

Braunstone shows its creativity again
The culmination of the 'Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future' project was reached with a great exhibition at the ...

Chris’s letter home (4) – 25th March
So far, my sabbatical news seems to have been all food and trains - except for one week of prayer. ...

Chris’s letter home (3) – 15th March
Last week I left you having just got home from a railway museum, which turned out to be closed. The ...

Chris’s letter home (2) – 8th March
Last week I was out of touch with the world, on retreat at Bethany Spring, a retreat house a mile down ...

Chris’s letter home (1) – 26th Feb
Well, here I am – sitting in a cottage at the back of one of the big houses in this neighbourhood ...

Vicar Chris gets Award for Sabbatical
Chris Burch has received a cheque for £600 from Ecclesiastical Insurance's Ministry Awards scheme, to help towards the costs of his ...

Our Vicar goes on Sabbatical
The Revd Canon Chris Burch Our Vicar, Chris Burch is due to go on sabbatical on February 20th. Chris Florance, our ...

Jo and Bill get married
It was a special day when our Associate Priest, Robin, married Joann. In addition to family and friends and members of St ...

Model Railway Show “The Best Yet”
St Peter's put on its third Autumn Fair and Model Railway Exhibition on November 7th 2009, and everyone said it was ...

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