	Glenfield St Peter's Church Welcome to all Visitors
Who are we? St Peter's Church, Glenfield welcomes all people of different ages and different backgrounds. Whoever you are, you are assured of a very warm welcome. When to arrive: We have three services on Sunday (9.00am, 10.15am and 6.30pm) and one on Wednesday (10.30am). It is probably best to turn up about 10-15 minutes before your chosen Service starts. If you are driving there is plenty of free parking. For directions to find us, please refer to the 'Contact' page. You will be greeted on the door by our welcoming team (sidespeople) who will hand you the books and/or leaflets that you will need to follow the Service. The vertically folded A4 pew page will give you information about the order of the Service, including the numbers of any hymns that may be sung, morning services on the front and evening service on the back. What to wear: This is easy. Wear whatever you feel comfortable in. We are an informal church and accept people as they are. There is no need to dress up unless you wish to. If you want to wear jeans, no-one will mind. If you want to wear a posh hat, you may get a few comments, but no-one will mind, unless you block their view, in which case they will probably find another pew. What to expect: For some people going somewhere for the first time can be a bit of a nerve-racking experience. To help avoid any worries here's a quick summary of what you can expect at St Peter's. First of all we aren't super-spiritual beings, we all had a 'first day' at church. You will find that we are a friendly bunch, if you don't understand something please simply ask, nudge someone nearby. We generally start our meetings with a few minutes of notices keeping us informed of diary dates etc, then we spend between 60 and 90 minutes in worship, including Bible readings, a sermon, prayers and, depending on the time of the Service, hymns and worship songs. If you are at a Holy Communion Service and are not able, or do not wish, to take part, you may either remain in your seat or you may join others going to the altar table and by simply keeping your hands down the clergy will say a prayer of blessing for you. At the end of each Service the Clergy and/or worship leaders will be by the door as you leave to speak to you if you wish or just to say 'goodbye' What kind of worship: For our morning and Communion Services we use the Book of Common Worship. On Sunday the 9.00am Service is a quiet Holy Communion Service with no music and using the traditional version of The Lord's Prayer. At 10.15am, although all are welcome, the Service is geared more towards families and is a lot more varied. It may or may not include Holy Communion (see our Services page for forthcoming services). The music is led by our music team with instruments and singers and is usually a mixture of traditional hymns and modern worship songs. The children come into church for the start of the Service, but, unless it is an All-Age Worship or Family Communion, they remove to the Church Centre after about 10 minutes for their own time in Sunday club. We also run a crèche for the little ones who do not need to come into church at all, but go straight into the Church Centre. After the Service, coffee, tea and juice are served in the Church Centre. If you do not wish to go there by yourself, speak to the Rector or worship leaders on your way out and they will ask someone to accompany you. The 6.30pm Service again varies from week to week. Holy Communion is usually once a month and the other Services are various forms of Evening prayer using different Service books. The music is usually traditional hymns accompanied by either the organ or piano, or in exceptional circumstances, the clarinet. On Wednesday the 10.30 Service is Holy Communion, similar to the early morning Sunday Service, with a 'thought for the day' rather than a sermon, and lasts in the region of 45 minutes. What we believe: We are a Christian church and believe that all can have relationship with God. We believe this relationship with God is possible because of Jesus (God's only Son) who invites us to follow Him. We are part of the Churches together in Glenfield, which includes the Glenfield Methodist Church and the Glenfield Community church and have occasional united Services. If you are interested in exploring the Christian faith then please come along on Sunday or contact the Rector and ask for a free booklet. Is it just Sundays? Absolutely not! God is with us all week long and we aim to lead lives pleasing to Him. We're not perfect and we do make mistakes, but we desire to make a positive difference in everything we do. To further encourage us we can meet in one of our midweek groups. On 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening of the month a substantial sized group meet in the Church Centre for fellowship, Bible teaching, prayer, and singing. On 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening of the month the Growth Group, a small group, meet in someone's house for fellowship, Bible teaching and prayer. On Monday afternoon we have Whatspot meeting in the Church Centre. A very small group with Bible reading and teaching aimed at people with little knowledge of the Bible, non church-goers and those seeking answers to questions. For those just starting to look into Christianity we favour the Emaus course as opposed to the Alpha course. For this you would need to speak to the Rector, Revd John Sharpe. For those with disabilities We aim to be an all inclusive church. Our premises, both church and church centre, are accessible to those with disabilities through the main entrances. Unfortunately there are steps up to the altar, but a quiet word with any member of the clergy or the churchwarden will be enough to have Communion brought to you in your seat. You are unlikely to be the only one. Both buildings are fitted with a loop system and we have large print hymn books and Service books for some of our Services. There is a separate toilet for use by the disabled in the Church Centre. If you have a disability that is not catered for, we would be interested to hear, please let us know.

Glenfield St Peter's Church

Welcome to all Visitors

Who are we?

St Peter's Church, Glenfield welcomes all people of different ages and different backgrounds. Whoever you are, you are assured of a very warm welcome.

When to arrive:

We have three services on Sunday (9.00am, 10.15am and 6.30pm) and one on Wednesday (10.30am). It is probably best to turn up about 10-15 minutes before your chosen Service starts. If you are driving there is plenty of free parking. For directions to find us, please refer to the 'Contact' page. You will be greeted on the door by our welcoming team (sidespeople) who will hand you the books and/or leaflets that you will need to follow the Service. The vertically folded A4 pew page will give you information about the order of the Service, including the numbers of any hymns that may be sung, morning services on the front and evening service on the back.

What to wear:

This is easy. Wear whatever you feel comfortable in. We are an informal church and accept people as they are. There is no need to dress up unless you wish to. If you want to wear jeans, no-one will mind. If you want to wear a posh hat, you may get a few comments, but no-one will mind, unless you block their view, in which case they will probably find another pew.

What to expect:

For some people going somewhere for the first time can be a bit of a nerve-racking experience. To help avoid any worries here's a quick summary of what you can expect at St Peter's. First of all we aren't super-spiritual beings, we all had a 'first day' at church. You will find that we are a friendly bunch, if you don't understand something please simply ask, nudge someone nearby. We generally start our meetings with a few minutes of notices keeping us informed of diary dates etc, then we spend between 60 and 90 minutes in worship, including Bible readings, a sermon, prayers and, depending on the time of the Service, hymns and worship songs. If you are at a Holy Communion Service and are not able, or do not wish, to take part, you may either remain in your seat or you may join others going to the altar table and by simply keeping your hands down the clergy will say a prayer of blessing for you. At the end of each Service the Clergy and/or worship leaders will be by the door as you leave to speak to you if you wish or just to say 'goodbye'

What kind of worship:

For our morning and Communion Services we use the Book of Common Worship. On Sunday the 9.00am Service is a quiet Holy Communion Service with no music and using the traditional version of The Lord's Prayer.

At 10.15am, although all are welcome, the Service is geared more towards families and is a lot more varied. It may or may not include Holy Communion (see our Services page for forthcoming services). The music is led by our music team with instruments and singers and is usually a mixture of traditional hymns and modern worship songs. The children come into church for the start of the Service, but, unless it is an All-Age Worship or Family Communion, they remove to the Church Centre after about 10 minutes for their own time in Sunday club. We also run a crèche for the little ones who do not need to come into church at all, but go straight into the Church Centre. After the Service, coffee, tea and juice are served in the Church Centre. If you do not wish to go there by yourself, speak to the Rector or worship leaders on your way out and they will ask someone to accompany you.

The 6.30pm Service again varies from week to week. Holy Communion is usually once a month and the other Services are various forms of Evening prayer using different Service books. The music is usually traditional hymns accompanied by either the organ or piano, or in exceptional circumstances, the clarinet.

On Wednesday the 10.30 Service is Holy Communion, similar to the early morning Sunday Service, with a 'thought for the day' rather than a sermon, and lasts in the region of 45 minutes.

What we believe:

We are a Christian church and believe that all can have relationship with God. We believe this relationship with God is possible because of Jesus (God's only Son) who invites us to follow Him. We are part of the Churches together in Glenfield, which includes the Glenfield Methodist Church and the Glenfield Community church and have occasional united Services. If you are interested in exploring the Christian faith then please come along on Sunday or contact the Rector and ask for a free booklet.

Is it just Sundays?

Absolutely not! God is with us all week long and we aim to lead lives pleasing to Him. We're not perfect and we do make mistakes, but we desire to make a positive difference in everything we do. To further encourage us we can meet in one of our midweek groups. On 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening of the month a substantial sized group meet in the Church Centre for fellowship, Bible teaching, prayer, and singing. On 1st and 3rd Wednesday evening of the month the Growth Group, a small group, meet in someone's house for fellowship, Bible teaching and prayer. On Monday afternoon we have Whatspot meeting in the Church Centre. A very small group with Bible reading and teaching aimed at people with little knowledge of the Bible, non church-goers and those seeking answers to questions. For those just starting to look into Christianity we favour the Emaus course as opposed to the Alpha course. For this you would need to speak to the Rector, Revd John Sharpe.

For those with disabilities

We aim to be an all inclusive church. Our premises, both church and church centre, are accessible to those with disabilities through the main entrances. Unfortunately there are steps up to the altar, but a quiet word with any member of the clergy or the churchwarden will be enough to have Communion brought to you in your seat. You are unlikely to be the only one. Both buildings are fitted with a loop system and we have large print hymn books and Service books for some of our Services. There is a separate toilet for use by the disabled in the Church Centre. If you have a disability that is not catered for, we would be interested to hear, please let us know.