St Peter's C Of E Church

A NEW PRAYER FOR THE OLD HILLS MALVERN CHURCHES 

Welcome to our new Old Hills Malvern  Benefice Prayer

Almighty God,
source of our hope and of all good things;
you call us in love to share in the work of creation in making all things new.
Bless our benefice of two parishes, three schools, four churches active across five villages.
May we be faithful in worship,
Confident in our discipleship,
and joyful in our service, 

that through us, the world may catch a glimpse of the love you have for each one of us,
made known in your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Introducing CATCH –  Your Church’s Acting To Combat Hardship 

PLEASE support the local Foodbank through your supermarket drop off points.  Pop Up collections across the villages will resume in Lent 2022. 

OUR CHURCHES ARE NOW OPEN FOR WORSHIP AND LIFE EVENTS WITHOUT (MANY) RESTRICTIONS

See our display at the end of this home page to see which service is happening where on Sunday.  Also, our On Line calendar can sign post you to where services are taking place.

As well as gathered worship in churches ,  we will continue with online worship too. See below.

Lord’s Alive – our Family Worship Service has also returned –  check the online diary or the Lord’s Alive FaceBook page! 

Our approach to Covid –  Covid19 Risk Assessment

Our Covid19 risk assessment is kept under regular review  and considers advice and guidance from HM Government and the National Church.  Contact us if you would liker to see the latest assessment for your church.

WEEKLY INTERCESSIONS

Weekly intercessions are provided as an  online resource only.  If you need a copy,  please contact The Vicarage or ask a friend to print them off for you.  

ZOOM BASED PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES

New 2022 Zoom codes and links are needed for services and meetings –  please Contact Us for the new codes for the 2022 year.  Pass code 049925 has now been discontinued.

A Zoom based service of Evening Prayer may happen each Sunday at 5.30pm –  check below for details . 

Zoom Compline (Night Prayer or another seasonal service) across the Old Hills Churches happens each Thursday (where indicated) at 8.30pm –  why not join in from home on the computer or by phone?  No need to leave home with a Zoom service!

OLD HILLS ON YOUTUBE

Search Old Hills Malvern on YouTube for our new channel.  When we can , we will up date videos there of our work and mission.   There are some uploaded Lord’s alive videos to review and ON LINE NOW.

STATEMENT ON PARISH FUNERAL PROVISIONS

Remember, when someone dies in one of our villages, a Church of England funeral is available for them in their own parish where they live, whether they were churchgoers or not. Such funerals are available in our beautiful churchyards at Powick (open for Powick and Callow End residents), Madresfield, Gualford and Newland ,  at a green burial site or at the local Crematorium Chapel in Worcester, Fladbury or Cheltenham. Please contact me if I can help you or your family, if needed, or advice in these difficult times.  Thank you.

OLD HILLS’ HEADLINES –  A LINK TO YOUR CHURCHES

Old Hills Malvern Headlines,  our fortnightly pew sheet,  is available to view on this website as well as being emailed out to over 100 people.  A few are delivered by post or hand.  If you would like one delivered or sent,  please contact us by phone or email. People are carping on about the lack of communication – well, if you don’t access or share what is openly and time consumingly produced,  what more can The Vicar do?  It takes two to tango…..

Each (additional week),  when Headlines is not produced,  an email reminder of services for Sunday will be sent to those subscribing to the Headlines news sheet –  called SOS –  Services on Sunday , it will feature urgent messages and confirmation of Service timings. 

Rev Gary’s monthly  Pastoral Letter is on the Vicar’s Blog page 

NEW –  occasional Video Blogs can be viewed on the Old Hills Malvern Churches YouTube Channel

ON LINE WORSHIP RESOURCES 

Please look for On Line Worship for  resources to support your faith –  from sermons, blogs, service sheets and intercessions.  there is plenty to refresh your faith.   Any new material will be signposted on this page, but please hop over to On Line Worship to find out more.   Copies can be printed and sent out to parishioners upon request. You just have to ask, then you will receive!

As well as the website,  the parishes have a new YouTube Channel ,  Old Hills Malvern Churches. and our youth and children’s ministry has video’s and news on Facebook –  LORD’S ALIVE SERVICES are available on-line.

Go to the ‘Children and Families’ tab at the top of the page for all the links.  

PARISH MAGAZINE UPDATES

VOICE OF THE VILLAGES is the new name for Powick Parish Magazine. It is a monthly community magazine, produced by the church, for the villages and surrounding areas of Powick and Callow End, and its aim is to bring together news about what’s going on in and around our two villages. An annual subscription is £6 for a printed copy and £4 for an electronic version sent by email. Advertising space is also available. For information on how to subscribe or advertise please contact the Editor, Kay Shuard, on [email protected]

Due to difficulties delivering the magazines during the 2020 and 2021 some copies were placed online and can still be viewed under the Useful Links tab.

Wanted – a new editor for the Powick Magazine will be required from November 2022.  If you are interested in supporting your community in this way, contact us.

Thank you!

THE GRAPEVINE

For Guarlford and Madresfield with Newland households –  From March 2021,  this magazine will be available on line or from your churches only unless you have requested a magazine by post.   The online version can be accessed on the Guarlford Parish and this website.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MINISTRY AND MISSION OF THE OLD HILLS’ MALVERN CHURCHES

Levani oculos meos in montes  

Psalm 121 (I lift my eyes to the hills)

Well done for finding us on the web! A number of people are saying ” what has the Old Hills got to do with the churches in these parts?”  Well,  the Psalm says it all really…..

This website should provide you with a lot of useful information about the four churches in the Parishes of Powick, Guarlford and Madresfield with Newland. We are a small group of parishes that is in the Malvern Hinterland. If you are driving to or from Worcester or the Malvern Hills or the Three Counties Show Ground, there is a high probability you are driving through us.

We have the best of both worlds -10 minutes either from The Malvern’s or the City of Worcester.  We are four Churches that are welcoming and attractive and want to serve you. So, CONTACT US if you are looking for Sunday worship , struggling with your faith or want to find out more, or to explore how Your Church can assist and be with you for a wedding, baptism or a funeral, We hope you will consider contacting us after reviewing the information and pictures on this new website.

Your Churches have an interesting future ahead –  be part of it……

These are difficult times–

Please support your local churches if you need help with life’s events – births ( baptisms), deaths ( funerals) or marriages ( in church).  Contact Rev Gary via www.oldhillsmalvern.co.uk if your  churches can help you.

If you can afford to donate money  to help with the running of these four churches in these uncertain times, please contact Rev Gary via Contact Us, in confidence.  No one has bothered to do so on the basis of this appear so far this year,  but the Christian Faith is one of HOPE.

THANK YOU to the person that donated £50 for our running cost campaign.  That was the only donation received.