St. Peter's Centre - the latest news
For some 25 years there has been a dream - of a centre that will utilise the prime location and community facilities of St. Peter's Church to serve the people of Derby. Recently, a number of us got together to prayerfully work out more precisely what this dream was all about, and this is what we came up with.
St. Peter's Centre would be a place:
* providing a hub for proactive communication and support for residents, employers, employees and visitors in the city centre.
* being a community facility for leisure, training and improved health and well being.
offering welcome, support and resources to all sectors within the city - civic, business, commerce, retail, entertainment - and to all sections of the community - families, children, elderly, students and the unemployed and disadvantaged.
* working in partnership with other providers - public, private and voluntary - to develop further a sense of community within the city centre.
* making available an important heritage site for arts, education, culture, leisure and tourism.
The good news is that the waiting is over! Following some wonderful help we received from ProHelp Business in the Community, who enabled us to receive free professional advice to the value of £4000 from an architect, quantity surveyor, structural engineer and VAT expert, we have redesigned our plans so that not only are they now affordable but they provide all that we need once the building is completed.
Over the last couple of years we have launched some new projects, including the ecumenical Derby City Centre Chaplaincy and Serve The City, as well as St. Peter's Christians Against Poverty debt centre. This means that St. Peter's Centre, providing additional office space, refurbished toilets, a disabled toilet and a larger lobby, improved access to our hall by the provision of a lift is more than just something we want, it is something we need!
Following Gift Days in 2009 and 2011, about £40,000 was raised from our very generous congregation. In addition, funds from the sale of a mission hall and a number of grants has meant that the majority of our finances have been raised. We are delighted to have received a new grant of £10,000 in February 2012 from the Garfield Weston Foundation towards the cost of the project.
The needs around St. Peter's are great, and we cannot help everyone, but we are inspired by Jesus, who was filled with compassion when he saw the poverty, the hunger and the sickness so prevalent in his society - and it is the same today. Therefore, we believe that St. Peter's Centre will complement and extend the Christian life and witness of St. Peter's Church by being a place where people of all ages and walks of life who live, work or visit in the city centre can find practical, emotional and spiritual support.
St. Peter's Centre will be officially opened by the
Bishop of Derby, Rt. Rev. Dr. Alastair Redfern on June 9th.
For some 25 years there has been a dream - of a centre that will utilise the prime location and community facilities of St. Peter's Church to serve the people of Derby. Recently, a number of us got together to prayerfully work out more precisely what this dream was all about, and this is what we came up with.
St. Peter's Centre would be a place:
* providing a hub for proactive communication and support for residents, employers, employees and visitors in the city centre.
* being a community facility for leisure, training and improved health and well being.
offering welcome, support and resources to all sectors within the city - civic, business, commerce, retail, entertainment - and to all sections of the community - families, children, elderly, students and the unemployed and disadvantaged.
* working in partnership with other providers - public, private and voluntary - to develop further a sense of community within the city centre.
* making available an important heritage site for arts, education, culture, leisure and tourism.
The good news is that the waiting is over! Following some wonderful help we received from ProHelp Business in the Community, who enabled us to receive free professional advice to the value of £4000 from an architect, quantity surveyor, structural engineer and VAT expert, we have redesigned our plans so that not only are they now affordable but they provide all that we need once the building is completed.
Over the last couple of years we have launched some new projects, including the ecumenical Derby City Centre Chaplaincy and Serve The City, as well as St. Peter's Christians Against Poverty debt centre. This means that St. Peter's Centre, providing additional office space, refurbished toilets, a disabled toilet and a larger lobby, improved access to our hall by the provision of a lift is more than just something we want, it is something we need!
Following Gift Days in 2009 and 2011, about £40,000 was raised from our very generous congregation. In addition, funds from the sale of a mission hall and a number of grants has meant that the majority of our finances have been raised. We are delighted to have received a new grant of £10,000 in February 2012 from the Garfield Weston Foundation towards the cost of the project.
The needs around St. Peter's are great, and we cannot help everyone, but we are inspired by Jesus, who was filled with compassion when he saw the poverty, the hunger and the sickness so prevalent in his society - and it is the same today. Therefore, we believe that St. Peter's Centre will complement and extend the Christian life and witness of St. Peter's Church by being a place where people of all ages and walks of life who live, work or visit in the city centre can find practical, emotional and spiritual support.
St. Peter's Centre will be officially opened by the
Bishop of Derby, Rt. Rev. Dr. Alastair Redfern on June 9th.
St Peter's Centre
Whether you're exploring the Christian faith or you've been a Christian for a while,
we hope this website tells you what you want to know about St. Peter's.
we hope this website tells you what you want to know about St. Peter's.
St. Peter's in the City
St. Peter's Churchyard, Derby, DE1 1NN
Telephone: 01332 360790 | e-mail: office@stpetersderby.org.uk
St. Peter's Churchyard, Derby, DE1 1NN
Telephone: 01332 360790 | e-mail: office@stpetersderby.org.uk
DIARY
January
Sunday 1st
10.45am Morning Praise
Sunday 8th
10.45am Holy Communion - Epiphany
Monday 9th
7.30pm Licensing of Rev'd Paul Morris as City
Centre Chaplain and Rev'd Anita Matthews
as Associate Priest, St. Peter's in the City
Tuesday 10th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Friday 13th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 15th
10.45am Morning Praise
Tuesday 17th
1.10pm Holy Communion
8pm Recharge @ Ryans Bar DE1 1SN
Desert Island Dreams - a play on the old game
Sunday 22nd
10.45am Holy Communion
Tuesday 24th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Friday 27th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 29th
10.45am Morning Praise
Tuesday 31st
1.10pm Holy Communion
February
Friday 3rd
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 5th
10.45am Holy Communion - Candlemas
Mon 6th
7.30pm Christians against Poverty (CAP)
Prayer meeting
Tuesday 7th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Thurs 9th
7.00pm PCC Meeting
Friday 10th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 12th
10.45am Morning Praise
Tuesday 14th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Friday 17th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Saturday 18th
10am - 4pm Sacred Ground - church open, pancakes served
Sunday 19th
10.45am Holy Communion
Tuesday 21st
1.10pm Holy Communion
8pm Recharge @ Ryans Bar DE1 1SN
Seize The Day - living in the present
Wednesday 22nd
7.30pm Ash Wednesday Holy Communion
Friday 24th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 26th
10.45am Morning Praise - Lent 1
Tuesday 28th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Sunday 1st
10.45am Morning Praise
Sunday 8th
10.45am Holy Communion - Epiphany
Monday 9th
7.30pm Licensing of Rev'd Paul Morris as City
Centre Chaplain and Rev'd Anita Matthews
as Associate Priest, St. Peter's in the City
Tuesday 10th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Friday 13th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 15th
10.45am Morning Praise
Tuesday 17th
1.10pm Holy Communion
8pm Recharge @ Ryans Bar DE1 1SN
Desert Island Dreams - a play on the old game
Sunday 22nd
10.45am Holy Communion
Tuesday 24th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Friday 27th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 29th
10.45am Morning Praise
Tuesday 31st
1.10pm Holy Communion
February
Friday 3rd
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 5th
10.45am Holy Communion - Candlemas
Mon 6th
7.30pm Christians against Poverty (CAP)
Prayer meeting
Tuesday 7th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Thurs 9th
7.00pm PCC Meeting
Friday 10th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 12th
10.45am Morning Praise
Tuesday 14th
1.10pm Holy Communion
Friday 17th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Saturday 18th
10am - 4pm Sacred Ground - church open, pancakes served
Sunday 19th
10.45am Holy Communion
Tuesday 21st
1.10pm Holy Communion
8pm Recharge @ Ryans Bar DE1 1SN
Seize The Day - living in the present
Wednesday 22nd
7.30pm Ash Wednesday Holy Communion
Friday 24th
12.30pm Ecumenical Service
Sunday 26th
10.45am Morning Praise - Lent 1
Tuesday 28th
1.10pm Holy Communion
LATEST NEWS
for the Opening on Saturday 9th June. More
details of the day to follow soon!
RECHARGE@RYANS BAR: Tues February 21st.
Come and join us at 8pm for a relaxed
evening chatting over a drink (and pancakes!)
about life's bigger issues. All welcome -
bring a friend! (St. Peter's St, Derby DE1 1SN)
BUILDING OF ST. PETER'S CENTRE BEGAN ON MONDAY 12TH DECEMBER!!!
Please click here to read the story in the Derby Evening Telegraph.
Work is progressing well, and we are on target Please click here to read the story in the Derby Evening Telegraph.
for the Opening on Saturday 9th June. More
details of the day to follow soon!
RECHARGE@RYANS BAR: Tues February 21st.
Come and join us at 8pm for a relaxed
evening chatting over a drink (and pancakes!)
about life's bigger issues. All welcome -
bring a friend! (St. Peter's St, Derby DE1 1SN)