Thank you to everyone who supported last month’s coffee morning at St Peter’s church; it was a lovely morning and raised a fantastic £211.00.
The coffee mornings over the summer will be on Saturday 13th July and Saturday 10th August from 10.30am-12.30pm with all the usual great stalls including cakes, raffle, jigsaws and more, and refreshments including bacon and sausage sandwiches.
Please come along for a warm welcome and a very pleasant morning.
Friday evening, 12th July 7:30pm
‘Stan & Ollie’ (2018)
Steve Coogan and John C Reilly star as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the untold story of the world’s greatest comedy act. Stan & Ollie wonderfully portrays the unique and precious partnership of the legendary duo as they set out on a tour of Britain in the twilight of their career. Whilst they face an uncertain future, the charm and beauty of their performances shine through, making each other and their audiences laugh, re-connecting them with legions of adoring fans, old and new. Coogan and Reilly are faultless as Laurel and Hardy, and tell a poignant tale of friendship, resentment, financial uncertainty and illness in the unglamorous, uncaring, fast-changing world of post-war showbiz. Above all it is an affectionate tribute to two of the world’s best loved and funniest duos, and their innocent, timeless humour which continues to delight audiences even today.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
St Peter’s Church will be staging three performances of the musical ‘Hopes & Dreams’ on Friday 5th July, Saturday 6th July and Sunday 7th July 2019. The musical was written by Paul Field in 1998 and was enormously successful at the time. It features ‘The Millennium Prayer’: the words of the Lord’s Prayer set to the tune of Auld Lang Syne which was recorded by Cliff Richard and gave him a number one hit single.
St Peter’s has staged the musical twice before; originally in November 2002 in Stanley Community Centre and again in April 2011 to celebrate 10 years since our move from the old church to our new building. Even more than 20 years after it was written, the music is still so powerful that we felt it was time to revisit it, and stage it again for a new audience.
The whole musical is based on the Lord’s Prayer, and uses the themes of creation, forgiveness, temptation among others as the inspiration for the songs, poems, dances and drama. We have a brilliant team of people busy rehearsing for the performances in the summer. Details of ticket sales will be released nearer the time.
Join us for our Father’s Day parade service with the uniformed organisations.
St Peter’s Church 10am Sunday 16th June 2019
Friday evening, 14th June 7:30pm
‘Quartet’ (2013)
Dustin Hoffman directs this comedy drama adapted by writer Ronald Harwood. Beecham House is a retirement home with a difference: it specifically caters for former artistes including opera singers Cissy (Pauline Collins), Reginald (Tom Courtenay) and Wilf (Billy Connolly). The three still take part in an annual concert to celebrate the birthday of composer Giuseppe Verdi. But this year things are complicated by the arrival of the fourth member of their quartet, Jean (Maggie Smith), a die-hard diva who also happens to be Reginald’s ex-wife. Theatrical temperaments and old hostilities flare as the dramatic foursome fuss, flirt and flounce their way through rehearsals, adhering emphatically to that old showbiz adage, ‘the show must go on’.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
Welcoming our new vicar!
We are looking forward to welcoming Rev Glenn Coggins as our new vicar at the beginning of June. Rev Coggins has been appointed as the vicar of Stanley, Outwood and Wrenthorpe and priest in charge of Alverthorpe and will be licensed as lead vicar for our United Benefice at 7.30pm on Thursday 6th June at St Paul’s, Alverthorpe His first service at St Peter’s will be at 10am on Sunday 9th June.
During the past year of interregnum, we have been very fortunate that our fantastic team at St Peter’s has kept things going: thank you to Rev David Teece, our readers Vicky Wilson and David Greenwood-Haigh, our churchwardens, the PCC members and all our volunteers.
You will be aware that the sale of the vicarage in Stanley is progressing. The building is not in a great state structurally and due to the high cost of repairs the Diocese took the decision to sell the property. Rev Coggins will be living in Alverthorpe vicarage initially, but there is a commitment to purchase another vicarage in Stanley and St Peter’s PCC will continue to push for this.
Thank you to everyone who supported last month’s coffee morning at St Peter’s church; it was a lovely morning and raised a fantastic £154.
The next coffee morning will be on Saturday 11th May from 10.30am-12.30pm with all the usual great stalls including refreshments, bacon butties, cakes, raffle, jigsaws and more.
Come along for a warm welcome and a very pleasant morning.
Friday evening, 10th May 7:30pm
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (2018)
A major box-office success, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ follows the life of Queen singer Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) from 1970 until the band’s infamous Live Aid performance at Wembley in 1985. The film won four Oscars including Best Actor for Malek, and a whole host of other awards and nominations. Whether or not you are a Queen fan, this film is an incredible portrayal of the beginnings of one of the greatest bands in the world, and the recreation of the Live Aid concert has to be seen to be believed. Malek is incredible as Mercury, but the whole cast is superb, including Gwilym Lee as an uncannily accurate Brian May. And of course there is a fantastic soundtrack of Queen hits!
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
Thank you to everyone who supported last month’s coffee morning at St Peter’s church; it was a lovely morning and raised a fantastic £174.00. The next coffee morning will be on Saturday 13th April from 10.30am-12.30pm with all the usual great stalls including refreshments, bacon butties, cakes, raffle, jigsaws and more. Come along for a warm welcome and a very pleasant morning. r
Friday evening, 12th April 7:30pm
‘Room’ (2016)
Based on the best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue and featuring an Academy Award BAFTA and Golden Globe winning performance from Brie Larson, Room was one of the most acclaimed films of 2016. Imprisoned in a garden shed for 7 years, Ma (Larson) creates a whole universe for her and her five-year-old son Jack, who knows nothing of the outside world. But when Ma decides they have to escape, she risks everything to give Jack the chance to make a thrilling discovery: the world outside the Room. Despite the challenging material, Room is in effect a wonderfully life-affirming journey about the power of love, limitless imagination and the strength of the human spirit.
Doors open 7pm, film start 7.30pm
Free admission, tea & coffee; bring your own popcorn!
