Category: Events

VJ Day Tea Party

St Peter’s will be open from 10am – 1pm for a 1940s themed tea party, and take part in the national two-minutes silence at 12noon at our war memorial.

Union flags hang in abundance celebrating the Allies vistory over Japan in 1945

Enjoy tea, coffee or cold drinks and cakes in our cafe area with 1940s music and traditional games.

Share memories of days gone by at our new ‘memories chat’ table with old pictures/books etc to spark conversations with new friends.

Wooden wall mounted list of those who died in the 1st and 2nd World Wars

Read the harrowing stories of church members who never returned from the horrific Japanese prisoner of war camps, and whose names are forever remembered on our war memorial.

Take time out for quiet reflection/prayer or light a candle in the peaceful, traditional church.

Apart from a worthy date to remember, we hope the event will act as a successful pilot with a view to reopening our cafe area on a permanent basis. Volunteers wuld be most welcome to help us to achieve this and provide a cheap & cheerful space for people to socialise and take time out for prayer/reflection.

Have your say on the future of St. Peter’s

St. Peter’s is looking forward to an exciting future within the centre of regeneration in Stockport, with hundreds more residents destined to live in the parish for the first time in many years. We’d like to know what you would find useful, interesting, and worth coming to the church for. This is an opportunity for you to give us your suggestions so we can incorporate them into our fututre plans and activities. We previously ran a similar questionnaire five years ago but plans were interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Now we can start to move forward again, and need your help to make sure we provide what you want.

Your responses to the survey monkey questionnaire below will help us arrange events but also guide our major plans for the future. Thank you!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HBLPMX6

The questionnaire is also avaliable in a paper version from the church.

VE Day 80th Anniversary Party

Come and join us for a VE Day 80th Anniversary celebration on the day

Thursday 8th May
4.30pm – 7pm

Bring a picnic & your own cold drinks – hot drinks available.

Music from the period, traditional games and a wartime kitchen display.

Sample some ration busting 1940s party recipes with quirky sandwich fillings and cakes including a ‘War Cake’ from an original recipe.
We will be ringing the bell as part of the national bell ringing celebration at 6.30pm

Wooden wall mounted list of those who died in the 1st and 2nd World Wars

New research into our war memorial names will be revealed, with just three communicants from St Peter’s remembered on our memorial for World War Two. Nothing has been remembered or written about them until now.

Also, our free monthly organ concert will follow a VE Day 80 theme, so come along on Saturday May 10th May 10am – 1pm to continue the party!

Free indoor event, please contact us with any enquiries and to give us an idea of numbers attending.

Graveyard Tidy Day

Tuesday March 4th 11am – 2pm

Working with Groundwork who will be holding an event in St Peter’s Square at the same time, we will be holding a graveyard tidy event for anyone who wants to get involved and spruce up St Peter’s graveyard. Free refreshments will be available for volunteers, and onsite toilets of course.

Many gravestones are unreadable at the moment, but are fascinating to see and research. The earliest stone is from 1768 when Mary Wolstoncroft was buried on the 19th June. We hope this event, if successful will be the first of many so we can make the local area look better, and rediscover some of the fascinating hidden tales the churchyard has to offer.

Poster for St Peter's Graveyard Tidy event, St Peter's Square, Stockport on Tuesday 4th March 11am - 2pm All welocme, free refreshments for volunteers

No Organ Concert on 10th August 2024

We apologise for any disappointment but the organ concert on Saturday 10th August has been cancelled. Back to normal for September 14th 10am – 1pm when we also have our Heritage Open Days exhibition.

Instead, why not attend the Plaza Coffee Morning from 11am – 2pm on Saturday 10th August where you can hear Andrew Moody, Gilly Oselton, Anthony Brookes and Ian Gander playing the Mighty Compton Organ?

2024 Easter Services

With the end of Lent and the celebration of our Risen Lord fast approaching, here are our Easter service times for you to make a note of and hopefully come and join us – all are welcome!

  • Palm Sunday 24th March 10.30am Sung Mass with distribution of Palm Crosses
  • Maundy Thusday 28th March 7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper with footwashing and Watch until 9.30pm
  • Good Friday 29th March 1.00pm Stations of the Cross, 2.00pm Liturgy of the Day
  • Easter Sunday 31st March 10.30am Easter Ceremonies and Sung Mass
Colourful painting of the last supper
Luke 22:20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
 Psalm 33:20-22 We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
A Lego model of the empty tomb with the large round door moved to one side, with an angel upon it. Two female figures look inside with a bottle of oil stood on the floor. Happy Easter!

Coronation Big Lunch

Join us on Sunday May 7th for our Coronation Big Lunch. 12pm after the service.

All welcome, bring a picnic lunch to eat in our street party themed cafe. Hot drinks available.

More info to follow…

Easter Services

With the end of Lent and the celebration of our Risen Lord fast approaching, here are our Easter service times for you to make a note of and hopefully come and join us – all are welcome! please note there will be no organ concert for April as it falls on Holy Saturday.

  • Palm Sunday 10.30am Sung Mass
  • Maundy Thusday 7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Watch until 9.30pm
  • Good Friday 1.00pm Stations of the Cross, 2.00pm Liturgy of the Day
  • Easter Day 10.30am Sung Mass
Colourful painting of the last supper
Luke 22:20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
 Psalm 33:20-22 We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
A Lego model of the empty tomb with the large round door moved to one side, with an angel upon it. Two female figures look inside with a bottle of oil stood on the floor. Happy Easter!

Yoruba Womens’ Group – Warm Spaces

A new group funded by Stockport MBC’s Warm Spaces scheme will be starting to meet from Tuesday 22nd November at 2pm – 4.30pm in St. Peter’s Cafe area. The Yoruba Womens’ Cultural Heritage Forum invites everyone to join in and share heritage stories, swap books in our library corner, chat, craft and have fun.

12 Tuesdays on specific dates from Tuesday November 22nd until Tuesday 28th March (These dates are not every week so contact before booking is essential.)

Free refreshments available in a warm, happy safe place. Please contact us to book a place as there is limited space. For more information please contact Annette on 07799418873, St Peter’s Church on 0161 476 5090 (please leave a message) or email: yorubawomencultureheritage@gmail.com

Yoruba Women Culural Heritage Forum Warm Space funded by SMBC - Advertising Poster Tuesday 2pm - 4pm from 22nd November at St. Peter's Church

Queen Elizabeth II Memorials

Queen Elizabeth II - head and shoulders portrait of Her Majesty smiling dressed in yellow in the sunshine

We join with the nation, and indeed, the world, in mourning the loss our beloved Queen Elizabeth II, head of the Church of England, and diginified inspirational monarch. Stockport MBC have chosen St. Peter’s Square as the site of a Memorial Garden for people to lay flowers in remembrance of Her Majesty, so we at St. Peter’s Church will ensure the church is open as often as possible for those visiting to pause and light a candle, say a prayer, or find a moment of peace. There will also be light refreshments available, and the toilets of course.

The opening hours are planned as follows from Mon 12th September:

Mon, Tues, Weds and Fri , Sat 12 noon – 1.30pm and 5pm – 6.30pm

Thursday 15th Sept 5pm – 6.30pm

We will now also open on Sunday at 7.45pm as the nation comes together in a minute of silence at 8pm.