Our Vicar is Reverend Stephen Southgate. Stephen can be contacted on 01422 822239 or email stephen.southgate@leeds.anglican.org
Stephen is on sabbatical until November so any enquiries please contact Julie on julieatchurchoffice@gmail.com
St Bartholomew’s Church is open for worship every 1st, 2nd and 3rd Sunday of the month at 9.30am. The 1st & 3rd Sundays are Parish Communion. The 2nd Sunday is Morning Worship. On the 4th Sunday there is Parish Communion at 9.30am at St John’s, Rishworth and 11am at Christ Church, Barkisland.
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There is a 10.30am Holy Communion Service on 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month followed by coffee. This is Morning Prayer until Stephen returns in November.
The 5th Sunday of the month is a Benefice Service at 10am at one of the churches in the parish. See Facebook for details.
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Our Riverside Cafe is open on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month, 1.30 – 3.30pm. Everyone welcome. For more details see our groups & clubs page.
Our Community Cafe is open on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, 1.30 – 3.30pm. Everyone welcome. Children’s corner. Why not call in for a cuppa? Or bring any crafts down to do.
Our Luncheon club runs on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 1pm. Contact Julie for details 07540089696
A number of national online resources can be found on (https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online) including weekly streamed services and daily audio and prayers.
We send out our weekly news sheet with the week’s bible readings, prayers and notices, as a way to keep in touch with everybody. If you would like to receive a copy please email Julie, Parish Administrator, at julieatchurchoffice@gmail.com.
Please also email Julie for any Wedding or Christening enquiries on julieatchurchoffice@gmail.com
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St Bartholomew’s is a Church of England church in the village of Ripponden, West Yorkshire, on the edge of the Pennines, and boasts both beautiful scenery and a vibrant community.
The church’s worship is traditional, middle of the road Anglican, with regular services on Sundays and Wednesdays, using both Common Worship for the main Sunday morning service and the midweek said Communion. The Book of Common Prayer is used for Evensong on the first Sunday of the month.
It is a large, beautiful Church, comfortably able to seat 300 people.
The church has a wide range of groups for every age. We have a varied social calendar including, amongst other things, musical concerts , the annual Christmas Craft Fair, the annual duck race and garden party and stalls at the Rush-bearing Festival. You can see full details of groups and events on our web site.
The church is also a popular venue for Christenings and Weddings.
Wherever you are in the world, we hope you enjoy your visit and find the information and news about our faith, work and village life in Ripponden useful.
We will be ensuring that news and events are updated so keep checking the site. If you can help with fundraising donations then this is where you will find detail.
We have recently added some stunning images of our stained glass windows to the gallery, which we hope you will enjoy viewing.
Jane Ingrey is our Safeguarding Officer and can be contacted on 01422 824192 The Diocesan Safeguarding Advisors are :- Jenny Leccardi on 07872 005189 and Narinder Lyon on 07872 005309
St Bart’s is also a drop off point for food items for the homeless and Halifax Food Bank
Patterns and advice available for items for Calderdale Royal’s Neonatal Department – hats & blankets in red, amber and green.
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