Welcome to Reverend Stephen Southgate, our new Priest in charge. Stephen can be contacted on 01422 822239 or email priest.ripponden@outlook.com
St. Bartholomew`s Church is now open for worship every Sunday at 9.30am. The first, third and fourth Sundays are Parish Communion and the second Sunday is Morning Worship. Everyone is very welcome.
All Covid regulations are in place – please wear a facemask, there will be no singing and 2m social distancing will apply where possible. Please sanitise hands and only chat to friends outside. Only 30 people maximum will be allowed in.
Our Riverside Cafe and Community Cafe on Wednesday afternoons have been cancelled until further notice due to the vulnerability of our members.
In case of an emergency contact William Burchill, Churchwarden on 824042 or email burchillwilliam@yahoo.co.uk
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 are sending out our weekly news sheet with the week’s bible readings, thoughts, 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 Rev Stephen for any Wedding or Christening enquiries.
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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.
Denise Sotnyk is our Safeguarding Officer and can be contacted on 01422 822854 The Diocesan Safeguarding Advisors are :- Jenny Leccardi 07872 005189 and Narinder Lyon 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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