Our Priest in charge is Reverend Stephen Southgate. Stephen can be contacted on 01422 822239 or email priest.ripponden@outlook.com
St Bartholomew’s Church is open for worship every Sunday at 9.30am The 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays in the month are Parish Communion. The 2nd Sunday of the month is Morning Worship
All Covid regulations are in place – please wear a facemask and keep safe distances.
Church is booked each morning (except Tues) 9 – 10am for private prayer.
We are hoping to resume the 10.30am Holy Communion Service on Wednesdays soon.
Lent Reflections 2021 by Kathleen Mazey our Lay reader
Please click here for Lent 5 Reflection
Please click here for Lent 6 Reflection
Please click here for Holy Week Reflection
Please ignore all dates on the website calendar. Our Riverside Cafe and Community Cafe on Wednesday afternoons have been cancelled until further notice due to the vulnerability of our members. These will resume as soon as Government regulations allow and we feel it is safe to do so.
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, 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 07375395350 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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