St Peter's Church Wrecclesham

The church at the heart of the village

  • Home
  • Life
    • Baptisms
      • Confirmation
    • Weddings
    • Funerals
      • Churchyard Regulations
  • On-Line
  • Church Life
    • Regular Services
      • Easter Services 2022
      • This month’s services
      • Walking Towards Easter at St. Peter’s Church
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Clergy Letter
    • Parish Magazine
    • PCC
      • The Annual Parochial Church Meeting
      • Data Privacy Notice (GDPR)
    • History
    • Data Privacy Notice (GDPR)
    • External Links
  • Children
    • Junior Church
      • JUNIOR CHURCH
      • Junior Church Gallery
    • Messy Church
      • What is Messy Church?
      • When is the next Messy Church?
      • Messy Church Values
      • Gallery : Photos of Messy church in action
  • Our Faith
  • Hiring
  • News and Events
    • REFRESH – A NEW SIMPLE AND UPLIFTING SERVICE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
    • Celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with St. Peter’s Church
    • Weekly newsletters
    • New Sunday Evening Service on Zoom – come and join us.
    • RECENT SERMONS
  • Safeguarding
  • Contact us
You are here: Home / Uncategorized / Pleased to meet you

Pleased to meet you

On Tuesday 10 March 2015 we were delighted to host the first Farnham Deanery service with the new Bishop of Guildford, Andrew Watson. The evening began with refreshments and an informal ‘Question and Answer’ session. About 60 members of various churches across the Deanery learned about Bishop Andrew’s faith journey so far, including his initial inspiration by the example of his grandparents who were missionaries in China, his views on church growth, church finances, and political engagement and his talismanic reputation at Aston Villa FC in his previous role as Bishop of Aston.

A simple service of Holy Communion followed, during which Bishop Andrew spoke about a passage from John’s Gospel, including the need to make sacrifices in order to change and grow:

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus. Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds”

John 12.20-24

When Andrew the disciple is mentioned in the Gospels, it is very often in the context of bringing people to meet Jesus; after our first evening with Bishop Andrew it seems he is likely to be an inspiring example for us all to do the same.

Latest News & Events

  • New timing for 1st Sunday Service from July 3rd 2022
  • REFRESH – A new simple and uplifting service for Sunday afternoons.
  • New Sunday Evening Service on Zoom – come and join us.
  • This Month’s Services
  • Weekly Newsletter
  • Past Sermons
  • A new parish giving scheme
  • ‘Who is my neighbour?’ – an open letter from the House of Bishops

Clergy letters

  • June’s Letter from Rev. Rachel
    May 30, 2022
  • May Letter from Rev. Sandy Cavalier
    May 3, 2022
  • Letter from Rev’d Jacqueline April 2022
    April 1, 2022
  • Rev. Rachel’s March Letter
    March 8, 2022
  • February 2022 – Letter from Rev. Jacqueline
    February 5, 2022

St Peter’s church stands at the heart of Wrecclesham offering in Christ’s name a warm welcome, faithful witness and loving service.

Useful Links

  • Parish Safeguarding Policy
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Data Privacy Notice (GDPR)

Copyright © 2022