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About St Peter's Church, Church Langton, Leicestershire

St Peter's church is set in the village of Church Langton, in south Leicestershire, near to the town of Market Harborough. Worship is Church of England (Anglican). St Peter's is one of the churches forming the Benefice of the Langtons and Shangton in the Diocese of Leicester. St Peter's serves three villages, Church Langton, West Langton and East Langton and has friends and visitors from all over. We love to meet new people and visitors. Everyone is welcome! Contact us on info@churchlangton.org.uk and follow our story on www.churchlangton.org.uk

Harvest Service 2023

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Harvest Service Sunday 8th October 10.30am

St. Peter’s Church will be holding its Harvest Service this Sunday in church on Sunday 8th October at 10.30am. Come along with us to enjoy and sing lovely harvest hymns and join us afterwards for coffee, tea and biscuits. 

St Peter’s Harvest Appeal

This year, our donations will be going to The Well, at Kibworth.  Not only does The Well have a Coffee shop and a second hand shop, selling clothes etc; but a vital part of their work is the food bank.  They deliver parcels of much-needed food to families in the area struggling to make ends meet in these challenging times.

How you can support and donate

To this end, we have put out a collection station just inside the main door of the church. Please donate tinned food, such as tomatoes, beans, custard and rice or dry ingredients such as pasta and rice, breakfast cereals, biscuits, tea, coffee and similar essential items.

The Harvest collection will be delivered to The Well next week. We will also be making a cash donation to The Well to help buy such things as toiletries etc, such things which are not so frequently offered.

Donating funds and online donations

You can make a money donation by using the cashless Collectin terminal located near to the collection station. Simply choose one of the options suggested or choose your own amount and follow the instructions. Do give time for the machine to process your donation.

Online donations

Alternatively, you can also make a donation online using the button link below.

To learn more about The Well, see their website here

Donate now

Flower Festival at St. Peter’s / Choral Evensong

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A wonderful weekend

Leicester Cathedral Choir sang at St. Peter’s Church for a full Choral Evensong on Sunday 2nd  July to mark the Festival of St. Petertide and to close a wonderful weekend of flowers, cakes and smiles.

The service was lead by Canon Philip Norwood, a longtime friend of our local
churches. Canon Philip has been part of our spiritual life, preaching and leading
worship over the years at Church, Tur and more recently Thorpe Langton. His voice was a joy to hear again.

Flower Festival

Our flower arranging team and many other volunteers, friends and family brought flowers and accessories to fill the church with summer!

From Wimbledon to the Tour de France, the seaside to the countryside, afternoon teas, garden to allotment, wildlife, bees and birds – All aspects of summer life were reflected in the displays. The displays took us from home to abroad, even to the gardens of South Africa – A world trip in flowers!

It was amazing! Incredible ingenuity and imagination in every part of the church.

Fundraising THANK YOU

This weekend event raised over £1500 towards the Tower Project. We were overwhelmed by the generosity in these difficult times. It was a great coming together of our parishes and village community to decorate and celebrate and give thanks.

Enjoy a few memories here, but please send your photos too – We would love to add them to the website gallery! You can send them to us on our Facebook page or send them by email or for large files/videos use We Transfer to info@churchlangton.org.uk

Thank you!

National Trust Heritage Open Days

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Creativity Unwrapped at St. Peter’s, Church Langton LE16 7SZ
Discover more as Heritage Open Days celebrates the creativity in this beautiful church http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk

10th & 17th September 2023

A variety of craft activities and tours of the church, based on the theme of creativity, will be
available for all the family. On two consecutive Sundays on 10th and 17th September, St. Peter’s, Church Langton, Market Harborough, will be providing children’s activities at 1.15 to 2.00pm and a guided tour from 2.00 – 3.00pm, highlighting the creative aspect of this wonderful church. St. Peter’s claim to fame is that it was the first parish church in the country to hold a performance of Handel’s Messiah. This free event is an opportunity to find out more about this momentous occasion and is not to be missed.


Previously only performed in theatres, in 1759 the Reverend William Hanbury staged this performance. Find out more about this momentous day. See the original organ casing and keyboard as well as carved medieval bosses, corbels and a figurine, a 17th century font cover and tomb effigy, Minton floor tiles, elaborate Victorian wood carving, Reid’s alabaster reredos carving of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’, stained glass that has fine examples of Pre Raphaelite designs and quality Victorian glass and decorative Swithland slate headstones including what is said to be the best gravestone image in Leicestershire. Taking inspiration from all this creativity children will be able to make their own tissue paper-stained glass windows, grave rubbings, and tile designs as well as a ‘creativity’ hunt.


St. Peter’s tall 14th century tower is an imposing landmark in the rolling hills of South
Leicestershire. This magnificent Grade 2* church is just off the A6 on the B6047. Church Langton is on the Leicestershire Round with several other footpaths leading to the village and along with the surrounding Langtons has one of three pleasant country pubs offering Sunday lunch.

Rector William Hanbury organised the first performance of Handel’s Messiah in a Parish Church in England in St Peter’s on 27th September 1759.

Victorian renovations resulted in the elaborate carvings on the pews and pulpit and a reredos in the chancel.

Booking Details

Advance booking required.                                                           
Contact: Roz Folwell 01858 545160 r.folwell@btinternet.com

Access

No wheelchair access, uneven ground in churchyard.

COVID-19 Considerations

This event will run in line with local and national government guidelines at the time of the festival. Please do not attend if anyone in your family is exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms.

Additional Information

No toilet facilities inside church, but car parking and toilet facilities available at Langton Community Hall approx five minutes walk from church, where Cream Teas will be available in aid of St Peter’s Church.


Payment on the day

Contactless payments in church now available.

Directions

Find us just off the B6047 Market Harborough to Melton Road, 3 miles from Kibworth, 6 miles from Market Harborough. Postcode for satellite navigation systems LE16 7SZ – What three word link: https://w3w.co/cubed.thinkers.upholds


Organised by

Roz Folwell

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