Worship for December 2024

Posted on 23/11/2024 by St Peter's Church, Church Langton, Leicestershire

Services for Advent and Christmas

Next weekend sees the first Sunday of Advent when Christians anticipate and remember the birth of Jesus. Advent is a time of quiet contemplation and prayer for four weeks before the festival of Christmas itself. It has its own hymns and carols such as O Come Emanuel, which reflect this beautiful time. Christmas, at the end of December is the most joyous season as we all know and love, with feast and song as the news of Jesus’s birth brings hope and light!

This December, we are delighted to offer worship and activities to reflect both Advent and Christmas in all our villages in the Langtons and Welham Benefices.

Simple list of services for Langton and Shangton and Welham Benefices for Advent and Christmas 2024 - Black text on white background — Advent and Christmas Services for Langton and Shangton and Welham Benefices for December 2024

We have produced a Christmas card with all the details. The card will be delivered to the parishioners of St Peter’s Church this weekend, but for friends further afield, there is a PDF to download below, with all the services listed, along with a Christmas message from our Lay Incumbent, Maxine Johnson.

We are delighted that this year’s card features a remarkable photograph of the church by Melissa Johnston, taken earlier this year with an unprecedented appearance in the night sky of the Aurora Borealis. Thank you Melissa for allowing us to use your lovely image.

Photograph of St Peter's church at night with the colours of the Aurora Borealis in the sky above. The building looks orange with the subtle greens and pinks in the sky behind — St Peter’s Church Aurora Sky by Melissa Johnston

Christmas message for Langton and Shangton and Welham Benefices for Advent and Christmas 2024 - Black text on white background — Christmas message 2024

View and download Christmas Card

We hope you can join us for some of the services but also wish our friends and followers here who live further away, a very peaceful Advent season and a joyful Christmas when it comes. Thank you 🙏

Services in the Langtons

Posted on 29/09/2024 by St Peter's Church, Church Langton, Leicestershire

Welcome to Autumn

Come along and celebrate the season of Autumn. This beautiful season is the time of the year of migration and hibernation. The nights draw in and we prepare for winter. November includes All Souls. Two Remembrance services at Church Langton and Stonton Wyville.

Service Rota

October 6^th Communion 6.00pm Thorpe Langton – Martin

13^th Harvest Festival 10.30am Church Langton – Martin

13^th Harvest Festival 4.30pm Tur Langton Jonathan

20^th All Age Worship 10.30am Tur Langton – Maxine

27^th All Age Worship 10.30am Church Langton – Maxine

November 3^rd All Souls Service 3.00pm Church Langton – Martin*

                       3^rd        Communion                6.00pm Thorpe Langton – Martin

10^th      Remembrance            10.30am Church Langton – Martin

10^th      Evensong for Remembrance 4.30pm Tur Langton – Jonathan

                        17^th      All Age Worship          10.30 Tur Langton – Maxine

24^th Communion 10.30 Church Langton – Martin

Sunday 3rd November 3pm – All Souls – Tea and cake after the service

Rosy Autumn Harvest A digital pastel drawing of harvest produce, pumpkins, tomatoes and grapes by Maxine Dodd — Rosy Autumn Harvest

COVID GUIDANCE: All services are now live in church, observing the current UK Government guidance: Masks/face coverings are now optional, but we ask that if you have symptoms, please do not attend. Please check updates on Leicester Diocese’s website

National Trust Heritage Open Days

Posted on 15/08/2024 by St Peter's Church, Church Langton, Leicestershire

Sundays 8th & 15th September 2024, 3pm

St. Peter’s, Church Langton

Stonton Road, Church Langton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7SZ

Join our guided tour of the church, highlighting the architectural and historical features. Learn more about the colourful history of St Peter’s Church and discover the intricate carvings and unique features of this remarkable Grade II* Listed building. The tours are part of the Heritage Festival which takes place annually in September.

Admission is free and refreshments served afterwards. Tours start at 3pm and last around an hour.

St Peter's: View to pulpit — St Peter’s: View to pulpit

A taste of the Tour – Some things you’ll discover

St. Peter’s hosted the first performance of Handel’s Messiah in a parish church 27th September 1759. It was performed as part of a festival of music organised by Rector William Hanbury. Visionary, botanist and priest – a unique man whose legacy lives on to this day.

St. Peter’s is the Mother Church of The Langtons, dating back to Norman times and was possibly an Anglo Saxon minster. This medieval church, of amazing proportions has so much heritage of interest dating from the late 13th and early 14th centuries with the tower, clerestory and nave arcades, the work of the 15th century.

Victorian renovations resulted in the elaborate carvings on the pews and pulpit and a reredos in the chancel which is an alabaster representation of the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.

And that’s only part of the story! Learn more with a Guided Tour

Guided Tour Details

Sunday 8th September: 3.00pm
Sunday 15th September: 3.00pm

No booking required, just arrive at 3pm. We look forward to welcoming you.

Refreshments

Simple refreshments will be available afterwards.

Access

No direct wheelchair access but prior notice by email here, for assistance for wheelchair users. There is uneven ground in churchyard. Parking on the road outside, toilet facilities by arrangement – please ask for assistance – Further parking at the Community Hall on Stonton Road. Approximately 5-10 minutes’ walk.

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 –

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