Events (Page 2)
Celebrate the King’s Coronation with us, Sunday 7th May, 10am and 5pm
For the King’s Coronation we will be celebrating with a special Eucharist on Sunday 7th May at 10am at Clowne followed by a garden party with cake and fizz. At 5pm we will have a special service of Choral Evensong for the Coronation at Barlborough. Come in your glad rags and enjoy!
Great Outdoors – help create a prayer labyrinth!
Come and help create a prayer labyrinth for Lent This month our Great Outdoors group will be creating a prayer labyrinth in Clowne churchyard. A prayer labyrinth is not a maze – you cannot get lost. There is one route through the labyrinth’s many twists and turns, to the centre. Christians have created labyrinths for centuries as ways of making a slow, meditative walk to help them come close to God. Our Great Outdoors group will be making a prayer…
Barlborough Advent Windows Trail 2022
Our Advent Windows Trail in Barlborough Village is back for the third year running! A new window will be lit each day of December and beyond to Twelfth Night. You can use this Google Map to find the trail: https://bit.ly/barlboroughadventwindows Here is a list of the addresses taking part: 1. The Rectory, Church Street 2. 9 Fairburn Croft Crescent 3. 51 Slayley View Road 4. 11 Winders Corner 5. Royal Oak Pub 6. 8 Church View 7. 36 Manor Road…
View photos of our Flower Festival and a video of our Summer Concert celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at Barlborough
We have had a wonderful Flower Festival this year after a two year hiatus. Lots of people came to view the displays and to hear the fantastic concert which closed the festival. We also raised over £1000 for church, thank you for your generosity! View the photos here and below watch the concert videos: Summer Concert – part one – click on ‘watch on Facebook’ to view: Summer Concert – Part Two – click on ‘watch on facebook’ to view:
Barlborough celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with the return of its legendary Flower Festival and a Summer Evening Concert
St James Church Barlborough usually celebrates its Festival of St James every year with a flower festival. After a two year hiatus we are delighted to announce that it is back – dates this year are Saturday 23th July – Tuesday 26th July. This year’s theme is the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and will feature floral displays in our beautiful church of aspects of royal life including Trooping the Colour, the Coronation, Royal Ascot, Tea Parties and more. Rector, Rev Bryony…
Come to our Festival of Clowne Saturday 25th June 2022, 10am-2pm Clowne Parish Church
Clowne Parish Church celebrates the local community with a vibrant festival Our Festival of Clowne will take place on Saturday 25th June 10am-2pm at St John the Baptist Parish Church. This is the first Summer festival since our fantastic Mining Festival held in 2019 and aims to celebrate ‘all things Clowne’ – its heritage, its sense of community and its families. Explore our exhibition of photos of Clowne old and new created by Clowne History Society. Visit our traditional church…
Help us create a new mosaic for our children’s chapel
In 2019 we created a beautiful mosaic for our Miners Chapel at Clowne Parish Church. This year, we intend to create another mosaic, working with the same artist, Coralie Turpin, for the other side chapel at our church, popularly known as the Children’s Chapel as it has a stained glass window of the Christ child. We are running two free workshops for all ages to help us create a Noah’s ark design mosaic for the altar in the chapel. These…
Christmas Eve. Crib Service 4pm, Clowne, 6pm Barlborough. Midnight Mass both churches at 11.30pm & online
We look forward to welcoming you to our Christmas Celebrations. Our crib services are at 4pm at Clowne and 6pm at Barlborough on Christmas Eve and then Midnight Mass will be at both churches at 11.30pm – the service will be livestreamed on Facebook from Clowne here https://fb.me/e/245yrkif8 Christmas Day eucharist is 9.15am at Clowne only and Boxing Day (Feast of St Stephen) is a said eucharist at 9.15am at Barlborough only in the Lady Chapel. There will be no…
Clowne Advent Windows – sign up to join in
Christmas is coming so it is time to get your thinking caps on and names down for the 2nd Clowne Advent calendar. Last year’s inaugural event was really well received and we thank all those who took part and hope you enjoyed getting creative. I know people who walked around Clowne every night to find the next window! For those of you who haven’t heard of us; each day a new window will be revealed around the village. The window will…
Barlborough Advent Windows 2021 – follow the map trail of 24 windows in Barlborough, a new one lit each day in December
For those of you who haven’t heard of us; each day in December a new window will be revealed around the village. The window will be posted on the St James’ page and on the Barlborough Community page, both on Facebook. Windows are lit from 4 to 9 pm each evening, and each window will be visible from its first designated date until the calendar finishes on Twelfth Night (6th January). Please be aware though that we can’t guarantee this…