Care that follows you home.
In a country town, the church's work was never meant to stop at the church door. Here is how St Peter's looks after people — all week, across the district, in good seasons and hard ones.
How we care
Pastoral visiting
If you or someone you love is unwell, grieving, lonely or simply in need of company, we visit — at home, in hospital, in care. A listening ear and, if you'd like it, prayer or communion at home. You don't need to be a church member to ask.
Hospitality & fellowship
Morning tea after every service, community lunches through the year, and a hall that hosts everything from birthdays to bowls club suppers. In a small town, a warm room and a long table do a lot of quiet good.
Rural outreach
Our district stretches well beyond the town limits. We keep in touch with outlying families and stations, mark the farming calendar with harvest thanksgiving and prayer in dry times, and check in on those who can no longer easily come to us.
Life's great moments
Baptisms, weddings, funerals and thanksgivings — the church is here for the milestones of every family in the district, whether or not Sunday is your habit. Talk to us about what you're marking, and we'll help you mark it well.
Small town, big heart.
Rural life is generous and resilient — and it can also be isolating. Distance, drought, age and loss all weigh heavier when you feel alone in them. A church that notices people is not a luxury in a town like ours; it is load-bearing.
That is why we measure our life less by attendance and more by cups of tea poured, visits made and doors knocked on. If someone in our district is doing it tough, we want to be among the first to know — and the first to arrive.
“No one in our district should struggle unseen. If you need us, we come.”The people of St Peter's, Peterborough