We are glad that you have found us and hope that you will also be
able to visit our beautiful Grade II* listed church building.
You are warmly invited to join us for worship on Sundays or to join
one of the groups that meet on weekdays.
Every Sunday morning we meet for Mass at 11am - a service with hymns, readings, prayers, and we share in Holy Communion together. Our worship style is traditional and reverent (thanks to our Anglo-Catholic roots) but also relaxed and friendly- everyone is welcome, so feel free to join us. On the 2nd Sunday of the month there is a quieter said Mass at 8am, followed by a 'Family Mass' at 11am with members of the congregation of all ages taking a bigger part in the leading of the service.
We are aware that for various reasons some people still have a high level of anxiety about COVID. Therefore, whilst we do now offer communion in both kinds (the bread and wine), please be reassured that it is 'sufficient' to receive just the bread if that is your preference The Vicar and Churchwardens will continue keep our current practice under review and will discuss the ongoing situation regularly with the Parochial Church Council
Thank you to all the volunteers who have enabled the church to be
open during the day over the summer months (until end September) -
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10:00 to 4:00 p.m..
We regret that it will not be feasible to continue this during the
rest of the autumn/ winter, but if you do wish to visit the church
on a weekday at other times, please contact the Vicar.
See our Services page for larger calendar and detail.
The safeguarding officer for St. Lawrence is Mr Joe Shore and the dedicated contact number is 07716 129311. Our Safeguarding Policy is available for download here. His email is safeguarding@barlow-church.org.uk .The Derby Diocesan Website has a "Safeguarding" section here. The National Parish Safeguarding Handbook is available for download here.
"53 degrees 16 minutes North and 1 degree 29 minutes West"
Hackney Lane, Barlow, Dronfield, Derbyshire,
S18 7TR.
Find Us on Google Maps.
Walkers - OS Map Ref.: SK3474.
Barlow Church is part of the Diocese of Derby and both are part of
the Church of England
A short slide sequence of our first Christmas Tree Festival, November 2023, can be viewed on our gallery page.
Please see our calendar for other events - normally includes:
- Lent Breakfasts
- Christmas Carol Extravaganza
Click on the images below to download a poster
Our Vicar, Revd Sarah Colver, our Curate, Revd Gill Ball and
Churchwardens Pete Gouldthorpe and Julie West, are delighted to
welcome you to these pages. Better still, come in person to enjoy the
beauty and history of Barlow Church and join us for a service. We hope
you find something of interest here, and if you would like more
information, please click on the 'contact' link on the menu above.
The Vicar of St. Lawrence's has the further roles of the Vicar of The
Church of St
Peter and St Paul, Old Brampton (joint benefice with Great
Barlow) and Priest-in-charge of Loundsley
Green Church, Chesterfield an LEP with the Loundsley Green
Methodist Church. The Joint Benefice is in the Chesterfield
North Churches which includes St
John's, Newbold, St
Bartholomew's, Old Whittington and St
Barnabas', New Whittington.
O God, who would fold both heaven and earth in a single peace: let
the design of thy great love lighten upon the waste of our wraths and
sorrows: and give peace to thy Church, peace among nations, peace in
our dwellings, and peace in our hearts: through thy Son our Saviour
Jesus Christ.
Amen
In times past, well dressers would stay up all night decorating the wells and then come to church for Mass before going home to rest. The dressers still get up very early that morning to add the finishing touches to their wells and so we gladly continued the tradition of the early morning service - followed by a well earned cuppa. Later in the day we held the Blessing of the Wells Service in church followed by the Procession and Blessings through the village - a very special event in the village church calendar.
Go to our Gallery page to view a video of the Blessing of the Wells and procession through the village.
Go to our Gallery page to view short slide sequences of the arrangements.
Our Flower Festival theme for 2021 was "We've done it before" and the theme for 2019 was "From John O'Groats to Landsend" - please go to our photo sequences page to view the both 2021 and 2019 wells and flower festival. If you'd like a flavour of earlier flower festivals and Well Dressings, please follow the links on that page
Please see our dedicated webpage.
A brief introduction to our close links with Barlow Church of England Primary School can be found here.
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The united benefice of St Peter and St Paul's Church, Old Brampton and St Lawrence' Church, Barlow have common policies regarding Health and Safety, Safeguarding, Baptism, etc. and are available for download on the Web Administration page.
Links to organisations to which we belong and/or which we
support:
St Lawrence, Hackney Lane, Barlow, Dronfield, Derbyshire, S18
7TR. Enquiries to the Vicar on 01246 203875 / 07975 689403
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