Events (Page 2)
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…
National Day of Reflection 23rd March 2021 – Reflect, Connect, Support
We’re supporting the National Day of Reflection on 23 March, the first anniversary of the UK lockdown, to commemorate this tragic loss of life and to stand together with everyone who’s grieving. Since the first lockdown began in 2020, hundreds of thousands of people have died. Too many lives have been cut short and millions have been bereaved. Behind the statistics and whatever the cause, every death has been devastating for the people left behind. Join us on 23 March,…
Join our Lent Book Club for 2021
Lent isn’t far away. I thought it would be good for us to read a book together during Lent. I have chosen a short book by former Archbishop Rowan Williams called Being Disciples. There will be 3 gatherings on Zoom to discuss the book during Lent on Mondays at 7pm: Monday 22nd February, Monday 15th March and Monday 29th March. You are welcome to attend any or all of these sessions which will be a chance to chat together and…
Christmas Services 2020: in church, online and on the phone
There is something for everyone this Christmas in the Parishes of Barlborough and Clowne! Christmas Eve On the Phone – dial 0333 0164 757 (then 51074674# and 5602#) 9.15am Phone Communion Service for Clowne 10.15am Phone Communion Service for Barlborough 3.00pm 9 Lessons and Carols Service on the phone Also listen to the Christmas Sermon on the Dial a Sermon line 01246 388487. Online 4.30pm watch our Crib Service on Youtube: In Church and on Facebook Live Midnight Mass is…
Join in Advent Windows in Clowne this December
Since this Christmas will be very different from usual we would like to have a bit of Christmas cheer in the village. We are encouraging people to decorate a window of their house for Advent. Each day a new window will be revealed around the village. The window will be posted on the St John the Baptist Church Facebook page and in other groups on Facebook. We ask that windows are lit from 4 to 9 pm each evening, and…
Join in Advent Windows in Barlborough this December
Since this Christmas will be very different from usual we would like to have a bit of Christmas cheer in the village. We are encouraging people to decorate a window of their house for Advent. Each day a new window will be revealed around the village. The window will be posted on the St James’ Facebook page and on the Barlborough Community Facebook group. We ask that windows are lit from 4 to 9 pm each evening, and each window…