Family Service Harvest Festival with Crafty Church

for 1 hour
St Paternus Parish Church North Petherwin
North Petherwin Near Launceston Cornwall, PL15 8LR, United Kingdom

You are most welcome to join us at at our Harvest Festival Family Service with Crafty Church as we celebrate all that God gives in food and nourishment.
The service begins at 10.30 am (please note this later start time) and will be led by Revd Tina.
Should you wish to donate any form of processed food, such as canned vegetables, please ensure that it is in a fully sealed container. All food donations will be passed on to the Launceston Food Bank.
Please feel free to download the attached Harvest Festival Poster to display or serve as a reminder.

ABOUT CRAFTY CHURCH
At Crafty Church we explore the Christian faith through drama, art, music and reflection. The monthly services are delivered in the beautiful church of St Paternus and in our local community. Everyone is encouraged to contribute to the service in any way they wish.

Each year we follow a theme, for 2025 we are focussing on Christian Values for example Peace, Hope and Love. Through reflection, we promote thinking about ourselves, others and our world.This is delivered through singing, bible readings, stories, acting, praying and crafting.

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St Paternus Parish Church North Petherwin

WELCOME TO ST PATERNUS, PARISH CHURCH OF NORTH PETHERWIN!

Contact us at:

[email protected]

We hope you enjoy your visit to this website. Here are some highlights to look out for as you browse the pages. 

* A rolling calendar of regular and special Church Services. * Our fully indexed and comprehensive 'News and Notices' section including: news of events to come and reports on events since passed; interesting topical articles with a strong link to religion; special stories and appeals related to the war in Ukraine and much more. * Our own Daily Prayer Group (please go to Events & Services for details) * A detailed History of St Paternus by Caroline Stone, plus lots more! 

Our church is open for prayers every day during the daytime and we invite you to visit the church to pray as often as possible.

Where are we?

North Petherwin is a large Parish in a beautiful, predominantly rural area, situated just a few miles to the North West of Launceston. St Paternus, the parish church, is situated towards the southern end of the parish in the hamlet of North Petherwin and close to the village of Petherwin Gate, the main centre of population of the parish.

Our welcome to you.

The St Paternus Church Community extends a very warm welcome to you all!  Whether you are visiting or resident in our beautiful, rural Parish we are pleased that you have taken time to visit our church website.

Your local Church is made up of people just like you! So do please introduce yourself to us if reading the pages of this website leads to you visiting our church in person for one of our services. We’d love to get to know you. Of course, you are most welcome to visit the church at other times during the day when it is light for prayer or quiet contemplation, or simply to explore it's beautiful expansive interior and grounds. Information is there to read or purchase and you will find it on the table in front of the bell tower. We do hope you find what you are looking for but you would be most welcome to contact us via our 'Get in Touch' page if not.

Church services are held on Sundays and usually begin at 10 30am. Please find the latest details of services on our 'Services and Events' page, giving details of our services for generally the current month.

We are happy to book in Christenings and Weddings, Please join us for one of our services or make a phone call to make an appointment.

Our 'About Us' section also includes details on our Vicars, articles on the history of our beautiful church and lots more and we most cordially invite you to study these.  

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Family Service Harvest Festival with Crafty Church

for 1 hour
St Paternus Parish Church North Petherwin
North Petherwin Near Launceston Cornwall, PL15 8LR, United Kingdom

You are most welcome to join us at at our Harvest Festival Family Service with Crafty Church as we celebrate all that God gives in food and nourishment.
The service begins at 10.30 am (please note this later start time) and will be led by Revd Tina.
Should you wish to donate any form of processed food, such as canned vegetables, please ensure that it is in a fully sealed container. All food donations will be passed on to the Launceston Food Bank.
Please feel free to download the attached Harvest Festival Poster to display or serve as a reminder.

ABOUT CRAFTY CHURCH
At Crafty Church we explore the Christian faith through drama, art, music and reflection. The monthly services are delivered in the beautiful church of St Paternus and in our local community. Everyone is encouraged to contribute to the service in any way they wish.

Each year we follow a theme, for 2025 we are focussing on Christian Values for example Peace, Hope and Love. Through reflection, we promote thinking about ourselves, others and our world.This is delivered through singing, bible readings, stories, acting, praying and crafting.

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Our Benefice

Safeguarding

Our parish of North Petherwin is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO); please see below for details. Our Diocese of Truro’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the PSO or the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor via the following link: https://trurodiocese.org.uk/resources/safeguarding/helpsupport/
If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services."

The Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) for North Petherwin Parish is BILL WILLIS. He is responsible for ensuring the coordination of any concerns about a child, young person or vulnerable adult, or the behaviour of an adult working with vulnerable groups. His role is to ensure that these are appropriately reported both to the statutory agencies and to the Diocesan Safeguarding Team.
The contact details for Bill Willis can be found on the church noticeboard and are repeated below:

Bill Willis
07581 418230
[email protected]

If you wish to speak to Bill, please contact him for advice, guidance or just for a chat about any concerns you have.

The website address for the Truro Diocese Safeguarding Team is:
https://trurodiocese.org.uk/resources/safeguarding/helpsupport/
which can be accessed by clicking the download button below.

More information on Safeguarding can be found on the following website:
https://www.churchofengland.org/more/safeguarding/diocesan-safeguarding-contacts

INVITATION TO TAKE PART IN THE INEQE SAFEGUARDING AUDIT - a survey to bring together a wide collection of experiences of Safeguarding by Parish Community members.

For more information, please see the story entitled SAFEGUARDING SURVEY in the 'News & Notices' section.

Truro Diocese Safeguarding Team