Dronfield Parish Church

10/06/2026

Looking forward to it! 👏

We are very excited to announce the date for this years Gosforth Valley Community Festival🎈
This will be an amazing day of fun for the whole family organised between St Andrew’s Community Church and The Jolly Farmer Dronfield and held in both venues and the green in between.
You may notice a change to times and we are planning to make this our biggest year ever.

06/06/2026

Draft Agenda for Wednesday’s meeting below. Are there other things you want to discuss?

1. Welcome
2. Purpose of meeting
2.1 Praying together
2.2 Reviewing shared Churches Together events, fellowship and worship

Such as:
• Holy Week;
• Good Friday;
• 5th Sunday worship;
• On Tap;
• Other?

2.3 Recognising and celebrating the work of God in new local congregations and gatherings

2.4 Celebrating the ministry of Coal Aston Wesleyan Reform church

2.5 Other things it would be helpful to discuss during our time together in this meeting?

Such as:
• How we communicate together and beyond the churches;
• Giving thanks for the Churches Together news emails from Life Dronfield;
• Other?

2.6 Other thoughts, ideas or news for our shared life together in God and within the local community?

2.7 Agreeing next steps

2.8 Agreeing any future meeting(s)

3 Prayer

04/06/2026

Great to see this support for local families from Life - Dronfield and Coal Aston Methodist Church.
Well done all 🙏

Little Life at Coal Aston starts tomorrow!

Families of little ones, join us from 10am at Coal Aston Methodist Church (use the side door).

We are so grateful for how the community has rallied around donating toys and offering their time to volunteer. What a great place Dronfield is!

01/06/2026

Please can every church send along at least a couple of reps to this important meeting of the Churches Together (CT) Exec on Weds, 10th June, 7.30pm at St Swithin's, Holmesfield.

07/05/2026

💍💒We love a classic church wedding here at Dronfield Parish Church!

Why not hold your ceremony here? Anyone who lives in the area or has a connection with Dronfield can get married in the church or have their marriage blessed here. Get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

https://tinyurl.com/Email-the-Parish-Office
https://dronfieldteamministry.org/services/weddings

Thanks to Helen and Daniel and their photographer Glenn Lovell
https://www.blackflamephotography.co.uk/

12/04/2026

I visited St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall today. Founded at a very similar time to StJohn’s and built by stonemasons trained at Durham Cathedral .

01/04/2026

Come and take part in a special Easter service somewhere across our team of churches!
St Andrew’s Community Church
Dronfield Parish Church
St Mary’s Church Unstone. Anglican & Methodist Partnership.
St Philip's Church, Dronfield
St. Swithin's Church, Holmesfield

01/04/2026

28/03/2026

Research shows that the public are largely unaware of who foots the bill for church repairs. A poll commissioned by Historic England, which was carried out by Savanta, interviewed 1763 adults in England in September 2025. The poll asked: which of the following do you believe is mainly responsible for the upkeep of historic churches?

• Over a third of people – 39% – believed it was the relevant church authorities, for example the Church of England or the Catholic Church.
• 15% thought it was the local District Council
• 12% did not know
• 12% said it was the National Churches Trust
• 12% believed it was Historic England or English Heritage
• 11% said it was a local committee including the vicar, churchwardens and ordinary people
• 1% believed it was another organisation

So, who does pay for church repairs to keep these buildings open and in use?

The responsibility for the upkeep, care and maintenance of historic churches falls on the shoulders of the local congregation, including any staff – but in almost all cases it is mainly volunteers – at each church, chapel, meeting house or cathedral.

One in every 20 churches in the UK needs a new roof in the next year. There are almost 1,000 churches, chapels, meeting houses and cathedrals on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register. We know from speaking to churches that they are putting off urgent repairs because they do not have the money. Grants are scarce and application forms take time and fundraising expertise – many churches do not have paid staff who can apply or are unaware of what help there is out there.

Towers are crumbling. Timbers are rotting. Roofs are leaking. We risk losing some of these buildings for good if action is not taken soon.

And the funding landscape is changing with the end of the Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme - listed churches will now have to pay tax on their repairs. Keep up with the latest news on these changes at our website: https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/VAT

📸 © Michael Garlick, CC BY 2.0 (Toftree All Saints, Norfolk)