St Helens Minster

10/06/2026

💛💙 HOPE UNITED MATCHDAY COLLECTION 💙💛

If you’re coming to this Sunday’s Hope United v Brookvale Albion match at Ruskin Drive, St Helens WA10 6RP (3pm kick-off), we’d be grateful for your support.

👟 We will be collecting football boots in both children’s and adult sizes. We support people from across our St Helens community and will make sure every donation finds a good home.

🥫 We will also be collecting non-perishable food items for the amazing St Helens Borough Mobile Pantry. Alongside our matchday sponsors Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action and the Food Alliance, they do incredible work supporting local people facing hardship.

⚽ Football has the power to bring people together, and every donation will help make a difference in our community.

We can’t wait to welcome you all to our safe, inclusive football club.

💛💙

05/06/2026

St Helens Minster is a place of hope and safety, hospitality and welcome for all people

04/06/2026

We are saddened to hear of this racist incident occurring in The Minster today at what was a wonderful celebration of the richness of the voluntary sector in our borough. The Minster is proud to be a place of welcome and also of hope and safety.

All are welcome and we know that not everyone thinks the same. However, if the language you use and comments you make have caused others to feel unsafe and unwelcome then you are missing something vital about the spirit of St Helens Minster.

All people are loved and valued, and welcome here. Racism and prejudice is not.

Rev Rachel

Today, during a volunteer fair hosted by our organisation in St Helens, a member of the public made discriminatory comments towards a local service and the member of staff attending the event.

The individual stated that the service should not be there and that support and services should only be for white British people.

We want to be absolutely clear: racism, discrimination and prejudice have no place at our events, in our organisation or in our communities.

Our volunteer fair was created to bring people together and showcase the many organisations working to support and strengthen our community. We are proud to provide a space where local groups can connect with residents, share information about their work and encourage community involvement.

Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or background. We stand in solidarity with all organisations, volunteers and community members who may experience discrimination, and we remain committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone.

Thank you to the many attendees, volunteers, organisations and St Helens Minster
who helped make today’s event a positive and inspiring celebration of community action.

Sally Yeoman MBE
Chief Executive Officer

03/06/2026

02/06/2026

It's volunteers' week! We couldn't do a fraction of what we do here at the minster without our amazing team of volunteers! Look out this week for more examples of all they do!

31/05/2026

A week on from a fabulous day celebrating the official redesignation of St Helens Parish Church as St Helens Minster... what a great day it was! It was special this morning to welcome people to Sunday Worship at St Helens Minster for the first time.

Some of the questions we've been asked this week:

"Does Rev. Rachel get a new job title?"

No! Shes still just Rachel

"Do we have to bow to Rev Rachel now?"

No! And please don't, we would all feel weird!

"Does Minster get any more money from the government?"

No! We don't and never have received any money from government! Churches are charities, and all our income is thanks to people using the church building for events, choosing to come to the cafe, and giving financially to help us. If you support the work we do and would like to help support us financially why not become a Friend of the Minster? Email [email protected] to find out more.

30/05/2026

St Helens Minster is open, today and almost every day (Monday-Friday 10am - 2pm, every 3rd Saturday 10am-2pm and Sundays for worship at 10.30am).

In all we do, we are guided by 6 criteria:

We are a place of worship and discipleship,
A place of hope and safety
A place of welcome to all people
A place of hospitality
A place striving for carbon neutrality
A place of civic pride.

You are welcome here.

27/05/2026

On Sunday, we officially became St Helens Minster, and 5 amazing photographers from the fantastic St Helens Camera Club were there to capture every historic moment 📸✨

We’ve got loads more photos coming soon, but here are a few favourites that we couldn't resist sharing straight away!!

We can't say thank you enough to their members for helping make our day so very special!!

27/05/2026

Looking forward to hosting this tomorrow! Open at 10.00am alongside St.Helens Minster Café

COMMUNITY CONNECTION FAIR THIS WEEK!

Join the first Live Well Directory Community Connection Fair on Thursday 28 May, 10am-2pm at St Helens Parish Church.

Discover local support, wellbeing services and community activities, with over 20 organisations, free workshops and Chatty Café sessions available.

Free and open to all

Come along and see what support is available near you.