St Giles Church Killamarsh

25/10/2025

Please follow our new United Benefice page The Church of England in Killamarsh and Renishaw.

This existing “St Giles” only page will be closed soon.

24/10/2025

Please follow our new United Benefice page!

This existing “St Giles” page will be closed in a couple of weeks, so please follow the new page to avoid missing out!

24/10/2025

To better reflect our United Benefice of Killamarsh and Renishaw we’ve made the decision to start a new page using both of our church’s names.

Please join The Church of England in Killamarsh and Renishaw if you’d like to keep up to date with the united parish churches of St Giles Killamarsh and St Matthew’s Renishaw.

This page will be closed in a couple of weeks, so please join our new page!

20/10/2025

This year St Giles Killamarsh will be hosting an annual memorial service. Come along, share in this service remembering before God our friends and loved ones who have left this mortal life behind, and who are now in God's nearer presence.

This special service will be held on Sunday 2nd November at 6pm at St Giles Church, Kirkcroft Lane, Killamarsh.

If you would like your loved one’s name to be included in the special prayers during the service please let us know when you arrive at church for the service. If you are hoping to request a name to be read out during the prayers of commemoration please seek to arrive at the church building by 5:45pm at the latest to ensure that you have time to request your loved one’s name to be added to the list.

Refreshments will served after the service. Please come along to join in with the memorial service, and stay behind afterwards for a cuppa.

20/10/2025

The nights are drawing in… it’s getting cold outside… the leaves are falling from the trees… it’s only 66 sleeps until Christmas!

This year St Giles and St Matthews are both holding Christmas Fayres on Saturday 22nd November! Stalls, cakes, gifts, cards! Come along and start looking ahead to Christmas!

11am-2pm St Matthew’s Church, Renishaw (S21 3UT)
11am-2pm St Giles’ Church Hall, Killamarsh (S21 1DU)

15/10/2025

This coming Sunday at St Giles Killamarsh there will be a 10am service of Holy Communion. At St Matthew Renishaw there will be a service of Morning Prayer at 10am.

Using our new service booklets for both. Come along, join in, and let us know what you think about the changes starting to take place in your parish churches…!

12/10/2025

10am today at St Matthew Renishaw it’s Rev’d Daniel Cooke’s first service as our Rector for Killamarsh and Renishaw.

All are welcome!

09/10/2025

Praying for all those who have suffered the loss of a child.

Today, join us in prayer as we mark the beginning of Baby Loss Awareness Week. 💜

08/10/2025

A big thank you to everyone who came to the induction service for our new Rector, Rev’d Daniel Cooke and his family.

A really special evening, especially the sung worship and the music! Wonderful!

On Sunday we’re celebrating Harvest Festival together as a Benefice at St Matthew, Renishaw. 10am Sunday 12th October.

Come and celebrate!

All are welcome!

05/10/2025

Well done to Ann Morton and Jenny Crump who are our Churchwardens for the Benefice of St Matthew’s and St Giles who received the Bishops badge this afternoon in recognition of their service to the Church

06/07/2025

“The Bishop of Repton is delighted to announce that the Revd Daniel Cooke, Rector of the benefice of Brimington, Diocese of Derby, has, with the Crown’s approval, been appointed Rector of the benefice of Killamarsh and Renishaw in the same diocese, subject to all legal and safeguarding requirements being fulfilled. Daniel will continue to hold the Bishop of Derby’s commission as Area Dean of North East Derbyshire alongside this new role.

Daniel will be instituted on Tuesday 7th October at 7pm at St Giles’ Killamarsh by the Bishop of Repton and inducted by the Acting Archdeacon of East Derbyshire.”

We welcome Daniel his wife Crystal and there children Beth and James to the Benefice of Killamarsh and Renishaw.