{"id":9,"date":"2024-10-15T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T12:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/index.php\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:32:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Welcome to our Churches<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Logo-171123Bromyard-Stoke-Lacy-e1732038159940.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:25px\"><br>We have one simple message: that God loves us, and He has shown us His love through the life, death, and resurrection of His Son, Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><br><em>This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.<br>This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4: 9-10<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><br>We are a church community seeking to follow Jesus, and share His love with all who live in, or visit, our wonderful town.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Stoke-Lacey-Church-Small-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Stoke-Lacey-Church-Small-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Stoke-Lacey-Church-Small-1-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fromthegate-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fromthegate-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fromthegate-1-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/morton_jeffries.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/morton_jeffries.png 500w, https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/morton_jeffries-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">St Peter &amp; St Paul Stoke Lacy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">St Peter and St Paul, Stoke Lacy is a village church with a vibrant, though small, congregation. It is part of the Bromyard Benefice. The church is open daily and welcomes visitors. There has been a church on this site from at least 1279, possibly earlier. It is now largely a Victorian restoration with an arch from the earlier Norman church.<br><strong>The Morgan link:<\/strong><br>There are five beautiful stained-glass windows dedicated to the Morgan family, four in the church and one in the porch. Harry Morgan, son of George Morgan, rector of St Peter and St Paul for 50 years, founded the Morgan Motor Company in 1910.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">St Peter&#8217;s Bromyard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bromyard was once an important ecclesiastical centre, with St Peter\u2019s founded on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon church. Early records show there was a minster on the site around 840AD. However few traces of this remain: notably a carving of St Peter holding the keys to heaven and a consecration stone in a circle, above the south door through which you will have entered the church. Both of these are thought to have come from the earlier Saxon church. Otherwise the building you see today dates back to the late 12th Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Our Church records are some of the earliest in the country and were started in 1538 at the instigation of King Henry VIII. The churchyard was closed in 1915 since when burials have been in the town cemetery. <br><a data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"28\" href=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/index.php\/history\/\"><em><strong>Find out more&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Who&#8217;s Who<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Vicar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stpetersbromyard.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/vicar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br>Rev. Philip Miller (collated 8 March 2023)<br><em>01885 498200<\/em><br><strong>Curate<\/strong><br>David Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><strong>Churchwardens<\/strong><br>Mark Franklin<br>Roger Wilkins<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><strong>Parochial Church Council<\/strong><br><strong>Lay Chair<\/strong><br>Robert Hollis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br><strong>Church Administrator<\/strong><br>Steve Curtis<br><em>01885 483749<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Moreton Jeffries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Standing in a pretty field, this Medieval church is a long low building, with an attractive small slated bell turret at the west end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The church&#8217;s dedication is lost in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Built from local sandstone, it dates from the 13th or early 14th century and seems to have been extended westward some time after it was first built. Inside the church has a vernacular appeal, except for the elaborately carved Jacobean pulpit, complete with sounding board and reading desk, which is considerably more sophisticated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Churches We have one simple message: that God loves us, and He has shown us His love through the life, death, and resurrection of His Son, Jesus. 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