A five page church newsletter for St Peter's, Alton and St Leonard's, Bradley le Moors, part of the Weaver Group of Churches serving Alton, Bradley, Ellastone, Stanton and Mayfield. It lists Sunday service times and locations through November, a diary of parish events, a reflection on prayer, and notices about fundraising, a Christmas concert and contact details for clergy and churchwardens.
This is the November 2026 newsletter of St Peter's Church, Alton and St Leonard's Church, Bradley le Moors, published as part of the Weaver Group of Churches. It is written for congregation members and residents of the villages the group serves, including Alton, Bradley, Ellastone, Stanton and Mayfield, and it gathers the month's worship times, events and parish notices in one place.
The opening pages set out the service pattern for each Sunday of the month, from All Saints on 1 November through Remembrance Sunday, the second Sunday before Advent, Christ the King and Advent on 29 November. Times and styles of service vary by church, including Morning Prayer, Holy Communion, Evening Prayer and a Pets Service, with a weekly Thursday Holy Communion noted separately.
A dated events diary follows for November, listing a Pet Service and Open The Book sessions with the school at St Peter's, Crafty Cuppa Café afternoons, Life Worth Living meetings, a Standing Committee meeting, Bingo at Alton Village Hall, a Confirmation in Leek, a Sip and Paint afternoon, PCC meetings for Alton and Bradley, a Coffee Morning and weekly bellringing practice.
The middle of the newsletter carries a written reflection titled How to find God in the hospital car park, which opens with verses from Psalm 121 and describes praying while waiting for a parking space before a hospital visit. It is credited to Brian Leathers and closes with further verses from the same psalm.
The remaining notices cover community activity and giving. There is an invitation to a Coffee Morning with cakes, bacon baps and soup, and a Christmas Concert of handbells and song by Alton Handbell Ringers and singers from The Musical Root Music School at Alton Village Hall, with donations going to Dougie Mac and the Midlands Air Ambulance. The Crafty Cuppa Group lists its November sessions, including sewing poppies onto a village banner and making Christmas decorations.
The final page explains how to raise free donations for the church through easyfundraising and Just Giving, gives details for receiving the newsletter by email or in print, and lists contact information for the clergy, churchwardens, organists, ringing master, treasurer and St Peter's C of E School, along with the church website and Facebook page.