Welcome to Our Web Site
Our four Churches are situated in North Bedfordshire approximately 8 miles North of Bedford off the A6, The benefice is a member of the Anglican Communion in the Deanery of Sharnbrook and the Diocese of St. Albans. St. Peter's Sharnbrook is the larger of the four parishes and associated with H.E. Bates well-known character 'Uncle Silas'. It has a fine thirteenth century Church remodelled from the earlier Norman building. The river Ouse forms the southern boundary. ***************** St. Mary’s Felmersham parish, south of the Ouse, includes the nearby hamlet of Radwell and has the largest Church, built by the monks of Lenten Priory between 1220 and 1240 and one of the finest Early English Gothic buildings in the region.
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The benefice of Felmersham joined with Sharnbrook and Knotting with Souldrop on 1st. September 2005 and
Revd. Robert Evens became Rector of the united benefice. The ministry of the benefice is normally covered by
the Rector with the occasional help of locally resident retired clergy.
Details of St. Mary's Felmersham, it’s officers, services and activities are covered by their own web site.
Please follow the link: - St. Mary’s Felmersham.
St Peter's is part of 'Sharnbrook Churches Together' which includes cooperation with our local Methodist, Roman
Catholic and Evangelical Churches.The benefice is also linked with the parish of Calpino in the Catholic
Diocese of Urbino in Italy.
Everyone is welcome at all of our Churches. We meet every Sunday for Worship and to learn more about our
faith. We want our Churches to be accessible to people of all ages and (dis)abilities. St. Peters has a sound
system including a 'T loop' for those with hearing difficulties. Ramps for wheelchair access are also provided.
If you want to know more please join us at any service.
The smaller parishes of All Saints - Souldrop and
St. Margaret of Antioch – Knotting, with it’s small unique
Church of Saxon origin, complete the united benefice.
Browse our site to see who we are, what we do and why we do it
The Collation by the Bishop of Bedford, The Rt. Revd Richard Atkinson
and Installation and Induction by the Archdeacon of Bedford The
Venerable Dave Middlebrook of The Reverend Paolo Di Leo as Rector of the
Benefice of Sharnbrook, Felmersham and Knotting with Souldrop took
place on Mon 4th. November 2019 at St. Peter’s Church.
Paolo comes to us with a wide range of ministerial experience across many
traditions. He trained for ministry at the Eastern Regional Ministerial
College exiting with a BA Hons from Durham University in Theology
Ministry and Mission. Prior to ordination he worked as a senior executive
for a number of multinational companies. He was Assistant Curate at St
Margaret’s Streatley, near Luton prior to this appointment. Paolo is
married to Fiona and has 5 grown up children and 3 grandchildren.
How to access our Online Services which are:
Sundays: 10.30 am – Parish Choral Communion
Thursdays: 9.30 am - Morning prayer
For this months details of all services click here:
Monthly Service Schedule
We are using the ‘Zoom’ Meeting software for our services
which allows up to 100 participants with video and audio
communication. You will need:
WIFI (usually from your personal home equipment)
A PC equipped with speakers and a webcam.
(A laptop will normally have these)
/Or a tablet (IPAD / Samsung etc) or a Smartphone.
To gain access simply click the following link or copy it carefully
into your web browser from 30mins before the meeting.
https://zoom.us/j/763110804
You also need this password: 079014
The 1st time you will be asked to download the ‘Zoom’ app.
When connected follow the instructions to ‘Join with audio / video.
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Donating to our Benefice Churches:
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For this month’s details of all services click here: Monthly Service Schedule
Please note that the content of and access to this site is under review as we are now using new
‘A Church Near You’ (ACNY) addresses to access our Benefice site and the individual Churches. The
addresses below link to the ACNY pages. In the meantime this site and address will be maintained.
Sharnbrook Benefice:
https://sharnbrookbenefice.church
St. Peter’s , Sharnbrook:
https://stpeterssharnbrook.church
St Mary’s , Felmersham:
https://stmarysfelmersham.church
All Saints, Souldrop:
https://allsaintssouldrop.church
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