WELCOME:

Welcome to the Cranwell Parish Church website.  We hope you will enjoy reading about the parish church of Saint Andrew and its activities.  Better still, we hope that through looking at this website we can encourage you to visit our ancient and beautiful church; or best of all, to join us at one of our services.

View from South

HOW WE CAN HELP YOU.

St Andrew's parish church exists for everyone, not just those who worship in the church on a regular basis.  Of course, it is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at the parish church and to become part of the church community, but there is more to being a parish church than that.  In particular, we try to help all those who live in the village, whatever their faith, so if you, or someone you know, needs help then please let us know.  Confidentiality is assured.

We can often help at the major events of life: marriage, births and deaths.

MARRIAGE

You are welcome to marry in church whether or not you are baptised and whether or not you regularly go to church if you live in the Parish. We will do our best to help you plan a personal, meaningful, spiritual and beautiful church wedding.  Please contact the priest-in-charge or the churchwardens. The Church of England website Your Church Wedding is a good place to begin.

 http://www.yourchurchwedding.org/

Try the unique online Ceremony Planner to help you choose hymns and readings. You can even listen to the hymns first.

BAPTISM AND CONFIRMATION

In baptism, we thank God for his gift of life and publicly acknowledge his love. In the Anglican Church it is common to baptise young children; this is sometimes known, outside the church, as christening.  Baptism is a sacrament in the Christian tradition that is traced back to Jesus himself  being baptised in the river Jordan.

Confirmation marks the point in the Christian journey where those who have been baptised as children make a firm commitment to Christian discipleship through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop.

Both baptism and confirmation are also appropriate for those of a more mature age who wish to take a fuller part in the life of the church.

For more information please contact the priest-in-charge or the churchwardens.

FUNERALS

A funeral is used to mark the end of a person's life here on earth. Family and friends come together to express grief, give thanks for the life lived and commend the person into God's keeping. This can be a small, quiet ceremony or a large occasion in a packed church.

Everyone who lives in the parish is entitled to either a burial service, or a service prior to cremation and to have their ashes buried in their local parish churchyard whether they attended church or not.  Please note that at Cranwell certain parts of the churchyard are reserved for the graves of military personnel who died whilst in service or after retirement from the armed forces.  Special rules relate to these areas.  Please also note that the types of memorial that can be erected in the remainder of the churchyard are defined in the "Churchyard Regulations" issued by the Diocese of Lincoln.

PRAYERS

If you would like us pray for you, please let us know or leave a prayer request on the board by the votive candle. We will pray for you at our services.

A Simple Prayer For God’s Guidance

Lead me Lord today in Your righteous ways. Teach me Your ways, and may I know You more and love you better with each passing day. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

 

Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Simple-Prayers

HOW YOU CAN HELP US

We need help in lots of ways, but especially:

  • Although we try hard, we do not always know when someone in the village is in need of help, even if it is "just" to remember them in our prayers, so please let us know. The churchwardens are always available but the church also has representatives on many of the committees that are part of the fabric of the village community.
  • We are always grateful for your prayers, so if you can, please remember the parish church and its PCC in your prayers.

Finally, not only are we financially responsible for the upkeep of one of the oldest churches in Lincolnshire, but  also we need to raise funds to pay for the clergy and to support our outreach programmes.   Please support our fund-raising events (and that support can be "time" rather than cash) and, if you would like to make a donation through the website then please follow the link below.

TO MAKE A DONATION: Please contact a Churchwarden or the Gift Aid Secretary whose details are given in the "Who's Who" part of the website.