St Peter's Church, Great Berkhamsted

The Church of St Peter Great Berkhamsted

 
 
 
 
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St Peter’s is a thriving and inclusive community in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Whatever brings you here, you will find a warm welcome.

 
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Sunday Worship

November 2025

Saturday 29 November 2025

10:30 am – 11:30 am
Walsingham Cell Mass
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Bellringers quarter peal

Sunday 30 November 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am
8am Eucharist
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Bellringers quarter peal
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Choir practice
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Advent Carols by Candlelight

December 2025

Monday 1 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Victoria School Service
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Christmas lights rigging
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer

Tuesday 2 December 2025

10:30 am – 11:30 am
Lady Chapel - meeting
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Christmas lights rigging
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Choristers' practice

Wednesday 3 December 2025

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Eucharist
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Christmas event setup
9:30 am – 11:30 am
TC Yr 3 - Nativity Rehearsal
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Organ practice
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Community Christmas Concert

Thursday 4 December 2025

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Bellringers' practice

Friday 5 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Little Fishes service
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Rosary
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Organ Practice
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Choir practice

Sunday 7 December 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am
8am Eucharist
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
BCS setting up
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
BCS rehearsal
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Berkhamsted Choral Society Christmas concert - A Winter’s Night

Monday 8 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer

Tuesday 9 December 2025

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Prep School Carol Service rehearsal
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Choristers' practice

Wednesday 10 December 2025

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Eucharist
9:30 am – 11:30 am
TC Yr 3 Rehearsal
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Organ practice

Thursday 11 December 2025

9:00 am – 10:15 am
Prep School Carol Service
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
TC Christmas Concert
7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Bellringers' practice

Friday 12 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Rosary
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Organ Practice
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Choir practice
 Full calendar

This week in church

November 2025

Saturday 29 November 2025

10:30 am – 11:30 am
Walsingham Cell Mass
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Bellringers quarter peal

Sunday 30 November 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am
8am Eucharist
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Bellringers quarter peal
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Choir practice
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Advent Carols by Candlelight

December 2025

Monday 1 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Victoria School Service
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Christmas lights rigging
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
 Further ahead

Video services

worship video stream

Our Parish Eucharist is normally live-streamed on Sunday mornings. If you missed a service, you can catch up on our Video Worship page..

 

Events coming up

View the full
Parish calendar
St Peter's
Concerts

Saturday 29 November 2025

10:30 am – 11:30 am
Walsingham Cell Mass
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Bellringers quarter peal

Sunday 30 November 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am
8am Eucharist
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Bellringers quarter peal
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Choir practice
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Advent Carols by Candlelight

Monday 1 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
10:15 am – 10:45 am
Victoria School Service
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Christmas lights rigging
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer

Tuesday 2 December 2025

10:30 am – 11:30 am
Lady Chapel - meeting
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Christmas lights rigging
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Choristers' practice

Wednesday 3 December 2025

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Eucharist
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Christmas event setup
9:30 am – 11:30 am
TC Yr 3 - Nativity Rehearsal
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Organ practice
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Community Christmas Concert

Thursday 4 December 2025

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Bellringers' practice

Friday 5 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Little Fishes service
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Rosary
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Organ Practice
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Choir practice

Sunday 7 December 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am
8am Eucharist
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
BCS setting up
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
BCS rehearsal
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Berkhamsted Choral Society Christmas concert - A Winter’s Night

Monday 8 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer

Tuesday 9 December 2025

10:00 am – 11:30 am
Prep School Carol Service rehearsal
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Choristers' practice

Wednesday 10 December 2025

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Eucharist
9:30 am – 11:30 am
TC Yr 3 Rehearsal
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Organ practice

Thursday 11 December 2025

9:00 am – 10:15 am
Prep School Carol Service
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
TC Christmas Concert
7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Bellringers' practice

Friday 12 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Rosary
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Organ Practice
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Choir practice

Saturday 13 December 2025

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Town Carol Service.

Sunday 14 December 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am
8am Eucharist
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Choir rehearsal
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Choral Evensong - plainsong

Monday 15 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Organ tuning
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer

Tuesday 16 December 2025

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Swing Gate Christmas Service
5:15 pm – 6:15 pm
Choristers' practice

Wednesday 17 December 2025

8:30 am – 9:00 am
Eucharist
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Organ practice

Thursday 18 December 2025

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Bellringers' practice

Friday 19 December 2025

10:30 am – 11:30 am
Thomas Coram & Victoria Christmas Service.
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Organ Practice
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Choir practice

Sunday 21 December 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am
8am Eucharist
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Bellringers Quarter Peal
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
A Christmas Bedtime Story

Monday 22 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer

Tuesday 23 December 2025

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Flower arrangers in church
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
CCC rehearsal TBC
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
CCC Christmas concert

Wednesday 24 December 2025

Christmas Eve
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Eucharist
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Organ practice
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Crib service
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Crib service
11:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Choir carols
11:30 pm – 12:30 am
Midnight Mass

Thursday 25 December 2025

Christmas Day
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist for Christmas Day
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer
7:45 pm – 9:15 pm
Bellringers' practice

Friday 26 December 2025

9:15 am – 9:45 am
Morning Prayer
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Rosary
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evening Prayer

Sunday 28 December 2025

8:00 am – 9:00 am
8am Eucharist
9:30 am – 10:30 am
Sung Eucharist

Church Events

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Advent Carols by Candlelight
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Community Christmas Concert
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Berkhamsted Choral Society Christmas concert – A Winter’s Night
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Berkhamsted Artisan Markets
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CCC Christmas concert Bach’s Magnificat
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Advent & Christmas at St Peter’s
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Help is available
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St Peter's Parish Office

Please note that the office is staffed part-time and you may not get through immediately. Most information about St Peter's can found on this website.

01442 878227

Bereavement/pastoral emergency

Please contact the Rector, Fr Stuart Owen:

01442 879739

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Make a booking request

The Court House next to St Peter's Church is a beautiful half-timbered 16th-century building. It is available to hire for a variety of small events.

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    Advent & Christmas

    Advent & Christmas

    We celebrate Advent Sunday 4 Sundays before Christmas Day, and through December, the community begins to celebrate with carol concerts and festive events looking forward to Christmas.
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    Safeguarding

    At St Peter’s Berkhamsted we are committed to the safety and welfare of children and adults, and we take safeguarding very seriously. Our dedicated safeguarding page provides the safeguarding policies published by the Church of England, the Diocese of St Albans and the Parish of Great Berkhamsted, along with confidential contact information if you have any concerns.
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