About Us

St. Peter's is a friendly community church, adjoining the Church of England First School (Draycott and Rodney Stoke) with which we have strong links. The church was consecrated in 1861, and is Grade II listed. We have modernised the interior by removing pews and adding kitchen and toilet facilities, which makes for a flexible venue for all kinds of church events.

The small congregation at St Peter’s is very welcoming, and we would love to see you at our services. The worship is carefully prepared but fairly informal in tone, and aims to be inclusive – we would like everyone to feel at home here.

The Sunday services run to a monthly pattern. On the first, third and fourth Sundays we have a service of Holy Communion at 9.30 am, followed by refreshments. On the second Sunday there is a shorter service of Morning Prayer.

(Please note: there are some variations in some months. On fifth Sundays our services we generally have a joint service in one of the churches in the benefice – Cheddar, Rodney Stoke or Draycott – which is held at 10.00 am, in which case there is no service in the other two churches. We also have a service in Draycott Memorial Hall on Remembrance Sunday instead of in church. Please see the diary for details.)

The school regularly uses the church, with weekly services in term-time. There are other church events during the year especially for children and parents, such as “Mothering Friday” (which has proved more popular than the traditional "Mothering Sunday"!)

There are frequent community based events in church, including a very popular coffee morning every first Saturday of the month. Other occasional events include soup lunches, concerts, and local history talks. Many of these are organised by our very active ‘Supporters of St Peters’ (SoSP).

Everyone is welcome at this church and we look forward to seeing you soon!