Welcome to the 9 Bridges Benefice
Serving the communities of Glinton, Peakirk, Northborough,
Maxey, Deeping Gate and Etton
'Dancing in the Aisles'
MAY 18th 2024
With the Uppingham Jazz and Soul Band
What is going to be an outstanding night of fun, music and , of course, dancing. Tickets are £10 and there will be a donation based bar.
Songs Stories and Shananigans
As part of our continuing effort to fix the leaking church roof, a concert of folk music and fun is planned for the 7th June. Come and enjoy a wonderful evening for a great cause.
'The Six' Concert
A Range of popular music from The Six
£12 per ticket inc wine and canapes. See poster for tickets or click below:
Vision becomes Mission
Why are we here?
It is always a really hard question to answer, why are we here? As a benefice (group of churches), it is important to focus on what is our purpose. The diagram should give an idea of what we feel is the work of the church in this place.
Can you help?
Might you be able to help us with our mission?
The church relies on volunteers to make everything work. We are looking for people to come alongside us and help with various aspects of church life. We are currently recruiting for a volunteer benefice safeguarding coordinator. 1-2 hours per week. Could this be you? Click here for more information
Other opportunities are available, contact Rev Keir for more information. vicar@9bridges.church
WELCOME TO OUR BENEFICE
iKnow Church is the management software we use to share information with people about upcoming events, prayer requests and exciting opportunities. If you would like to know more please fill out the form to sign up and we can go from there. You can remove yourself at any time. Once you are signed up you can log into iKnow Church and download the app.
It is vital that the leaders of the benefice and of each individual church hear the voice of the people when it comes to all matters of church and spiritual life. If you have anything on your mind please feel free to share using the form below.
This content is only seen by our vicar Rev Keir Dow. He will then choose how to move forward, this may involve sharing some content but names and details will only be shared with your consent.
Rev Keir Dow
Meet our new incumbent....
Rev Keir Dow was licensed on 17th September and became our new vicar. Keir and his family are settled in the rectory in Glinton. If you see him around, please say hello.
Following 20 years in teaching, especially teaching special needs, Keir responded to God's call and has completed his ministry training with the Easton Region Ministry Course. Following this, Keir completed his curacy in the King's Cliffe Benefice spending the last 18 months as the only clergy in the benefice. He is very excited about coming to 9 Bridges to serve all the people in the community as well as the church communities.
Parishes
Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite.
St Peter's, Maxey
The earliest work of the church is dated about 1113A.D. However, fragments of tombstones excavated in the churchyard and preserved in the church (the Sweeting museum) reveal that a Saxon church existed on the site of the present Norman building, without a tower. The original church as above, and the village was burned by the Danes in 1013. The church was sufficiently repaired to allow worship to continue, until rebuilding of the church began a century later.
St Benedict's, Glinton
The church here is a beautiful, striking, structure with its 140 foot needle spire dominating the flat landscape for miles around. The "Peasant Poet" John Clare immortalised the church in his poem "Glinton Spire". Perhaps less romantically, the British Listed Buildings entry for the church here describes the church as having a ‘disproportionately tall octagonal recessed spire’.
St Stephen's, Etton
The present structure dates back to the 13th century, but there is a record in the Peterborough Chronicle of a church being here in the 12th century. The existence of the sheela Na Gig, which I will talk about in a few minutes, certainly suggests that there was a previous structure here!
The church that we see today consists of west tower with spire, nave with north and south aisles and clerestories, south porch and chancel.
St Andrew's, Northborough
The church that we see here today consists of nave with north and south aisles and clerestories, south porch, very large south chapel and chancel. The western end of the church is supported by four buttresses; the two to the north and south run part way up, to just below the roof level of the aisles, but the innermost two supports up to the belfry stage.
St Pega's, Peakirk
The church is named after St Pega. She was the sister of Guthlac, who set up a hermitage in the Peterborough fens. Pega built her hermitage in imitation of her brother. Guthlac and Pega came from one of the great noble families, and it seems as if Pega received a grant from the King to set up her hermitage. It is said that the current church at Peakirk is built on the site of Pega's retreat. Interestingly, the history books state that Pega sailed up the river Welland to attend her brother’s funeral, and healed a blind man from Wisbech on the way.
This church was built in the 11th Century, and the dedication to St Pega is a unique one. A north aisle was added in 1170, with a south aisle added some 50 years later.
Other Ministries
The benefice benefits from a variety of other ministries which includes Messy Church, Benefice in the boozer, Tea on a Tuesday, Thought for Thursday, school outreach and many more......
We need your consent to load the translations
We use a third-party service to translate the website content that may collect data about your activity. Please review the details in the privacy policy and accept the service to view the translations.