St Peter's, Dunchurch

'Worshipping God, sharing the love of Jesus and serving our community'

Welcome to the home page of the parish of St Peter's Dunchurch with 
St Edmund's Thurlaston


The Duke of Edinburgh 1921 - 2021


Following the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - who passed away peacefully on Friday 9 April - arrangements have been made for St Peter's to be open daily for those who wish to visit for private prayer and time of reflection. 


Sadly, because of current restrictions, we are not permitted to provide a book of condolence in church, but those wishing to record their condolences can do so on the  Coventry Cathedral website or via the Church of England website. Both books of condolence will remain open until the day after the funeral. Read more...

Church services are being conducted with limited numbers in church (please book your place) and streamed on Zoom at 10:30am on Sundays. If wish to be sent a link to the service, please call 01788 891 066. 

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https://www.stpeters-dunchurch.org/apps/calendar/showEvent?calID=2014101&eventID=275263900&next=showMonth%3fcalID%3d2014101%26year%3d2018%26month%3d6As we mentioned yesterday The Reverend Patricia Townshend will take up the post of vicar of Dunchurch with Thurlaston after she is installed by the Bishop of Coventry at a special service at St Peter's on 29 March 2017. Pat is currently a minister in Cape Province in South Africa. She spent several years with her husband Graham in Zimbabwe where she taught English. Her wish to be ordained forced them to move to South Africa about 9 years ago. She then went on to become ordained two years later. Pat and Graham have two daughters (one of whom lives in Leamington) and a son and has two grandchildren. 
We are really looking forward to welcoming her to our parish and for what God has in store for us all in 2017.

About the Reverend Patricia Townshend

Patricia Townshend took up the post of vicar after she was installed by the Bishop of Coventry at a special service at St Peter's in March 2017. Pat was previously a minister in Cape Town in South Africa. She spent most of her life with her husband Graham in Zimbabwe where she taught for many years. Her wish to be ordained forced them to move to South Africa.  

We are really looking forward to welcoming her to our parish and for what God has in store for us all in 2017.
The Reverend Patricia Townshend took up the post of vicar of Dunchurch with Thurlaston and was installed by the Bishop of Coventry at a special service at St Peter's on 29 March 2017. 
Pat was previously a minister in Cape Province in South Africa. She spent several years with her husband Graham in Zimbabwe where she taught English. Her wish to be ordained forced them to move to South Africa about 9 years ago. She then went on to become ordained two years later. Pat and Graham have two daughters (one of whom lives in Leamington) and a son and has two grandchildren. 

Rev Patricia can be contacted on 01788 461987. 

Churchwardens: Kath Fowler and Celia Jones. Contact: churchwarden@stpeters-dunchurch.org

We hope you enjoy exploring our website. We update it regularly, but if you have any queries please let us know via the contact page. For the latest information and photos from recent events, please see our Facebook page. To book a service or an event in church please email us.


Safeguarding Policy and Procedure - to report a safeguarding concern or allegation, please contact our Safeguarding Officer: Margaret Littlejohn on tel: 01788 522462.


How to find us - Behind The Square in Dunchurch, opposite The Green Man pub.

Bank details - the church bank account sort code is 30-97-17 and account number is 01089602.
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