The Wider Church

St Peter's & St John's belong to Chester Diocese which is part of the Church of England. Pictured is the nave of Chester Cathedral, the mother church of the diocese. The Church of England is part of the Anglican Communion, within which Chester Diocese is linked with the Province of Melanesia.
Within each of our parishes there is a Methodist Church.
In the city of Chester, Link-Up is an informal network of churches, and the Light Project works with many churches on youth and community projects. Chester Bible Focus provides Bible Expositions two or three times per year.

Missions & Charities

We support a number of missions and charities through giving and prayer as part of our responsibility to the wider church and to God's mission in the world.





St Peter's:

Adoption Matters
The Bible Society
Chester Clergy Family Trust
Chester Schools Christian Work (CSCW)
The Children's Society
Christian Aid
Church Army
Churches Action on Substance Misuse (CASM)
Church Mission Society (CMS)
Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS)
Church Urban Fund
South American Mission Society (SAMS)
United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG)

St John's:

The Bible Society
Chester Schools Christian Work (CSCW)
The Children's Society
Christian Aid
Church Mission Society (CMS)
Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS)
Church Urban Fund
Scripture Union
South American Mission Society (SAMS)

We also support the following local charities from time to time:

Chester Aid to the Homeless (CATH)
Hospice of the Good Shepherd
Save the Family (Plas Bellin)

In support of CMS we are linked with Ian Harvey, a mission partner in training, who plans to go out to Lubumbashi in the DR Congo in 2009 to help with setting up a project for street children, supported by the Congo Children Trust. Follow Ian's work on his blog: Life in Lubumbashi

Guilden Sutton C of E Primary School

The primary school in Guilden Sutton has a Church of England foundation (voluntary controlled). The building is modern and lies at the centre of the village. St John's has close links with the school through its foundation governors, the Rector's weekly assembly and other occasional visits, and school visits to the church. Funds from the sale of the old school are held in the Old School House Trust which provides grants for persons under the age of 25 who have at any time attended Guilden Sutton Primary School.

Mickle Trafford Village School

The village school lies near the heart of Mickle Trafford in a building opened in 1909 which has seen continuous development in recent years, and which has extensive attractive grounds. The Rector conducts assemblies once per fortnight, and the school has on many occasions used St Peter's church for performances.

Guilden Sutton Village

General information about the village may be found here.

Mickle Trafford Village

General information about the village may be found here.

Friends of St Peter's

The Friends of St Peter's organise a range of social events, examples from recent years being a barn dance, quiz night, strawberry tea, pig roast and a visit to the Liverpool Philharmonic. Funds are raised for the church and for other local charities.

Plemstall Fellowship

The Plemstall Fellowship is a thriving group of about 25 ladies who meet in the Methodist Church hall at 2.30pm on the second Wednesday of each month.