St Bridget's Parish Church serves the small town of West Kirby, on the Dee estuary.
The Church was founded by Christian Vikings from Ireland, so we have a thousand years of experience of bringing people the good news of the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ. People who come into St Bridget's today still encounter God's love in the beautiful, holy building and in reflective worship and stimulating preaching. We are trying to represent the Church of England at its best.
COVID-19
The Church continues to be alive and active, but our buildings must close
We are seeing a huge increase in the number of people falling sick with COVID-19. We must distance ourselves from one another and prevent the spread of infection in order to save lives.Therefore, as well as public worship being suspended, this and all church buildings in the Church of England are now closed.
Our worship of God and our care for each other continue but cannot be done in the building.Our website contains details of how to join others online for prayer, worship, study, and community life.
The Churchwardens at our churches can be contacted in an emergency by telephoning 0151 625 2389 or 0151 625 1636 (St Bridget's) or 0151 342 0141 or 0151 625 8510 (Caldy)
The Parish Office can be contacted on 0151 625 2739 or email office@stbridgetschurch.org.uk
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength . . . Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.”
To protect the vulnerable amongst us, please do not leave your home except for essential trips.
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St Bridget's, West Kirby and Caldy Church take the safety of everyone within our churches very seriously, and expects that everyone will work within the safeguarding policy of the Parish, a copy of which can be found on our noticeboards.
In particular, the Parish expects anyone who becomes aware of a safeguarding risk with children or vulnerable adults, or an actual abuse, to raise this immediately with the person(s) with responsibility for safeguarding within the Parish.
The Safeguarding Co-ordinator for the Parish is Bethan Halpenny, contacted on 07837 755214 bethanhc@live.co.uk
Alternatively, contact Pauline Butterfield (the Diocesan Safeguarding Officer) on 01928-718834 Ext 221
"All parishes are required to participate in a Past Cases Review, commissioned by the Church of England. PCR2, as it is known nationally, is part of the Church's ongoing scrutiny of its handling of past and current safeguarding cases. An Independent Reviewer will be looking at files relating to church officers in this parish, both lay and ordained, past and present.
"Individuals who wish to make representations to the PCR2 process, or who need to come forward with information or make any disclosures, are encouraged to make direct contact with the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser. However, recognising that this may not feel safe for those with a lived experience of abuse from within the Church, a dedicated telephone helpline - 0800 80 20 20 - operated independently from the Church, by the NSPCC, has been set up."
May 2012 we opened the new St Bridget's Centre, which is available for bookings.
There are strong links with the excellent Church Primary School next door.
We have many weddings, baptisms and funerals each year - click here for contact details if you wish to enquire.
Caldy Church is the daughter Church of St Bridget's, and has served Caldy Village in the name of Jesus Christ for a hundred years.
We are an Inclusive Church, a Fair Trade Parish and an Eco-Congregation.
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True and humble king, hailed by the crowd as Messiah: grant us the faith to know you and love you, that we may be found beside you on the way of the cross, which is the path of glory. Amen.
On Palm Sunday it is all too easy to be hard on the people of Jerusalem, who clearly wanted a different type of Messiah. Many wanted a nationalist leader to throw off the yoke of Rome; the Pharisees a religious revival based on strict adherence to the law; the Sadducees and Temple authorities support for their form of worship with its animal sacrifice. Indeed Zealots like Barabbas, and possibly Judas Iscariot, even wanted violent rebellion. In other words all these groups desired idolatrously to form Jesus in their own image. There are good reasons why the people of first century Palestine on the first Palm Sunday did not grasp the full significance of Jesus. After all, they had yet to experience the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, the Ascension and the out-flowing of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. But what is our excuse? We know the significance of these events, we know about the values of the Kingdom of God, where all people are valued and are of worth, but we still try so often to make Jesus conform to our expectations, rather than allowing him to speak through scripture and by the prompting of the Holy Spirit. David
