A Warm Welcome to
St. Peter's Church
Croeso Cynnes I Eglwys San Pedr
“God is light; In him there is no darkness...”
[1 John 1:5]
Welcome to St Peter’s, Carmarthen - a church with an impressive past and an equally exciting future. We are a warm, friendly, and inclusive community of Christians who gather to share in God’s love and meet regularly for prayer, communion, celebration, and liturgy. We are proud to welcome people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientation, or other characteristic, and our mission is to continue to grow together in fellowship and love to be a church relevant for the 21st Century.
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St Peter's is an Anglican church within the Church in Wales. It is part of the Bro Caerfyrddin Local Ministry Area (LMA) within the Diocese of St Davids.
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About Us
St Peter's provides a sacred space at the heart of our town of Carmarthen. Our doors are open every day offering a place to sit, reflect, pray and just be.
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Our church has existed as a much-loved place of worship at the centre of Carmarthen for almost a thousand years and we are rightly proud of its stance as one of the most important historic church buildings in Wales. As the oldest building in continuous use in Carmarthen, it attracts visitors fascinated by its history and architecture. You can read more on this remarkable past in our History section.
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Guided by Reverend Father Tim Nelson, Local Ministry Area Dean and Priest-in-Charge of St Peter’s, we are building on our strengths as a Christian body to grow a church which is relevant and meaningful for all. We recognise that the ongoing secularisation of society continues to change people’s view of life, religion and their relationship with church. St Peter’s has a unique vibrancy in many areas – inclusivity, hospitality, choral worship, liturgy, and musical life being among our strengths.
We continue to review our way forward to engage with people and our community in new and varied ways. We believe this starts with love and fellowship and this can be found in our weekly breakfast club, our post-service refreshments, our bring and share lunches, our Mothers' Union, our book sales, through musical events and so much more. We also have exciting plans to restart the Sunday School and to further develop our choral worship, liturgy, and musical life.
There is a deep and abiding affection for St Peter’s which extends far beyond our regular congregation and the church is much loved by many in the wider community. The Friends of St Peter's is a group that supports us in many practical ways. Members of the community can also help with all aspects of church life – from tidying the grounds to helping with events.
We welcome you to join us on our journey ahead.