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Welcome to the Parish of Baildon

Welcome to the Church of England in Baildon. We have three churches, St John’s Parish Church, St James’s and St Hugh’s. Our Churches are a witness to God’s love in this community as we meet together for prayer and worship every Sunday and serve this community in all sorts of ways. You will find a warm welcome at any of our churches and we are always here for you.
View our regular services pattern here or view our Calendar below.
We live-stream our Sunday Service on our Facebook page every week. The weekly service booklet is available on our website so you can follow the service at home – click on ‘Service Sheet and News’ on the tab below.

Christenings and Weddings

If you would like to arrange a wedding or christening, come along to Vestry Hour any Tuesday at St John’s Church Hall between 6pm and 7pm to speak to a member of our clergy team.

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St John’s is situated in the heart of Baildon centre. We welcome you to join us at any of our church services, social groups and regular fund raising events. ‘more’

St James’ known locally as ‘the little white church’ for its picturesque chocolate-box appeal is popular for Weddings and Christenings. Situated in the Charlestown area of Baildon ‘more’

St Hugh’s church and Community Centre serves the lower Baildon community. Offering church services, social groups, food bank, community involvement and children’s services. ‘more’

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Hope you can join us on Sunday. Pick up a beautiful bunch on daffodils on us and take some for a special person, a neighbour, a friend...
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🎟️ Parish Prize Draw – March Results ✨
Thank you to everyone who continues to support the Parish Prize Draw. Your participation helps care for our parish buildings and the many ways they serve the community — from worship to fellowship, meetings to outreach.
Here are the winning numbers from the March draw:
🥇 1st Prize – £48 | No. 50
🥈 2nd Prize – £28 | No. 35
🥉 3rd Prize – £12 | No. 32
Every ticket contributes to maintaining and improving the spaces we share — places of welcome, prayer and service. Your support matters.
Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone's support.
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PURPOSE The purpose of the Parish Prize Draw is to raise funds. The money will be paid into a Parish account dedicated to the draw, and the funds will be used to maintain and develop our church buildings as well as supporting efforts for the Parish to be carbon neutral by 2030.
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We are offering a free Taster Session at St James's Hub, Kirklands Kirklands Lane, Baildon BD17 6HH on Wednesday 11th March from 12.00 - 12.45pm

“Dance with Deana”

Would you like to boost your overall health, improve your balance, receive help with fall prevention and generally improve your physical confidence? Then this new session could be for you so read on.

Deana Morgan has been leading various successful dance and fitness sessions in Baildon since 2010 and she has put this tester together with routines which are easy to follow, you would do them at your own pace, you can be standing or seated and will even have time to sing along, have fun and generally enjoy the exercises.
If we have enough interest a day and time will be arranged.
If you are interested in attending the taster session, please contact the Loraine Radcliffe to register your interest using the details below:

Phone: 07301 060954
Email: loraine.radcliffe@parishofbaildon.uk
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St Hugh's Community Centre runs a group for the over 60s every first Monday of the month. If you love watching the birds in your garden, why not join us at our next meeting? Steve Warrillow will be talking about our garden visitors and there will be an opportunity to make an Eco Bird Feeder. Refreshments and quiz as usual and all for £2.
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Rev Sandra Benham, Vicar of Baildon
Sandra’s role is to lead, with others both lay and ordained, the community of faith in Baildon and to be public face of the Church. This includes leading worship in our three Churches, being a presence in the wider community through work with schools, community organisations and other institutions as well as having a civic responsibility in the town.

Ian’s role is to offer support to the Vicar and the other clergy, to protect the fabric and inventory of the three Churches and to be welcoming to all who wish to worship in the parish.

Sarah offers administrative support to our churches and runs the parish office. She also works as our Parish Community Development Worker which involves setting up groups, bringing in community support and funding to benefit the wider Baildon community.

Rev Ruth Yeoman, Associate Priest, working half-time

‘Ruth works as a member of the ministry team across the whole parish. She engages particularly with children and young families, including ministry to local schools, and will be exploring new informal and creative styles of worship.’

Sheila’s role is to represent parishioners and support the Vicar and other clergy in the running of the parish. She looks after the churches and everything in them.