Eyam & Foolow Church Services

Eyam and Foolow Church buildings are open for services and prayer.  You can still continue to see our services online. Please see the diary for details.

Eyam Church is open for visitors and private prayer Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 4.00pm.  We are currently not open to visitors at weekends. If you have finished the Pilgrimage and would like to complete your book please contact us.

Our services can be found on our facebook site accessed from the computer icon on this website, or via our Youtube link

Many people still want to wear their facemasks, and we invite you to wear yours in Church.

Eyam Church

9.00am 1st and 3rd Sundays - Early Church will start again in September

11.00am Every Sunday - Morning Worship in Church - and also on livestream

6.15pm 2nd and 4th Sundays - Evening Service

Foolow Church

1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays - 9.30am Morning Service.  Holy Communion usually on first Sunday.

Church Attendance Booking

At present there is no need to book in for our services:

admin@eyamchurch.org  01433 630930

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Please remember to wear a face covering when attending services, and keep to the latest guidance.COVID 19 Permitted Activities v3.1.pdf (churchofengland.org)

If you are clinically extremely vulnerable and would like to receive spiritual care please contact us.

Thanks to All Churches Trust for grantfunding our livestreaming facilities.

Church Online

Our Church life continues in person and online - please see below for ways to join us - you are very welcome. 

On Sunday we have an 11.00am Morning Service in Church and also online.  eyamchurch.org

There are growth groups that meet online to encourage one another. Please tell us if you would like to be part of one of these.

If you would like to support our mission at Eyam Church, you can give using the Donate button below, or by a bank transfer to Eyam Parochial Church Council, sort code 60-10-19 account 95115846.  If you pay tax we can reclaim the Gift Aid if you complete this form Gift Aid Form  and return it to:

Church Centre Office, Eyam, Hope Valley S32 5QH or email it to admin@eyamchurch.org

You might also like to set up a Standing Order using this form   Standing Order Form

If you watch online and want to keep in touch with us, please go to the FORMS section of our website and fill in the Data Protection Consent form.  We can then contact you and keep you up to date with other events.

We would love to know how you feel about the online services and you can give us feedback in the FORMS section using the Questionnaires.

If you want to donate to Eyam Church, you can use one of these options:

Thank you for your support.

Serving the village

We are here to serve the village so we will be joining in with other village initiatives but if you would like to specifically talk to me about anything my phone number is 0794 7092951 or the office 01433 630930.

The Church exists to spread love and, though these restrictions are feeling difficult and burdensome, they can’t stop love which knows no barriers.

Finally as we continue in this lockdown I pray that you will continue in his love, that you might again grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:18-19)

Mike Gilbert, Rector of Eyam

The Church of England is called to share the good news of God's salvation through Jesus Christ. The life of our communities and institutions is integral to how we address this task. The good news speaks of welcome for all,  with a particular regard for those who are most vulnerable, into a community where the value and dignity of every human being is affirmed and those in positions of responsibility and authority are truly trustworthy. Being faithful to our call to share the gospel therefore compels us to take with the utmost seriousness the challenge of preventing abuse from happening and responding well where it has.

If you have any concerns over any safeguarding matter please contact the Parish Safeguarding Officer Adam Innes - 07510 363145.  If Adam is not available you can contact Helen Gilbert - 07786 515557.  You can also contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team - 01332 388678.

PCR2

Protocols and practice guidance for the Church of England’s Past Cases Review 2, (PCR2) have been published and are on the National Church of England Website. 

Individual survivors who wish to make representations to the PCR2 process in the Derby Diocese or who need to come forward with information or make any disclosures regarding church related abuse are encouraged to make direct contact with the Safeguarding Team 01332 388678. 

However, recognising that this may not feel safe for those with experience of abuse from within the church, a dedicated national helpline - 0800 80 20 20 - operated independently from the church, by the NSPCC, was set up in September 2019 and remains available.

Survivors were not invited to contribute to the 2007-2009 PCR and the Church has wanted to ensure a different, trauma informed approach is taken by PCR2. Listening to survivor voices has helped to shape how this review will be conducted. 

We are now at the beginning of the PCR2 process, this is an independent review to look at all the safeguarding files, historic and current for both adults and children, including all Church officers. The review aims to ensure that wherever concerns have been raised that the cases have been handled appropriately.

The National Church has given a commitment to undertake a new Past Cases Review (PCR2) which will not only look at all types of harm, both to children and or adults, but will probe much deeper in records or concerns held in parishes, some of which may not have been reported to the DSA. Your vicar (or church warden if in Interregnum) will now have received a letter from +Libby outlining what is required to enable this significant piece of work to be completed. We need to submit the final report to the National Safeguarding team by the end of December 2020. We will be in touch directly with PSOs’ to give the detail of the next step, but it may be helpful if you identify where any parish records are held so that there is less work to do when we ask you for the details. The timescale for responding to PCR2 in the Diocese of Derby is by 31st March 2020.