Belper Unitarian Chapel
Our Vision
Here is quietness for the healing of our spirits;
Here is history for the background of our lives;
Here is thinking for the enlarging of our minds;
Here is fellowship for the warming of our souls.
Service Times
Services of worship are held in Belper Chapel on the 1st., 3rd., and, 5th. Sundays each month at 3.00 pm.
Chapel Activities
We hold various social activities including flower arranging classes and poetry evenings. We also host live musical events from time to time at the chapel. We have also hosted Family Saturday when all the other chapel congregations in the East Midlands visited us.
The chapel is very interested in the work of the Derbyshire writer Leslie Crichton Porteous and we hosted a lecture about his life and writings.
Creche Facilities
On most Sundays when we hold a service a creche facility is available.
History of the Congregation
The congregation at Belper was founded in 1689. Jedediah Strutt, the local mill owner, had the original chapel built in 1788. The Chapel remains today very much as it was when it was built. Underneath the tiered box-pews there is an arched catacomb where members of the Strutt family are interred. There is much civic pride in our historic chapel.
Minister
The chapel shares the services of Chris Goacher, the East Midlands Partnership Minister, with Derby Friar Gate Chapel and the Charnwood Unitarian Fellowship. Chris discovered Unitarianism by chance when he walked past Friar Gate chapel after moving to Derby. Further research revealed that he had Unitarian ancestors and that Unitarianism was the faith that he had been searching for. Becoming an active Unitarian inspired him to train for the ministry, which led to ministries at Ashton-in-Makerfield, Warrington, and Liverpool, before coming to his present post in 2004. Chris has also been the minister of the National Unitarian Fellowship since 2004. He also conducts Buddhist "Days of Mindfulness" based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Contact for details
Secretary:
Mrs J Woodward
8 Beaurepaire Crescent
Belper
Derbys
DE56 1DH
Tel 01773-827184
Location
We are in Field Row, Green Lane, Belper.
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