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Acts 11:1-18 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. The apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also acc...
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A fun community day with something for everyone . This year’s event will be jam-packed with fun activities for the whole family to enjoy....
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Audio files are available on "The Message" page Acts 1.1-11 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. In the first book, Theo...
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On Saturday morning we had a visit from Bishop Martin, who is undertaking a visit of the Chichester Deanery. He joined us to celebrate a sai...
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This morning our 10 am Service was Sung Eucharist. Father Stephen was the celebrant. On a lovely spring morning we came together to praise G...
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Our Ash Wednesday Eucharist and imposition of ashes was in the evening. The Church was bare of any flowers or ornamentation, as is appropria...
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Ten Reasons Why You Should Sing Singing is good for you, don't take my word for it, I got the following from Opera North! 1. Singing mak...
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Acts 2:1-21 A reading from the Acts of the Apostle. When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly ...
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Acts 16:9-15 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him ...
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The third sunday of Advent, so we lit the pink candle. Father Roger took sung Matins at the Church and Father Christ held a Crafty Mass in t...
28 May 2013
This Sunday we celebrated the mystical wonder of God in three persons yet united in one the Blessed Trinity. Glorious sunshine greeted us on this Trinity morning, our service was a Parrish Eucharist. We sang many familiar Trinity Hymns and the Choir sang 'Ave Verum' in the setting by Edward Elgar as the anthem. And so we start the long period of Trinity or Ordinary time, with many activities planned for the Summer and Autumn including a Jazz workshop with the Jazz Smugglers on June 16th at 7;30 in Church. Come and listen and join in!! We look forward to the Fete in July and our Tea Party with the Bishop at the end of July. Keep an aye out for more details of both events.
Summer at St Marys |
23 May 2013
Pentecost marks the arrival of the Holy Spirit with the Disciples as they waited in Jerusalem following the Ascension of Jesus. It was the third Sunday of May so our 10 o'clock service was Matins. The Choir sang 'O Holy Spirit Lord of Grace' Words by Charles Coffin Music by Christopher Tye.
The traditional colour of Pentecost is red, we do not have any stained glass in St Mary our Lady, but we are blessed with a series of these lovely glass plates which are used through out the year. Our Pentecost plate looks wonderful with the spring sunlight streaming through it. Our altar frontal for Pentecost is also a lovely deep red, as shown.
The traditional colour of Pentecost is red, we do not have any stained glass in St Mary our Lady, but we are blessed with a series of these lovely glass plates which are used through out the year. Our Pentecost plate looks wonderful with the spring sunlight streaming through it. Our altar frontal for Pentecost is also a lovely deep red, as shown.
15 May 2013
This Sunday we were back in church after our exertions of last week for a Parrish Eucharist. This is the last Sunday of Eastertide, and as we celebrated Ascension day on Thursday last, we are looking forward to Pentecost next week and the arrival of the Holy Spirit. The Choir sang 'God is gone up with a Mighty Noise' by William Croft as the Anthem. There were cakes for sale after the service, these were part of the sale of cakes at the Coffee Morning held on saturday in aid of the New Parrish Rooms, £110 was raised, many thanks to those who organised the very successful morning.
The Sunday School parents and children are taking part in the Swimathon being organised by the Lions at the Westgate Centre next Saturday, there is a sponsor form in the back of the church, do pop into church and sign up if you have not already done so!! Good luck swimmers!!
The Sunday School parents and children are taking part in the Swimathon being organised by the Lions at the Westgate Centre next Saturday, there is a sponsor form in the back of the church, do pop into church and sign up if you have not already done so!! Good luck swimmers!!
07 May 2013
This Sunday being the first of the month was our children's service. We made our annual rogation walk of blessing. Sidlesham is quite a large Parrish geographically, despite having only 1400 souls residing in it. The boundaries would take quite a while to walk, so our rogation walk was limited to the immediate surroundings of the Church.
We started in the barn at the end of Church Farm Lane, blessing the seeds and crops, then proceeded through to bless the creatures of the water, the horses and the cows, returning to the Church for our final hymn and blessing. This year we were blessed indeed to have dry weather, after several years of processing in the rain this was much appreciated. We hope this augers well for a productive year on the land.
Don't forget Thursday 9th May is Ascension Day there will be a service at 7:30 to celebrate the Ascension of Our Lord, do come along!
We started in the barn at the end of Church Farm Lane, blessing the seeds and crops, then proceeded through to bless the creatures of the water, the horses and the cows, returning to the Church for our final hymn and blessing. This year we were blessed indeed to have dry weather, after several years of processing in the rain this was much appreciated. We hope this augers well for a productive year on the land.
At the Barn |
Blessing the Cows |
Everyone singing to the Horses |
Blessing the creatures of the waters |
And the Horse |
Don't forget Thursday 9th May is Ascension Day there will be a service at 7:30 to celebrate the Ascension of Our Lord, do come along!
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