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We had a lovely sunny morning to greet us today. Crafty church was held in the Church Hall whilst in church we had sung Matins. Fr Roger who...
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Thankfully Storm Bert hasn't damaged the church, although the strong wind kept opening the south door during the service. The Sunday Sch...
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1 Corinthians 11.23-26 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians, Beloved: I received from the Lord what I also hand...
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***Tickets for the Selsey performances are sold out **** David Flint – Actor David toured with The National Youth Theatre in Coriolanus an...
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Another busy weekend at St Mary our Lady. On Saturday night we had a Eucharist for All Souls Day with the Faure Requiem sung liturgically in...
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For Remembrance Sunday we had a 10 am Eucharist celebrated by Father Chris and observed the 2 minutes silence at 11 in Church, and read the ...
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The first Sunday in the month our 10 am service was a family eucharist. The weather has returned to the glorious sunshine so the church was ...
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Father Chris is back, and we had a parish Eucharist today at 10 am The choir sang 'Tantum Ergo' in the setting by Deodat de Severac ...
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A reminder to come and join us in the Parish Rooms for a festive play. Gillian Plowman is an English playwright. She is the author of...
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The third Sunday in March, so our double offering this morning. Mattins in the Church with Father Roger, and aservice with crafty activities...
29 December 2014
A sharp frost and a bright blue sky for the first Sunday after Christmas. Our 10:00am service, sung Eucharist, had as its focus the Holy Family. Father Stephen told us a story from East Sussex of a single mother who placed her baby in the nativity crib one cold Christmas night during the first world war, and how that baby was adopted by a couple who had lost their son in the war, who took on the mother as a nanny. Our Lord came to earth as a human baby and shared normal family life with Mary and Joseph, part of his true human experience, which made his sacrifice for us so significant.
We were delighted to welcome James Roriston to play the organ for this service, as Joanna is enjoying a well deserved break. James played some Hubert Howells before the service, and JS Bach at the end. This latter was greeted with a round of applause! We enjoyed a cup of coffee before setting out into the cold bright day.
Please note that tickets for the Silent Auction to b held in January will be on sale at next week's family service.
We were delighted to welcome James Roriston to play the organ for this service, as Joanna is enjoying a well deserved break. James played some Hubert Howells before the service, and JS Bach at the end. This latter was greeted with a round of applause! We enjoyed a cup of coffee before setting out into the cold bright day.
Please note that tickets for the Silent Auction to b held in January will be on sale at next week's family service.
26 December 2014
We had a clear dry day for our Christmas Day services. At 10:00 am we had the children's services with Nativity and blessing of presents, and at 11:15 we had a said Eucharist with Carols.The Choir sang 'Away in a Manger' after communion and we went home to Christmas lunch joyfully!!
Our celebration of Our Lord's Incarnation began with Midnight Mass.The service began at 11:30 in a candlelit church. The congregation and choir sang traditional carols, and Father Stephen, much recovered, was the celebrant. The Christmas Gospel was from Luke, and the old story, so familiar is non the less fresh each year with the wonder of Our Saviour's birth. The Choir sang the Sussex Carol after communion, and we went out into Christmas morning wishing each other a very merry Christmas
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the church lit by candles |
The organ decorated |
Merry Christmas |
22 December 2014
On Sunday evening we had our Service of 9 Lessons and Carols.The newly decorated and candle lit church had a very welcoming sight for the full congregation who attended this lovely service. Father Stephen was able to join us for the service which followed the traditional pattern of prayers, readings, carols and choir items. We were very pleased to be joined by two great friends of St Marys, who contribute to our music on special occasions, James Roriston, who conducted the Choir and also played the organ, and Peter Webster, who was the soloist in three items, In the Bleak Midwinter (Rossetti; Darke) The Spotless Rose (trad 14C, Howells) and The Three Kings (Cornelius arr Atkins) adding greatly to our service. The Choir also sang Adam Lay Ybounden (anon 15C, Ord),A Maiden Most Gentle (Andrew Carter) and The Sussex Carol. The first verse of Once in Royal David's City was sung by Lucy, the Head Chorister of the Junior Choir, all the Junior Choir took part in the Choir items, it was a great joy to have them with us after a very successful year for them. The congregation sang a number of Hymns including 'While Shepherds Watched' and 'O Come All ye Faithful'. The traditional readings, from the Old and New Testament telling the story of the Birth of Jesus were as fresh and meaningful as ever, read by different members of the Church Family, from the youngest, one of the server team, to Father Stephen himself closing with the opening chapters of St John's Gospel., It was a very fitting start to the Christmas period.
The last Sunday in Advent, being a third Sunday, we had sung Matins as our 10 o'clock service. Father Stephen, who has had a nasty cold, was not with us for this service, so the Churchwardens, ably assisted by Joanna Chivers-Gibb and Margaret Guise lead the service. The choir sang 'Gabriel's Message' a traditional advent anthem based on a Basque carol, english version by Sabine-Gould set by Edgar Pettman. There was coffee after the service.
On Saturday the flower arrangers had decorated the church for Christmas, and it was looking particularly beautiful.
On Saturday the flower arrangers had decorated the church for Christmas, and it was looking particularly beautiful.
Our annual Christmas Fair was held in the Church Hall on Saturday afternoon. The traditional mixture of stalls, refreshments and raffles were all there and the whole event was very well attended. It was a good start to the Christmas events. The stall holders all worked hard and a great many mince pies and other cakes were consumed, not to mention the gallons of tea and some mulled wine! Even more satisfactory news is that takings were up on last year!
02 December 2014
Today we begin the season of Advent, A season of contemplation and repentance, with the expectation of the arrival of Our Lord at Christmas. Our 10 o'clock service opened with the Matin Responsory. The words are adapted from the first responsory of Advent Sunday in the early medieval rite, and the setting is by Palestrina.Sung unaccompanied it provided a sense of the urgency of the message of the imminent arrival of the Messiah. The service reflected this with reading from Isiah and from St Mark's gospel. In the sermon Father Stephen, with the help of the children put together the Advent wreath for the church and taught us the meaning of each of the candles, for Abraham, the Prophets especially Isiah, St John the Baptist, and St Mary our Lady. There was coffee after the service.
In the afternoon we had our annual Advent wreath making and tea. We gathered in the Church Hall and thanks to Anwyl and Margery we had a wonderful choice of different greenery to use in the construction of the wreaths. When every one had finished the wreaths were placed on the central table and one candle of each was lit, and Father Stephen blessed them Then we had a lovely tea, many thanks to Deirdre and Shirley for wielding the tea pots an washing up!!
In the afternoon we had our annual Advent wreath making and tea. We gathered in the Church Hall and thanks to Anwyl and Margery we had a wonderful choice of different greenery to use in the construction of the wreaths. When every one had finished the wreaths were placed on the central table and one candle of each was lit, and Father Stephen blessed them Then we had a lovely tea, many thanks to Deirdre and Shirley for wielding the tea pots an washing up!!
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