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This morning our 10 am service was a Eucharist, celebrated by Father Chris. The children left for their own session after the first hymn and...
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The first Sunday in Lent was a Parish Eucharist. The children left for their own session in the Parish Rooms, and the congregation continued...
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Our 10 am Eucharist today was an all age service. Father Chris was the Celebrant, and the lessons were read by members of our Sunday School....
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This morning, the third Sunday in February we had 2 services at 10 am. In the Church Hall the youngsters and their families had Crafty Commu...
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The Sunday after the Fete and we had an 'end of term' feeling in church today. Father Roger took the service a Parish Eucharist, an...
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This evening at 5pm we met at Saint Paul's Church in Chichester for a service of Celebration of the 950 th anniversary of the diocese b...
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After days of glorious sunshine, today was rainy and damp, but it did not dampen our spirits and worship. The Easter lilies are now in full ...
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This morning we had a Sung Mattins as our 10 am service. Father Chris spoke to us about prayer and how there can't be enough prayer! In ...
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The sun had disappeared this morning, and there were a few spots of rain. However Summer was inside the church with the beautiful flowers. ...
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This morning we came together at 10 am for Matins. Battling through the high wind which was the tail of Storm Eunice, we discovered that the...
17 November 2019
We had a beautiful Autumnal morning today.
Fr Stephen preached the sermon today. He talked about the devastating fire at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. With the first reports we didn't fully realise the extent of the damage.The French government have now agreed to fund the cost of the rebuild. The total loss of Notre Dame would be unimaginable. Our rich tradition of church music started in Notre Dame during medieval times. We know about the destruction of Herod's temple in Jerusalem, but its potential loss foretold by Jesus was unthinkable by the Jews in Jerusalem. But in a few years it had gone leaving only the foundations, now the Wailing Wall. That sense of loss has been real in recent years in parts of the Middle East and Africa due to war. It is shattering to the faithful. Jesus had been a faithful pilgrim, but knew not to put his trust into buildings, but in God.
Notre Dame was built so beautifully to represent Heaven, not to be worshipped for itself.
Religious art and architecture are much loved by Fr Stephen, but churches are there for us to be able to worship in relative comfort so we are not rained upon. We cannot consider the loss of our church building, but it likely to come to an end eventually.
The Sunday School had also been very busy, learning about God being always with us.
Fr Stephen preached the sermon today. He talked about the devastating fire at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. With the first reports we didn't fully realise the extent of the damage.The French government have now agreed to fund the cost of the rebuild. The total loss of Notre Dame would be unimaginable. Our rich tradition of church music started in Notre Dame during medieval times. We know about the destruction of Herod's temple in Jerusalem, but its potential loss foretold by Jesus was unthinkable by the Jews in Jerusalem. But in a few years it had gone leaving only the foundations, now the Wailing Wall. That sense of loss has been real in recent years in parts of the Middle East and Africa due to war. It is shattering to the faithful. Jesus had been a faithful pilgrim, but knew not to put his trust into buildings, but in God.
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Notre Dame was built so beautifully to represent Heaven, not to be worshipped for itself.
Religious art and architecture are much loved by Fr Stephen, but churches are there for us to be able to worship in relative comfort so we are not rained upon. We cannot consider the loss of our church building, but it likely to come to an end eventually.
The Sunday School had also been very busy, learning about God being always with us.
Service Times
First Sunday in the Month:
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Family Service
Second Sunday in the Month
Third Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Family Service
Second Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Parish Eucharist
10:00am Parish Eucharist
Third Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Sung Matins in the Church or Crafty Communion in Church Hall
Fourth Sunday in the Month
08:00am Holy Communion
08:00am Holy Communion
10:00am Parish Eucharist
Variations can be found in the Parish Magazine or the Calendar at the bottom of this page.
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