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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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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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Deuteronomy 26:1-11 A reading from the book of Deuteronomy. Moses spoke to the peopple saying: When you have come into the land that the Lor...
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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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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 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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the third Sunday in January and a choice of services at 10 am. In the Church Matins and in the Hall, crafty communion. The choir sand the Be...
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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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Today we all met at 10 am to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany and to remember the arrival of the Magi at the Crib. Our Magi or Kings were...
25 December 2023
We have had a busy Christmas at St Marys! Our 9 Lessons and Carol Service was held on the 17th of December, with traditional Lessons and Carols plus some carols sung by the Choir. This was followed by refreshments for everyone on the church rooms. Then on the 24th of December we started off with the Eucharist for the 4th Sunday in Advent, and then in the afternoon turned our attention to Christmas Eve with a crib service, starting in the church hall and processing with candle lanterns to the the Church where the Holy Family were to be found sitting in front of the altar! Songs and prayers and a blessing sent everyone on their way. At 11:30 we held our Midnight Mass with Carols, the Choir sang 'Torches' after communion.
On Christmas morning an all age Eucharist was held to celebrate the birth of our redeemer!
Happy Christmas to everyone!
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah.
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,
who brings good news,
who announces salvation,
who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’
Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices,
together they sing for joy;
for in plain sight they see
the return of the Lord to Zion.
Break forth together into singing,
you ruins of Jerusalem;
for the Lord has comforted his people,
he has redeemed Jerusalem.
The Lord has bared his holy arm
before the eyes of all the nations;
and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Hebrews 1:1-4
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews.
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors
in many and various ways by the prophets,
but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son,
whom he appointed heir of all things,
through whom he also created the worlds.
He is the reflection of God’s glory
and the exact imprint of God’s very being,
and he sustains all things by his powerful word.
When he had made purification for sins,
he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
having become as much superior to angels
as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
John 1:1-15
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came into being through him,
and without him not one thing came into being.
What has come into being in him was life,
and the life was the light of all people.
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness did not overcome it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
He came as a witness to testify to the light,
so that all might believe through him.
He himself was not the light,
but he came to testify to the light.
The true light, which enlightens everyone,
was coming into the world.
He was in the world,
and the world came into being through him;
yet the world did not know him.
He came to what was his own,
and his own people did not accept him.
But to all who received him,
who believed in his name,
he gave power to become children of God,
who were born, not of blood
or of the will of the flesh
or of the will of man,
but of God.
And the Word became flesh and lived among us,
and we have seen his glory,
the glory as of a father’s only son,
full of grace and truth.
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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