Welcome to Steyning Parish Church
Join us at St Andrew’s and St Cuthman’s
All are welcome to our ancient Parish Church. Our mission for hundreds of years has been to help the people of Steyning to know, love and follow Jesus in their everyday lives, and to support their pastoral needs as they observe rites of passage, such as baptisms, weddings and funerals. Today, we are an inclusive Christian community, welcoming everybody regardless of gender, age, social background, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability.
Forthcoming services
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Wednesday 4 June |
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11:30am Holy Communion |
Fr Mark |
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Sunday 8 June: Pentecost (Whit Sunday) |
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8am Holy Communion |
Fr Mark |
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Wednesday 11 June |
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11:30am Holy Communion |
Fr Mark |
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Sunday 15 June: Trinity Sunday |
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8am Holy Communion |
Fr Peter |
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Click here (from Saturday) for our current Sunday notice sheet.
About us
Our building
Our notable Norman church building is usually open every day – or you can click on the photograph of our reredos below to see a 360-degree online panorama of the inside of our building and its interior lighting. Nowadays our church is dedicated to two patron saints: St Andrew the Apostle, one of Jesus’ first disciples, and St Cuthman of Steyning, the renowned builder of the first Saxon wooden church on this site.
Our Services
Please visit our SERVICES PAGE or see above to find out about our services. Videos of sermons preached in Steyning Parish Church can be viewed here.
Families and Children
Our Families’ and Children’s Worker Gary Pickett liaises closely with our local Church of England Primary School and organises a number of events aimed at primary school (or younger) children and their families.
These events include a weekly Baby and Toddler Group, ‘Little Stars’, held every Thursday morning at 9:30am in the Penfold Hall or in church.
For other family-friendly events, see our Families and Children page.
Pastoral Care
We have inaugurated a small team of trained, sympathetic listeners who can provide a friendly supporting presence in the event of health problems, loneliness, loss or bereavement or anything else that causes sadness or distress.
Please feel free to find out more on our Pastoral Care page, or email us at care@steyningparishchurch.org.
Safeguarding
We take SAFEGUARDING very seriously; please click here if you have a concern of any kind.
What's happening at Steyning Parish Church
Brighton Early Music Festival Consort
Saturday 21 June, 7:30pm
Please join us at St Andrew’s & St Cuthman’s to enjoy the wonderful voices of Brighton Early Music Festival Consort of Voices. It is their first visit to Steyning and they will be giving a programme of Madrigals and Motets for a Summer Evening, under the direction of their conductor James Elias. Tickets £15/under 30 £7.50/under 12 free. Book via bremf.org.uk or on the door.
We will be selling refreshments in the interval to raise money for church refurbishments. We look forward to welcoming you.
Lunchtime Concerts
GOOD GRIEF CAFÉ – Next Café Friday 14 June
Exciting news – children’s church relaunched
Our new look Children’s Church takes place on the first and fourth Sundays of the month.
Our sessions will include crafts, teaching and worship. We will start in church at the 9.30 service then head out to our group and will return to join the rest of the church family for the Eucharist.
For more information on this and other families and children’s initiatives, see our Facebook and Instagram pages, or contact Gary Pickett.
GIVE A LITTLE TO OUR CHURCH
Did you know it costs almost £500 a day to keep our church open and to provide spiritual help and inspiration to the local and wider communities? To see how you could help – even by giving us 10 minutes (about £3) – please visit our donations page.
Our youtube channel
Did you know that Steyning Parish Church has its own YouTube channel, where you can subscribe to see past sermons, videos made for Steyning Primary School assemblies during Covid and our professional-standard Nativity and Vineyard videos? Click here to see more.
CHICHESTER DIOCESE: THE YEAR OF FAITH
2025 is the year of celebration of the Christian faith across Sussex. As the new liturgical year starts on Advent Sunday, our celebrations of the Year of Faith began on 1 December.
2025 marks the 950th anniversary of the formation of the Diocese of Chichester and Chichester Cathedral and 1700 years since the Nicene Creed first emerged.
The diocese has set up a dedicated website giving information about, and links to, the events and celebrations which will form part of this special year.
Our deanery, Storrington, held a special event on Wednesday 22 January, at Steyning Grammar School, with Bishop Ruth.
See our bishops in a video produced by the diocese of Chichester about the Year of Faith, Chichester 950.
Interactive programmes
Click on image to open programme. The interactive programme will open in a new site.
