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.
This week’s services
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8 December: Second Sunday of Advent |
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8am Holy Communion |
Fr Mark |
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Next Sunday, 15 December: |
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8am Holy Communion |
Fr Mark |
Click here for special services over Advent and Christmas
Midweek Services:
Wednesdays 11 & 18 December
11:30am Eucharist (said): Fr Mark
Click here (from Saturday) for our current Sunday notice sheet.
Advent, Christmas and New Year 2024
Click here for details of the services for Advent, Christmas and New Year at St Andrew’s & St Cuthman’s in Steyning and at our sister church of Ashurst, St James. A printable sheet showing Churches Together services in Steyning, Ashurst, Bramber and Beeding can be downloaded here.
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.
Contact
Please click here to contact the PARISH OFFICE, or here if you wish to contact one of the CHURCHWARDENS or the VICAR.
Safeguarding
We take SAFEGUARDING very seriously; please click here if you have a concern of any kind.
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.
For other family-friendly events, see our Familes and Children page.
Pastoral Care
We have recently 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.
CHICHESTER DIOCESE: THE YEAR OF FAITH
2025 is the year of celebration of the Christian faith across Sussex. As the new liturgical year begins on Advent Sunday, our celebrations of the Year of Faith begin 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, will be holding a special event on Wednesday 22 January, at Steyning Grammar School, starting at 7pm.
See our bishops in a video produced by the diocese of Chichester about the Year of Faith, Chichester 950.
What's happening at Steyning Parish Church
THIS WEEK IS GRIEF AWARENESS WEEK
Please remember our next ‘Good Grief Café’ is on Friday 13 December at the Penfold Hall, Church St, Steyning, from 2pm to 4pm. Open to all who are feeling lonely, have suffered any form of loss and are looking to talk, or listen, to those who understand how you may be feeling. All welcome, of any faith or none.
To find out about the Good Grief Trust, click here.
Families and Children
Our Families and Children’s worker, Gary, has some amazing events coming up in the next few weeks – see the Families and Children’s Page here
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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.
Interactive programmes
Click on image to open programme. The interactive programme will open in a new site.
