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June 2024

Hanover Band

‘Cuth-bourne’ Festival?

On Saturday 22 June we had a remarkable opportunity in St Andrew’s & St Cuthman’s to hear a major concert by one of the country’s finest baroque music ensembles.

The Hanover Band played all six of Bach’s Brandenburg

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‘Cuth-bourne’ Festival?

On Saturday 22 June we had a remarkable opportunity in St Andrew’s & St Cuthman’s to hear a major concert by one of the country’s finest baroque music ensembles.

The Hanover Band played all six of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. The afternoon began with three concertos, Nos 1, 2 and 4. This was followed by a picnic with prosecco, wine or juice in the Vicarage Garden – echoes of Glyndebourne – before the early evening return to the church for concertos 5, 6 and 3 (finishing with the best known and most stirring of them all). The acoustics of our Norman building proved ideally suited to the instruments like the harpsichord, recorders and viola de gamba.

Many thanks to the Friends of Steyning Parish Church as well as our own volunteers for making this very special event possible.

Bookshop event 17 June 2024

A very special event

Many thanks to our friends at Steyning Bookshop who, to mark Independent Bookshop Week, arranged a Crime Writers’ Forum in Steyning Parish Church on 17 June. Over 150 people attended the sell-out event, which featured well-known

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A very special event

Many thanks to our friends at Steyning Bookshop who, to mark Independent Bookshop Week, arranged a Crime Writers’ Forum in Steyning Parish Church on 17 June. Over 150 people attended the sell-out event, which featured well-known author William Shaw interviewing local crime writer Elly Griffiths and ‘borderline National Treasure’ Revd Richard Coles.

Elly and Richard (William too) had new books to discuss and to sign afterwards. We learned a lot about the authors, their different methods and their history – who knew that William first interviewed Richard (then of the Communards) for a music publication in the 1980s? Or about the pencilled notes from her editor in the margins of Elly’s manuscripts (or that Beeding Cement Works features in her latest book)?

Hanover Band

Hanover Band – 22 June

The Hanover Band returns to Steyning Parish Church on Saturday, 22 June. The Band will perform all six of JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in church over two sessions – 3:30pm and 6pm. Concert prices start

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Hanover Band – 22 June

The Hanover Band returns to Steyning Parish Church on Saturday, 22 June. The Band will perform all six of JS Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in church over two sessions – 3:30pm and 6pm. Concert prices start at £25 to cover both performances. Picnics cost £12 per head, or feel free to bring your own. Concert tickets for under 25s are free for this amazing concert.

Hanover Band

The Hanover Band orchestra comprises some of the best period instrument specialists in the UK, and the acoustics of our church lend themselves particularly well to this type of performance. The players are considered to be among the best in their field  – as anyone who heard Handel’s Messiah in Steyning from the Hanover Band in December of 2022 can testify.

Tickets can be booked here.

Pastoral care team inaugurated

Pastoral care team inaugurated

On Sunday 2 June at the 9:30am Eucharist, our pastoral care team was formally commissioned by Fr Mark. The service included specially-chosen hymns and readings appropriate to the occasion. The sermon was preached by Revd Steve

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Pastoral care team inaugurated

On Sunday 2 June at the 9:30am Eucharist, our pastoral care team was formally commissioned by Fr Mark. The service included specially-chosen hymns and readings appropriate to the occasion. The sermon was preached by Revd Steve Gurr, who led the training of the team. Revd Steve’s sermon can be viewed on our YouTube channel here.

If you are, or know somebody in the locality who may be, unwell, feeling lonely, or in need of friendship and prayers, please email: care@steyningparishchurch.org.