Weekly Notices from Steyning Parish Church
Anybody who would like to receive the full list of names for intercessions, please see the e-mailed version of this bulletin or request a copy from the Parish Office.
WEEKLY NOTICES FOR SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER
Upcoming Services
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Tomorrow, 25 October: Last Sunday after Trinity |
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8am Holy Communion |
Fr Mark |
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Wednesday, 28 October Simon & Jude Apostles |
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11:30am Eucharist with Prayers for Healing |
Fr Mark |
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Next Sunday, 1 November: All Saints’ Day |
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8am Holy Communion |
Fr Mark |
See under ‘Online Worship Resources’ below for the usual links to tomorrow morning’s Bible readings.
The reader at the 9:30am service tomorrow is Catherine Berry and the intercessor is Christine Aubrey.
Clocks Fall Back
We remind you that clocks fall back this weekend so please adjust your alarm clock tomorrow. Please note that the usual church locking-up time changes to 4pm with effect from Monday, 2 November.
November Magazine
The new magazine is now available online (here) and hard copies will be available in church from tomorrow as well as the other usual distribution points, under the lychgate, the Penfold Hall and (in due course) from the Post Office. Click here (and scroll down) to see why our magazine has once again been ‘Highly Commended’ by the Association for Church Editors.
Commemoration of the Faithful Departed
Next Sunday afternoon at 4pm we will be holding our annual reflective service of Memorial and Thanksgiving at All Soul’s-tide. As usual we also will pray by name for those whose anniversaries we keep, week-by-week, under Year’s Mind.
If you would like to add the names of any of your departed relations or friends, please add their name to the list at the back of church. Alternatively, click here to send names by email to the Parish Office.
If you include the date of death (day, month and year please), names will be added to our Year’s Mind list to be prayed for on the anniversary.
Other Forthcoming Services – for Your Diaries
- As usual there will be no 9:30am Eucharist on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November. Those of you who would like a seat in the main part of the nave are advised to arrive in plenty of time for the parade service. The service will begin at 10:45 as usual.
- At Choral Evensong next month, at 6pm on Sunday, 15 November, we will be celebrating our co-Patron, St Andrew. The visiting preacher will be the Rt Revd Nicholas Reade, a former Bishop of Blackburn (and, before that, Archdeacon of Lewes and Hastings, from 1997 to 2004).
- Advent Sunday falls on the last Sunday of November this year and the Advent carol service, From Darkness to Light will begin at 6pm. Again you should arrive early if you want a seat in the middle section of church.
- Our next informal and quiet ‘Reflections’ service of music, prayer and reflection will take place on 6 December.
Concern for Palestine
Many of our readers will have heard Fr Fadi Diab, Rector of St Andrew’s, Ramallah and St Peter’s, Birzeit, speak when he visited Steyning in the summer. (His interview with Christine Aubrey on 5 July can be found here.) On pages 16 and 17 of the new magazine, Catherine Berry updates us about the new local Palestine Support Group which will be working with Friends of the Holy land and Steyning for Peace to act and pray with concern for what is happening in Palestine. If you would like to join the mailing list, please get in touch with Catherine.
Lunchtime Concert on Tuesday
Our final fundraising lunchtime concert of the year takes place this Tuesday, 27 October when we welcome the ‘Worthing Dervishes’. As usual this begins at 12:30pm runs for around 30 minutes. Entry is free with the usual voluntary retiring collection for church building and improvement projects.
Chanctonbury Tickets Now Available
Advance tickets for the next concert by Chanctonbury Chorus A Chorus of Carols, will be available from Canon Nigel after most 9:30am services. This year’s December concert will take place on Saturday, 12 December at 7:30pm. Tickets are £15 in advance (£16 on the door).
Tower Works
The external scaffolding was completed during the week and the next phase is to install a scaffolding platform above the bells to allow access to the underside of the roof. The weather cock has now been taken down for conservation and regilding. As well as repairs to sections of rotting timbers, the programme of works will include the upgrading of the gutters to provide for harsher winter weather conditions such as those we have experienced in recent years. If you would like to make a donation towards this very expensive work, please contact one of the churchwardens.
Our Army Needs You!
Might you be interested in joining the reading army at our Primary School? We are very keen to encourage even greater links with our church school and we are looking for people to offer an hour a week to listen to the children read. A number of our congregation do so already, and if you would like to know more, please contact one of the churchwardensin the first instance.
Prayer for Healing with Laying-on of Hands
All are welcome to these peaceful midweek services which take place on Wednesday in the chancel at 11:30am which this week (on 28 October) – being the last of the month – includes prayers for healing with the laying-on of hands and anointing (if wanted).
Wednesday Coffee
Anyone is welcome to join us at the Penfold Hall on any Wednesday morning between 10am and 11:30am for real coffee or tea, conversation and big smiles. If you are willing to help, please speak to a member of the team.
Good Grief Café
The monthly sessions take place every second Friday afternoon from 2pm until 4pm in the Penfold Hall, with the next session scheduled for Friday, 13 November. Those who have experienced any sort of loss are welcome to join us for tea or coffee, biscuits and a listening ear. Come to talk and share, or just listen. For more information, please ring 01903 813276 or, if you prefer, you can email care@steyningparishchurch.org
Community Fridge
Steyning Community Fridge now holds three sessions each week, including Sunday mornings so feel free to pop down to the Cottage after the 9:30am service to pick up some fresh food that is close to or has just passed its best‑before date but is still good to eat. Opening times are as follows:
- Monday evenings from 6pm to 7pm
- Thursday mornings from 10am to 11am
- Sunday mornings from 10:45 to 11:45am.
Click here to send an email to the organisers. Donations, to help with transport costs, are always welcome.
ONLINE WORSHIP RESOURCES
The readings for the Last Sunday after Trinity (when observed as Bible Sunday) are as follows: Nehemiah 8:1‑4a[5‑6] 8‑12; Psalm 119:9‑16; Colossians 3:12‑17; Matthew 24:30‑35.
The Church of England continues to provide a videoed, pre‑recorded service, available every Sunday at 9am. These services tend to last between 30 and 50 minutes. Last Sunday’s service had an Education Sunday theme and is still available on the same page.
Services continue to be streamed live from our Cathedral. The text of each service, including hymns and readings, is usually available as a PDF on the same page.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Recently Departed
Elizabeth (‘Betty’) Allison, Doreen Carr, Peter Malcolm Firth, Anita Evans, Patricia Honor (‘Pat’) Tod, Caro Field.
Year’s Mind
Daphne Jones, Derek Stanley Sear, Thomas Walford, Eleanor Mary Lewis, Aileen Joyce Millman, Doris Cobb, Malcolm John Duke, Annette Hayle, Karen McCarthy, Penelope Jean (‘Penny’) Mimmack, Thomas Lowndes Wright, Ann Bird, Margaret Rosamund (‘Peggy’) Croucher, Sheila Stevens, Joyce Townsend, Malcolm John Duke, Violet Emily White, Vera Buckland.
Intercessions for Healing
Please contact the Parish Office (or on 01903 813276) if anyone you know should be added (with their consent) to our public intercessions. To contact or update our Prayer Group, please write to prayer@steyningparishchurch.org
Last Week's Notices
WEEKLY NOTICES FOR SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER
Upcoming Services
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Tomorrow, 18 October: Twentieth after Trinity |
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8am Holy Communion |
Fr Peter |
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Wednesday, 21 October |
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11:30am Eucharist |
Fr Mark |
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Next Sunday, 25 October: Last Sunday after Trinity |
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8am Holy Communion |
Fr Mark |
The reader at tomorrow’s 9:30am Music Group Eucharist tomorrow Larry Culliford and the intercessor is Vivien Coates.
Monthly Magazine
Our joint magazine for Ashurst and Steyning has once again been ‘Highly Commended’ by the Association for Church Editors. Click here (and scroll down) to see the judging panel comments, with a photograph. We congratulate Bill and the editorial team, who only narrowly missed one of the annual awards.
The October magazine can be read online here. Printed copies can be picked up from the back of church as well as from the other usual distribution points in town, including the Post Office.
Choral Evensong
At Choral Evensong tomorrow the canticles will be sung to the setting in D Minor by Thomas Attwood Walmisley (1814-1856) and the setting for the rest of the service was composed by Andrew West for Pinner Parish Church. The anthem is Cantate Domino (the Latin text of Psalm 149:1-2) by the Italian composer, organist and choirmaster Giuseppe Pitoni (1657‑1743).
The final hymn is ‘Immortal, invisible, God only wise’, written by the Scottish Presbyterian Minister Walter Chalmer Smith (1824‑1908), inspired by 1 Timothy 1:17. The familiar tune, ‘St Denio’ is based on a traditional Welsh ballad, Can mlynedd i nawr (‘A Hundred Years from Now’) and was first published as a hymn tune in 1839. The title refers to St Denis, the patron saint of France, whose feast day was yesterday, 9 October.
All are welcome. Why not invite a friend who enjoys choral music?
Bookshop Event in Church
This Monday, 19 October, local crime writer Peter James will introduce his new thriller, Dead in Three Two One. This event will begin at 7:30pm. Tickets, which include a copy of the new book, are available in advance from Steyning Bookshop, on the High Street or online via its website. Bar available.
Tuesday Lunchtime Concerts
Beginning this Tuesday, we are to hold another two lunchtime concerts in the church this autumn:
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Tuesday, 20 October |
The Barking Quartet |
Both concerts will begin at 12:30pm and run for 30 minutes, and are free to enter with a voluntary retiring collection towards church building and improvement projects.
Forthcoming Funerals / Memorial Service
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Monday, 19 October at 2pm |
Pat Tod |
Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord:
And let light perpetual shine upon them.
May they rest in Peace: And rise in glory.
Tower Works
The scaffolding team are working today (Saturday) to catch up on their progress in finalising the scaffolding. They will also be constructing an internal scaffold in the ringing chamber above our church bells for protection and safe working, after which repairs and replacements can begin to some sections of rotting timber (caused by water ingress) in the joists supporting the roof. The programme of works also includes the upgrading of the gutters and other rainwater drainage equipment to provide for harsher winter weather conditions such as those we have experienced in recent years. The weather cock will be taken down, conserved and regilded at a workshop in Shoreham. If you would like to make a donation towards this very expensive work, please send an email to Tina, our Honorary Treasurer, or speak to one of the churchwardens.
Could You be an Angel?
‘Our parish office is in need of more volunteer helpers, particularly on Thursday mornings (10am to midday). You only need to commit to one Thursday per month, but there is the opportunity for one person to do two sessions if they want. If you might be able to assist with this please send an email to our churchwardens, or speak to Judie or Kate directly.
Ghoulish Volunteers Seek Assistance
There is still space for a few more to help with greeting, serving refreshments and to assist at the craft tables at this year’s Hallowe’en Pitstop in the Penfold Hall on Saturday, 31 October. Gary is grateful to all who have signed-up to help (between 4:45 and 7:15pm). Gary says this will be a busy two hours but a fantastic time to meet people from around the community in a decidedly different environment. You can add your name at the back of the church, or send an email Gary for more information.
Our Army Needs You!
Might you be interested in joining the reading army at our Primary School? We are very keen to encourage even greater links with our church school and we are looking for people to offer an hour a week to listen to the children read. A number of our congregation do so already, and if you would like to know more, please contact one of the churchwardensin the first instance.
Good Grief Café
The monthly sessions take place every second Friday afternoon from 2pm until 4pm in the Penfold Hall, with the next session scheduled for Friday, 13 November. Those who have experienced any sort of loss are welcome to join us for tea or coffee, biscuits and a listening ear. Come to talk and share, or just listen. For more information, please ring 01903 813276 or, if you prefer, you can email care@steyningparishchurch.org
Wednesday Coffee
Anyone is welcome to join us at the Penfold Hall on any Wednesday morning between 10am and 11:30am for real coffee or tea, conversation and big smiles. If you are willing to help, please speak to a member of the team.
Midweek Eucharist
All are welcome to these peaceful midweek services which take place in the chancel of St Andrew’s & St Cuthman’s at 11:30am every Wednesday. A special service including prayers for healing takes place the final Wednesday of the month (next one on 28 October).
Community Fridge
Steyning Community Fridge now holds three sessions each week, including Sunday mornings so feel free to pop down to the Cottage after the 9:30am service to pick up some fresh food that is close to or has just passed its best‑before date but is still good to eat. Opening times are as follows:
- Monday evenings from 6pm to 7pm
- Thursday mornings from 10am to 11am
- Sunday mornings from 10:45 to 11:45am.
Click here to send an email to the organisers. Donations, to help with transport costs, are always welcome.
ONLINE WORSHIP RESOURCES
The collect and shortened readings (Contemporary English Version) to be used at the tomorrow’s Eucharist on a third Sunday may be found here.
The full set of readings (in the New Revised Standard Version) for the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity (Proper 24, Year A) are as follows: Isaiah 45:1‑7; Psalm 96:1‑9[10‑13]; 1 Thessalonians 1:1‑10; Matthew 22:15‑22.
The Church of England continues to provide a videoed, pre‑recorded service, available every Sunday at 9am. These services tend to last between 30 and 50 minutes. Last Sunday’s service had an Education Sunday theme and is still available on the same page.
Services continue to be streamed live from our Cathedral. The text of each service, including hymns and readings, is usually available as a PDF on the same page.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
Holy Baptism
Macey Ann Power (Steyning, 11 October)
Recently Departed
Elizabeth (‘Betty’) Allison, Doreen Carr, Peter Malcolm Firth, Anita Evans, Patricia Honor (‘Pat’) Tod, Caro Field.
Year’s Mind
Rosemary Judith Cole, Elizabeth Emily (‘Betty’) Murrell, Nigel Lambert, Daphne Jones, Derek Stanley Sear, Thomas Walford, Eleanor Mary Lewis, Aileen Joyce Millman, Doris Cobb, Malcolm John Duke, Annette Hayle, Karen McCarthy.
Intercessions for Healing
Please contact the Parish Office (or on 01903 813276) if anyone you know should be added (with their consent) to our public intercessions. To contact or update our Prayer Group, please write to prayer@steyningparishchurch.org