WEEKLY NOTICES FOR SATURDAY 17 JANUARY

Upcoming Services

See ‘Online Worship Resources’ below for the usual links to tomorrow morning’s Bible readings.

The readers at tomorrow’s 9:30am Music Group Eucharist will include Jill Brown, Milly and Rosie Collins and Canon Nigel. The intercessions will be led by Christine Aubrey with additional prayers from the children.

Choral Evensong

Our next Choral Evensong will take place on 15 February, when we will celebrate our Patronal Festival of St Cuthman.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

The Week of Prayer for Unity has been running internationally since 1908. It begins tomorrow and runs until 25 January. As a sign of the unity of our local congregations, we are invited once again by Steyning and District Churches Together to Steyning Methodist Church (BN44 3GG) to celebrate a ‘Love Feast’ (Agape) at 3:30pm next Sunday. The service includes the sharing of current buns – gluten-free options will be available. Please note this time differs from the time quoted in the January magazine.

Because of the ecumenical service there will be no evening service at St Andrew’s & St Cuthman’s on 25 January.

Banish the January Blues

Please support the next Family Support Work coffee morning at the Penfold Hall. Saturday, 31 January from 10am until midday. Click here to see the poster with details. If you can bake a cake (and provide a list of ingredients please), there is a sign-up list at the back of church. If you can help in other ways please speak to Sheila Tredgett or any member of the FSW team. Click here for more information about Family Support Work across Sussex including Brighton and Hove.

January 2026 Magazine

Printed copies of the new monthly church magazine continue to be available from church and the other usual distribution points: under the lychgate; the Penfold Hall; and from the Post Office. The online version is available from our website.

Musical Matters

Our next concert in church takes place on Saturday, 7 March at 6pm with the Kaleidoscope Singers and the Brighton Chamber Choir. Music includes music by Randall Thompson, Eric Whitacre, Stephen Paulis and arrangements by Moses Hogan and Kirby Shaw. Tickets are £16 (under 18s £5) and are available from Steyning Bookshop.

Under its new musical director, Liz Kirkland, the new era Chanctonbury Chorus has just begun its rehearsals on Wednesdays at 7 pm in at the SGS Towers Campus.  Several new people joined the Chorus last Wednesday but new voices are always welcome – if you or anyone you know might be interested, they can speak to Canon Nigel after the 9:30am service. The next Chanctonbury Chorus is planned for Saturday evening, 6 June in church.

Children’s Church on Sundays

Meetings continue on first and fourth Sundays. The children will join the church family at the beginning of the service at 9:30am, then head out for crafts, games, stories and worship before coming back into church for the final part of the service.

Little Stars!

Meetings continue in the Penfold Hall over the usual two sessions each week:

• Monday afternoons from 1pm to 2:45pm
• Thursday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30am.

There is no need to apply or book. Just turn up with your children. Any enquiries can be directed to Gary on 07396 963996 or at families@steyningparishchurch.org.

Wednesday Coffee

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 our peaceful midweek service of Holy Communion, which takes place in the chancel of St Andrew’s & St Cuthman’s at 11:30am every Wednesday. On the final Wednesday of each month (next on 28 January), this service includes prayers for healing with the laying-on of hands and anointing.

Good Grief Café

These meetings are held on the second Friday afternoon of each month with the next with the next meeting on Friday afternoon, 13 February. Those who have experienced any sort of loss are welcome to join us for tea or coffee, biscuits and a listening ear. The Café is open from 2pm until 4pm but stay for as long as you wish. 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

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

Free Food – Three Times a Week!

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.

ChurchSuite

During 2026 we will be making more use of ‘ChurchSuite‘ – our church database that also offers more flexible ways to communicate with our congregation and other contacts, including the way we deliver this electronic weekly newsletter.

Making more use of ChurchSuite will improve data privacy and security and will also let you have easier control over the information we hold about you. You can adjust your communication preferences by following the link at the end of any message sent via the ChurchSuite system. Just look for ‘Manage communications’ beneath our charity number and links. Should you have any comments on these changes, please send them to comms@steyningparishchurch.org – or speak to one of the churchwardens.

ONLINE WORSHIP RESOURCES

The collect and shortened readings to be used at the Music Group Eucharist (Contemporary English Version) may be found here. The full NRSV (New Revised Standard Version) readings of the principal service of the day are: Isaiah 49:1‑7;Psalm 40:1‑12; 1 Corinthians 1:1‑9; and John 1:29‑42.

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.

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

Zachary Kernot (11 January, Steyning)

Recently Departed

Godfrey Salmon, Paul Donaldson, Ann Peggy Ball, Gary West, Audrey Mundy.

Year’s Mind

Michael Griffiths, Campbell Middleton, Brenda Carney, Margaret Ellen Moore, Jane Frances Moynihan, Marian Lucy Emma Child, Herbert Thomas Reynolds, Angela Mary Baker, Peter Major, Muriel Trevor (nee Penfold).