Category: Henfield (Page 10 of 13)

The last services held in our churches were on Sunday 15th March and so we are delighted to announce that we will be re-opening St.Peter’s Church Henfield for worship on Sunday 12th July. There will be two services of Holy Communion at 8.30am and 10am. It will be church, but not as we know it, as we rightly need to put in place measures that comply with the latest guidelines on hygiene and social distancing to keep each other safe. That also means that how we worship needs to change at the moment. Each service will be said, there will be no congregational singing, nor sharing of the peace at the 10am service. Sadly we cannot offer refreshments after the services either. There will also be changes to the way in which we take a collection too. Congregations will also need to be limited in size so please contact the church office if you wish to come so that we can manage numbers. We are sorry that we can’t offer services at Shermanbury and Woodmancote immediately, but they will be reinstated over the next couple of months. We are also very aware that some people are still self-isolating or shielding, others remain nervous, and others still need to stay at home because of age or underlying health conditions. With that in mind we will continue to livestream our services on Facebook. For more information on what changes we have made to our services please click here

We are delighted to announce that following the latest guidelines on hygiene and social distancing,  from Monday 22nd June St. Peter’s will be open between 1pm and 5pm daily for private prayer. All are welcome to come in to light a candle, to pray, or to seek peace and quiet.

We have been sending out a weekly newsletter since March to everyone who would like to receive news about our churches. The newsletter contains links to various resources for our own on-line services as well as services at other well known places like Chichester Cathedral. There is a thought for the week and links on how to donate to the work of the Church. There is also information on the various charities that our churches support too. One of our most popular items is the weekly story aimed at our Little Fishes group that usually meet on a Friday morning. Lots of adults seem to have enjoyed that too!. Our weekly prayer walk is also a popular video that can accessed via Facebook or our newsletter.

If you would like to be added to the email list please contact Nicki in the Church office on 01273 495532 or admin@henfield.org. To see an example of one of our newsletters please click here.

Friday the 8th May is the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Whilst our plans have been changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic there will still be a short service of thanksgiving at 7.30pm. In 1945 a service of thanksgiving took place after the Church Bells had rung out for peace in Henfield. While our bells will be silent this Friday we are following the same pattern. All are welcome to join our live streamed service on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/St.Peter.Henfield/live/

The order of service we will use is shown below.