Good Omens

19th April 2020 by admin

Great take on Good and Bad, Heaven and Hell.
It is no longer on BBC iPlayer so you will need Amazon Prime to watch this.

Hope Plants – Delivery service

31st March 2020 by admin

This has been posted up on Facebook, so sharing it here for all that may not have seen it:

Welcome to Hope Plants! So who are we?

My name is Camilla and my fiancé is Matthew and we live in Chichester West Sussex. This is a family run, well currently just the two of us, business that was set up due to my partner losing his job in horticulture sales due to the current pandemic.
We were desperately trying to think of a way we could keep the roof over our head, provide for our 3 young boys as well as support the local horticulture industry and community. Sounds easy right!?

So…after a social media post to ask you all if you would like some plants delivered, ‘Hope Plants’ was created! The support we have received so far has been overwhelming!

Matthew is the front end sales man of the business, working with the nurseries, sourcing the plant offers and also our delivery man!

I have created our online pages, shop and I am the one responding to all of your lovely messages…so all the hard work sits with me!! 😅 I try to respond as quickly as I can but I also have a full time job as a mum to our 3yr old, 2yr old and 9mth old baby boys so please bear with me!

We hope that by being able to provide you all with beautiful plants at this difficult time will lift your spirits and help you through the next few months.

As we say “Hope Plants – Bringing you HOPE to your door!”

Pilgrimage

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BBC2 has recorded an interesting Pilgrimage on Friday evenings at 9:00pm.
Adrian Chiles leads a varied, interesting group: Edwina Currie, Fatima Whitbread, Mim Shaikh, Amar Latif – who is completely blind, and Pauline McLynn – Father Ted’s Mrs Doyle!
Setting out from Belgrade in Serbia, facing a trek through Bulgaria before just touching Greece before reaching Turkey and Istanbul.
The going is often rough, walking, climbing, following ancient tracks, eased by staying in hostels at night.
If you get a chance do try and watch last week’s First Journey,
Best wishes, David

Les Mis group of singer from home

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Famous singers all singing “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserable

Piano piece

30th March 2020 by admin

I was listening to this on Radio 4 and found it very moving

Journey Across the World

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I’ve been enjoying this

Christmas Jumper Funtime

14th December 2019 by admin

Last night we had our Christmas Jumper FunTime event in aid of Save the Children. Food drinks and games and a range of ages.

Red for Remembrance

4th November 2019 by admin

All this week St Mary’s Church is glowing red for remembrance. All are welcome to the services on Sunday.

It’s been a busy summer

2nd November 2019 by admin

The last post on St Mary’s blog was in back in May, announcing the appointment of Fr Mark. He has now arrived and is getting settled in, learning our ways and us his, I think he has the greater challenge!
There have been many events during the summer and one of the most noticeable was the Goodwood Race afternoon.
We are now looking at the winter months ahead of us, starting with Remembrance Day next Sunday and soon after the beginning of Advent. Keep an eye on the events page for the most up to date details of what is happening.

Too many choices for Fr John

New Appointed

28th May 2019 by admin

Bishop Martin has appointed Fr Mark Williams, at present Vicar of S.Theodore’s, Port Talbot, Wales, as Incumbent of the Parishes.

We have no date yet when he and his wife will be joining us. Please pray for them, and for the people of S.Theodore’s as they prepare for their Vacancy.