The Haven Churches

St Helens with Seaview

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Sunday 20th August Tenth after Trinity
St Helen8.00am Holy Communion
St Peter10.00am Regatta Service
St Catherine6.00pm Evening Praise

Wednesday 23rd August
St Catherine9.30am Village Communion

Sunday 27th August Eleventh after Trinity
NB There will not be an 8.00am Communion this Morning
St Helen10.00am Sung Eucharist
St Helen10.00am Children's Church
St Peter10.00am Non Eucharist All Age Worship

Morning Prayer
The office of Morning Prayer will be said in the Churches as follows:-
Mon. St Helen's 9.00am
Tues. St Peter's 9.00am
Wed. St Catherine's 9.00am
Thurs. St Peter's 9.00am
Fri. St Helen's 9.00am
All are welcome at these services.

Readings for 27th August Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Isaiah 51.1-6
Romans 12.1-8
Matthew 16.13-20

PLEASE USE THIS PEW LEAFLET
TO INFORM YOUR PRAYERS

INTERCESSIONS
Worldwide Anglican Church: Pray for Archbishop Justin Welby; the people of Rochester, England.
This Diocese: Pray for Bishop Christopher; Archdeacon Peter; Rob, our Priest-in-Charge; the parish of St Mary & Holy Trinity, Cowes
World: Pray for peace and harmony in the world
Island: Pray for the students expecting "O" level exam results this week
Sick: Peggy, Terry & Barbara, Anne, Annie, Rose, David, Lynn, John, Suzanne
Recently Died : Edna Coombes

Mothers' Union Prayers
We thank God for the diversity in creation that unites in one rich harmony. May God equip those who work to bring about similar harmony in the diversity of humankind.

Diary Dates
19th August 7.00pm Baroque Orchestra Concert St Helen's Church {see below]
24th August 6.00pm St Helen's wedding rehearsal
25th August 12.00noon St Helen's wedding
25th August 2.30pm St Peter's memorial service Mary Guglielmotti

Pompey Chimes
Don't forget to pick up a copy, or click here.

Pew Leaflets
Items for the pew leaflet to Sue Whitewick by Wednesday 5.00pm latest, please, preferably by e-mail susanwhitewick(at)btinternet(dot)com.

Extra Services in August
There will be an additional service at St Peter's Church on 27th August at 10.00am. This will be all-age non-Eucharistic services suitable for all the family from 1 -100 years. Everyone is invited and will be very welcome.

Leaving us!!
Our Vicar, the Reverend Rob Wynford-Harris and family, will be leaving the parish of St Helen’s with Seaview at the end of August. There is a collection for a leaving present and donations can be made to Sue Whitewick, 26 Solent View Road, Seaview. If giving by cheque please make payable to PCC St Helen’s. Thank you in anticipation.
After the Regatta service on 20th August at 12.00 noon which will be Rob's last service at St Peter's there will be a buffet lunch to say farewell to Rob, Anthea & Luke. If you would like to attend please sign the sheet at the back of the churches to give us an idea of how many to cater for. Then on Sunday 27th August, Rob's last service at St Helen's, there will be coffee and cake as we say good bye.

Building Work - St Peter's Undercroft Project
The work on the undercroft continues and we are now approaching the final stages of installing kitchen and toilet facilities; flooring and furnishing to make this an attractive and useful place for the whole community. However, we need your help in raising the funds needed. Please think about this and if you are able to give, whatever you can, please contact Robin Hamilton or Sylvia Beardsmore. Should you wish to make a regular donation by Standing Order please contact Bob Somers.

Open Churches
We are proud of the fact that here in Seaview and St Helen's our churches are open every day between 9.00am and 5.00pm giving visitors the opportunity to look round or spend some quiet moments in prayer and reflection. However, in order to sustain this we really need more people on the rota to lock and unlock St Peter's church. We will also need more people during the interregnum at St Helen's. If this is something you think you could do please see Sylvia [St Peter's], Rose or Jim [St Helen's] so that we can draw up a rota.

Baroque Concert
In St Helen's Church Saturday 19th August 7.00pm to raise funds for the building appeal. This will be given by Luke Hayden and his group. Luke was deputy organist in our churches up until 4 years ago when he went on to college. Please support this event.

Ride & Stride Saturday 9th September
This annual event organised and run by the charity Historic Churches Trust helps to raise funds to support Historical Churches in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Fifty percent of all monies raised stays with the nominated church. This is a healthy way of fundraising by taking part in a sponsored Ride, Stride or Drive between churches. If you would be interested in taking part here on the Isle of Wight, please contact Sylvia Beardmore for St Peter’s Seaview or Sally Rivlin on sally.rivlin(at)gmail(dot)com for St Helen's Church. The Archdeacon, Peter Sutton, is planning to visit ALL Island churches on 8th & 9th September as part of his effort for Ride & Stride this year. Maybe you would like to Sponsor him!!

Sunday 27th August
As this will be Rob and Anthea's last service with us it is hoped that as many as possible from both churches will be able to attend. In order to help facilitate this there will just be one service of communion on that day - 10.00am sung Eucharist at St Helen's. There will be coffee and cake after the service.