The Haven Churches

The Haven Benefice of Seaview, St Helen’s, Brading & Yaverland

Welcome to our Spiritual Harbour for All

16th October 2022 - Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

Sunday Services

Sun 16th October
St Mary's, Brading9:30am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's, Seaview11:15am Sung Eucharist

Sun 23rd October
St Helen's9:30am Sung Eucharist
St John's, Yaverland11:00am Sung Eucharist
St Helen's3:30 - 5:00pm Eco Curch

Midweek Services

Tue 18th October
St Catherine's, St Helens10:00am Morning Worship
St John's, Yaverland6:00pm Holy Communion
Luke the Evangelist

Wed 19th October
St Mary's, Brading10:00am Morning Reflection

An Advent Course & All Souls Service

Advent Course

We will be starting an Advent Course based on the book How Rural Churches Thrive which is available on line at £9.99. This is an easy to read and practical book that is applicable to all churches in our Haven Benefice, providing encouragement and challenging us as we prepare for our future as a Benefice. It will run each Wednesday evening in Brading Church Hall between 6pm and 7.30pm starting on Wednesday 9th November.

All Souls Service

The service of All Souls, when we remember our departed loved ones, will be held at 4.00pm on Sunday 30th October in St Peter’s Church Seaview. There will be clip boards in St Peter’s Church, St Helen’s Church and St Catherine’s Chapel where the names of your loved ones can be written down and will then be read out at this service. Everyone is very welcome to attend..

Contacts

Our Haven benefice is in Interregnum and we pray for our churchwardens, reader and associate priest whom we rely upon to continue to serve our parishes whilst we pray for a new priest to be appointed.
In the interim the primary points of contact for enquiries are:
St Helens (including St Catherine's) - Sue Whitewick on 01983 568761
St Peter’s Seaview - Sylvia Beardsmore on 01983 612600
St Mary’s Brading - Nigel Elton Walters on 01983 406817
St John’s Yaverland - Rev Barry Downer on 07512 230565
Haven Benefice - Sally Rivlin on 07789 554220

What's On

St Mary’s Church: Sandown and Shanklin Military Band will be playing at St Mary's on Sunday 16th October at 3 pm. Volunteers are needed to make cakes and/or serve teas and coffees at the end of the concert,

St Mary’s Church, Brading: A church cleaning work party starts at 10:00 am on Saturday 19th November. Any help welcome.

Brading Community Choir is making a return visit on 5th November to sing at St Mary's Saturday morning Open Cafe. We will be serving teas, coffee and, more importantly, cakes!!! We will be there from 10.30am until 1.00pm - please make a date in your diary.

Do you get a copy of ‘What’s On’, the magazine for news and events in Brading, Nettlestone, St Helens, Seaview and Yaverland? If not, why not try a copy as the October issue is now available, price 60p, from the back of each church. If you live in the benefice you can, for a modest charge, receive the magazine every month delivered to your door - see page 2 of this month’s edition for details.

St Peter’s Coffee mornings: If you enjoyed the friendship at our recent Harvest Lunch why not try joining us for our regular monthly coffee mornings. Enjoy tea or coffee with friends, and try your luck at the raffle and tombola, and treat yourself to home made cakes and other goodies.
Our next coffee morning is in November.

Journey's End: R.C. Sherriff’s anti-war classic is an amazing play. The IoW-based professional theatre company Theatre Reviva! is touring its new immersive, gripping, theatre production in November this year and will be at the Apollo, Pyle Street, Newport from 1st to 5th November. Tickets now on sale Tel:(01983) 210010 or search www.apollo-theatre.org.uk.

Christmas is Coming! This year we have two Christmas Cards by Liz Fletcher for sale with all proceeds going in aid of St Peter’s Church.

Please order your cards as soon as possible so that we can print enough for all.
Enquiries and orders to Liz Fletcher on 07814 327310 or by e-mail lizfletcheriow(at)gmail(dot)com.

Quiz Night in St Mary’s church hall starting at 7.00pm on 4th November.

Deadline for items to be included in the Pew Sheets is 4pm on Thursday to allow for compilation, printing and distribution.
Please send to Andrew Thomson at colleenaluinn(at)aol(dot)com.