The Haven Churches

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

Welcome to our Spiritual Harbour for All

23rd October 2022 - Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity

Sunday Services

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

Sun 30th October
St Helen's10:00am Benefice Eucharist
St Peter's, Seaview4:00pm All Souls Service
St Mary's, Brading4:00pm All Souls Service

Midweek Services

Wed 26th October
St Mary's, Brading10:00am Morning Reflection

Fri 28th October
St John's, Yaverland6:00pm Holy Communion
Simon & Jude, Apostles

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

All Soul's Services, at which we remember our departed loved ones, will be held at 4.00pm on Sunday 30th October in both St Peter’s Church, Seaview and St Mary's Church, Brading. If you would like to have the names of your loved ones read out during one of these services, please enter them on one of the lists that can be found at the back of St Helen’s Church, St Peter’s Church or St Catherine’s Chapel for the service at St Peter's, or the list at St Mary's church for the service there. Everyone is very welcome to attend.

Eco Church

Eco Church is this Sunday at 3.30pm, at St Helen's Church. We'll have prayers, and a planning session for next year. We always finish with a shared supper. All welcome.

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

Thank you to all who attended St Mary's Church for the concert given by Sandown and Shanklin Military Band. £190 was raised at the concert and shared between the band and church.

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.

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

Tuesday 25th October: Seaview and St Helens Mothers’ Union will meet in the Undercroft of St Peter’s church at 2.15pm (accessible from Steyne Rd). Mrs Jackie Wilson will speak on our endangered hedgehogs and how to attract them to our gardens. All are welcome.

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.

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.