The Haven Churches

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

Welcome to our Spiritual Harbour for All

Sunday 4th June 2023 - Trinity Sunday

Sunday Services

Sun 4th June - Trinity Sunday
St Mary's, Brading9:30am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's, Seaview11:15am Sung Eucharist

Sun 11th June
St Helen's9:30am Sung Eucharist
St John's, Yaverland11:00am Sung Euharist

Midweek Services

Tue 6th June
St Catherine's, St Helens10:00am Morning Worship

Wed 7th June
St Mary's, Brading10:00am Morning Reflection

Thur 8th June
St Peter's, Seaview10:00am Agape
St John's, Yaverland6:00pm Holy Communion
Corpus Christie

Occasional Services

Sat 10th June
St Helen's12:00noon Baptism
St Mary's, Brading1:00pm Wedding

Phoenix Choir

The amazing Phoenix Choir put on a wonderful performance in aid of the Kids' Shed appeal at St Helen's Church last Saturday. The audience of around 90 was treated to a varied programme of much-loved music from the last 100 years, performed superbly by the choir under the leadership of their musical director, Robin Burnett. THANK YOU to everyone who supported the event, which raised over £950 for an excellent cause.

Wildlife Count

St Helen's Eco Church invites you to their Wildlife Count in the Churchyard this afternoon from 2.00 - 4.00pm. As well as providing an opportunity to explore the wildlife, there will be family activities; identification and recording expertise from the ‘iwatchwildlife’ team; and of course refreshments! Just turn up - you will be made very welcome.

St Mary’s Open Café

There will be joint open café with the charity Ability Dogs 4 Young People in the church hall on Saturday 17th June from 10:30am until 1.00pm. Do come and meet some of the dogs who are in training.

St Peter’s Coffee Mornings

St Peter’s Church holds a coffee morning in the hall from 10.00am to 12.00 noon on the third Saturday of each month, with stalls, a tombola and a raffle. Everyone is made very welcome and the next coffee morning is on Saturday 17th June between 10.00am and 12.00noon.

Isle of Wight Pilgrimages - IoW Walking Church

Corinne Smith and Rosie Deedes are offering two pilgrimage days next week and invite you to bring a picnic to each event.

The first pilgrimage will be on Tuesday 6th June, starting at 10.00am at Sandown pier and walking approximately 12 miles to Seaview. People can peel off and get a bus to wherever they wish to go if they don’t want to walk the whole way.

On Wednesday 7th June, we will meet at Seaview church at 10.00am for a walk to East Cowes, again a distance of around 12 miles. Alternatively you may walk as far as you want.

Corinne and Rosie hope to carry on round the Island in stages over the next few months.

Sally Rivlin has offered St Peter’s hospitality on both days: Tuesday in the afternoon at about 3 pm when they arrive at St Peter’s and on Wednesday before the pilgrims set off at 10 am. It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could assist Sally on either day.

St Peter’s Family Services

Although August may seem a long way off, it will soon be here and St Peter’s are hoping to hold two family services on 13th and 27th. In order to do so safely we need a minimum of three volunteers for each service. If you would be willing to help with this please contact Sylvia on 01983 612600 and we will arrange a planning meeting.

St Peter’s Church

St Peter’s Undercroft provides an attractive space for meetings. It features a modern kitchen and sunny courtyard and benefits from level access from the street. Bookings & viewings are welcome, please contact Sylvia Beardsmore on 01983 612600.

Don’t Mow in May

St Peter’s Church put up notices to inform the public after adopting this environmentally friendly practice to enable wild flowers to freely grow in the church garden, providing a feast for pollinators whilst tackling pollution and locking away carbon below ground. The uncut lawn became full of daisies, buttercups, cow parsley, wild garlic, white bells, clover and dandelion along with several varieties of tall grasses. We will now keep the grass short and people are welcome to sit in the garden for quiet contemplation or to enjoy a picnic or sit in the sun whilst waiting for the service to start.

Seaview - West End Gardens

The National Garden Scheme encourages private gardens to be opened to support charities and these three gardens will be open to visitors between
12.30pm and 4.30pm on Sunday 11th June
Salterns Cottage, Salterns, PO34 5AH
Red Cross Cottage, Fairy Road, PO34 5AG
Armadale, Ryde Road, PO34 5AE
The Combined entry fee is £5 for adults and children are free.
Light refreshments are available between 12.30pm and 6.30pm for Teas, Rosé and Pimms in aid of the Mountbatten Hospice.

St Mary’s Quiz Night Starting at 7.00pm on Friday 23rd June

Come along to St Mary’s Church Hall and enjoy a fun evening

A Date for Your Diary
St Mary’s Mad Hatters’ Tea Party

The Tea Party will start at 2.00pm on Sunday 16th July in Pinehurst Quay Lane.

Supporting our local Food Banks

St Mary’s Church continues as a collection point for tinned foods, toiletries and other essentials for those in need of aid in these difficult times. Please place your donations at the back of the church.

St Peter's Church: Food bank baskets for non-perishable food are also situated at the back of the church, The Orange Tree in Madeira Road and Penforma on the corner of Bluett Avenue and Salterns all in Seaview.

Where to Find our Churches

St Catherine’s Chapel - St Helens Community Centre, corner Guildford Road and Upper Green Road, St Helens, PO33 1UH
St Helen's - Eddington Rd (St Helens to Nettlestone), PO34 5EF
St John the Baptist - Yaverland Road, Yaverland, PO36 8QW
St Mary the Virgin - High Street, Brading, PO36 0ED
St Peter's - Church Street, Seaview, PO34 5EN

Contacts

Our 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

Deadline for items to be included or changed 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.