27th August 2023
PEW NEWS
The Haven Benefice of Seaview, St Helen’s, Brading & YaverlandWelcome to our Spiritual Harbour for AllWeek Beginning Sunday 27th August 2023 - Trinity 12 Year A |
Sunday ServicesSun 27th August Sun 3rd September |
Midweek ServicesWed 30th August |
St Catherine’s Sunday Service: 6.00pm on 3rd SeptemberSunday evening worship will start in St Catherine's Chapel, St Helens, on Sunday 3rd September at 6.00pm, followed by refreshments. Do come and support this service as we plan to hold services on the first Sunday evening of every month. They will be lay-led without Holy Communion, although offering a service of Holy Communion whenever possible. St Catherine's Chapel is in St Helens Community Centre on Upper Green Road. Our churches in ActionRita, who worships with us in St Peter’s and St Helen’s, comes from a village in Liberia where there is an extreme climate - six months of rain followed by six months dry and dusty conditions.
It is always extremely hot and they have no running water or sewers. St Helen’s Concert starting 7.00pm on Friday 1st SeptemberSet in the light and airy church of St Helen, Baroque specialists Quatrapuntal present Phantasia at 7.00pm, Friday 1st September with Emma-Marie Kabanova (Baroque Violin) and Chris Hirst (Theobro and Mandora) playing music from the 18th Century. St Mary’s Jumble Sale: 2:00pm on Saturday 2nd SeptemberThe doors of St Mary’s Church Hall will open at 2:00pm - please help us raise church funds by selling your unwanted items. St John’s Choral Evensong 6:30pm on Sunday 3rd SeptemberAll are welcome to come to St John’s Church, Yaverland for its Choral Evensong with Andrew Cooper, a well known and accomplished organist. St Helen’s Churchyard Bat & Moth Survey on 4th SeptemberOn Monday 4th September the IoW Naturalists will be conducting a survey for Eco Church in the churchyard at dusk, starting at 7.30pm. This is a chance to find out more about the wildlife of our churchyard. And there will be refreshments in church. All are welcome. Ryde and Stride on Saturday 9th SeptemberSt Mary’s ChurchSt Mary’s is a stop off point for this year’s event and we are seeking volunteers to be in the church to serve tea and coffee to walkers and riders who come here. St Helen’s ChurchAndrew and Helen Bradstock will lead a walk of around 10 miles around the benefice, in two loops of around 5 miles.
We will start at 9.30 in St Helen's Car park with the second half starting at 1pm, also in St Helens car park.
This is a fundraiser for the Historic Churches Trust and the Haven Benefice churches.
Join us for as much or little of the walk as you wish. St Mary’s Brass Band Concert on Saturday 9th SeptemberThe concert starts at 7.00pm. St Mary’s Bell Ringing Thursday 14th SeptemberIn addition to our bell ringers practice in the evening, there will be visiting bell ringers in the afternoon. St Mary’s Quiz Night on Friday 15th September at 7.00pmThe quiz will held in the hall on Battle of Britain Day - or should that read the Battle of Brading?! St Peter’s Coffee Morning on Saturday 16th SeptemberSt Peter’s Church holds a coffee morning in the hall from 10:00am to 12:00noon on the third Saturday of each month, except August, with stalls, a tombola and a raffle. Everyone is made very welcome. St Mary’s Open Café on Saturday 16th SeptemberCome to the church hall between 10:30am and 1.00pm and enjoy the café and the Brading Community Choir. St Helens’ Organ Concert Wednesday 20th SeptemberStarting at 7.00pm St Helen’s church is the setting for an Organ Concert with distinguished US musician, Justin L Addington, playing a selection of evening hymns, classical compositions, spirituals and ‘music for a King’. St John’s Church Votive StandWe would greatly appreciate any help in sourcing a votive stand. This could either be a spare one from an existing church or any donations towards purchasing a new one. Seaview Church and Community FeteSylvia Beardsmore offers a very grateful thank you on behalf of St Peter’s Church to everyone who helped the fete in any way. She hopes you agree that it was a great event and adds that it was great to see everyone enjoying themselves so much. Overall, the net proceeds were £3,323.60. Next Year’s Plant Sale at St Mary’sLesley is already planning next year’s Plant Sale and is looking for some 2 and 3 inch flower pots to bring on cuttings. If you have any could you please bring them along to church and she will pick them up from there. St Peter’s NewsAt St Peter’s we are hoping to increase our Sunday services to weekly in the autumn. They will still be at 11.15am and will be alternating between Eucharist and Service of the Word. For both services we will need sides people, readers, intercessors, and people to help with the coffee. If you think you could help with any of these roles please let Sally Rivlin or Sylvia Beardsmore know. Supporting our local Food Banks - Help prepare for WinterSt 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 ChurchesSt Catherine’s Chapel - St Helens Community Centre, corner Guildford Road and Upper Green Road, St Helens, PO33 1UH |
ContactsOur 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. |
Deadline for Pew SheetsPlease forward items by email no later than 4.00pm on Thursday to Andrew Thomson at colleenaluinn(at)aol(dot)com. |
