The Haven Churches

Upcoming Worship

Sunday 8th September 2024
St Helen's9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Mary's9.30am Service of the Word
St John's11.00am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.15am Service of the Word

Wednesday 11th September 2024
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship

Thursday 12th September 2024
St Peter's10.00am Agape

Saturday 14th September 2024
St Mary's3.00pm Marriage of Richard Toogood with Abigal Parsons

Sunday 15th September 2024
St Mary's9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.15am Sung Eucharist
St Helen's2.00pm Baptism of Tommy Elliot

Tuesday 17th September 2024
St Catherine's10.00am Morning Worship

Wednesday 18th September 2024
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship

Sunday 22nd September 2024
St Helen's9.30am Harvest Eucharist
St Mary's9.30am Service of the Word
St John's11.00am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.15am Matins
St John's5.30pm Sung Evensong

Wednesday 25th September 2024
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship

Sunday 29th September 2024
St Mary's10.00am Benefice Eucharist

For enquiries during the Interregnum please contact:
Haven Benefice
Sally Rivlin on 07789 554220
St Helens (including St Catherine's)
Sue Whitewck on 01983 568761
St Peter’s Seaview or Safeguarding
Sylvia Beardsmore on 01983 612600
St Mary’s Brading
Nigel Elton Walters on 01983 406817
St Mary's Safeguarding
Catherine Davis on 07940 826034
St John’s Yaverland
Andrew Watt on 07488 391691
Curate at Haven Benefice
Rev Bevaly Rackett on 01983 407432

Would you like to regularly pray for the world, the church and each other? Together in Prayer meets on Zoom each Thursday from 6.30pm for half an hour. See Rev Bevaly for details to join or prayer requests.

A Late Summer Concert by Abbey Brass featuring music from the movies, musicals, pop and classics will be held at St Mary’s Church, Brading, on Saturday 7th September at 7.30pm. Entry is free with a retiring collection to be split between the church and the band.

The opportunity to view the entries in the Yaverland Manor art competition in St John's Church will now be in October and not on 14th & 15th September as previously advertised.

There will be a service of Sung Evensong at St John’s Yaverland on Sunday 22nd September at 5.30pm (NB new time), led by Andrew Cooper and choir. All are very welcome to this beautiful service in a beautiful church.

Sunday 29th September will be a Benefice Service (meaning all four churches meeting together) at St Mary’s Brading at 10.00am. This will be the first service at which Bevaly will preside following her ordination as Priest the previous day. Please do come along to support her and to worship together.

St Peter’s are holding their harvest lunch on 6th October at 12.30pm for 1.00pm. Admission £10, please book in advance with Suki Turner on 07940 503971. This is a very popular event so first come first served.

The Harvest celebration at St Mary’s will be on Sunday 6th October at 9.30am. Please bring donations of long life tins / packets to donate to the Foodbank.

St Peter’s are holding a Harvest Praise Service on Wednesday 16th October at 10.30am. Come and sing-a-long, share your favourite Harvest or Autumn Poem plus have fun making an easy Harvest Craft. All are welcome. (This is a Dementia Friendly Service.)

St Peter’s are collecting stationery for Rita to take to needy children in her home village Gbatala in Liberia. Leave donations (pens, pencils, rulers, rubbers, notebooks, sharpeners, paper etc) in the box in the church porch. Collection ends on 30th September so all can be despatched and sent ahead.

Please pray for Rev Karen Wilson who has been appointed as our new Priest in Charge (subject to DBS). She will be licensed on Tuesday 12th November at 6.00pm in St Mary’s church, Brading. You can read more about her here.

Copies of the September issue of our parish magazine, 'What's On', are available in church today, price 60p. If you're a regular reader but don't have a subscription, why not take one out by contacting Paul & Mary Jackson on 01983 872326? For just £6.00pa you can have your copy delivered to your door each month.

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To add items to this News Sheet please contact Rev Bevaly Rackett (01983 407432) revbevrackett(at)gmail(dot)com.