The Haven Churches

Upcoming Worship

Sunday 22nd September 2024
St Helen's9.30am Harvest Sung Eucharist
St Mary's9.30am Service of the Word
St John's11.00am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.15am Matins
St Helen's3.30pm Eco Church
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

Tuesday 1st October 2024
St Catherine's10.00am Morning Worship

Wednesday 2nd October 2024
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship

Sunday 6th October 2024
St Mary's9.30am Harvest Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.15am Harvest Sung Eucharist
St Catherine's6.00pm Evening Worship

Wednesday 9th October 2024
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship

Thursday 10th October 2024
St Peter's10.00am Agape

Sunday 13th October 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 Pet Service

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
Kevin Norton on 07951 407423
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 to leave prayer requests.

St Helen's Church Harvest service is at 9.30am today (Sunday 22nd). Gifts of in-date tins or packeted goods will be gratefully received for the foodbank.

Eco Church this afternoon (Sunday 22nd) at 3.30pm, in St Helen's Church, is meeting for one hour only, for prayer, refreshments and to discuss future plans (leaving time to get to the Evensong service at St John's). Helen Bradstock was featured in 6th September edition of Church Times talking about the Community Fridge project, part of Eco church. (Click here to go online to where Helen is featured in the article entitled Healing touch of green champions).

Come along for a beautiful service of Sung Evensong at St John’s Yaverland this evening (Sunday 22nd) at 5.30pm, led by Rev Barry Downer along with Andrew Cooper and a full choir.

Sunday 29th September will be a Benefice Service (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 and stay for Tea / Coffee and cake in the hall afterwards.

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.)

You can view the Yaverland Manor art exhibition at St John’s Church, Yaverland on the 19th and 20th October. The winning entry will be displayed at the Manor and all other entries will be sold to raise funds for the disabled toilet and access ramp.

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.

Please pray for:
- those schools that have been told they are part of the council consultations to reduce school numbers, especially for our own Brading C E Primary School.
- Rev Karen Wilson appointed as our new Priest in Charge . She will be licensed on Tuesday 12th November at 6.00pm in St Mary’s church, Brading. You can read more about her here.

Andrew Bradstock recently took part in a BBC Radio programme commemorating the 350th anniversary of the birth of Isaac Watts, whose hymns we still often sing. If you'd like to listen, search for 'BBC Wales Isaac Watts' or click here to listen to All Things Considered - Isaac Watts @ 350 on BBC Sounds, commencing 4min 15sec into the stream.

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