The Haven Churches

Upcoming Worship

Sunday 27th 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 Matins
St Helen's3.30pm Eco Church

Wednesday 30th October 2024
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship

Sunday 3rd November 2024
St Mary's9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.15am Sung Eucharist
St Catherine's6.00pm Evening Worship for All Saints
St Peter's6.00pm All Souls Service

Tuesday 5th November 2024
St Catherine's10.00am Morning Worship

Wednesday 6th November 2024
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship

Sunday 10th November 2024
Remembrance Sunday
St Mary's10.15am Remembrance Service
St Helen's10.45am Remembrance Service
St Peter's10.50am Remembrance Service
St John's10.50am Sung Eucharist
with Act of Remembrance

Monday 11th November 2024
Seaview Yacht ClubArmistice Service

Tuesday 12th November 2024
St Mary's6.00pm Licensing Service
for Rev Karen Wilson
(followed by a buffet in the Hall)

Wednesday 13th November 2024
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship

Thursday 14th November 2024
St Peter's10.00am Agape

Sunday 17th November 2024
St Mary's9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.15am Sung 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
Kevin Norton on 07951 407423
Curate at Haven Benefice
Rev Bevaly Rackett on 01983 407432

At Eco Church this afternoon (Sunday 27th October), following a short reflection about the significance of poppies for remembrance, we will be recycling old poppy wreathes into garlands to adorn St Helen's Church Lych Gate, which is also the village War Memorial, before the Remembrance Service on 10th November. We meet in St Helen's church at 3.30pm, and following the easy, fun activity, we enjoy a shared supper of soup, cheeses, bread and cakes. You are most welcome to come and join us. No previous craft skills needed, just come and enjoy the afternoon.

Brading Bellringers are holding a Beetle Drive in aid of the Bell Restoration Appeal on 2nd November starting at 6:30pm in Brading church hall. £2 per person (under 16s free). There will also be a raffle and refreshments. All welcome, very Family Friendly!

Our All Souls service, remembering our departed loved ones, will be on 3rd November at 6.00pm in St Peter's Church, Seaview. There are clip boards in St Peter's, St Helen's and St Catherine's Chapel until 2nd November for you to add the names of any one you would like remembered at this service and all are very welcome to attend this service.

The Surplus Food Project will be at the Brading Youth & Community Centre every Monday between 1.15 and 1.45pm. Food surplus from supermarkets but still good to eat can be had for a donation. Spread the word!

The Yaverland Manor art exhibition raised a total of £869.60 from hosting the art day in June, sales of refreshments and 10% of all art sales over last weekend. The artists have agreed to make this an annual event, so thank you to all the volunteers who made this possible. They have also asked us to host a Christmas Craft Fayre on 16th-17th November. We were also gifted artist Paul Hewson’s original prints which would make ideal Christmas cards and post cards. St John’s, Yaverland

Rev Karen Wilson our new Priest in Charge will be licensed on Tuesday 12th November at 6.00pm in St Mary’s church, Brading (followed by refreshments in the Hall). Please pray for her and her husband Chris. You can read more about her here. Before the service we are in need of volunteers to help clean the church on Saturday 9th November from 9.30am -12.30pm (just turn up and bring a duster!) and also people to help set up the hall and the buffet from 4.30pm on 12th (before the service). Please give your names to your church warden to pass to St Mary’s social committee (via Nigel) if you can help. Thank you.

Julia Barton is coming from the Portsmouth Diocese Safeguarding team to do face to face Safeguarding Training in St Mary’s Church hall on Tuesday 19th November. Sessions will run: 9.30am – 10.00am Registration and coffee, 10.00am - 11.30am Basic Awareness, 11.30am -12.00noon Coffee, 12.00noon - 1.30pm Foundations, 1.30pm – 2.00pm Bring your own lunch, 2.00pm - 3.30pm Domestic Abuse. If you help with anything at all in the church please check with Sylvia or Rev Bevaly for which course(s) you need to attend and sign up at the back of church ASAP.

Don’t forget the Infopoint interactive tour of St Mary’s Brading is open every day during daylight hours.

Congratulations to Greville and Stella Sockett on their 65th wedding anniversary on 31st October.

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