THE HAVEN BENEFICE
of
Seaview, St Helens, Brading & Yaverland
Providing a Spiritual Harbour for ALL
PEW NEWS
Sunday 6th April 2025
Upcoming Worship
Friday 4th April 2025
12.30pm Brading Primary School Easter Service
Sunday 6th April 2025
St Mary’s9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Peter’s11.00am Sung Eucharist
St Catherine's6.00pm Holy Communion
Wednesday 9th April 2025
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship
Holy Week and Easter Services
There will be Stations of the Cross set up in St Mary’s church Brading for the two weeks before Easter. The church is open during the day.
Sunday 13th April 2025 - Palm Sunday
St Helen’s9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Mary’s9.30am Service of the Word with Palms
St John’s11.00am Sung Eucharist
St Peter’s11.00am Sung Eucharist
Tuesday 15th April 2025
St Catherine's10.00am Morning Worship
Wednesday 16th April 2025
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship
St John's6.00pm Stations of the Cross
Thursday 17th April 2025 - Maundy Thursday
St Mary's6.00pm Sung Eucharist with
stripping of the altar
St Helen's6.00pm Sung Eucharist with
stripping of the altar
St Peter's6.45pm Stripping of the altar
with Passion Play
The altars will also be stripped in St Catherine’s and St John’s without accompanying services.
Friday 18h April 2025 - Good Friday
St Helen's2.00pm Contemplative Prayer Service
St Mary's2.30pm The Last Hour at the Cross
St John's2.30pm An Hour at the Foot of theCross
St Peter's6.00pm The Way of the Cross
Saturday 19th April 2025 - Easter Saturday
St Mary’s3.00pm Easter Egg Hunt
with Story and Easter Garden
St Catherine’s6.00pm Easter Vigil
Sunday 20th April 2025 - Easter Day
St Helen's Old Church6.00am Easter
Sunrise Service
on the Duver
St John's8.00am Said Book of Common Prayer Service
St Mary's9.30am Sung Eucharist with Baptism
St Helen's9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's11.00am Sung Eucharist
St John's5.30pm Sung Evensong
Palm Sunday: Please note that our service at St Mary’s, Brading will start outside the church HALL and process to the church. Do please go straight to the church if you are unable to process – we will be with you as soon as we can!
Church Contacts:
Haven Benefice - Priest-in-Charge
Revd Karen Wilson on 07591 240640
or email: revdkarenwilson(at)outlook(dot)com
St Helen's and St Catherine's, St Helens
Sue Whitewck on 01983 568761
St Peter’s Seaview or Safeguarding
Revd Karen Wilson on 07591 240640
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
Email; revbevrackett(at)gmail(dot)com.
St Peter’s Lent Lunches continue on Wednesdays 9th and 16th April from 12.00noon – 2.00pm. All are welcome to come along for a light lunch (homemade soup and bread) and a chat (free but donations are welcome).
You are welcome to our Spring Coffee Morning in St Mary’s Church Hall from 10.00am on Saturday April 5th with The Brading Community Choir providing entertainment, stalls, homemade cakes, chat, Farmer Ralph and a raffle.
Our Lent Study: Finding A Voice by Hilary Brand, based on The King’s Speech concludes on Friday 11th April at 7.00pm, in St Mary’s Church hall. Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome.
Bishop Jonathan invites you to donate towards good causes during Lent. The recipients of this years Bishop’s Lent Appeal will be: Tearfund: partners with churches in more than 50 of the world’s poorest countries to tackle poverty and injustice through sustainable development, responding to disasters and challenging injustice. USPG: an Anglican mission agency that partners with churches worldwide in God’s mission to enliven faith, strengthen relationships, unlock potential and champion justice. Vista: offering support to women involved in the sex industry past or present. If you would like to make a donation please add money in a marked envelope to the collection in church or go online to www.portsmouth.anglican.org/lentappeal
APCMs: Do stay for our Annual meetings this Sunday 6th April, in St Mary’s at 10.30am and next Sunday 13th April, in St Peter’s at 12.30pm to hear about our work over the past year and to elect churchwardens and PCC members.
You are warmly invited to 'More tea, Vicar?', hosted by St Helen's Church in the Community Centre on Saturday 12th April beginning at 3.00pm. Come and enjoy tea/coffee and a slice (or two) of homemade cake, and discover more about what we do as a church and our plans for the future. You are also very welcome to stay on for our Annual Parochial Church Meeting afterwards.
Easter Lilies in St Peter's Please add any names of those you wish to remember on Easter Sunday to the list at the back of church. Suggested donation is £5.00 per name. Please leave your donation with the sidespeople, Sue Love or Sally Rivlin.
Please see Nigel if you would like to Join us for breakfast at 8.00am in St Mary’s Church hall on Easter Day morning so that he has numbers for catering.
Revd Karen and Sue Whitewick will be leading a training session for all Chalice Servers, both experienced and new, on Friday 16th May at 10.00am at St Peter’s church.
The April issue of our parish magazine, 'What's On', is now out, copies are at the back of each church, price 60p. To make sure you get a copy each month, why not take out a subscription? For just £6 p.a. it can be delivered to your door, thanks to our amazing band of volunteers! Contact Paul or Mary Jackson on 872326 to get set up.
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To add items to this News Sheet please contact Rev Bevaly Rackett (01983 407432) revbevrackett(at)gmail(dot)com.
