Highbrook, West Sussex
We are planning to meet to clean the Church on the last Thursday of each month
Come for an hour, come for three, every little helps.
We meet at 11am and work through until 3pm with a break for lunch, Refreshments will be provided
The next working party to clean the Church will be on Thursday 27th October
Followed by
Thursday 24th November
Thursday 29th December
Bring dusters, cob web brushes, gloves and anything else you think may be useful.
A day celebrating the Nativity with Music, a live Nativity with animals, Nativity displays, Spot the lambs in the Church and more running in parallel with the Highbrook Christmas Market in Highbrook Village Hall.
Why not pick up your Christmas Tree at the same time? They’ll be on sale in Highbrook playground opposite the Village Hall.
Take part in out Nativity Festival by creating your own Nativity model. These can be made from anything you like, get creative with play dough, paint, clay, pegs, Lego, recycled junk, knit, crochet, sew or bake one. There are some good examples in this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/d93mI-s33qE
Entry is free and open to all ages, the finished models will need to be delivered to All Saints ready for us to display on Friday 2nd December.
There will be prizes!
Do you have a interesting, unusual, beautiful or well loved Nativity set we could borrow and display? These will be displayed with care and will be kept safe, they will not be handled by visitors
For further information contact:
Heather Chapman heather.chapman99@googlemail.com
If you are interested in being part of our live nativity please contact:
Sophie Hill sophiedianahill@gmail.com
Support to Ukrainian families
Earlier in the year we raised money to support the Ukrainian families who have come to live here following the war in Ukraine. That money is still being put to good use, and recently paid for school uniforms and school lunches whilst Universal Credit is being sorted out. We’ve been asked to pass on how grateful the families are for this support and the warm welcome they have received.
September’s Chronicle magazine for West Hoathly, Highbrook and Sharpthorne is now available in church.
Read the church pages here.
This Sunday’s service will be Choral Evensong (BCP) at 6pm, led by our occasional choir.
Creator of the heavens,
who led the Magi by a star
to worship the Christ-child:
guide and sustain us,
that we may find out journey’s end
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
whose years never fail
and whose mercies are new each returning day:
let the radiance of your Spirit renew our lives,
warming our hearts and giving light to our minds;
that we may pass the coming year
in joyful obedience and firm faith;
through him who is the beginning and the end,
your Son, Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen