Category: Outreach

Saturday 7 May 6.30pm Book your tickets for what promises to be a wonderful evening of Syrian music and food, in support of Samara’s Aid.Music from renowned Syrian musicians Jamal and Alaa, interspersed with a variety of tasty Syrian dishes. Don’t forget to bring cash for drinks and raffle tickets! It could be your lucky…

Bring your sandwiches, and perhaps invite a friend! May’s FREE lunchtime concert at Holy Trinity will be on Friday 6th from 1.10pm until 1.55pm, and features Martin Palmer on violin, with Celia Vince on piano. Tea and coffee will be available. As usual, there will be a retiring collection.

Just as the Outreach Committee postponed a tabletop sale for Samara’s Aid in February (Covid necessitated) we received an urgent request for ‘dignity bags’. A dignity bag contains personal toiletries and underwear for a child of a certain age. Samara Levy on her most recent visit to Syria saw young people struggling in the cold…

Our 5th-Sunday collection in January will be in support of Crossover, which provides food and compassion in Brighton and Hove and is run from the local YWAM at Holmstead Manor. On the Fifth Sunday, money can be given either through the giving plate at church services, via the QR code on the last slide of…

Family Support Work (FSW), our diocesan charity supporting families through tough times, is holding their annual fundraising walk this Easter Monday (18th April), starting and finishing at Alfriston with a refreshment stop at Wilmington Village Hall. Full details are on the poster image below. FSW would love to hear from anybody who is interested in…

Many, many thanks for the very generous donations for the food hampers. We were able to make up over 30 wonderful hampers which will be given to local families for Christmas and which will provide lots of Christmas treats. Thanks too for the fabulous toys, games and wrapping paper which will be given to families…

Update: 57 shoeboxes full of gifts and surprises have been sent to Croatia via Mustard Seed Relief Mission. It is difficult to imagine how much joy they will give to the children who receive them. Thank you so much for helping to make their Christmas special. Original appeal: As in previous years, we are collecting…

What a wonderful weekend it was! Although Saturday 2nd October saw rain like the Deluge, we had the most uplifting Harvest Supper in church, with some splendid home-grown entertainment and over 70 people attending – and we were able to send £252 to the Bewbush Academy in Crawley. We are so grateful to Hilary and…

We were delighted to welcome Fr Nicholas Stebbing, one of the founders of Tariro, to our 9.45am Service on Sunday, 4th July. It was wonderful to hear how Tariro has transformed the lives of the young people in its care and learn of their dreams and aspirations and how, for some of them, these dreams…