Sunday 15th October. 19th Sunday After Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist

4.30pm Reflection for end of Hastings Week

Priest in Charge Fr Mat Phipps

Reader Dr Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher. Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers. Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website: oldtownparishhastings.org.uk

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially

Ann Novotney, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith,

Lyn Arnold, Sandra Kingston, Jacqui Robertson

Please pray for Susan & Tim who are getting married

on 21st October In St Clements at 14:00

The Years’ Mind

Vic Payne

Praying Around the Parish

Salters Lane, Sinnock Square, Starrs Cottage

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Hymns: CP 563, 592, 301, 497

During Communion: SOF 233 Immanuel,

SOF 278 I will sing the wondrous story

Attendance: October 1^st 67, 8^th 65

Sunday 15th October The Reflection Service

St Clement’s Church 16:30

The Reflection is a short and varied event with its own special purpose and journey. It marks as the closing ceremony of Hastings Week. It also celebrates the talents of our own.

This year Tom Kelly with his powerful voice will lead the first half with a personal selection of songs for the occasion. The Old Town Parish bellringers are an integral part of the parish and this year marks the 60th anniversary for the bells of St Clements. The Reflection is also the time to consider why Hastings Week takes place in October, a dreadful battle in 10660, but the Reflection also looks forward to peace for all. Finally, the mayor receives the gonfalon and Hastings Week is officially closed for 2023. All welcome.

Sunday 22nd October we shall be celebrating the Dedication Festival of St Clement Church.

“Souper” Saturdays at St. Clement.

The autumn menu will be served on Saturdays in St. Clement, from 12:00-14.30 beginning 14th October. There will be a choice of soups with bread, plus cakes, tea and coffee. There is no charge although donations are certainly welcome.

Any money raised is used for the work of the church in the Old Town Parish. Come and join us.

Please note, the first Saturday of the month is usually in aid of the Two Towers Trust, raising money towards the restoration of both of our parish’s medieval churches.

Christmas Fair.

This will be held in St. Clement on 18th November, 10.00-14:00 and the 2023 Christmas Tree Festival weekends 25th November and 2nd December, also in St. Clement. Refreshments will be available at these events.

Please see Sue Phillips (Tel: 882342) if you can help at the Christmas Fair. Helpers are needed the day before and stall holders on the day. Stalls will be Cakes, Christmas Decorations, Cards and Wrapping, Books, Handicrafts, Jewellery, Christmas tombola, Christmas “present every time” and Toys.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11:30 – 13:30

so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

Sunday 8 October 18th Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist

 Priest in Charge Fr Mat Phipps

 Reader Dr Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

 Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher. Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers. Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website: oldtownparishhastings.org.uk

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

 Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially

Ann Novotney, Gwen Carter, Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold, Sandra Kingston,

Jacqui Robertson

The Years’ Mind

Praying Around the Parish

Rock s Nore Road, Rocklands Lane, Roebuck Street

Wedding

Please pray for Dorothy Morris’s granddaughter Samantha as

Sam & Alex celebrate their marriage on Saturday.

Harvest Festival

Many thanks for all who kindly brought gifts for the Harvest Festival. Hastings Food Bank wish to say a Huge Thank You

and are very grateful for everyone’s generosity.

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

 Hymns: CP 386, 449, Christ The Prisoner (tune hymn CP 278) During Communion CP 315, 318,

CP 311

Attendance: October 1^st 67

Prisons Week. 8th to 14th October 2023

Leaflets will soon be available, or go to www.prisonsweek.org for information and resources to help us pray for the needs of all those affected by prisons: prisoners and their families, victims of crime and their communities, those working in the criminal justice system and the many people who are involved in caring for those affected by crime on the inside and outside of our prisons

 14th October Hastings Bonfire

Some roads will be closed for this event from 17:30.

The junior procession starts at 17:30.

The main procession starts at 19:15.

Sunday 15th October The Reflection Service

St Clement’s Church 16:30

The Reflection is a short and varied event with its own special purpose and journey. It marks as the closing ceremony of Hastings Week. It also celebrates the talents of our own.

This year Tom Kelly with his powerful voice will lead the first half with a personal selection of songs for the occasion. The Old Town Parish bellringers are an integral part of the parish and this year marks the 60th anniversary for the bells of St Clements. The Reflection is also the time to consider why Hastings Week takes place in October, a dreadful battle in 10660, but the Reflection also looks forward to peace for all. Finally, the mayor receives the gonfalon and Hastings Week is officially closed for 2023. All welcome.

“Souper” Saturdays at St. Clement.

The autumn menu will be served on Saturdays in St. Clement, from 12:00-14.30 beginning 14th October. There will be a choice of soups with bread, plus cakes, tea and coffee. There is no charge although donations are welcome, any money raised is used for the work of the church in the Old Town Parish. Come and join us.

Please note, the first Saturday of the month is usually in aid of the Two Towers Trust, raising money towards the restoration of both of our parish’s medieval churches.

 Christmas Fair.

This will be held in St. Clement on 18th November, 10.00-14:00 and the 2023 Christmas Tree Festival weekends 25th November and 2nd December, also in St. Clement. Refreshments will be available at these events.

Please see Sue Phillips (Tel: 882342) if you can help at the Christmas Fair. Helpers are needed the day before and stall holders on the day. Stalls will be Cakes, Christmas Decorations, Cards and Wrapping, Books, Handicrafts, Jewellery, Christmas tombola, Christmas “present every time” and Toys.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11:30 – 13:30

so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

 Sunday 1 October 17th Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Harvest Festival

6pm Evening Prayer

Priest in Charge Fr Mat Phipps

Reader Dr Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher. Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers. Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website: oldtownparishhastings.org.uk

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially

Ann Novotney, Gwen Carter, Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold, Sandra Kingston,

Jacqui Robertson

The Years’ Mind

Irene Slack, Alan Williscroft, Betty Houghton,

Joan Wilson, Barbara Hobbs, Ron Cubison,

Judith Briggs

Praying Around the Parish

Philip Cole Close, Pleasant Row,

Post Office Passage

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

GIFT DAY

We are very pleased to announce that the final total for this year’s Gift Day is £3.133.25p. This is an excellent result.

Thank you very much to all who contributed.

Hymns: CP 274, 254, 275, 270

Attendance: September 3^rd 87, 10^th 47. 17^th 5, 24^th 43

Prisons Week. 8th to 14th October 2023

Leaflets will soon be available, or go to www.prisonsweek.org for information and resources to help us pray for the needs of all those affected by prisons: prisoners and their families, victims of crime and their communities, those working in the criminal justice system and the many people who are involved in caring for those affected by crime on the inside and outside of our prisons

14th October Hastings Bonfire

Some roads will be closed for this event.

The parade starts at 17:30

Sunday 15th October The Reflection Service

St Clement’s Church 16:30

The Reflection is a short and varied event with its own special purpose and journey. It marks as the closing ceremony of Hastings Week. It also celebrates the talents of our own.

This year Tom Kelly with his powerful voice will lead the first half with a personal selection of songs for the occasion. The Old Town Parish bellringers are an integral part of the parish and this year marks the 60th anniversary for the bells of St Clements. The Reflection is also the time to consider why Hastings Week takes place in October, a dreadful battle in 10660, but the Reflection also looks forward to peace for all. Finally, the mayor receives the gonfalon and Hastings Week is officially closed for 2023. All welcome.

Harvest Festival

Many thanks to all who kindly brought gifts for Harvest.

During the week they will be taken to the Hastings Food Bank

Marmalade

My thanks to everyone who continued to buy the marmalade when access has been limited during September.  My jam jar stock is somewhat depleted now, so am ready to accept more.  It has also occurred to me that rubber bands are often used in packaging and then discarded when they have served their function. They are quite expensive to buy in the quantities I use, so I wondered if you would save your rubber bands for me, if they would otherwise be thrown away. They can be re-used, like the jars, over and over again – proper recycling! 

I will leave a small container for them and see if you can fill it.

Many thanks, Judith

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11:30 – 13:30

so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

Sunday 24 September 16th Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist

Priest in Charge Fr Mat Phipps

Reader Dr Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher. Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers. Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website: oldtownparishhastings.org.uk

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially

Ann Novotney, Gwen Carter, Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold, Sandra Kingston,

Jacqui Robertson

The Years’ Mind

Mary Newington, Ronald Leech, Matthew Lock,

Marianne De Courtenay, Ted Reeves

Praying Around the Parish

Old Humphrey Avenue, Old London Road,

Oxford Terrace

Hymns: 626, 437, 138, 376

During Communion CP: 277, 532

Attendance: September 3^rd 87, 10^th 47. 17^th 51

PLEASE REMEMBER

From next Sunday we shall move to St Clements Church

for all services

You are invited to an Ecumenical Prayer Vigil

on Saturday September 30th at 16:.30 in St Mary Star of the Sea. This informal service, which coincides with the one taking place in St Peter’s Square, marks a pause for prayer and reflection for all Christians as the Roman Catholic Church prepares for its forthcoming meeting of the Synod of Bishops.

Harvest Festival

On the 1st October we shall celebrate Harvest Festival.

If you would like to donate any non perishable foods please bring to St Clements on Saturday 30th Sept, between 11:30 – 13.30 or bring them along on the Sunday morning.

Many Thanks

GIFT DAY

We are very pleased to announce that the final total for this year’s Gift Day is £3.133.25p. This is an excellent result.

Thank you very much to all who contributed.

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11:30 – 13:30

so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

Sunday 17 September 15th Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist

Priest in Charge Fr Mat Phipps

Reader Dr Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher. Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers. Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website: oldtownparishhastings.org.uk

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially

Ann Novotney, Gwen Carter, Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold, Sandra Kingston,

Jacqui Robertson

The Years’ Mind

Pat Coleman, Max Judge, Jack Geering

Praying Around the Parish

Lavender House, Lodge Road, Marine Parade,

Mount Road

 Hymns: 590, 496, 470, 311

During Communion:

SOF: 124 Give Thanks,

SOF:  633 You laid aside Your Majesty

Attendance: September 3^rd 87, 10^th 47

St Clements will be closed on the 23^rd of September for a wedding.

Other Saturdays the church will be open from 11:30 – 13:30 No refreshments will be served during September.

Licensing of Fr Mathew Phipps

This was a joyful, happy occasion last Monday. The Bishop of Chichester made it a very meaningful and reflective service.

He also commented that the refreshments were amazing.

Thank you to all who were involved in making the service and refreshments afterwards an occasion to remember.

GIFT DAY

We are very pleased to announce that the final total for this year’s Gift Day is £3.133.25p. This is an excellent result.

Thank you very much to all who contributed.

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11:30 – 13:30

(not open on the 23^rd September) so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

Sunday 10 September 14th Sunday after Trinity

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Celebrant & Preacher Fr Barry Carter

Priest in Charge Fr Mat Phipps

Reader Dr Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher. Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock. Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers. Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website: oldtownparishhastings.org.uk

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially

Ann Novotney, Gwen Carter, Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold, Sandra Kingston

Recently departed.

Michael Plumbe

The Years’ Mind

Frank Molyneux, Bill Carter

Praying Around the Parish

Harold Road, Hastings Wall, Henry Terrace,

High Street

Hymns: 334, 174, 505, 81  

During Communion CP: 284, 312

Attendance: September 3^rd 87

St Clements will be closed on the 23^rd of September for a wedding.

Other Saturdays the church will be open from 11:30 – 13:30 No refreshments will be served during September.

Eucharist and Licensing of Fr Mathew Phipps

This is tomorrow 11th September at 7-30pm in All Saints Church by the Bishop of Chichester

The Rt Reverend Dr Martin Warner.

Please all come to join us as we welcome Fr Mat as our

Priest in Charge.

Refreshments will be available after the service.

Please remember to sign the list of food items you are able to donate (list at back of church) and bring them to church on the day.

GIFT DAY

We are very pleased to announce that the final total for this year’s Gift Day is £2. 863. 25p. This is an excellent result. Thank you very much to all who contributed.

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11:30 – 13:30

(not open on the 23^rd September) so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

 Sunday 3 September 13th Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher

Bishop Laurie

6pm Taize service in St Clements Church

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website: oldtownparishhastings.org.uk

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially

Ann Novotney, Gwen Carter, Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

Please remember in your prayers

Nick & Shelley who are getting married in St Clements

on the 9th September

Recently Departed

Michael Plumbe

The Years’ Mind

Penny Harrison, Arthur Pomphrey

Praying Around the Parish

Gloucester Cottages, Godwin Road, Gurth Road

 Hymns: 301, 582, 583, 525  

During Communion:

CP 383  Be still for the spirit of the Lord

SOF 27  As the deer pants

Attendance: August. 6th 40, 13th 42, 20th 31, 27^th 46

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Mathew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hastings St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Licensing will be on 11th September at 7.30pm in

All Saints Church

Taize Service – Care of Creation

Sunday 3rd September 6pm St Clement’s Church.

‘Care of Creation’ is the theme of our next service in the series ‘Sundays at Six’, a Taize style contemplative service around candlelight – a time of reflection, prayers, songs, and quietness. Everyone is welcome to this ecumenical service for all denominations. If you would like to help with any of the readings or short prayers, please let Sandra know 07484 720936.

St Clements will be closed on the 9^th and the 23^rd of September for weddings.

Other Saturdays the church will be open from 11-30 – 1-30pm. No refreshments will be served.

Refreshments for Priest’s Licensing

There is a list at the back of the church for you to sign your names against these food & drink items.

If you are unable to provide any food, there will be a bowl where you can leave some money, that will be put towards the refreshments.

Spam Alert

Please be aware that there are 2 different spams doing the rounds involving the telephone. One saying “You called me earlier” etc. when you haven’t. The other is about lending money to a relative or close friend. If you have a phone that displays caller’s numbers and you don’t recognise the number, then please do not answer it. Please be aware.

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Food Crate 

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful. Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups. Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

 Sunday 27^th August 2023 12^th Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist Celebrant Fr Robin Tree. Preacher Pat Lock

 Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

 Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

 Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

 Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

 Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

 Website: oldtownparishhastings.org.uk

 Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

 Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially:

Ann Novotney, Gwen Carter, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

It is with great sadness we heard that Michael Plumbe passed away on Friday 18^th August aged 91.

A real stalwart of Hastings Old Town and a fount of quirky information he shared along with his photos in the Parish News magazine.

The Years’ Mind

Praying Around the Parish

George Street, Githa Road, Glenview Close 

  Hymns: 543, 581, 427, 499

During August there will not be any Communion Hymns.

Organ music will be played.

Attendance: August. 6th 40, 13th 42, 20th 31.

Organ Concerts

Monday 28th August is the final concert of this year’s series.

Back by popular demand as usual is Gordon Stewart.

Start 7.30pm. Tickets £12 on the door.

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Mathew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hastings St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Licensing will be on 11th September at 7.30pm in

All Saints Church

Taize Service – Care of  Creation.

Sunday 3rd September 6pm St Clement’s Church.

‘Care of Creation’ is the theme of our next service in the series ‘Sundays at Six’, a Taize style contemplative service around candlelight – a time of reflection, prayers, songs, and quietness. Everyone is welcome to this ecumenical service for all denominations. If you would like to help with any of the readings or short prayers, please let Sandra know 07484 720936.

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Sea Front Closure

From Rock n Nore to The Pier the seafront will be closed today Sunday 27^th from 10am -12midday for the Pride event.

Holy Trinity lunchtime concerts in August.

Last concert on Wednesday 30^th Peter Grevatt & Kenneth Roberts. Baritone (Voice) and Piano.

Starts at 1.10 p.m. Free entry and retiring collection. Refreshments are for sale. All welcome!

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

 Sunday 20^th August 2023 11^th Sunday after Trinity

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist

Celebrant & Preacher Bishop Peter.

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Gwen Carter, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Marjorie Burton, John Hayward

Praying Around the Parish

Ebeneezer Road, Edgar Road, Edwin Road, Exmouth Place

Hymns: 163, 411, 557, 262

During August there will not be any Communion Hymns.

Organ music will be played.

Attendance: August. 6th 40, 13th 42.

Organ Concerts

The ever popular organ concerts begin in All Saints on Monday continue until 28th August.

Every Monday from 7.30pm. Tickets £12 on the door.

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Matthew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hastings St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Licensing will be on 11th September at 7.30pm in

All Saints Church

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Holy Trinity lunchtime concerts in August.

Wednesday 23^rd Nigel Howard at the organ.

Starts at 1.10 p.m. Free entry and retiring collection. Refreshments are for sale. All welcome!

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

Sunday 6^th August 2023 The Transfiguration of our Lord

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher Fr Kevin Mepham

4pm Blessing of the Sea  at the Harbour Arm.  [if wet in St Clements]

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Stephen Lushington

Praying Around the Parish

East Hill Passage, Cobourg Place, Court House

Hymns: 546, 392, 586 (omit all starred versions), 513

During August there will not be any Communions.

Organ music will be played.

Attendance:  July 2^nd 67, 9^th 45, 16^th 54, 23^rd 45, 30^th 73

Gift Day

Many thanks to all who contributed to Gift Day.

The total taken on the day was £1,989.60p

Monies are continuing to be given.

Pet Service

This was a great success, mainly dogs, who joined in with the organ and singing before settling down. 

Attendance 83 and 6 children.

Organ Concerts

The ever popular organ concerts begin in All Saints on Monday 10th July until 28th August.

Every Monday from 7.30pm. Tickets £12 on the door.

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Matthew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hastings St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Licensing will be on 11th September at 7.30pm in

All Saints Church

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

30th July 2023 Eight Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Non Eucharistic Service for

Celebrating Old Town Week

11-30am Holy Communion

Tuesday 1st August

Pet Service 6pm All Saints Church

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Elizabeth Brown

Praying Around the Parish

Dudley Road, East Beach Street, East Hill House

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Matthew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hastings St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Licensing will be on 11th September at 7.30pm in

All Saints Church

Attendance:  July 2^nd 67, 9^th 45, 16^th 54, 23^rd 45

Old Town Week 30^th July 06 August

 Sunday 30 July

2-4.30pm Rossetti’s in Love Exhibition in St Clements

2.30-4.30pm Cream Teas in St Clements

Monday 31 July

11-3pm Rossetti Exhibition

7.30pm Organ Concert in All Saints, Daniel Cook from Durham Cathedral

Tuesday 01 August

11-3pm Rossetti Exhibition

11-1pm Tours of ChurchTower in All Saints Church

6pm Pet Service All Saints

Wednesday 02 August.  St Clements

11-3pm Rossetti Exhibition

11-3pm Children’s Craft Activities

11-3pm Light Lunches teas & cakes

Thursday 03 August. St Clements

11-3pm Rossetti Exhibition

11-3pm Teas & Cakes

Friday 04 August

11-3pm Rossetti Exhibition St Clements

11-3pm Ploughman Lunches, teas & cakes. St Clements

7pm Two Towers Trust Quiz Night, All Saint Hall

Saturday 05 August. St Clements

11-3pm Rossetti Exhibition

11-3pm Light Lunches

7.30-11pm Night Church

Sunday 06 August

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist

4pm Blessing of the Sea at the Harbour Arm. (in St Clements if wet)

Organ Concerts

The ever popular organ concerts begin in All Saints on Monday 10th July until 28th August.

Every Monday from 7.30pm.. Tickets £12 on the door.

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate. 

Many thanks.

23 July 2023 7th Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am  Parish Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher Paul Hunt

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Elizabeth Stevens, Jean Thompsett

Praying Around the Parish

Croft Road, Croft Terrace, Crown Lane

Please pray for Corron & Joshua as they prepare for their Wedding in All Saints on 28th July.

 Hymns: 1, 591, 396, 137

During Communion: 290, 427

Attendance:  July 2^nd 67, 9^th 45, 16th July 54

Gift Day

This year’s Gift Day will be on Saturday 29th July.

Please give generously. The Wardens will be

sitting at the bottom of St Clements steps from

11am – 3pm

Organ Concerts

The ever popular organ concerts begin in All Saints on Monday 10^th July until 28^th August.

Every Monday from 7-30pm.. Tickets £12 on the door.

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Matthew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hastings St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Licensing will be on 11th September at 7.30pm in

All Saints Church

Old Town Week

There is a Rota at the back of the Church for people to sign please, to enable us to keep St Clements open during Old Town Week.

Stewards needed from Monday 30th July through to Saturday 5th August.

Parish Magazine Deliveries

We need someone to deliver magazines to lower end of Ashburnham Road and Marianna Park for the next 2 issues (July, August). If you can help please contact Joy Meech on 01424 4265662. You can leave a message with your contact details on the answering machine.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

16 July 2023 6th Sunday after Trinity

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher Fr Kevin Mepham

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Bill Carter, Jonathan Knowles

Praying Around the Parish

Church Passage, Cobourg Place, Court House

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Parish Magazine Deliveries

We need someone to deliver magazines to lower end of Ashburnham Road and Marianna Park for the next 2 issues (July, August). If you can help please contact Joy Meech on 01424 4265662. You can leave a message with your contact details on the answering machine.

Hymns: 590, 321, 534, 398

During Communion: 351, 54

Attendance:  July 2^nd 67, 9^th 45

OHH

On 19th July it will be Joan Willet’s 107th

Birthday and this will be celebrated during

OHH Summer Fare being held on 22nd July from 2-4pm.

Gift Day

This year’s Gift Day will be on Saturday 29th July.

Please give generously. The Wardens will be

sitting at the bottom of St Clements steps from

11am – 3pm

Organ Concerts

The ever popular organ concerts begin in All Saints on Monday 10^th July until 28^th August.

Every Monday from 7-30pm.. Tickets £12 on the door.

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Matthew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hastings St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Licensing will be on 11th September at 7.30pm in

All Saints Church

Old Town Week

There is a Rota at the back of the Church for

People to sign please, to enable us to keep St Clements

Open during Old Town Week.

Stewards needed from Monday 30th July through to

Saturday 5th July.

Jam jars I offer my thanks to everyone who has kept me supplied with jam jars, most of which have been clean and free of labels. I am very grateful to you. I have been reluctant to ask you to stop, but I am now inundated and have no space for more. Marmalade sales have been very good this year, and I am sure I will get through them given time, but could I please ask you not to leave me any more for the time being. I will let you know when I need more. If there is anyone out there who would like me to pass on some of the surplus, please let me know and I will gladly deliver them. They will all be clean and label-free.

Many thanks

Judith (01424 457194)

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

 9th July 2023 5th Sunday after Trinity

8am Morning Prayer

10am Celebrant & Preacher Bishop Laurie

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Cecil Champney-Burnham, Geoff Payne, Gail Povey,

Bill Jordan

Praying Around the Parish

Belmont Road, Boyne Road, Bourne Court

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the

Works that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Hymns: 557, 467, 585, 54

During Communion: 582, 469

Attendance:  July 2^nd 67

Organ Concerts

The ever popular organ concerts begin in All Saints on Monday 10^th  July until 28^th  August.

Every Monday from 7-30pm.. Tickets £12 on the door.

All Saints

There will be scaffolding up within the back pews until Monday 10^th July. The hole in the ceiling will be re plastered & painted when dry. That section of pews will still be cordoned off until the work is completed.

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Matthew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hasting St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Date of Licensing to be confirmed later.

Parish Magazine Deliveries

We need someone to deliver magazines to lower end of Ashburnham Road and Marianna Park for the next 2 issues (July, August). If you can help please contact Joy Meech on 01424 4265662. You can leave a message with your contact details on the answering machine.

Jam jars I offer my thanks to everyone who has kept me supplied with jam jars, most of which have been clean and free of labels. I am very grateful to you. I have been reluctant to ask you to stop, but I am now inundated and have no space for more. Marmalade sales have been very good this year, and I am sure I will get through them given time, but could I please ask you not to leave me any more for the time being. I will let you know when I need more. If there is anyone out there who would like me to pass on some of the surplus, please let me know and I will gladly deliver them. They will all be clean and label-free.

Many thanks

Judith (01424 457194)

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

2 July 2023 4th Sunday after Trinity

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist & Celebrant, Fr Robin Tree

6pm Wesley Worship

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Cecil Champney-Burnham, Geoff Payne, Gail Povey,

Bill Jordan

Praying Around the Parish

Ashburnham Road, Barley Avenue, Barley Lane

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to the works

that are very urgently needed.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Please see the article in the Parish Magazine for July.

Hymns: 4, 533, 262, 507

During Communion: 633 You laid asideYour majesty

302 O Lord my God

Attendance:  June 4th 65, 11^th 49, 18th, 79, 25^th 42

Wesley Worship – Hymns of Praise

Sunday 2nd July 6pm in All Saints Church.

Come and sing, listen to backgrounds about the hymns,

and hear about the families of Wesleys.

This is another in our church’s series of an evening service

on the first Sunday of the month.

Priest in Charge

The Bishop of Chichester is pleased to announce the

appointment of The Revd Matthew Phipps as Priest in Charge of Hasting St Clement & All Saints.

He will be working 3 days a week.

Date of Licensing to be confirmed later.

Parish Magazine Deliveries

We need someone to deliver magazines to lower end of Ashburnham Road and Marianna Park for the next 2 issues (July, August). If you can help please contact Joy Meech on 01424 4265662. You can leave a message with your contact details on the answering machine.

Jam jars I offer my thanks to everyone who has kept me supplied with jam jars, most of which have been clean and free of labels. I am very grateful to you. I have been reluctant to ask you to stop, but I am now inundated and have no space for more. Marmalade sales have been very good this year, and I am sure I will get through them given time, but could I please ask you not to leave me any more for the time being. I will let you know when I need more. If there is anyone out there who would like me to pass on some of the surplus, please let me know and I will gladly deliver them. They will all be clean and label-free.

Many thanks

Judith (01424 457194)

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

 25 June 2023 3^rd Sunday after Trinity

8am Morning Prayer

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant & Preacher Bishop Peter Wheatley

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Andrew Bennett, Jenny Connor, Arthur Bexhell,

Tony Jenkins

Praying Around the Parish

Albion Lane, All Saints Crescent, All Saints Street

All Saints South Porch

We are setting up an appeal to raise donations to these very urgent works.

Whatever you can afford, please give generously.

Hymns: 368, 533, 278, 311

During Communion: 315, 285

Attendance:  June 4th 65, 11^th 49, 18th, 79

Wesley Worship – Hymns of Praise

Sunday 2nd July 6pm in All Saints Church.

Come and sing, listen to backgrounds about the hymns,

and hear about the families of Wesleys.

This is another in our church’s series of an evening service

on the first Sunday of the month.

Confirmation

What a glorious service on Tuesday with the Bishop of Lewes taking The Eucharist with Baptism and Confirmation. Alongside our candidates, there were 3 others from Christ Church Ore & St Helens. There were 81 people in the congregation.

A huge thanks to everyone who helped to make the service such a happy occasion. The refreshments went down a treat!!

Visit Dutch Students

It was lovely to have so many Dutch students with us last week. They certainly enjoyed their visit.

Jam jars I offer my thanks to everyone who has kept me supplied with jam jars, most of which have been clean and free of labels. I am very grateful to you. I have been reluctant to ask you to stop, but I am now inundated and have no space for more. Marmalade sales have been very good this year, and I am sure I will get through them given time, but could I please ask you not to leave me any more for the time being. I will let you know when I need more. If there is anyone out there who would like me to pass on some of the surplus, please let me know and I will gladly deliver them. They will all be clean and label-free.

Many thanks

Judith (01424 457194)

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service.

Parish Magazine Deliveries

We need someone to deliver magazines to lower end of Ashburnham Road and Marianna Park for the next 2 issues (July, August). If you can help please contact Joy Meech on 01424 4265662. You can leave a message with your contact details on the answering machine.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

18 June 2023 2^nd Sunday after Trinity

8am BCP Holy Communion

12am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant & Preacher Fr Kevin Mepham

20th June 7-30pm. Baptism, Confirmation within the Eucharist. Celebrant & Preacher The Rt Revd William Hazelwood.

Bishop of Lewes

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Hilda Downing

Praying Around the Parish

Waterloo Passage, Wellesley Court

Hymns: 30, 477, 622, 395

During Communion: 629 You are the vine

122 From the sun’s rising

Attendance:  June 4th 65, 11^th 49

Confirmation

On Tuesday 20th June at 7-30pm The Bishop of Lewis will

conduct a Baptism and Confirmation within the Eucharistic

service.  Corron will be Baptised and Poppy, Corron, Beverly, Jackie, Willemina, Clem and Simon from our congregation will be confirmed.

This will be the first time for 18 years that this service has been held in The Old Town Parish. It is an important service in the life of the Parish.

There will be refreshments after the service and a chance to meet The Bishop. Please put this date in your diaries and join us in All Saints Church.

Please pray for all the candidates as they take this important step on their Christian journey.

Dutch Visitors

We warmly welcome Bernice & the Dutch students. It is lovely having you all with us again following the Pandemic.

Please join us after the service  for refreshments

All Saints South Porch

Gareth and Ian met with the inspecting Architect and David Cheal (Builder) last Friday.

The damage in the south porch is much more serious than

initially thought. The works required are more complicated and need specialist builders to carry out the repairs.

We do not have any idea of costings at present, but it will cost a lot more than originally expected.

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service.

Parish Magazine Deliveries

We need someone to deliver magazines to lower end of Ashburnham Road and Marianna Park for the next 2 issues (July, August). If you can help please contact Joy Meech on 01424 4265662. You can leave a message with your contact details on the answering machine.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

11 June 2023 St Barnabas The Apostle

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Celebrant & Preacher Bishop Laurie

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Frank Harrison                                                                  

Praying Around the Parish

Tillinton Terrace, Torfield Close, Trafalgar Cottages

Hymns: 396, 474, 229, 409

During Communion: CP 287, 519

Attendance:  June 4^th 65

Confirmation

On Tuesday 20th June at 7-30pm The Bishop of Lewis will

conduct a Baptism and Confirmation within the Eucharistic

service.  Corron will be Baptised and Poppy, Corron, Beverly, Jackie, Willemina, Clem and Simon from our congregation will be confirmed.

This will be the first time for 18 years that this service has been held in The Old Town Parish. It is an important service in the life of the Parish.

There will be refreshments after the service and a chance to meet The Bishop. Please put this date in your diaries and join us in All Saints Church.

Please pray for all the candidates as they take this important step on their Christian journey.

All Saints South Porch

Gareth and Ian met with the inspecting Architect and David Cheal (Builder) last Friday.

The damage in the south porch is much more serious than

initially thought. The works required are more complicated and need specialist builders to carry out the repairs.

We do not have any idea of costings at present, but it will cost a lot more than originally expected.

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

 04 June 2023 Trinity Sunday

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Celebrant & Preacher Fr Paul Messenger

6pm Evening Prayer

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock, tel: 754264

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

 Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

 Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Dennis Coleman, Joan Bentall, Spencer White                        

Praying Around the Parish

Tackleway, Tamarisk Steps, The Bourne, The Croft

Hymns: 202, 379, 409, 377

During Communion: SOF 182 Holy, Holy is the Lord

SOF 302 Jesus shall take the highest honour

 Attendance:  May 7^h 72, 14^th 53, 21^st 47, 28th 59.

Confirmation

On Tuesday 20th June at 7-30pm The Bishop of Lewis will conduct a Baptism and Confirmation within the Eucharistic service.  Corron will be Baptised and Poppy, Corron, Beverly, Jackie, Willemina, Clem and Simon from our congregation will be confirmed.

This will be the first time for 18 years that this service has been held in The Old Town Parish. It is an important service in the life of the Parish.

There will be refreshments after the service and a chance to meet The Bishop. Please put this date in your diaries and join us in All Saints Church.

Please pray for all the candidates as they take this important step on their Christian journey.

All Saints South Porch

Gareth and Ian met with the inspecting Architect and David Cheal (Builder) last Friday.

The damage in the south porch is much more serious than

initially thought. The works required are more complicated and need specialist builders to carry out the repairs.

We do not have any idea of costings at present, but it will cost a lot more than originally expected.

 PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful. Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups. Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

 28^th May 2023 Pentecost [Whitsunday]

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant &

Preacher Fr Barry Carter

Reader Dr Pat Lock tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874,

Keith Leech

Tel. 07947 439595

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Joyce Wilmshurst, Sharon Kitson, Greta Woods,

Dorothy Devenish, John Manwaring Baines,

Elizabeth Blount                                                                

Praying Around the Parish

Swaines Passage, Swan Avenue, Swan Terrace

Hymns: 175,174, 179, 198

During Communion: 188 Holy Spirit we welcome You,

124 Give Thanks

Attendance:  May 7^h 72, 14^th 53, 21^st 47

Next week. As from next Sunday we shall be moving

to All Saints Church for all Services.

A big thank you to Barbara Ashby for carrying out the

regilding work to the Mayors Mace holder in St Clements. It is now back in its place (thank you, Ken) in the front row of the South Aisle, looking resplendent.

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service.

All Saints Church

When the inspecting Architect carried out the Quinquennial

inspection in 2022, amongst other issues he reported that the heavy roof over the south porch (it’s covered with Horsham Stone) was gradually slipping down. In the long run it would fall off, but as it moves it is damaging the purpose-built guttering. Last year the Parish spent £5.000 on repairing the most serious shortcomings revealed by the Architect. These mostly related to damage to the roof. Anything involving dampness and water penetration needs to be dealt with as a matter of urgency. So the work we did last year was our first priority. The state of the south porch roof has now deteriorated to a point when it has become our number one priority for works in 2023. The cost estimated is £5.000, but possibly more, as dismantling the structure could reveal problems which at this point aren’t

visible. The Parish’s finances are stretched, to put it mildly. An anonymous parishioner has offered to donate £2.000 towards the cost of repairing he south porch. With Gift Aid will amount to half the cost. It would be a great help if other parishioners felt minded to help by making a donation towards the costs. Please speak to one of the Wardens if you wish to help in this way.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

21^st May 2023 Sunday after The Ascension

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant and Preacher

Fr Robin Tree

Reader Dr Pat Lock tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874, Keith Leech Tel. 716576.

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

Recently Departed

Lenie (Magdalena) Hinton

Please pray for Albert, Becky and family

The Years’ Mind

Philip Davenport, Winifred Hudd,

Doreen Williscroft                                                             

Praying Around the Parish

Sinnock Square, Starrs Cottage, Strongs Passage

Hymns: 152, 627, 311, 525

During Communion: 514 Such Love,

303 Jesus stand among us

Attendance:  April: 2023. 2^nd, 82, 9^th106, 16^th 75, 23^rd 102.

30th 137, 7^th 79, 14^th

Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Bombing of Swan Hotel 23^rd May 2023:

There will be a short service of Remembrance from 11-15am, outside Swan Gardens.

From 4th June we shall move to All Saints Church for all

Services.

A big thank you to Barbara Ashby for carrying out the

regilding work to the Mayors Mace holder in St Clements. It is now back in its place (thank you, Ken) in the front row of the South Aisle, looking resplendent.

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service.

All Saints Church

When the inspecting Architect carried out the Quinquennial

inspection in 2022, amongst other issues he reported that the heavy roof over the south porch (it’s covered with Horsham Stone) was gradually slipping down. In the long run it would fall off, but as it moves it is damaging the purpose-built guttering. Last year the Parish spent £5.000 on repairing the most serious shortcomings revealed by the Architect. These mostly related to damage to the roof. Anything involving dampness and water penetration needs to be dealt with as a matter of urgency. So the work we did last year was our first priority. The state of the south porch roof has now deteriorated to a point when it has become our number one priority for works in 2023. The cost estimated is £5.000, but possibly more, as dismantling the structure could reveal problems which at this point aren’t

visible. The Parish’s finances are stretched, to put it mildly. An anonymous parishioner has offered to donate £2.000 towards the cost of repairing he south porch. With Gift Aid will amount to half the cost. It would be a great help if other parishioners felt minded to help by making a donation towards the costs. Please speak to one of the Wardens if you wish to help in this way.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

21^st May Seventh Sunday after Easter

Collect. O God the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to  our kingdom in heaven: we beseech you, leave us not comfortless, but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us  and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before, who is alive and  reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

First Reading. Acts 1. 6-14. When the apostles had come together, they asked Jesus, ‘Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’ When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up towards heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up towards heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.’ Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away. When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.

Second Reading. 1. Peter 4. 12-14, 5. 6-11. Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in so far as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed. If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour. Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering. And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.

Reading from the Gospel of John. 17. 1-11. Jesus looked up to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed. ‘I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.’

Post Communion. Eternal God, giver of love and power, your Son Jesus Christ has sent us into all the world to preach the gospel of his kingdom: confirm us in this mission and help us to live the good news we proclaim; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

7^th May 2023 Fifth Sunday after Easter,

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher Bishop Peter Wheatley

6pm Coronation PraiseSome Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service Morning Prayer will be said instead.

Reader Dr Pat Lock tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874, Keith Leech Tel. 716576.

Churchwardens:

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Pat Lock

Tel: 754264

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

Recently Departed

Lenie (Magdalena) Hinton

Please pray for Albert, Becky and family

The Years’ Mind

Hugh Farlie, Nicky Harris                                                   

Praying Around the Parish

Philip Cole Close, Pleasant Row, Post Office Passage

Hymns: 355, 393, 81,398. During Communion:

366 You laid aside Your Majesty, 164 He is exalted

Attendance:  April: 2023. 2^nd, 82, 9^th106, 16^th 75, 23^rd 102.

30th, 137

Heating

The heating has been turned down a little more, as the bill for March was over £3.000. We really need to make savings.

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you  feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to  Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service

The Coronation

To celebrate King Charles III‘s Coronation we shall have a

Celebration Parish Eucharist at 10am.

Cream Tea’s will be served from 3-30pm until 6pm, when

everybody is invited to stay for the Coronation Praise service.

Beating The Bounds

Please see Parish Magazine for details.

All Saints Church

When the inspecting Architect carried out the Quinquennial

inspection in 2022, amongst other issues he reported that the heavy roof over the south porch (it’s covered with Horsham Stone) was gradually slipping down. In the long run it would fall off, but as it moves it is damaging the purpose-built guttering. Last year the Parish spent £5.000 on repairing the most serious shortcomings revealed by the Architect. These mostly related to damage to the roof. Anything involving dampness and water penetration needs to be dealt with as a matter of urgency. So the work we did last year was our first priority. The state of the south porch roof has now deteriorated to a point when it has become our number one priority for works in 2023. The cost estimated is £5.000, but possibly more, as dismantling the structure could reveal problems which at this point aren’t

visible. The Parish’s finances are stretched, to put it mildly. An anonymous parishioner has offered to donate £2.000 towards the cost of repairing he south porch. With Gift Aid will amount to half the cost. It would be a great help if other parishioners felt minded to help by making a donation towards the costs. Please speak to one of the Wardens if you wish to help in this way.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone can contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

30^th April 2023 Fourth Sunday after Easter,

Morris Festival Eucharist

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Morris Festival Eucharist. Celebrant & Preach Fr Kevin Mepham

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service Morning Prayer will be said instead.

Reader Dr Pat Lock tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874, Keith Leech Tel. 716576.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tel. 457194.

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

Recently Departed

Jackie Armstrong,

Please pray for Peter & family

Lenie (Magdalena) Hinton

Please pray for Albert, Becky and family

The Years’ Mind

Irene Hawke, Ken Buddle, Julie Roberts                                 

Praying Around the Parish

Old Humphrey Avenue, Old London Road, Oxford Terrace

Hymns: all in Service Book

Attendance:  April: 2023. 2^nd, 82, 9^th106, 16^th 75, 23^rd 102.

Heating

The heating has been turned down a little more, as the bill for last month was over £3.000. We really need to make savings.

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you  feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to  Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service

A big thank you from Malcolm Lock for the wine and fudge and the gathering after Easter Day service.

Many thanks to Andrew Mills for all the great work he has done in tidying All Saints Churchyard.

The Morris Festival Service

This festival Eucharist will take place in St Clements Church

On Sunday 30^th April at the usual time of 10am

Coronation Day Saturday 6^th May: St Clements will not be open on that day, so people can enjoy watching the celebrations themselves elsewhere. Sunday 7^th May, St Clements will be open for Cream Teas from 3.30pm until 6pm for the service of Coronation Praise. Everyone is warmly invited to celebrate with us at 6pm.

The Coronation

Next Sunday 7^th May, to celebrate King Charles ‘s Coronation we shall have a Celebration Parish Eucharist at 10am.

Coronation Praise will be at 6pm.

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone is able to contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

23rd April 2023 Third Sunday after Easter,

St George’s Day

8am Morning Prayer

10am Celebrant Fr David Sherwood, Preacher Pat Lock

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service Morning Prayer will be said instead.

Reader Dr Pat Lock tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874, Keith Leech Tel. 716576.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tel. 457194.

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith,

Lyn Arnold, Magdalena Hinton

Recently Departed

Jackie Armstrong,

Please pray for Peter & family

Lenie (Magdalena) Hinton

Please pray for Albert, Becky and family

The Years’ Mind

Joyce Wilmshurst, Joan Reeves,

Roy Davenport, Freda Bastin                                               

Praying Around the Parish

Lavender House, Lodge Road,

Marine Parade, Mount Road

Thank you to Malcolm and the choir for my bouquet of beautiful flowers on Easter Sunday. It was a lovely surprise and it has been a joy singing with you all. I shall still see you all when I am in the congregation. Thank you. Evelyn Harding.

Hymns: 621, 145, 616, 161,

During Communion: 287, 136

435

Attendance:  April: 2023. 2^nd, 82, 9^th106, 16^th 75

Heating

The heating has been turned down a little more, as the bill for last month was over £3.000. We really need to make savings.

Government Emergency Alert System

As from 23rd April, this system will enable people to be contacted via their mobile when lives are in danger. On 23rd April at 3pm there will be a national test of the Emergency Alerts System. Emergency alerts are sent to all compatible mobile phones within the area of risk. They don’t track your location, need your phone number, or collect personal data. Only government & emergency services will be able to send them. This will be used in future to warn of emergencies eg, Severe Flooding. If you get an alert, you’ll hear a loud siren like sound. A message on your screen will tell of the emergency and how best to respond. You can check if the alert is genuine on      gov.uk/alerts  If you don’t have a mobile phone, you’ll still be kept informed through other channels.

More information can be found on the GOV.UK website.

APCM

The APCM will be held in St Clements Church on

Tuesday 25^th April at 7pm.

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you  feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to  Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service

TTT  AGM Friday 21st April 7-30pm

Two Towers Trust, the charity which raises funds to maintain the Old Town’s two mediaeval churches, St Clement &

All Saints, is holding its AGM in St Clements Church

Anne Scott, chair of the Old Hastings Preservation

Society will give a short talk on “Churches in the Old Town.

anyone interested in joining the trust, or wanting to find

out more about its work, is very welcome to attend. Wine &

nibbles will be served.

The Morris Festival Service

This festival Eucharist will take place in St Clements Church

On Sunday 30^th April at the usual time of 10am

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone is able to contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks.

Third Sunday after Easter

Collect. Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in righteousness and truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

First Reading. Acts 2. 14. 36-41. On the day of Pentecost, Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd, ‘Let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified. ’Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what should we do?’ Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.’ And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added to their number.

Second Reading. 1. Peter 1. 17-23. If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially  according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart. You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

Reading from the Gospel of Luke. 23. 13-35. On that same day, two of the disciples were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, ‘What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?’ They stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, ‘Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?’ Jesus asked them, ‘What things?’ They replied, ‘The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, and when they did not find his body there, they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but they did not see Jesus.’ Then he said to them, ‘Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?’ Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures. As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, ‘Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.’ So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Jesus; and he vanished from their sight. They said to each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?’ That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying, ‘The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!’ Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Post Communion. Living God, your Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in all his redeeming work; who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

16h April 2023 Second Sunday of Easter

8am Low Sunday BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist Celebrant & Preacher Bishop Laurie

6pm Easter Carol Service

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service Morning Prayer will be said instead.

Reader Dr Pat Lock tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall Tel. 721874.

Keith Leech Tel. 716576.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tel. 457194.

Ian Gallagher

Tel. 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

Tel. 07507 860034

Ann Wing

Tel. 420499

Safeguarding Officer:

Heather Summers Tel. 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942 347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind

Betty Judge, Barbara Carter

Praying Around the Parish

Hastings Wall, Henry Terrace, High Street

Hymns: 138,150,143,

During Communion:136, 135

148  

Attendance:  April: 2023

2^nd, 82, 9^th106

APCM

Reports are needed from parish groups for inclusion in

The Annual Activities Report. Please send to Sue’s email

    Or give report to her

In church.

The ACPM will be held in St Clements Church on

Tuesday 25^th April at 7pm.

PCC Secretary

Sue Phillips is stepping down as PCC Secretary after many years, at the APCM. If you  feel you could

Step into her shoes, or know anyone who might be willing & able to do so, then please speak to  Pat Lock or The Wardens

We thank Sue very much for her many years of service

TTT  AGM Friday 21st April 7-30pm

Two Towers Trust, the charity which raises funds to maintain the Old Town’s two mediaeval churches, St Clement &

All Saints, is holding its AGM in St Clements Church

Anne Scott, chair of the Old Hastings Preservation

Society will give a short talk on “Churches in the Old Town.

anyone interested in joining the trust, or wanting to find

out more about its work, is very welcome to attend. Wine &

nibbles will be served.

The Morris Festival Service

This festival Eucharist will take place in St Clements Church

On Sunday 30^th April at the usual time of 10am

Food Crate

The Food Banks are low on the following items. If anyone is able to contribute any items, they will be very grateful.

Pasta, large disposable nappies, Pull Ups.

Tins of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, tomatoes, rice pudding.

St. Clement’s Church is open Saturdays from 11-30 – 3pm so if you can please drop any items into the food crate.

Many thanks,

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2^ND April 2023 PALM SUNDAY

8am Palm Sunday BCP Holy Communion  

10am Parish Eucharist.

Celebrant And Preacher Bishop Nicholas Reade

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service Morning Prayer will be said instead.

Reader Dr Pat Lock tel: 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially:

Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

The Years’ Mind:

Muriel Coleman,

Praying Around the Parish

Githa Rd, Glen View Rd, Glen View Close

90^th Birthday

Keith Pound wishes to invite members of the

Congregation to a glass of wine after the service on

Palm Sunday 2^nd April., to help celebrate his birthday

At 12 noon there will be a buffet lunch for

those who have come some distance [sorry I

cannot ask you all to lunch]

No flowers, no speeches please.

Keith

Hymns: , 128, 129, 119,

During Communion:  125, 118

112  [ not hymn in the service book]

Attendance:  March 2023

5^th,  55.& Lent Taize 41, 12^th. 53. 20^th 58

26^th, 40

Procession of Witness

Rehearsals, props , costumes & route checks

Saturday March 25^th & 1^st April 11-1pm. In St Clements

Please contact Heather Leech 07956 402162

APCM

Reports are needed from parish groups for inclusion in

The Annual Activities Report. Please send to Sue’s email

    Or give report to her

In church

Easter Flowers

If you would like to have flowers in church dedicated to a loved one, please give some money to Eve Douglas-Kellie

TTT  AGM Friday 21st April 7-30pm

Two Towers Trust, the charity which raises funds to maintain the Old Town’s two mediaeval churches, St Clement &

All Saints, is holding its AGM in St Clements Church

Anne Scott, chair of the Old Hastings Preservation

Society will give a short talk on “Churches in the Old Town.

anyone interested in joining the trust, or wanting to find

out more about its work, is very welcome to attend. Wine &

nibbles will be served.

Incense

As is our tradition, Incense will be used on Holy Saturday.

HOLY WEEK SERVICES

All Services in St Clements

Monday 3^rd.                7-30pm Stations of the Cross

Tuesday 4^th                          7-30pm  Compline

Wednesday 5^th           7-30pm Tenebrae

Maundy Thursday       7-30pm, Washing of feet, Parish

 Eucharist, Stripping of the Altar. The “Watch” in the Lady Chapel’s Altar of Repose until 10pm

Good Friday 7^th 10am Procession of Witness from St Clements, up the High St to St Mary Star of the Sea to

All Saints Church

Good Friday       2pm  Good Friday Liturgy

Holy Saturday     8pm Lighting the new fire, Lighting of the

Pascal Candle & Renewal of Baptismal Vows.

Easter Day

8am         BCP Holy Communion

10am        Parish Eucharist

19th March 2023 4th Sunday of Lent

8am BCP Holy Communion  

10am Mothering Sunday Non Eucharistic

11-15am  Holy Communion

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

Reader Dr Pat Lock tele; 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially: ,  Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

Recently Departed

Terry Hinton.

Please pray for Albert, Becky & family

The Years’ Mind:

James Wesson, Stan Bentall

Praying Around the Parish

East St, Ebenezer Rd, Edgar Rd,

Exmouth Place

90^th Birthday

Keith Pound wishes to invite members of the

Congregation to a glass of wine after the service on

 Palm Sunday 2^nd April., to help celebrate his birthday

At 12 noon there will be a buffet lunch for

those who have come some distance –[ sorry I

cannot ask you all to lunch] Keith

Hymns

All in service book

Attendance:  March 2023

5^th,  55.& Lent Taize 41, 12^th. 53.

Earthquake Disaster

There will be a bucket at the back of the church with

A sign saying  “Donations to the Earthquake Disaster Fund”

Please give what you can.

Lent House Groups

Four groups will meet weekly during Lent. Wednesday

Morning 11-15am, Wednesday evening 7-30pm both

From 1^st March. Friday evenings from 3^rd March time to be

Confirmed, Monday evening 7-30pm from 6^th March.

Groups will use either “A place for us”, which develops

Themes from West Side Story, or the Diocesan Lent

Course. All welcome. Further information from Sue Phillips

01424 882342.

Good Friday Procession of Witness

Rehearsals, props , costumes & route checks

Saturday March 25^th & 1^st April 11-1pm. In St Clements

Please contact Heather Leech 07956 402162

APCM

Reports are needed from parish groups for inclusion in

The Annual Activities Report. Please send to Sue’s email

    Or give report to her

In church

Breakfast

Parish Breakfast has been suspended for 6 months, pending review in the Autumn. Numbers have not increased since the return from the covid closure & it may be time to think of a new regular parish social event.

Saturdays at St Clement continue weekly, 12-3pm with

Soup , rolls, cake, tea/coffee. Open to all, a time for friendship with a hot snack in a warm space.

Easter Flowers

If you would like to have flowers in church dedicated to a loved one, please give some money to Eve Douglas-Kellie

Beating the Bounds

Please see Judith Cubison if you are interested in taking part

In this event.

Christingle

The Children’s Society have written to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone at Church who helped contribute to the

Sum of £102.08..  It helps to  let young people know that a

brighter future is possible.

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12^th March 2023 Third Sunday of Lent

8.00 a.m. Morning Prayer  

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant &

Preacher  Bishop Laurie Green

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

Next Sunday is Mothering Sunday. We will have a special service at 10am to give thanks for our mothers. Posies

 will be given out also.

Reader Dr Pat Lock tele; 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially: ,  Abigail Smith,

Rosemary Smith, Lyn Arnold

Recently Departed

Terry Hinton.

Please pray for Albert, Becky & family

The Years’ Mind:

Sylvia Smith, Mama, John Corney, Rose Adie

Irene Mead

Praying Around the Parish

Dudley Rd, East Beach St ,East Hill St, East Hill Passage

East Parade

Hymns

556, 416, 175

During Communion  252, hymn on sheet

265

Attendance:  March 2023

5^th,  55.

Lent Leaflet

The Archbishop of Canterbury has produced a small Lent Book

For 2023 called “Dust and Glory”. This gives daily Bible Readings, short reflection & a practical challenge as well as prayer linked to the week’s theme. This can obviously be used at any time but it offers40 themes for Lent & is described as a Lent Journey of faith, failure and forgiveness.

At the back of the church I have placed 20 copies price £2.00

Each. Please take one & put your money in the tin.

Should we need more copies, please add your name to the list & I will order more.

Pat Lock

Earthquake Disaster

There will be a bucket at the back of the church with

A sign saying  “Donations to the Earthquake Disaster Fund”

Please give what you can.

Lent House Groups

Four groups will meet weekly during Lent. Wednesday

Morning 11-15am, Wednesday evening 7-30pm both

From 1^st March. Friday evenings from 3^rd March time to be

Confirmed, Monday evening 7-30pm from 6^th March.

Groups will use either “A place for us”, which develops

Themes from West Side Story, or the Diocesan Lent

Course. All welcome. Further information from Sue Phillips

01424 882342.

APCM

Reports are needed from parish groups for inclusion in

The Annual Activities Report. Please send to Sue’s email

    Or give report to her

In church

Breakfast

Parish Breakfast has been suspended for 6 months, pending review in the Autumn. Numbers have not increased since the return from the covid closure & it may be time to think of a new regular parish social event.

Saturdays at St Clement continue weekly, 12-3pm with

Soup , rolls, cake, tea/coffee. Open to all, a time for friendship with a hot snack in a warm space.

Easter Flowers

If you would like to have flowers in church dedicated to a loved one, please give some money to Eve Douglas-Kellie

Beating the Bounds

Please see Judith Cubison if you are interested in taking part

In this event.

5^th March 2023 second Sunday of Lent

8.00 a.m. BCP Holy Communion  

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant &

Preacher Fr David Sherwood

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

Lent Taize

5^th March in St Clements at 6pm

A Taize style contemplative service around

Candlelights. If you can help with any readings or

Short prayers, please let Sandra know at or in church. There are

WHAT IS TAIZE leaflets at the back of the church

Reader Dr Pat Lock tele; 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially: , Terry Hinton, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Fr Robin Tree

 Lynn Arnold & family.

The Years’ Mind:

Alfred Wingfield, Morag Reeves,

David Churchill

Praying Around the Parish

Church Passage, Coburg Place, Court House St

Croft Rd, Croft Terrace, Crown Lane

Hymns

6, 386, 586 [Omit V 2]

During Communion  110, 622

627

Attendance:  February 2023

5^th,  45., 12^th, 41. 19^th. 47. 26^th. 57

Prayer Box

There is already a prayer box by the votive candle stand in

The Lady Chapel, for anyone who would like someone

To be prayed for.  There is now another prayer box at the back of the church with paper & pens, for anyone who would like to pop a prayer into. These are totally confidential

And they are for anyone who wishes someone to be prayed for. These boxes will be opened by the Ministry Team during their meetings and the prayers will be offered to God for healing.

Lent Leaflet

The Archbishop of Canterbury has produced a small Lent Book

For 2023 called “Dust and Glory”. This gives daily Bible Readings, short reflection & a practical challenge as well as prayer linked to the week’s theme. This can obviously be used at any time but it offers40 themes for Lent & is described as a Lent Journey of faith, failure and forgiveness.

At the back of the church I have placed 20 copies price £2.00

Each. Please take one & put your money in the tin.

Should we need more copies, please add your name to the list & I will order more.

Pat Lock

Earthquake Disaster

There will be a bucket at the back of the church with

A sign saying  “Donations to the Earthquake Disaster Fund”

Please give what you can.

Beating the Bounds

Hastings History Group is interested in doing a walk to

Beat The Bounds of St Clements Parish. This used to take place on Rogation Sunday. Traditionally the Bounds were

Beaten every 7 years, led by the Priest, church officials &

Choir & parishioners especially the youngsters taking part. There was a reward of 3d for the first to find the next boundary stone. Each person was armed with a cane/willow or hazel wand with which to beat the stones or other boundary markers. If interested please see Judith Cubison.

Lent House Groups

Four groups will meet weekly during Lent. Wednesday

Morning 11-15am, Wednesday evening 7-30pm both

From 1^st March. Friday evenings from 3^rd March time to be

Confirmed, Monday evening 7-30pm from 6^th March.

Groups will use either “A place for us”, which develops

Themes from West Side Story, or the Diocesan Lent

Course. All welcome. Further information from Sue Phillips

01424 882342.

APCM

Reports are needed from parish groups for inclusion in

The Annual Activities Report. Please send to Sue’s email

    Or give report to her

In church

                                         5^th March 2023   second Sunday of lent

Collect  Almighty God you show to those who are in error the light of your truth, that they may return to the way of righteousness; grant to all those who are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s religion, that they may reject those things that are contrary  to their profession and follow all such things that are agreeable to the same: through our Lord Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

FIRST READING, Genesis 12. 1-4a    A reading from the Book of Genesis    The Lord said to Abram. ’Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you I will curse: and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ So Abram went as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him

SECOND READING Romans 4. 1-5, 13-17  A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans.   What are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh?  For if Abraham was justified by works he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God and it was reckoned as righteousness. Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due. But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness. For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his descendants through the law but  through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath;  but where there is no law, neither is there violation. For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only the adherents of the law but to those who share the faith of Abraham [ for he is the father of us all, as it is written ‘I have made you the father of many nations’] – Abraham believed in the presence of the God who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

GOSPEL JOHN3.1-17   HEAR THE Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John    There  was a Pharisee names Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him ‘ Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God;  for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God. Jesus answered him Very truly I tell you no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above’ Nicodemus said to him ’How can anyone be born after having grown old?  Can one enter the second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ Jesus answered ‘ What is born of the flesh is flesh what is born of the spirit is spirit. . Do not be astonished that I said to you , ”You must be born from above.” The wind blows  where it chooses and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the spirit ‘. Nicodemus said to him how can these thing be? Jesus answered him   Are you a teacher of Israel and yet you  do not understand these things.?  Very truly you I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen : yet you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things ? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven The Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him, may have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him

Post Communion

Almighty God , you see that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves: keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, that we may be defended from all  adversities which may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord

26th February 2023 first Sunday of Lent

8.00 a.m. BCP Holy Communion  

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant &

Preacher Paul Hunt

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

Lent Taize

5^th March in St Clements at 6pm

A Taize style contemplative service around

Candlelights. If you can help with any readings or

Short prayers, please let Sandra know at or in church. There are

WHAT IS TAIZE leaflets at the back of the church

Reader Dr Pat Lock tele; 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially: , Terry Hinton, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Fr Robin Tree

 Lynn Arnold  & family.

The Years’ Mind:

Ronald Chiverall, Jean Bigg, Marina Frogatt

Frank Edmunds

Praying Around the Parish

Barley Lane. Belmont Rd, Boynes Rd, Bourne Ct

Hymns

96, 324, 444

During Communion  97, 532

557

Attendance:  February 2023

5^th,  45., 12^th, 41. 19^th. 47

Confirmation Classes

We hope to be commencing Confirmation Classes

Shortly. These will be open to anyone who has been Baptised

In The Church of England. If anyone would like to be considered, please see Pat Lock or Ann

World Day of Prayer Friday 3^rd March 10-30am

This will now be held in the Salvation Army Citadel in

St Andrews Square. This years service has been prepared by women in Taiwan and is open to all men and women.

Prayer Box

There is already a prayer box by the votive candle stand in

The Lady Chapel, for anyone who would like someone

To be prayed for.  There is now another prayer box at the back of the church with paper & pens, for anyone who would like to pop a prayer into. These are totally confidential

And they are for anyone who wishes someone to be prayed for. These boxes will be opened by the Ministry Team during their meetings and the prayers will be offered to God for healing.

Lent Leaflet

The Archbishop of Canterbury has produced a small Lent Book

For 2023 called “Dust and Glory”. This gives daily Bible Readings, short reflection & a practical challenge as well as prayer linked to the week’s theme. This can obviously be used at any time but it offers40 themes for Lent & is described as a Lent Journey of faith, failure and forgiveness.

At the back of the church I have placed 20 copies price £2.00

Each. Please take one & put your money in the tin.

Should we need more copies, please add your name to the list & I will order more.

Pat Lock

Earthquake Disaster

There will be a bucket at the back of the church with

A sign saying  “Donations to the Earthquake Disaster Fund”

Please give what you can.

Beating the Bounds

Hastings History Group is interested in doing a walk to

Beat The Bounds of St Clements Parish. This used to take place on Rogation Sunday. Traditionally the Bounds were

Beaten every 7 years, led by the Priest, church officials &

Choir & parishioners especially the youngsters taking part. There was a reward of 3d for the first to find the next boundary stone. Each person was armed with a cane/willow or hazel wand with which to beat the stones or other boundary markers. If interested please see Judith Cubison.

26 FEBRUARY 2023     FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

Collect: Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness and was tempted as we are, yet without sin: give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit and, as you know our weakness, so may we know your power to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

FIRST READING Genesis 2.15–17; 3.1–7

 A reading from the book of Genesis. The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.’ Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God say, “You shall not eat from any tree in the garden”?’ The woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, “You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.”’ But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

SECOND READING Romans 5.12–19  A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans. Just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned – sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come. But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died through the one man’s trespass, much more surely have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many. And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man’s sin. For the judgement following one trespass brought condemnation but the free gift following many trespasses brings justification. If, because of the one man’s trespass, death exercised dominion through that one, much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness exercise dominion in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so the act of righteousness of one leads to justification and life for all. For just as by the one person’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

GOSPEL Matthew 4.1–11 Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But he answered, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’ Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, “He will command his angels concerning you,” and “On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.”’ 7 Jesus said to him, ‘Again it is written, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”’ Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour; and he said to him, ‘All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away with you, Satan! for it is written, “Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”’ Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

Post Communion: Lord God, you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven: by it you nourish our faith, increase our hope, and strengthen our love: teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread, and enable us to live by every word that proceeds from out of your mouth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

19 FEBRUARY 2023

SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT  (QUINQUAGESIMA)

19th February 2023 first before Lent

8.00 a.m. BCP Holy Communion  

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant &

Preacher Bishop Laurie

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

Ash Wednesday

22^nd February at 7-30pm

Parish Eucharist * Imposition of Ashes

Lent Taize

5^th March in St Clements at 6pm

Reader DR Pat Lock tele; 754264

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially: , Terry Hinton, Keith Leech, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith,

 Lynn Arnold  & family.

The Years’ Mind:

Jonathon Knowles

The Recently Departed

Peter Dunn.

Please pray for Patrica & family

Funeral 23^rd February St Clements 2pm

Praying Around the Parish

Albion Lane, All Saints Cres:, All Saints ST

Ashburnham Rd.

Hymns

 208 [part 2&3 & doxology]   2, 392

During Communion:  248, & hymn on sheeet

563

Attendance:  February 2023

5^th,  45., 12^th, 41.

Confirmation Classes

We hope to be commencing Confirmation Classes

Shortly. These will be open to anyone who has been Baptised

In The Church of England. If anyone would like to be considered, please see Pat Lock or Ann

St Clements Lunches

Sue & team will be there every Saturday to set up for soup lunches as usual, hot drinks, Cakes & biscuits, from 12-3pm. This is with the emphasis more on community, than fund raising. Do drop in & support these slightly changed Saturdays at St Clements, we are feeling our way on this venture, but hoping we will be offering a useful option for the wider community, certainly during the winter months——

Follow or even better join us on this journey.

Church will be open from 11-30am 8pm

Thank you.

Prayer Box

There is already a prayer box by the votive candle stand in

The Lady Chapel, for anyone who would like someone

To be prayed for.  There is now another prayer box at the back of the church with paper & pens, for anyone who would like to pop a prayer into. These are totally confidential

And they are for anyone who wishes someone to be prayed for. These boxes will be opened by the Ministry Team during their meetings and the prayers will be offered to God for healing.

Lent Leaflet

The Archbishop of Canterbury has produced a small Lent Book

For 2023 called “Dust and Glory”. This gives daily Bible Readings, short reflection & a practical challenge as well as prayer linked to the week’s theme. This can obviously be used at any time but it offers40 themes for Lent & is described as a Lent Journey of faith, failure and forgiveness.

At the back of the church I have placed 20 copies price £2.00

Each. Please take one & put your money in the tin.

Should we need more copies, please add your name to the list & I will order more.

Pat Lock

Earthquake Disaster

There will be a bucket at the back of the church with

A sign saying  “Donations to the Earthquake Disaster Fund”

Collect: Almighty Father, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross, give us grace to perceive his glory, that we may be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

FIRST READING Exodus 24.12–18

A reading from the book of Exodus. The LORD said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.’ So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. To the elders he had said, ‘Wait here for us, until we come to you again; for Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a dispute may go to them.’ Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the cloud. Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. Moses entered the cloud, and went up on the mountain. Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

SECOND READING 2 Peter 1.16–21

A reading from the second letter of Peter.

We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received honour and glory from God the Father when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory, saying, ‘This is my Son, my Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.’ We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain. So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

GOSPEL Matthew 17.1–9

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.

Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’ While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud a voice said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Get up and do not be afraid.’ And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, ‘Tell no one about the vision until after the Son of Man.

Post Communion: Holy God, we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ: may we who are partakers at his table reflect his life in word and deed, that all the world may know his power to change and save. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12th February 2023 Second before Lent

8.00 a.m. BCP  Morning Prayer

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant &

Preacher Fr Kevin Mepham

6pm Evening Prayer

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at

home or in Hospital, especially: , Terry Hinton, Keith Leech, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith,

 Lynn Arnold  & family.

The Years’ Mind:

Frank Molyneux, Bill Carter

The Recently Departed

Peter Dunn.

Please pray for Patrica & family

Funeral 23^rd February St Clements 2pm

 Praying around the Parish

 Tillington Terrace, Torfield Close, Trafaalger Cottages

Waterloo Passage, Wesley Court

Hymns: 474, 174, 478

During Communion:  318, 552

258

Attendance:  February 2023

5^th,  45.

Plea from the Treasurer

Simon reports that the gas bill for our 3 buildings

Just for the month of December totalled an eye-watering £3,638. If you are able to consider an increase in your weekly

giving of £1 or £5 monthly, you could be rewarded with the sight of the PCC members’ frowns turning to smiles.

Please consider helping your Parish in this way. Simply let PGS

The bank or your pocket know , depending on how you give.

Many thanks     Simon

Confirmation Classes

We hope to be commencing Confirmation Classes

Shortly. These will be open to anyone who has been Baptised

In The Church of England. If anyone would like to be considered, please see Pat Lock or Ann

St Clements Lunches

Sue & team will be there every Saturday to set up for soup lunches as usual, hot drinks, Cakes & biscuits, from 12-3pm. This is with the emphasis more on community, than fund raising. Do drop in & support these slightly changed Saturdays at St Clements, we are feeling our way on this venture, but hoping we will be offering a useful option for the wider community, certainly during the winter months——

Follow or even better join us on this journey.

Thank you.

Night Church

Following on from the above. Night Church will be Saturday 25th February, from the new times of 12pm – 8pm.

Please see the article in February’s Parish News for further

Details about what will be on offer.

Prayer Box

There is a Prayer Box by the Votive Candle Stand in The Lady Chapel, for anyone who would like someone to be prayed for.

There is now another box at the back of the church

with paper & pens for anybody to pop a prayer into it.

These prayers are totally confidential, they are for anyone

who comes into church to add a prayer if they wish to do so.

These boxes will be opened only by the Ministry Team

during their meetings and the prayers will be offered to God

for healing

12 FEBRUARY 2023

SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT (SEXAGESIMA)

Collect:  Almighty God, you have created the heavens and the earth and made us in your own image: teach us to discern your hand in all your works and your likeness in all your children; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

FIRST READING Genesis 1.1 – 2.3 A reading from the book of Genesis. In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. And God said, ‘Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’ So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. And God said, ‘Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, ‘Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.’ And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so. God made the two great lights – the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night – and the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’ So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.’ And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. And God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.’ And it was so. God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’ God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.

SECOND READING Romans 8.18–25

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans. I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and will obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

GOSPEL Matthew 6.25–34

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. Jesus taught his disciples, saying: ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you – you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.’

Post Communion: God our creator, by your gift the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise, and the bread of life at the heart of your Church: may we who have been nourished at your table on earth be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross and enjoy the delights of eternity; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

5^th February 2023 Third before Lent

8.00 a.m. BCP  Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant &

Preacher Fr David Sherwood

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

12^th February 8am Morning Prayer

                    6pm Evening Prayer

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton,

Keith Leech , Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lynn Arnold  & family.

The Years’ Mind:

June Smith, Paul & Joan Wilson, Doris Wallace

The Recently Departed

Peter Dunn, Bryan Wilson

Please pray for both families

David Fentiman

Please pray for him, his wife Barbara & family

David’s funeral will be held on 8^th February 12-30pm

At St Johns Church, Pevensey Rd.

All are welcome to come & give thanks for

David’s life.

Hymns

356, 591, 516

During Communion 504, 505

267

Praying around the Parish

Salters Lane, Tackleway, Tamarisk Steps,

The Bourne, The Croft

Attendance:  January 2023

1^st,  37.. 8^th, 52, 15^th 41, 22^nd. 48, 29^th, 50

Plea from the Treasurer

Simon reports that the gas bill for our 3 buildings

Just for the month of December totalled an eye-watering £3,638. If you are able to consider an increase in your weekly

giving of £1 or £5 monthly, you could be rewarded with the sight of the PCC members’ frowns turning to smiles.

Please consider helping your Parish in this way. Simply let PGS

The bank or your pocket know , depending on how you give.

Many thanks     Simon

Confirmation Classes

We hope to be commencing Confirmation Classes

Shortly. These will be open to anyone who has been Baptised

In The Church of England. If anyone would like to be considered, please see Pat Lock or Ann Wing

Marmalade Jam Jar Appeal

Thank you to all the lovely people who buy marmalade orkeep me supplied with jars. Over the year the marmalade sales have enabled me to donate £800, to church funds, plus £50, donated to Christmas Fare & Christmas Tree Festival for sales over those periods. Without your help I would not be able to do this, so please keep buying, I can’t do it without you.

Judith

St Clements Lunches

Sue & team will be there every Saturday to set up for soup lunches as usual, hot drinks, Cakes & biscuits, from 12-3pm. This is with the emphasis more on community, than fund raising. Do drop in & support these slightly changed Saturdays at St Clements, we are feeling our way on this venture, but hoping we will be offering a useful option for the wider community, certainly during the winter months——

Follow or even better join us on this journey.

Thank you.

5 FEBRUARY 2023

THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT (SEPTUAGESIMA)

Collect: Almighty God, who alone can bring order to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity: give your people grace so to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that, among the many changes of this world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

FIRST READING Isaiah 58.1–9a:

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah: Thus says the LORD: Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practised righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgements, they delight to draw near to God. ‘Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?’ Look, you serve your own interest on your fast-day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will not make your voice heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD?  Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rearguard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am

SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 2.1–12:

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians.  When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him’ – these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

GOSPEL Matthew 5.13–20:

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. Jesus went up the mountain and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to teach them: ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.’

Post communion: Merciful Father, who gave Jesus Christ to be for us the bread of life that those who come to him should never hunger: draw us to the Lord in faith and love, that we may eat and drink with him at his table in the kingdom, where he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

5^th February 2023 Third before Lent

8.00 a.m. BCP  Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant &

Preacher Fr David Sherwood

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

12^th February 8am Morning Prayer

                    6pm Evening Prayer

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton,

Keith Leech , Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lynn Arnold  & family.

The Years’ Mind:

June Smith, Paul & Joan Wilson, Doris Wallace

The Recently Departed

Peter Dunn, Bryan Wilson

Please pray for both families

David Fentiman

Please pray for him, his wife Barbara & family

David’s funeral will be held on 8^th February 12-30pm

At St Johns Church, Pevensey Rd.

All are welcome to come & give thanks for

David’s life.

Hymns

356, 591, 516

During Communion 504, 505

267

Praying around the Parish

Salters Lane, Tackleway, Tamarisk Steps,

The Bourne, The Croft

Attendance:  January 2023

1^st,  37.. 8^th, 52, 15^th 41, 22^nd. 48, 29^th, 50

Plea from the Treasurer

Simon reports that the gas bill for our 3 buildings

Just for the month of December totalled an eye-watering £3,638. If you are able to consider an increase in your weekly

giving of £1 or £5 monthly, you could be rewarded with the sight of the PCC members’ frowns turning to smiles.

Please consider helping your Parish in this way. Simply let PGS

The bank or your pocket know , depending on how you give.

Many thanks     Simon

Confirmation Classes

We hope to be commencing Confirmation Classes

Shortly. These will be open to anyone who has been Baptised

In The Church of England. If anyone would like to be considered, please see Pat Lock or Ann Wing

Marmalade Jam Jar Appeal

Thank you to all the lovely people who buy marmalade orkeep me supplied with jars. Over the year the marmalade sales have enabled me to donate £800, to church funds, plus £50, donated to Christmas Fare & Christmas Tree Festival for sales over those periods. Without your help I would not be able to do this, so please keep buying, I can’t do it without you.

Judith

St Clements Lunches

Sue & team will be there every Saturday to set up for soup lunches as usual, hot drinks, Cakes & biscuits, from 12-3pm. This is with the emphasis more on community, than fund raising. Do drop in & support these slightly changed Saturdays at St Clements, we are feeling our way on this venture, but hoping we will be offering a useful option for the wider community, certainly during the winter months——

Follow or even better join us on this journey.

Thank you.

5 FEBRUARY 2023

THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT (SEPTUAGESIMA)

Collect: Almighty God, who alone can bring order to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity: give your people grace so to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that, among the many changes of this world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

FIRST READING Isaiah 58.1–9a:

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah: Thus says the LORD: Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practised righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgements, they delight to draw near to God. ‘Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?’ Look, you serve your own interest on your fast-day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will not make your voice heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself? Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD?  Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rearguard. Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am

SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 2.1–12:

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians.  When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him’ – these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

GOSPEL Matthew 5.13–20:

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew. Jesus went up the mountain and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to teach them: ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.’

Post communion: Merciful Father, who gave Jesus Christ to be for us the bread of life that those who come to him should never hunger: draw us to the Lord in faith and love, that we may eat and drink with him at his table in the kingdom, where he is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

January 2023 3rd Sunday of Epiphany

8.00 a.m. Morning Prayer

10.00 a.m. Christingle

11-30am Eucharist

Some Sundays at 8am where there is no Holy

Communion service. Morning Prayer will be

Said instead.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison  

Tele :457194. Ian Gallagher warden2@oldtownparish

Hastings.org.uk tel: 07967 437417

Judy Rogers

07507 860034

Ann Wing

420499

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Barbara Fentimen Terry Hinton, Sandra Kingston, David Lamkin,  Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Lynn Arnold and family.

The Years’ Mind:

The Recently departed:

Jackie Bruce,

Please pray for her & her family

David Fentiman

Please pray for him, his wife Barbara & family

David’s funeral will be held on 8^th February 12-30pm

At St Johns Church, Pevensey Rd.

All are welcome to come & give thanks for

David’s life.

,

 Hymns

87, 86, Christingle Song [ in Service booklet]

90

Praying around the Parish

Rock a Nore Rd, Rocklands Lane, Roebuck St,

Sinnock Square

Attendance:  January 2023

1^st,  37.. 8^th, 52, 15^th 41,

Plea from the Treasurer

Simon reports that the gas bill for our 3 buildings

Just for the month of December totalled an eye-watering £3,638. If you are able to consider an increase in your weekly

giving of £1 or £5 monthly, you could be rewarded with the sight of the PCC members’ frowns turning to smiles.

Please consider helping your Parish in this way. Simply let PGS

The bank or your pocket know , depending on how you give.

Many thanks     Simon

Confirmation Classes

We hope to be commencing Confirmation Classes

Shortly. These will be open to anyone who has been Baptised

In The Church of England. If anyone would like to be considered, please see Pat Lock or Ann Wing

Marmalade Jam Jar Appeal

Judith Cubison thanks all who have kept her supplied

With empty clean jam jars. It will soon be marmalade season

So please scour your cupboards for empties and leave them

In ST Clements or All Saints

St Clements Lunches

Sue & team will be there on Saturday 21^st January from

11-30am to set up for soup lunches as usual, hot drinks

Cakes & biscuits, with the emphasis more on community

Than fund raising. Do drop in & support these slightly changed Saturdays at St Clements, we are feeling our way on this

Venture, but hoping we will be offering a useful option for the wider community, certainly during the winter months——

Follow or even better join us on this journey.

Thank you.

Christingle

 We shall be Celebrating with a Non Eucharistic Service for Christingle. Envelopes will be handed out with the hymn books  Please, if you can donate towards the NSPCC

& return envelope either today or next Sunday

A short Eucharist will be held after this service at 11-30am

Candlemas

This will be held on 29^th January.

5^th February we return to St Clements Church.

 The Second Sunday before Advent (13th November)

Remembrance Sunday

 All services now in All Saints

The 8 a.m. Service:  We shall maintain this Prayer Book service during the interregnum.  On most occasions it will be a service of Holy Communion but, because of a shortage of priests in the Deanery, it will occasionally be Mattins (Morning Prayer) from the Book of Common Prayer.

13th November

Remembrance Sunday

8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist & Remembrance

Celebrant Fr David Sherwood & Preacher

 Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 0780 1068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

 Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

 Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Lynn Arnold and family, Harri Boorman, Atticus Fowler, Terry Hinton, Sandra Kingston, David Lamkin, Carol Newnham, Keith Pound, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Jim Smith.

Praying around the parish: Ebeneezer Road

The Year’s Mind: Victor Vale, Helen Corney, Betty and Bill Spurling, Audrey Haste, Thomas Rogers

Christ Church in London Road St. Leonards are opening their crypt (entrance in London Road), every Thursday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. For people to keep warm during the winter months. Cozy Cafe. Free tea coffee and biscuits and conversation. Everybody welcome.

Hymns: 427, 537, 355, 553, 458: Peace is flowing like a river, 573

 Attendance: 2nd Oct. 56, 7th. Oct. 47, 16th Oct. 44, 

23rd Oct. 58, 30^th Oct. 39

Dedication of Plaque: A new plaque will be dedicated to the memory of Clive Morris’s over 40 years as Church Warden. This will take place at the end of the  Parish Eucharist, on Sunday 6th November. It was approved by Fr Paul Hunt several months ago. This plaque is situated at the back of All Saints Church above the Hymn Book table.

A message from our treasurer: Simon has worked out that we will need to spend an additional £14,000 in the coming year on gas and electricity given the hike in prices, making a total estimated spend of £25,000 for our three buildings.  We will be doing our best to reduce our carbon footprint, both because of the cost and, more importantly, because of our obligation to take care of God’s creation.  The heating will be reduced by a degree or two, so do dress warmly.  Please bear with us, but equally do let the PCC know if you feel we are getting things wrong!  And please do your bit by ensuring lights are only used when necessary.  Thank you. Simon

St Clements is open for private prayer and lunches are available from 12-2pm each Saturday. Enjoy soup & a roll.

 Christmas Fair: St. Clement’s Church. Saturday 19th November 10am to 2pm. Bring your friends, get into Christmas mood, start your Christmas preparations and raise  money for Church  funds.

Stalls will be prepared from 1.30pm to 4pm Friday 18th November, St. Clement’s Church, all help welcomed.

Sussex Historic Churches Trust: Our walkers and cyclist raised £320 at this year’s sponsored event. Half of that money will be coming back to the parish to help support the repair and renovation of our two medieval churches.

A big thank you to the sponsors, helpers and of course our walkers and riders. 

 Food Crate in St Clements Church: The Food Bank is very grateful for our donations. They are very low on foods during these particular times, having to buy up to £4000 of food each week to meet demands on their stocks. So if you can possibly buy an extra couple of items more a week when shopping, please put in the Crate in St Clements Church, they would be very grateful. Thank you.

St Clements is open each Saturday 12 – 2pm for lunches.

USPG Boxes: Please bring your USPG Boxes to Eve Douglas-Kellie to be counted. Thank you.

 The Third Sunday before Advent (6th November)

 All services now in All Saints

The 8 a.m. Service:  We shall maintain this Prayer Book service during the interregnum.  On most occasions it will be a service of Holy Communion but, because of a shortage of priests in the Deanery, it will occasionally be Mattins (Morning Prayer) from the Book of Common Prayer.

 8am  Morning Prayer 10am Parish Eucharist. Celebrant Fr David Sherwood

Preacher Pat Lock

6pm Evening Prayer

 Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 0780 1068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Lynn Arnold and family,

Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Sandra Kingston, David Lamkin, Carol Newnham, Keith Pound, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Jim Smith.

Praying around the parish: East Parade

The Year’s Mind: Clive Morris, Ralph Wood, Brian Reade

The new priest-in-charge: Sadly no one has applied for the post as yet.

Hymns: 223, 221, 232, 576, 717 Fill your hearts, 229

 Attendance: 2nd Oct. 56, 7th. Oct. 47, 16th Oct. 44,  23rd Oct. 58, 30^th Oct. 39

Dedication of Plaque: A new plaque will be dedicated to the memory of Clive Morris’s over 40 years as Church Warden. This will take place at the end of the  Parish Eucharist, on Sunday 6th November. It was approved by Fr Paul Hunt several months ago. This plaque is situated at the back of All Saints Church above the Hymn Book table.

A message from our treasurer: Simon has worked out that we will need to spend an additional £14,000 in the coming year on gas and electricity given the hike in prices, making a total estimated spend of £25,000 for our three buildings.  We will be doing our best to reduce our carbon footprint, both because of the cost and, more importantly, because of our obligation to take care of God’s creation.  The heating will be reduced by a degree or two, so do dress warmly.  Please bear with us, but equally do let the PCC know if you feel we are getting things wrong!  And please do your bit by ensuring lights are only used when necessary.  Thank you.

Thanks

Simon

Christmas Fair: Saturday 19th November 10-2.000pm

Please see Sue Phillips or Rosemary Smith for details and take a poster to display. Invite your friends!

Food Crate in St Clements Church: The Food Bank is very grateful for our donations. They are very low on foods during these particular times, having to buy up to £4000 of food each week to meet demands on their stocks. So if you can possibly buy an extra couple of items more a week when shopping, please put in the Crate in St Clements Church, they would be very grateful. Thank you.

St Clements is open each Saturday 12 – 2pm for lunches.

St Clements is open for private prayer and lunches are available from 12-2pm each Saturday. Enjoy soup & a roll.

USPG Boxes: Please bring your USPG Boxes to Eve Douglas-Kellie to be counted. Thank you.

The Fourth Sunday before Advent (30th October) 

All services now in All Saints

The 8 a.m. Service:  We shall maintain this Prayer Book service during the interregnum.  On most occasions it will be a service of Holy Communion but, because of a shortage of priests in the Deanery, it will occasionally be Mattins (Morning Prayer) from the Book of Common Prayer.

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am  All Saints Day

Celebrant: Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Preacher: Pat Lock

 Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 0780 1068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Lynn Arnold and family,

Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Sandra Kingston, David Lamkin, Carol Newnham, Keith Pound, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Jim Smith.

Praying around the parish: East Hill Passage

RIP: Rev: Barbara Hobbs

Please pray for her husband Jim and the family.

The funeral will be held on Thursday 3rd November 3pm at St George’s Church. Brede and a gathering afterwards at The Red Lion

  The Year’s Mind: Audrey Hayward, Joy and Alec Adamson, Patricia and Robert Anstey, May Bexhell

Hymns: 223, 221, 232, 576, 717 Fill your hearts, 229

 Attendance: 2nd October 56, 7th. Oct,47, 16th Oct, 44,  23rd Oct, 58

 A message from our treasurer: Simon has worked out that we will need to spend an additional £14,000 in the coming year on gas and electricity given the hike in prices, making a total estimated spend of £25,000 for our three buildings.  We will be doing our best to reduce our carbon footprint, both because of the cost and, more importantly, because of our obligation to take care of God’s creation.  The heating will be reduced by a degree or two, so do dress warmly.  Please bear with us, but equally do let the PCC know if you feel we are getting things wrong!  And please do your bit by ensuring lights are only used when necessary.  Thank you.

Thanks Simon

Breakfast: All Saints’ Hall, 8.30-9.45am Sunday 30th October. Fruit juice, cereals, hot croissants and rolls…£2.50 per person, 16 and under, £1. All Welcome.

Christmas Fair: Saturday 19th November 10-2.000pm

Please see Sue Phillips or Rosemary Smith for details and take a poster to display. Invite your friends!

The new priest-in-charge: Sadly no one has applied for the post as yet.

All Souls Day: There will be a Eucharistic service on 2^nd

November at 7.30pm to remember all The Faithful Departed.

Please add only immediate family to the list at the back of the

Church. This will be there until 30th October.

There is already a large list in place, so all names will be

checked on both lists to ensure no one is forgotten.

 St Clements open for private prayer and lunches are available  from 12-2pm each Saturday. Enjoy soup & a roll.

A message from Paul Hunt: This is simply to thank everybody who made my last Sunday into such a memorable, albeit somewhat sad, occasion.  I shall wear my No.8 Arsenal shirt with pride (but who wouldn’t?) and use the very generous cheque to pay for a planned visit to the Holy Land next May. We made strong progress during the past two years and my prayer is that the Old Town Parish will continue to flourish.  Thank you for two energising years and the friendship and faith we have shared.  God Bless.

The Last Sunday after Trinity (23th October)

 All services now in All Saints

The 8 a.m. Service:  We shall maintain this Prayer Book service during the interregnum.  On most occasions it will be a service of Holy Communion but, because of a shortage of priests in the Deanery, it will occasionally be Mattins (Morning Prayer) from the Book of Common Prayer.

 8am    BCP Holy Communion

10am  St Clement Patronal Festival Eucharist

Celebrant & Preacher: Fr David Sherwood

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264

Honorary Assistant Priest: Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 0780 1068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

 Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

 Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

 Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Lynn Arnold and family, Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Sandra Kingston, David Lamkin, Carol Newnham, Keith Pound, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Jim Smith.

Praying around the parish: East Hill House

RIP: Rev: Barbara Hobbs Please pray for her husband Jim and the family. No funeral arrangements as yet.

 The Year’s Mind: Dorothy Dawe, Dick and Vi Guy, Barbara Ward, Audrey Hayward.

Parish News Delivery – All Saints Street. Sadly the lady who has delivered your magazines for more years than she cares to remember has retired.

We need someone to take over. Can you help? Please contact Joy Meech, Distribution, 426462

Hymns: 621, 421, 221, 174, 72, 626

 Attendance: 4^th September: 65 (collection: £104.26), 11^th September: 71 (collection: £180), 18^th September: 49 (collection: £135.75).

A message from our treasurer: Simon has worked out that we will need to spend an additional £14,000 in the coming year on gas and electricity given the hike in prices, making a total estimated spend of £25,000 for our three buildings.  We will be doing our best to reduce our carbon footprint, both because of the cost and, more importantly, because of our obligation to take care of God’s creation.  The heating will be reduced by a degree or two, so do dress warmly.  Please bear with us, but equally do let the PCC know if you feel we are getting things wrong!  And please do your bit by ensuring lights are only used when necessary.  Thank you. Thanks Simon

Breakfast: All Saints’ Hall, 8.30-9.45am Sunday 30th October. Fruit juice, cereals, hot croissants and rolls…£2.50 per person, 16 and under, £1. All Welcome.

Christmas Fair: Saturday 19th November 10-2.000pm. Please see Sue Phillips or Rosemary Smith for details and take a poster to display. Invite your friends!

The new priest-in-charge: Sadly no one has applied for the post as yet.

All Souls Day: There will be a Eucharistic service on 2^nd November at 7.30pm to remember all The Faithful Departed. Please add only immediate family to the list at the back of the Church. This will be there until 30th October. There is already a large list in place, so all names will be checked on both lists to ensure no one is forgotten.

Saturday Lunches: These will resume from 15th October in St Clements from 12-2pm. Enjoy soup & a roll.

A message from Paul Hunt: This is simply to thank everybody who made my last Sunday into such a memorable, albeit somewhat sad, occasion.  I shall wear my No.8 Arsenal shirt with pride (but who wouldn’t?) and use the very generous cheque to pay for a planned visit to the Holy Land next May. We made strong progress during the past two years and my prayer is that the Old Town Parish will continue to flourish.  Thank you for two energising years and the friendship and faith we have shared.  God Bless.

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity (16th October)

 All services now in All Saints

The 8 a.m. Service:  We shall maintain this Prayer Book service during the interregnum.  On most occasions it will be a service of Holy Communion but, because of a shortage of priests in the Deanery, it will occasionally be Mattins (Morning Prayer) from the Book of Common Prayer.

 8am BCP Holy Communion

10am Parish Eucharist, Celebrant & Preacher Fr Robin Tree

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264

Honorary Assistant Priest: Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers: 

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034

Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

 Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

 Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Lynn Arnold and family, Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Sandra Kingston, David Lamkin, Carol Newnham, Keith Pound, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Jim Smith.

Praying around the parish: East Beach Street

RIP: Rev: Barbara Hobbs Please pray for her husband Jim and the family. No funeral arrangements as yet.

 The Year’s Mind:

Vic Payne

A message from Paul Hunt: This is simply to thank everybody who made my last Sunday into such a memorable, albeit somewhat sad, occasion.  I shall wear my No.8 Arsenal shirt with pride (but who wouldn’t?) and use the very generous cheque to pay for a planned visit to the Holy Land next May. We made strong progress during the past two years and my prayer is that the Old Town Parish will continue to flourish.  Thank you for two energising years and the friendship and faith we have shared.  God Bless.

Hymns: 368, 478, 558, 454, 804, 81

Attendance: 4^th September: 65 (collection: £104.26), 11^th September: 71 (collection: £180), 18^th September: 49 (collection: £135.75).

A message from our treasurer: Simon has worked out that we will need to spend an additional £14,000 in the coming year on gas and electricity given the hike in prices, making a total estimated spend of £25,000 for our three buildings.  We will be doing our best to reduce our carbon footprint, both because of the cost and, more importantly, because of our obligation to take care of God’s creation.  The heating will be reduced by a degree or two, so do dress warmly.  Please bear with us, but equally do let the PCC know if you feel we are getting things wrong!  And please do your bit by ensuring lights are only used when necessary.  Thank you.

Thanks

Simon

 The new priest-in-charge: The post is now being advertised  in the Church Times.  The closing date for applications is 16^th October and the interview date is 16^th November.  Our parish representatives on the interview panel ate Judith Cubison and Pat Lock.  Our new priest will also be the chaplain of Ark Alexandra Academy.

All Souls Day: There will be a Eucharistic service on 2^nd November at 7.30pm to remember all The Faithful Departed. Please add only immediate family to the list at the back of the Church. This will be there until 30th October. There is already a large list in place, so all names will be checked on both lists to ensure no one is forgotten.

Many thanks. The Food Bank express their sincere thanks to the parish for our generosity and to reconfirm that they are entirely dependent on donations from churches and the public at large to enable them to continue their good work.

Saturday Lunches: These will resume from 15th October in St Clements from 12-2pm. Enjoy soup & a roll.

Christmas Fair: We are most grateful to Rose Smith and Sue Phillips who have volunteered to oversee a “slimmed down” version of our Fair on 19^th November concentrating on crafts and cakes.  Further details will follow but please note this date in your diary.

Brass Rubbing Kit: The Parish has been offered a brass rubbing kit which is an ideal activity for visiting school groups and children generally.  Quite rightly, the donor does not want it left unused in a cupboard until the Day of Judgement.  Is there a volunteer who would be willing to encourage its use? If so, please speak to one of the wardens.

Parish News Delivery – All Saints Street

Sadly the lady who has delivered your magazines for more years than she cares to remember has retired. We need someone to take over. Can you help?

Please contact Joy Meech, Distribution, 426462

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity (9th October)

 All services now in All Saints

The 8 a.m. Service:  We shall maintain this Prayer Book service during the interregnum.  On most occasions it will be a service of Holy Communion but, because of a shortage of priests in the Deanery, it will occasionally be Mattins (Morning Prayer) from the Book of Common Prayer.

 8am BCP Morning Prayer: led by Keith Leech. 

[No Communion Service]

10am Parish Eucharist: Celebrant & Preacher Bishop Laurie

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264

Honorary Assistant Priest: Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers: Sandra Bentall 721874. Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens: Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417 Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

 Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

 Website: Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

This week is prison’s week. Please pray for all prisoners’, their families and all victims of crimes.

 Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

RIP It is with sadness that we have learnt that Rev: Barbara Hobbs died on 4th October. Please pray for her husband Jim and the family.

Praying around the parish: Dudley Road

A message from Paul Hunt: This is simply to thank everybody who made my last Sunday into such a memorable, albeit somewhat sad, occasion.  I shall wear my No.8 Arsenal shirt with pride (but who wouldn’t?) and use the very generous cheque to pay for a planned visit to the Holy Land next May. We made strong progress during the past two years and my prayer is that the Old Town Parish will continue to flourish.  Thank you for two energising years and the friendship and faith we have shared.  God Bless.

Hymns: 490, 385, Hymn for the Prison Service (Tune 278) 628

 Attendance: 4^th September: 65 (collection: £104.26), 11^th September: 71 (collection: £180), 18^th September: 49 (collection: £135.75).

 The new priest-in-charge: The post is now being advertised  in the Church Times.  The closing date for applications is 16^th October and the interview date is 16^th November.  Our parish representatives on the interview panel ate Judith Cubison and Pat Lock.  Our new priest will also be the chaplain of Ark Alexandra Academy.

Many thanks to all who brought Harvest Goods to church last week. They are very welcomed by the Food Bank.

Christmas Fair: We are most grateful to Rose Smith and Sue Phillips who have volunteered to oversee a “slimmed down” version of our Fair on 19^th November concentrating on crafts and cakes.  Further details will follow but please note this date in your diary.

Well done to all who took part in Sussex Historic Churches “Ride and Stride” on September 10^th.  Our sponsored walkers and riders who completed their chosen routes are John Barker, Judy Cubison, Sue Phillips and Simon Scott all of whom would be happy for further sponsors to add to their totals!  Please note that organiser Sue Phillips will be in Church on Sunday 9th October to collect sponsor forms and money for remittance to the Sussex Historic Churches Trust before the end of October. A special thank you to those who kept St. Clement’s Church open throughout the day.

Brass Rubbing Kit: The Parish has been offered a brass rubbing kit which is an ideal activity for visiting school groups and children generally.  Quite rightly, the donor does not want it left unused in a cupboard until the Day of Judgement.  Is there a volunteer who would be willing to encourage its use? If so, please speak to one of the wardens.

Lind Anso is quite a well-known artist and we are fortunate to have one of her paintings in St. Clement’s.  It is the oil painting of a scene from the Passion Narrative near the choir vestry.  The painting depicts various members of the St Clement’s Players who began our Good Friday tradition of acting the Stations of the Cross.  There will soon be an explanatory note about the artist adjacent to the painting, together with a photograph of Lind Anso and a letter from her about her time in the Old Town where she lived in Hope Cottage in All Saints Street from 1968 to 1972.

Parish News Delivery – All Saints Street Sadly the lady who has delivered your magazines for more years than she cares to remember has retired. We need someone to take over. Can you help? Please contact Joy Meech, Distribution, 426462

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity (2nd October 2022)

 All services now in All Saints

 Today we celebrate Harvest Festival with a Thanksgiving Service Led by Pat Lock.  Please either give your gifts to a Church Warden, or bring them up to the Altar when asked to do so. 

Holy Communion will be celebrated at 11-30am

 Said Evensong at 6pm

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264

Honorary Assistant Priest:Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194;

Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034

Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

 Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

 Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

The Year’s Mind: Alan Williscroft, Betty Houghton, Joan Wilson, Ron Cubison, Judith Briggs

Praying around the parish: Crown Lane

The 8 a.m. Service:  We shall maintain this Prayer Book service during the interregnum.  On most occasions it will be a service of Holy Communion but, because of a shortage of priests in the Deanery, it will occasionally be Mattins (Morning Prayer) from the Book of Common Prayer.

Many thanks to all who kindly brought food for Paul’s final

Service & lunch with us last Sunday. His present was an Arsenal ‘Away’ team shirt & a cheque.

Attendance: 4^th September: 65 (collection: £104.26), 11^th September: 71 (collection: £180 ), 18^th September: 49 (collection: £135.75).

 Parish Breakfast: 30^th October in All Saints’ Hall from 8.30 a.m.)

The new priest-in-charge: The post is now being advertised  in the Church Times.  The closing date for applications is 16^th October and the interview date is 16^th November.  Our parish representatives on the interview panel ate Judith Cubison and Pat Lock.  Our new priest will also be the chaplain of Ark Alexandra Academy.

Christmas Fair: We are most grateful to Rose Smith and Sue Phillips who have volunteered to oversee a “slimmed down” version of our Fair on 19^th November concentrating on crafts and cakes.  Further details will follow but please note this date in your diary.

Well done to all who took part in Sussex Historic Churches “Ride and Stride” on September 10^th.  Our sponsored walkers and riders who completed their chosen routes are John Barker, Judy Cubison, Sue Phillips and Simon Scott all of whom would be happy for further sponsors to add to their totals!  Please note that organiser Sue Phillips will be in Church on Sunday 9th October to collect sponsor forms and money for remittance to the Sussex Historic Churches Trust before the end of October. A special thank you to those who kept St. Clement’s Church open throughout the day.

Brass Rubbing Kit: The Parish has been offered a brass rubbing kit which is an ideal activity for visiting school groups and children generally.  Quite rightly, the donor does not want it left unused in a cupboard until the Day of Judgement.  Is there a volunteer who would be willing to encourage its use? If so, please speak to one of the wardens.

Lind Anso is quite a well-known artist and we are fortunate to have one of her paintings in St. Clement’s.  It is the oil painting of a scene from the Passion Narrative near the choir vestry.  The painting depicts various members of the St Clement’s Players who began our Good Friday tradition of acting the Stations of the Cross.  There will soon be an explanatory note about the artist adjacent to the painting, together with a photograph of Lind Anso and a letter from her about her time in the Old Town where she lived in Hope Cottage in All Saints Street from 1968 to 1972.

Parish News Delivery – All Saints Street

Sadly the lady who has delivered your magaines for more years than she cares to remember has retired.

We need someone to take over. Can you help?

Please contact Joy Meech, Distributio, 426462

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity (25^th September 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant and Preacher: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

 Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

The Year’s Mind: Marianne De Courtenay, Ted Reeves, Irene Slack

Praying around the parish: Croft Terrace

 We move to All Saints for our services from next Sunday until the end of January.  We will be celebrating Harvest Festival at 10 a.m. next week and so please bring a harvest offering (non-perishable) if that is possible.  This will not be a communion service but the Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.

The 8 a.m. Service:  We shall maintain this Prayer Book service during the interregnum.  On most occasions it will be a service of Holy Communion but, because of a shortage of priests in the Deanery, it will occasionally be Mattins (Morning Prayer) from the Book of Common Prayer.

 Hymns: 604,482,549,308,278,606

 Attendance: 4^th September: 65 (collection: £104.26), 11^th September: 71 (collection: £180 ), 18^th September: 49 (collection: £135.75).

A Churchwarden writes: This is a very sad day for us all because it is Paul’s his last service with us. We give grateful thanks for all that Paul has done for us and the Parish in his two years as the Priest in Charge. What Paul has achieved despite the Corona Virus has been amazing. We wish him a very Happy Second Retirement. HE WILL BE MISSED SO MUCH.

The Parish Eucharist will be followed by a buffet lunch after the usual tea and coffee.  Everyone is invited to stay for lunch to mark Paul’s re-retirement. (There is no Parish Breakfast today.  The next breakfast will be on 30^th October in All Saints’ Hall from 8.30 a.m.)

The new priest-in-charge: The post is now being advertised  in the Church Times.  The closing date for applications is 16^th October and the interview date is 16^th November.  Our parish representatives on the interview panel ate Judith Cubison and Pat Lock.  Our new priest will also be the chaplain of Ark Alexandra Academy.

Choir News:  We are pleased to welcome Cecily as a probationer and Lily and Twinkle will be awarded their surplices today. Congratulations to them both!

 Christmas Fair: We are most grateful to Rose Smith and Sue Phillips who have volunteered to oversee a “slimmed down” version of our Fair on 19^th November concentrating on crafts and cakes.  Further details will follow but please note this date in your diary.

Well done to all who took part in Sussex Historic Churches “Ride and Stride” on September 10^th.  Our sponsored walkers and riders who completed their chosen routes are John Barker, Judy Cubison, Sue Phillips and Simon Scott all of whom would be happy for further sponsors to add to their totals!  Please note that organiser Sue Phillips will be in Church on Sunday 9th October to collect sponsor forms and money for remittance to the Sussex Historic Churches Trust before the end of October. A special thank you to those who kept St. Clement’s Church open throughout the day.

 Brass Rubbing Kit: The Parish has been offered a brass rubbing kit which is an ideal activity for visiting school groups and children generally.  Quite rightly, the donor does not want it left unused in a cupboard until the Day of Judgement.  Is there a volunteer who would be willing to encourage its use? If so, please speak to one of the wardens.

Lind Anso is quite a well-known artist and we are fortunate to have one of her paintings in St. Clement’s.  It is the oil painting of a scene from the Passion Narrative near the choir vestry.  The painting depicts various members of the St Clement’s Players who began our Good Friday tradition of acting the Stations of the Cross.  There will soon be an explanatory note about the artist adjacent to the painting, together with a photograph of Lind Anso and a letter from her about her time in the Old Town where she lived in Hope Cottage in All Saints Street from 1968 to 1972.

The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity (18^th September 2022)

 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

 Celebrant and Preacher: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

 Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

 Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

The Year’s Mind: Max Judge, Jack Geering, Mary Newington, Ronald Leech, Matthew Lock

Praying around the parish: Croft Road

 Looking ahead: We shall move to All Saints at the beginning of October and our Harvest Festival Service will be held on Sunday, 2^nd October.

 Christmas Fair: We are most grateful to Rose Smith and Sue Phillips who have volunteered to oversee a “slimmed down” version of our Fair on 19th November concentrating on crafts and cakes.  Further details will follow but please note this date in your diary.

 Hymns: 497, 375, 598, 461, 469, 605

 Attendance: 4^th September: 65 (collection: £104.26), 11^th September: 71 (collection: tba)

Liturgical Eagle Eye: The epistle and Gospel reading at the Parish Eucharist are those set for Trinity 13.  This is because Paul will be preaching the sermon originally written for last Sunday.

Paul’s last service will be the 10 a.m. Parish Eucharist next Sunday.  It will be followed by a buffet lunch after the usual tea and coffee.  Please bring a plate or two of suitable food (we are already over-subscribed with sausage rolls!) if you can and there is a form at the back of the church on which you can indicate what you are able to provide.

The new priest-in-charge: The first advertisement is in this week’s edition of the Church Times.  The closing date for applications is 16^th October and the interview date is 16^th November.  Our parish representatives on the interview panel ate Judith Cubison and Pat Lock.

It’s a busy Sunday today….

We shall dedicate the refurbished handbells immediately before the Parish Eucharist

Heather Summers will be re-affirmed today as our Parish-All Saints School Link Worker immediately before the blessing.

Beverley Gurney will be baptized at 11.30 a.m. today.  Beverley has been a regular member of our congregation for some time.  Please remember Beverley in your prayers and, if you can, support her at her baptism after our usual post-service refreshments.

 Brass Rubbing Kit: The Parish has been offered a brass rubbing kit which is an ideal activity for visiting school groups and children generally.  Quite rightly, the donor does not want it left unused in a cupboard until the Day of Judgement.  Is there a volunteer who would be willing to encourage its use? If so, please speak to one of the wardens.

Thank you to everyone who made it possible for St Clement’s to be kept open last week and/or enabled refreshments to be served.  St Clement’s is the Borough Church and it is important that we are open at times of national importance.

Lind Anso is quite a well-known artist and we are fortunate to have one of her paintings in St. Clement’s.  It is the oil painting of a scene from the Passion Narrative near the choir vestry.  The painting depicts various members of the St Clement’s Players who began our Good Friday tradition of acting the Stations of the Cross.  There will soon be an explanatory note about the artist adjacent to the painting, together with a photograph of Lind Anso and a letter from her about her time in the Old Town where she lived in Hope Cottage in All Saints Street from 1968 to 1972.

The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity (11^th September  2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant and Preacher: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

Sylvia Clist RIP: Sylvia’s funeral will be in St Clement’s at 12 noon on Thursday.

The Year’s Mind: Jean Plouviez, Constance Judge, Jeff Hyder, Joan and Jack Castle, Dan and Ivy Fisher, Dee Nye, Ruth Hart, Pat Coleman

Praying around the parish: Court House Street

The next meeting of Night Church is next Saturday, 17^th September.  New helpers would be made most welcome.  The contact is Ian Gallagher.

Hymns: 421,375, 589, 441, 286, 89

Attendance: 4^th September: 65 (collection: £104.26).  The Taize Service in the evening was attended by 27 folk and we are grateful to Sandra Bentall for organizing it.

Paul’s last service will be the 10 a.m. Parish Eucharist on 25^th September.  There will be followed by a buffet lunch after the usual tea and coffee.  Please bring a plate or two of suitable food (we are already over-subscribed with sausage rolls!) if you can and there is a form at the back of the church on which you can indicate what you are able to provide.

Beverley Gurney will be baptized at 11.30 a.m. after next Sunday’s Parish Eucharist.  Beverley has been a regular member of our congregation for some time.  Please remember Beverley in your prayers and, if you can, support her at her baptism after our usual post-service refreshments.

Heather Summers will be re-affirmed today as our Parish-All Saints School Link Worker before the blessing at the Parish Eucharist.

Christmas Fair: We are most grateful to Rose Smith and Sue Phillips who have volunteered to oversee a “slimmed down” version of our Fair on 19^th November concentrating on crafts and cakes.  Further details will follow but please note this date in your diary.

Parish Gift Day: The final total is £7,750.63 (2021: £1,665) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

Brass Rubbing Kit: The Parish has been offered a brass rubbing kit which is an ideal activity for visiting school groups and children generally.  Quite rightly, the donor does not want it left unused in a cupboard until the Day of Judgement.  Is there a volunteer who would be willing to encourage its use? If so, please speak to one of the wardens.

Facebook: Our Parish Facebook ‘reach’ now stands at 321 readers, up from 223 in 2020.  This is an unseen (except by folk who are on Facebook!) part of our community engagement and means, for example, that our sermons carry beyond the church service.  The last sermon for which we have data (that preached on 8^th August) reached 481 readers and attracted 21 ‘likes’.  This is kept going by Keith Leech who would be keen to hear from anyone who would like to assist in the continued growth in this aspect of our mission.  There are also sixty-nine subscribers to our e-mail lists who receive one or more of the Sermon, Parish News or Pews News directly into their in-box.

Well Done! Simon Scott (Ride) and John Barker (Stride) took part in yesterday’s “Ride and Stride” in aid of the Sussex Historic Churches Trust.  Any sponsorship would be appreciated, not least because the Trust supported our restoration work at St. Clement’s.

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity (4^th September 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Preacher at 10 a.m. Keith Leech, Authorised Lay Minister

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

Sylvia Clist RIP: Sylvia’s funeral will be in St Clement’s at 12 noon on Thursday, 15^th September.

The Year’s Mind: Penny Harrison, Arthur Pomphrey

Praying around the parish: Court House Street

Old Hastings House: The next Coffee morning is on the 7th of September at 10.30 a.m. until midday.  This is a fundraising event towards the residents’ fund: cakes, hot drinks, bric a brac  and book sale. The plan is to have a tombola. This will then continue every first Wednesday of each month. 

Christmas Fair: We are most grateful to Rose Smith and Sue Phillips who have volunteered to oversee a “slimmed down” version of our Fair on 19th November concentrating on crafts and cakes.  Further details will follow but please note this date in your diary.

Hymns: 1, 393, 418, 426, 305, 301

Attendance: 7^th August: 55 (collection:£166.02), 14^th August: 43 (collection: £74.00), 21^st August: 58 (collection: tba), 28^th August: 63 (collection: tba).

Paul’s last service will be the 10 a.m. Parish Eucharist on 25^th September.  There will be followed by a buffet lunch after the usual tea and coffee.  Please bring a plate or two of suitable food and there is a form at the back of the church on which you can indicate what you are able to provide. 

School Governor for All Saints Junior School:  The PCC is looking to nominate a governor.  Educational experience, though desirable, is not essential.  Please speak to Paul if you might be interested or know of someone who might be.  Heather Summers is our Parish-School link worker and will be re-affirmed in that role during next Sunday’s parish eucharist.  A parish nominated governor will further strengthen our relationship with the school – please give this prayerful consideration.

Ride and Stride: The annual fund raiser for the Historic Sussex Churches Trust takes place next Saturday, 10^th September.  Ideally, we would like to keep both churches open from 10 a.m. to greet the cyclists and walkers seeking to raise sponsorship by visiting as many churches as possible.  We received a grant from the Trust towards our recent works on St Clement’s and so it would be very good if we could keep our churches open.  This does, however, depend upon having sufficient volunteers – names, please, to Ann Wing. Our treasurer Simon Scott will be cycling to various churches and is in need of sponsors!

This evening: The theme of this evening’s Taize service at 6 p.m. in St Clement’s is Care of Creation.

Parish Gift Day: The final total is £7,750.63 (2021: £1,665) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

Brass Rubbing Kit: The Parish has been offered a brass rubbing kit which is an ideal activity for visiting school groups and children generally.  Quite rightly, the donor does not want it left unused in a cupboard until the Day of Judgement.  Is there a volunteer who would be willing to encourage its use? If so, please speak to one of the wardens.

Facebook: Our Parish Facebook ‘reach’ now stands at 321 readers, up from 223 in 2020.  This is an unseen (except by folk who are on Facebook!) part of our community engagement and means, for example, that our sermons carry beyond the church service.  The last sermon for which we have data (that preached on 8^th August) reached 481 readers and attracted 21 ‘likes’.  This is kept going by Keith Leech who would be keen to hear from anyone who would like to assist in the continued growth in this aspect of our mission.  There are also sixty-nine subscribers to our e-mail lists who receive one or more of the Sermon, Parish News or Pews News directly into their in-box.

The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity (28th August 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant and preacher : The Reverend Paul Hunt

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

Jim Smith has now returned home which is excellent news.  Jim will be very pleased to receive visitors but please check with Kirsten (tel. 07512032962) before visiting.  Jim sends his thanks for the prayers and best wishes of church members and we look forward to seeing him in church in the near future.

Sylvia Clift RIP: Sylvia’s funeral will be in St Clement’s at 12 noon on Thursday, 15^th September.

Praying around the parish: Cobourg Place

Book and DVD Sales: Our sale of “pre-loved” (to use the new euphemism for “second hand”!) books and dvds has raised £135 so far this year.  Why not have a look on a “pay what you feel” basis?  We are grateful to Carol and Lawrence for overseeing this.

Old Hastings House: The next Coffee morning is on the 7th of September at 10.30am until midday.  This is a fundraising event towards the residents’ fund: cakes, hot drinks, bric a brac  and books sale. The plan is to have a tombola. This will then continue every first Wednesday of each month. 

Hymns: 301, 400, 290, 308, 315 591

Attendance: 7^th August: 55 (collection:£166.02), 14^th August: 43 (collection: £74.00), 21^st August: 58 (collection: tba)

Good News!  Bee Coglan, our church cleaner, has been signed off sick but will return to work on 6^th September and not the end of the month as had been thought.  We are therefore no longer in need of volunteers to keep the church clean in Bee’s extended absence.

Parish Breakfast: The Parish Breakfast is on offer today after the 8 a.m. service.

Final All Saints’ Organ Concert:  The last concert of the 2022 Series is tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. and features the ever-popular Gordon Stewart. Gordon Stewart appears as a concert organist throughout the world – so why not come and hear him at All Saints?

School Governor for All Saints Junior School:  The PCC is looking to nominate a governor.  Educational experience, though desirable, is not essential.  Please speak to Paul if you might be interested or know of someone who might be.  Heather Summers is our Parish-School link worker and that link would be strengthened by a parish nominated governor.

Ride and Stride: The annual fund raiser for the Historic Sussex Churches Trust takes place on Saturday, 10^th September this year.  Ideally, we would like to keep both churches open from 10 a.m. to greet the cyclists and walkers seeking to raise sponsorship by visiting as many churches as possible.  We received a grant from the Trust towards our recent works on St Clement’s and so it would be very good if we could keep our churches open.  This does, however, depend upon having sufficient volunteers – names, please, to Sue Phillips (tel.01424 882342).

Our Wine Tasting evening proved to be a very great success indeed and folk are now asking whether this could become a feature of our church social life!  Some thirty people attended, mainly non-church folk, and we raised £460 for church funds. We are most grateful to Nick Perry for masterminding this initiative.

Night Church followed the wine tasting (which had followed on from the Cream Teas) and attracted over seventy visitors.  Night Church is a very important strand in our community engagement.  Please contact Ian Gallagher if you might be prepared to help.

Taize Worship: Our next Taize service will be on Sunday, 4^th September at 6 p.m.  This draws worshippers from beyond our regular congregation.  Why not put this service in your diary and come along for Taize chants, silence, meditation and prayer?  Sunday evening services have disappeared from many churches (as have traditional 8 a.m. celebrations of Holy Communion) but the Ministry Team is planning to hold a simple service such as Said Evensong on the first Sunday of each month with the intention of holding a Choral Evensong in due course.

Parish Gift Day: The total raised is now at £7,724.38 (2021: £1,665) and donations continue to trickle in. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity (21^st August 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant and preacher : The Reverend Paul Hunt

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

Jim Smith has now returned home which is excellent news.  Jim will be very pleased to receive visitors but please check with Kirsten (tel. 07512032962) before visiting.  Jim sends his thanks for the prayers and best wishes of church members and we look forward to seeing him in church in the near future.

The Years’ Mind:  Marjorie Burton, John Hayward

Praying around the parish: Church Passage

Ann Novotny would like to plant some more flowers in the St Clement’s churchyard but needs help with some weeding.  Please speak to Ann if you might be able to assist.

Book and DVD Sales: Our sale of “pre-loved” (to use the new euphemism for “second hand”!) books and dvds has raised £135 so far this year.  Why not have a look on a “pay what you feel” basis?  We are grateful to Carol and Lawrence for overseeing this.

Hymns: 555, 383, 278, 530

Attendance: 7^th August: 55 (collection:£166.02), 14^th August: 43 (collection: £74.00)

Help Needed!  Bee Coglan, our church cleaner, has been signed off sick and we are in need of volunteers to clean an area of their choice in St Clement’s (e.g. the Lady Chapel).  This would be until the end of September.  Please give this your consideration and tell Ann Wing if you are willing to rally to the colours.  Thank you.

Cream Teas: St. Clement’s Church is open on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for private prayer and cream teas are served from £1.50 and cakes £1.  This is great value and a chance to meet friends in a wonderful historic building, while supporting our fundraising.

All Saints’ Organ Concerts: The season is now approaching its end on the 29^th August.  If you’ve never attended one of the concerts, why not do so this year?  The annual series is one of the parish’s star events.

JENGA: Our partner charity in Uganda reports that floods have caused deaths, made hundreds of people homeless and devastated crops.  JENGA’s website is JENGA | Community Development Outreach (jengauganda.org)  Please remember the flood victims in your prayers.  There are some photographs of the damage in the north aisle of the Church.  Is there anyone willing to promote the work of JENGA in our churches?

School Governor for All Saints Junior School:  The PCC is looking to nominate a governor.  Educational experience, though desirable, is not essential.  Please speak to Paul if you might be interested or know of someone who might be.  Heather Summers is our Parish-School link worker and that link would be strengthened by a parish nominated governor.

Ride and Stride: The annual fund raiser for the Historic Sussex Churches Trust takes place on Saturday, 10^th September this year.  Ideally, we would like to keep both churches open from 10 a.m. to greet the cyclists and walkers seeking to raise sponsorship by visiting as many churches as possible.  We received a grant from the Trust towards our recent works on St Clement’s and so it would be very good if we could keep our churches open.  This does, however, depend upon having sufficient volunteers – names, please, to Sue Phillips (tel.01424 882342).

Taize Worship: Our next Taize service will be on Sunday, 4^th September at 6 p.m.  This draws worshippers from beyond our regular congregation.  Why not put this service in your diary and come along for Taize chants, silence, meditation and prayer?  Sunday evening services have disappeared from many churches (as have traditional 8 a.m. celebrations of Holy Communion) but the Ministry Team is planning to hold a simple service such as Said Evensong on the first Sunday of each month with the intention of holding a Choral Evensong in due course.

Parish Gift Day: The total raised is now at £7,599.77 (2021: £1,665) and donations continue to trickle in.  We will close the account, so to speak, at the end of August.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity (14^th August 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Preacher at 10 a.m.: Dr. Pat Lock

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

Jim Smith has now returned home which is excellent news.  Jim will be very pleased to receive visitors but please check with Kirsten (tel. 07512032962) before visiting.  Jim sends his thanks for the prayers and best wishes of church members and we look forward to seeing him in church in the near future.

Shirley Hawley’s, funeral will be at Hastings Crematorium on Tuesday, 16^th August at 12.15 p.m.

The Years’ Mind: Nellie Adams, Annie Knowles

Praying around the parish: Bourne Court

Ann Novotny would like to plant some more flowers in the St Clement’s churchyard but needs help with some weeding.  Please speak to Ann if you might be able to assist.

Night Church meets next Saturday in St Clement’s at 9 p.m.

Please contact Ian Gallagher if you are interested in helping our

social outreach.

Hymns: 362, 238, 605, 230

Attendance: 7^th August: 55 (collection: tba)

Cream Teas: St. Clement’s Church is now open on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for private prayer and cream teas are served from £1.50 and cakes £1.  This is great value and a chance to meet friends in a wonderful historic building, while supporting our fundraising.  Please note this new time replaces the earlier opening times of 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

NEXT SATURDAY IN ST CLEMENT’S at 5.30 p.m.: Three Grapes, Two Ways – An opportunity to explore Terroir and Climate with Nick Perry.   This event is sponsored by The Wine Room in Norman Road, Penbuckles and wineclub.cafe.  Wineclub.cafe is at 31, George Street and ticket holders will receive a 15% discount on meals and drink on August 20^th and 24^th-27^th.  Please contact the parish office to book your tickets at £15 each.  Payment may be by cash or cheque (payable to “St Clement’s with All Saints PCC”) or by bank transfer (St Clement’s with All Saints PCC, Sort Code: 405240 Account: 00014566 with “Your Name/Wine” as the reference.

All Saints’ Organ Concerts: The season is now in full swing.  If you’ve never attended one of the concerts, why not do so this year?  The annual series is one of the parish’s star events.

JENGA: Our partner charity in Uganda reports that floods have caused deaths, made hundreds of people homeless and devastated crops.  JENGA’s website is JENGA | Community Development Outreach (jengauganda.org)  Please remember the flood victims in your prayers.  There are some photographs of the damage in the north aisle of the Church.  Is there anyone willing to promote the work of JENGA in our churches?

School Governor for All Saints Junior School:  The PCC is looking to nominate a governor.  Educational experience, though desirable, is not essential.  Please speak to Paul if you might be interested or know of someone who might be.  Heather Summers is our Parish-School link worker and that link would be strengthened by a parish nominated governor.

Book and DVD Sales: Our sale of “pre-loved” (to use the new euphemism for “second hand”!) books and dvds has raised £135 so far this year.  Why not have a look on a “pay what you feel” basis?  We are grateful to Carol and Lawrence of overseeing this.

Taize Worship: Our next Taize service will be on Sunday, 4^th September at 6 p.m.  This draws worshippers from beyond our regular congregation.  Why not put this service in your diary and come along for Taize chants, silence, meditation and prayer?  Sunday evening services have disappeared from many churches (as have traditional 8 a.m. celebrations of Holy Communion) but the Ministry Team is planning to hold a simple service such as Said Evensong on the first Sunday of each month with the intention of holding a Choral Evensong in due course.

Parish Gift Day: The total raised is now over £7,250 (2021: £1,665) and donations continue to trickle in.  We will close the account, so to speak, at the end of August.  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!

The Transfiguration (7^th August 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant and preacher: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

Jim Smith has now returned home which is excellent news.  Jim will be very pleased to receive visitors but please check with Kirsten (tel. 07512032962) before visiting.  Jim sends his thanks for the prayers and best wishes of church members and we look forward to seeing him in church in the near future.

We are sorry to report that Shirley Hawley, a mainstay of Hastings Lifeboat Station died recently.  Her funeral will be at Hastings Crematorium on Tuesday, 16^th August at 12.15 p.m.

We are also sorry to report the death of Ian Porter, another well-known and active member of the Old Town community.

The Years’ Mind:

Praying around the parish: Boyne Road

Ann Novotny would like to plant some more flowers in the St Clement’s churchyard but needs help with some weeding.  Please speak to Ann if you might be able to assist.

Hymns: 368, 248, 453, 380

Attendance: 3rd July: 54 (collection: £90.10), 10^th July: 51 (collection: £52), 17^th July: 51 (collection: £140.50), 24^th July: 62 (collection: £144.85), 31^st July: 78 (collection: £117.70)

PARISH GIFT DAY – WHAT A RESULT!  At the time of going to press, we had received about £6,750 including Gift Aid (2021: £1,665).  This is truly stunning and shows just how much our two churches are valued.  One donor wrote: “ Although I am not a churchgoer, I appreciate all the community work that the parish does.  I also love the buildings and want to see them maintained.”  Thank you to everyone who delivered copies of the special Gift Day leaflet and electoral roll letters.

Two Towers Trust News:  The Two Towers Trust provided much of the “buzz” on Gift Day with its craft fair and lunches and a concert from Harmony One.  Around £550 was raised for the Trust which raises money to support non-routine maintenance of our two churches.

Cream Teas: St. Clement’s Church is now open on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for private prayer and cream teas are served from £1.50 and cakes £1.  This is great value and a chance to meet friends in a wonderful historic building, while supporting our fundraising.  Please note this new time replaces the earlier opening times of 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!  Three Grapes, Two Ways – An opportunity to explore Terroir and Climate with Nick Perry (St. Clement’s, 5.30 p.m., Saturday, 20^th August.). This event is sponsored by The Wine Room in Norman Road, Penbuckles and wineclub.cafe.  Wineclub.cafe is at 31, George Street and ticket holders will receive a 15% discount on meals and drink on August 20^th and 24^th-27^th.  Please contact the parish office to book your tickets at £15 each.  Payment may be by cash or cheque (payable to “St Clement’s with All Saints PCC”) or by bank transfer (St Clement’s with All Saints PCC, Sort Code: 405240 Account: 00014566 with “Your Name/Wine” as the reference.

All Saints’ Organ Concerts: The season is now in full swing.  If you’ve never attended one of the concerts, why not do so this year?  The annual series is one of the parish’s star events.

JENGA: Our partner charity in Uganda reports that floods have caused deaths, made hundreds of people homeless and devastated crops.  JENGA’s website is JENGA | Community Development Outreach (jengauganda.org)  Please remember the flood victims in your prayers.  Is there anyone willing to promote the work of JENGA in our churches?

School Governor for All Saints Junior School:  The PCC is looking to nominate a governor.  Educational experience, though desirable, is not essential.  Please speak to Paul if you might be interested or know of someone who might be.  Heather Summers is our Parish-School link worker and that link would be strengthened by a parish nominated governor.

The Sixth Sunday after Trinity (24^th July 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Preacher: Mrs Sandra Bentall, Authorised Lay Minister

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priest:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family, Jim Smith.

Jim Smith is currently in the Conquest Hospital following a fall at home.  We look forward to seeing him in church in the near future.

The Years’ Mind: Dorothy Palmer, Arthur Bexell

Praying around the parish: Belmont Road

Old Town Week: We need volunteers to keep St Clement’s open during the week.  The Rossettis in Love exhibition will be on display and there are various Two Towers Trust activities.  Please have a look at the rota at the back of the church and sign up for a slot if you can help!

Next Sunday: We have our special Old Town Week Service at 10 a.m.  This is not a eucharist (in the usual liturgical sense).  Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.

Hymns: 492, 385, 166, 1, 496, 608

Attendance: 3rd July: 54 (collection: £90.10), 10^th July: 51 (collection: £52), 17^th July: 51 (collection: £140.50)

Hall bookings in June raised £374.

Flower Festival: The final total raised was £1,069.38.

Cream Teas: St. Clement’s Church is now open on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for private prayer and cream teas are served from £1.50 and cakes £1.  This is great value and a chance to meet friends in a wonderful historic building, while supporting our fundraising.  Please note this new time replaces the earlier opening times of 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!  Three Grapes, Two Ways – An opportunity to explore Terroir and Climate with Nick Perry (St. Clement’s, 5.30 p.m., Saturday, 20^th August.). This event is sponsored by The Wine Room in Norman Road, Penbuckles and wineclub.cafe.  Wineclub.cafe is at 31, George Street and ticket holders will receive a 15% discount on meals and drink on August 20^th and 24^th-27^th. 

Please contact the parish office to book your tickets at £15 each.  Payment may be by cash or cheque (payable to “St Clement’s with All Saints PCC”) or by bank transfer (St Clement’s with All Saints PCC, Sort Code: 405240 Account: 00014566 with “Your Name/Wine” as the reference.

All Saints’ Organ Concerts: The season is now in full swing.  If you’ve never attended one of the concerts, why not do so this year?  The annual series is one of the parish’s star events.

Parish Gift Day Leaflet Delivery: We want to deliver a special leaflet to every home in the Old Town before Saturday.  Street bundles are at the back of the church – please have a look and take a bundle if you are able to deliver it.  This should be delivered separately from the Parish Magazine to maximise impact.

Electoral Roll members: Letters to members are available for collection.

Your health and safety:  We had an unpleasant incident with a rough sleeper recently.  Please remember that the church should not be open unless there are at least two of us in the building.

Congratulations to Catherine Bendon who has achieved that very English distinction of having had a letter published in the Times. We are pleased to report that Mrs Bendon is neither disgusted nor moving to Tunbridge Wells.

Ann Novotny would like to plant some more flowers in the St Clement’s churchyard but needs help with some weeding.  Please speak to Ann if you might be able to assist.

The Fifth Sunday after Trinity (17^th July 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant and preacher: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

The Reverend Canon Keith Pound 428330.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family.

Ruby Webster

The Years’ Mind: Colin Holden, Ruby Webster

Praying around the parish: Barley Lane

Communion in both kinds: In compliance with the Sacrament Act of 1547 and the most recent guidance (May 2022) from the Church of England, we are returning to communion in both kinds today.  This will be for the first time since March 2020.  We understand that some members of the congregation will wish to remain cautious and continue to receive in one kind for the time being.  No-one should feel under any pressure to revert to normal practice. Please note that intinction (dipping the wafer into the wine) is not allowed; the scientific evidence is that drinking from the common cup is significantly safer because the transmission of any germs or virus is very small indeed.

Hymns: 474, 507, 311, 391, 439,558

Attendance: 3rd July: 54 (collection: £90-10), 10^th July: 51 (collection: tba).

Cream Teas: St. Clement’s Church is now open on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for private prayer and cream teas are served from £1.50 and cakes £1.  This is great value and a chance to meet friends in a wonderful historic building, while supporting our fundraising.  Please note this new time replaces the earlier opening times of 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!  Three Grapes, Two Ways – An opportunity to explore Terroir and Climate with Nick Perry (St. Clement’s, 5.30 p.m., Saturday, 20^th August.). This event is sponsored by The Wine Room in Norman Road, Penbuckles and wineclub.cafe.  Wineclub.cafe is at 31, George Street and ticket holders will receive a 15% discount on meals and drink on August 20^th and 24^th-27^th. 

Please contact the parish office to book your tickets at £15 each.  Payment may be by cash or cheque (payable to “St Clement’s with All Saints PCC”) or by bank transfer (St Clement’s with All Saints PCC, Sort Code: 405240 Account: 00014566 with “Your Name/Wine” as the reference.

All Saints’ Organ Concerts: The season is now in full swing.  If you’ve never attended one of the concerts, why not do so this year?  The annual series is one of the parish’s star events.

Lead Theft: This is a serious problem (yet again) and we have been warned about a current spate of thefts in our vicinity.

Frant Parish Church is facing costs of £30,000 to replace the lead stolen recently in addition to over £7,000 in repair costs.  Insurers will not cover all of the costs.  Please be vigilant and report ANY suspicious activity to Sussex Police on 999.  Report it as “Heritage Crime” and a note of suspicious vehicle registration numbers is especially valuable to the police.  Please tell your neighbours and spread the word.

Parish Gift Day Leaflet Delivery: We want to deliver a special leaflet to every home in the Old Town in the week beginning 25^th July.  Street bundles are at the back of the church – please have a look and take a bundle if you are able to deliver it.  This should be delivered separately from the Parish Magazine to maximise impact.

Next Sunday: The Annual Magdalen and Lasher Charity Service will be at 3 p.m. in St Clement’s.  Everyone is invited.

King Harold’s Mother is the title of a new one woman play by our own Heather Leech.  Set in 1068, it will premiere at the Stables theatre on 25^th July.

Your health and safety:  We had an unpleasant incident with a rough sleeper early last Sunday morning.  Please remember that the church should not be open unless there are at least two of us in the building.  This is very sad, of course.

The Fourth Sunday after Trinity (10^th July 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Preacher: Keith Leech, Authorised Lay Minister

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

The Reverend Canon Keith Pound 428330.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family.

The Years’ Mind: George Cochrane, Joseth Adams,

Arthur Clover, David Cowan

Praying around the parish: Barley Avenue

Communion in both kinds: In compliance with the Sacrament Act of 1547 and the most recent guidance (May 2022) from the Church of England, we are returning to communion in both kinds today.  This will be for the first time since March 2020.  We understand that some members of the congregation will wish to remain cautious and continue to receive in one kind for the time being.  No-one should feel under any pressure to revert to normal practice. Please note that intinction (dipping the wafer into the wine) is not allowed; the scientific evidence is that drinking from the common cup is significantly safer because the transmission of any germs or virus is very small indeed.

Hymns: 356, 457, 628, 475, 338, 627

Attendance: 3rd July: 54 (collection: £90-10).  The collection on 26^th June amounted to £354.50

Cream Teas: St. Clement’s Church is now open on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for private prayer and cream teas are served from £1.50 and cakes £1.  This is great value and a chance to meet friends in a wonderful historic building, while supporting our fundraising.  Please note this new time replaces the earlier opening times of 11.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!  Three Grapes, Two Ways – An opportunity to explore Terroir and Climate with Nick Perry (St. Clement’s, 5.30 p.m., Saturday, 20^th August.).  Please e-mail or telephone the parish office to book tickets are £15 each.  This event is sponsored by The Wine Room in Norman Road, Penbuckles and wineclub.cafe.  Wineclub.cafe is at 31, George Street and ticket holders will receive a 15% discount on meals and drink on August 20^th and 24^th-27^th. 

All Saints’ Organ Concerts: Details of the exciting 2022 season are available on the website and in the brochures now available in Church.

Ukraine: Malcolm and Pat Lock will be hosting a Ukrainian mother and daughter but other Hastings hosts are still required.  Please speak to Pat or Malcolm if you have a suitable spare room and would like to “do your bit”.  They would also be pleased to receive a small bedroom chair and a small table top television for the use of their guests.

Lead Theft: This is a serious problem (yet again) and we have been warned about a current spate of thefts in our vicinity.

Frant Parish Church is facing costs of £30,000 to replace the lead stolen recently in addition to over £7,000 in repair costs.  Insurers will not cover all of the costs.  Please be vigilant and report ANY suspicious activity to Sussex Police on 999.  Report it as “Heritage Crime” and a note of suspicious vehicle registration numbers is especially valuable to the police.  Please tell your neighbours and spread the word.

A New Priest-in-Charge:  As was announced in church two weeks ago, the Diocese has decided to proceed with appointing a chaplain to Ark Alexandra who will also be the resident priest-in-charge of the Old Town Parish.  The post will be advertised very soon indeed and there should be no need for a long interregnum.  Paul’s stint will therefore finish at the end of September and his last Sunday will be 25^th September.

Night Church: The July Night Church is on next Saturday, 16^th July from 9 p.m.  This is one of our major exercises in community outreach offering a sympathetic ear or time in which to be still and reflect and, of course, refreshments.  The Church is lit beautifully.  We really do need more helpers – please contact Ian Gallagher if you would like to be involved or simply learn more before making a commitment.

King Harold’s Mother is the title of a new one woman play by our own Heather Leech.  Set in 1068, it will premiere at the Stables theatre on 25^th July.

The Third Sunday after Trinity/ St Thomas’ Day (3^rd July 2022)

8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP)

10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist

Celebrant and preacher: The Reverend Paul Hunt

Priest–in-Charge (part-time)

The Reverend Paul Hunt BA, MA, MTh.

07818273282.

Reader: Dr Pat Lock Tel 754264.

Honorary Assistant Priests:

Brother Aelred Partridge OC.

The Reverend Canon Keith Pound 428330.

Authorised Lay Ministers:

Sandra Bentall 721874.

Keith Leech 716576.

Director of Music. Malcolm Lock 07801068156.

Churchwardens:

Judy Cubison 457194; Ian Gallagher 07967437417

Judy Rogers 07507860034 Ann Wing 420499.

Safeguarding Officer: Heather Summers 07548 360428

Parish Administrator: Marjo Baars

Tel: 07942347137

Email:

Website:

Hastings Old Town Parish – One parish, two churches (oldtownparishhastings.org.uk)

Facebook: Old Town Parish Hastings

Please remember in your prayers those ill at home or in Hospital, especially: Harri Boorman, Terry Hinton, Carol Newnham, Sandra Kingston, Abigail Smith, Rosemary Smith, Keith Pound, Bee Coglan, Lynn Arnold and family.

The Years’ Mind: Patricia Szentesi, Cecil Champney-Burnham, Geoff Payne.

Praying around the parish:

Ashburnham Road

Communion in both kinds: In compliance with the Sacrament Act of 1547 and the most recent guidance (May 2022) from the Church of England, we are returning to communion in both kinds today.  This will be for the first time since March 2020.  We understand that some members of the congregation will wish to remain cautious and continue to receive in one kind for the time being.  No-one should feel under any pressure to revert to normal practice. Please note that intinction (dipping the wafer into the wine) is not allowed; the scientific evidence is that drinking from the common cup is significantly safer because the transmission of any germs or virus is very small indeed.

Hymns: 165, 583, 482, 308, 278, 430

Attendance: 5^th June: 68 (collection: £128.32), 12^th June: 53 (collection: £96.95), 19^th June: 48 (collection: £99.91), 26^th June: 54 (collection: tba).