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Special Celebration Service:  at St John’s, Meads on 9th September at 2pm.  Open the Book (part of the Bible Society) is celebrating 20 years of ministry.  The service will include a presentation by Bob Hartman, author and illustrator of the wonderful Lion Storyteller Bible, and a storytelling by the St John’s Open the Book team.  Pupils from St John’s School will be sharing their experience of Open the Book and saying prayers.  There will be afternoon tea after the service.  Please come and share this special time with us, and discover more about Open the Book.

Outing:  We are organising an outing for all the parishioners of St. George’s and St. Wilfrid’s churches on Sunday 8th September 2019.  We will meet at St Mary the Virgin Church car park, in Ringmer, at 12 pm and walk towards the green, where we will spend some time picking up berries. After that, we will go back to the car park and head to St. George’s hall, where grown ups will make jam and children will decorate jars. Once the work is done, we will serve Afternoon Tea with delicious jam and scones for everybody (around 3:30 pm). There will be board games for both children and grown ups to play at the hall. Please, bring carrier bags and as many jars (small and medium sizes) you can. Those who may prefer to do just a little walk, could wait for us to come back from the green, at The Anchor pub, just opposite the church. We look forward to seeing you there!

St George’s Film Club:  The showing of the film  (1959) with Audrey Hepburn has been postponed from the  25^th August to the 1st of September.  There will be no film club on the 25th.   Film starts at 3 pm.

Churches Together Polegate Willingdon and Jevington: The annual service of “Songs of Praise” will be taking place at St George’s this year, on Sunday 8th September at 4.00pm.  Do come and enjoy this very uplifting occasion, followed by refreshments in the hall.

Grandparents’ Annual Formation Day:  Monday 23rd September, starting with Mass at 10am.  At the Church of St John the Evangelist, Horsham, RH12 2PJ.  Elizabeth O’Shea, Parenting Expert, will help us to explore strategies to support young people and the pressures they live under today.  Please book at [email protected]

Hailsham Foodbank:  The Foodbank has been particularly busy and their stocks have hit an all time low.  If you would like to contribute in anyway, please leave donations in our church porch suitably labelled “Foodbank”.   Current urgent needs include: Tinned Fruit, Tinned Carrots, Peas or Sweetcorn, Tinned Tomatoes or Pasta Sauce, Instant Mash, Tinned Meat, Tuna and Toilet Rolls.  Thank you.

Pat Burke sadly past away recently, the Requiem Mass will be held at St George’s Church on Thursday 22nd August 2019 at 10.30am.

Deacon John Writes:

Last week I concluded with a prayer from CAFOD which ended with this plea: “Teach us how to share our daily bread with all people, and to treat each other as members of one family.” This leads me to remind you that we already have the answer to this as we collect goodies for those in need of support in Eastbourne and Hailsham through the Food Banks. There is a basket in the porch at St George’s into which you may put any items for this cause. It is emptied regularly and the Food Bank arrange a monthly collection of the goods we have collected.  (See the separate article in this newsletter about the Hailsham Food Bank for more details at St Wilfrid’s.) Current urgent needs include UHT milk, cereals, tinned meat, tinned fruit, tinned rice pudding/custard, tinned vegetables, pasta sauce, tinned fish,  instant mashed potato, long life apple and orange juice, pasta, coffee, tea, biscuits, peanut butter, chocolate spread, marmite, baby food, nappies, shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant. [Currently they have plenty of baked beans and spaghetti] Please ensure all items are within use-by date. I wish to thank you for your support of this venture and if you haven’t supported it to date I invite you now to consider doing so if you possibly can. Thank you.

With my love and prayers for you all.

A priest settled into a chair in a lawyer’s office.  “Is it true,” said the priest, “that your firm does not charge the members of the clergy?” “I am afraid you are misinformed,” stated the lawyer.  “People in your profession can look forward to a reward in the next world, but we lawyers have to take ours in this one.”

Diocesan Mass for Altar Servers:  on Saturday 14th September, at 12noon, with Bishop Richard presiding.  For all who have served, are serving and anybody who would like to.  Please bring cassock/cotta or alb.   Light refreshments will follow (bring a packed lunch if you wish).