Category: Saint George’s latest news

Our next afternoon tea will be Thursday 31st August, 2-4pm, St Wilfrid’s Hall.  £5.  Our theme this month is London and we will be    doing all the usual quizzes and bingo.  Please do come and join us.

Would you like to understand more about the challenges and reality of mental health on those around you?  We continue to run courses focused on   raising awareness of symptoms and the impact on people’s lives along with ways to signpost those who are struggling.  For more details see the Diocesan website or email Simon South, Formation Advisor E: [email protected]

No breakfast in August but we return on the last Sunday of September when we will be raising money for the Love in a Boxes transportation at Christmas.  It will also be our one year anniversary breakfast so we may even do something a little more special (watch this space!).

Earlier this week we had the Gospel about loaves and fishes. It includes the sentence “They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over – twelve wicker baskets full”. An article by Kristin Armstrong wrote about this saying that when she gets discouraged by having too much to do she asks God to “loaves-and-fishes her”. She agrees that this is not a grammatically correct prayer but she says that God always answers it. She realises that she is asking God to take what she can offer and work within her and increase her understanding and her capacity to serve and to show her love. God combines his abundance and limitless capacity and ensures that there is more than enough to go around. The best thing about this, she says, is that she is not spent or drained. She says she can take the pieces of her left overs and still have the energy for self-care, for gratitude, for creativity and for fun. She says “I am able to do without sacrificing my ability to be”.

I have found this useful during this week – perhaps you could try asking God to “loaves-and-fishes you” this coming week. I hope that prayer helps you if you do!

All my love to each and every one.

Altar Server Mass – Saturday 23rd September at    Arundel Cathedral:  Fr Aaron Spinelli, Diocesan    Director for the Guild of St Stephen, invites diocesan altar servers to a special Mass at Arundel Cathedral on Saturday 23 September at 12 noon, led by Bishop Richard. The Mass is for all those who have served, all those who are serving, and anybody who would like to serve – all are very welcome. Fr Aaron requests attendees bring a cassock/cotta or an alb (if possible), and a packed lunch. There is no need to register, though attendees are asked to E: [email protected] to confirm numbers.

Sunday 17th September at St George’s Church.  Starting at 4pm followed by refreshments.  Donations to Eastbourne Foodbank.

A big thank you to all who supported the Charity Breakfast last Sunday, we raised £135 to help pay for resources for St Richard’s Art & DT students to design and make a set of Stations of the Cross for the new Chapel.  Once made and installed we will be sure to see if we can have a visit to see the Chapel and the school.

No breakfast in August but we return on the last Sunday of   September when we will be raising money for the Love in a Boxes transportation at Christmas.  It will also be our one year anniversary breakfast so we may even do something a little more special (watch this space!).

The role of the newly formed Parish Council is to live and communicate the love and values of Christ in our world. The Council will share in the responsibility for the ongoing life and development of our faith community. We go forward together as one parish united within our two churches in Hailsham and Polegate. Together, our Council’s aim is to  provide support for everyone’s efforts to live as followers of Christ.

We are a consultative body that will help the Parish Priest consider pastoral and other such works within the Parish. Also, to propose and co-ordinate practical measures in implementing them. The Parish Priest will take into account their opinions and recommendations. We are not involved in Finance or the affairs of other Parish Groups.

Our members consist of the Parish Priest and an equal number of members from St George’s and St Wilfrid’s.

Our current members are:

St George’s: Mary Burbage, Nick Cooray, Mary O’Hanlan, Martin Falkner, Cathy Hollingdale, Joanne Knight, Liz Oram and from St Wilfrid’s: Lesley Crowe, Morgan Mukitirwa, John Mullaney, James O’Brien, Teresa Palmer or Angela   Squizzoni or Annette Wake (just one to attend each meeting) and Stephen Gartzen.  

please keep being generous with your donations of books, jigsaws, small nearly new or new bric-a-brac or unwanted gifts.  We are running low on items to display.  Leave at back of church or under table in the hall – or display them if you have time!

Sandra would like to step down from overseeing this if possible, it is a simple role only requiring stock checks and replenishment and if one of the weekly volunteers can’t do their allocated slot helping to find a replacement.  Each week of the month has two volunteers allocated and the last week is always the breakfast team.