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Lunches at Kings Head – Horsebridge

Lunches at Kings Head – Horsebridge:   Thursday 4th November at 12noon.  I must have final numbers by Wednesday 4th Nov. please.  Tel: Joan 07873 390944  I also need to know if you require transport. 

Our Christmas Lunch at the same venue, Thursday 9th December at 12noon.  If you would like to join us on this jolly occasion, then please sign the list circulating between church after Mass and the hall after Sunday Mass or Tel: Joan on 07873 390944.   When putting your name on list please pay the full amount of £18 which includes a 3 Course Meal, Mince Pies, Tea/Coffee and Tip.  When you pay you will be given a copy of the menu to choose beforehand.  So much easier for the chef and prompt service for us.  We look forward to you joining us on this happy occasion.   Would you like transport?  Please let me know.  Thank you.  These two occasions are of course open to our friends from St George’s, please join us. 

Christmas Carol Concert at St George’s

The South Downs Singers are a community choir based at our hall in Polegate. The choir has used the hall since it first began more than 20 years ago. They support local charities through concerts held up to three times a year. This year has been very difficult for the choir due to the Covid pandemic and, once the green light was given to rehearse again, they met up and used the car park to begin with! Now back in the hall, their Christmas Carol concert this year will be held at St George’s Church on Saturday 4th December at 3.30 pm. It will be a perfect opportunity to begin your preparation of Christmas with a beautiful selection of carols and seasonal music. Tickets are priced at £8.00 available from Shirley or Kelly at St George’s, or ring 01323 504753 to book.

Bereavement Book

The Bereavement Book will be available in St George’s Church, until the end of November for anyone who wants to add names of their deceased relatives and friends.  Please pray for the deceased and their families during November.

Ruth Ayres Writes

As one of the older parishioners she is paying tribute to Fr Kenneth McCarthy who died last week (Oct 21st) aged 92.  Father came to Hailsham about 1990 and served for 10 years.   He retired due to ill health and was given a house in Walton-on-the-Hill, where he lived for more than 20 years, supplying in the area, until he was almost blind.  He went into hospital with heart failure, but was moved into a covid ward.  He was for many years the longest serving priest in the Diocese, he was ordained at the early age of 23 in 1953 and he had been in the junior seminary.  He was a priest for 68 years.

Deacon John Writes

I will be brief today as I am going to ask you to do something for yourselves.  In Wednesday’s Psalm there was one phrase which gave me the idea. “Let me sing of the Lord, He has been good to me”.  

Well please choose one day, perhaps when you are sitting with a cup of tea or you have a visitor so you can use his/her thoughts and think of the many ways in which God has been good to you during the year. Please write them down and maybe add to them from day to day.  Then you will have a good list to say thank you for to God when you pray or sing.

Fr Rory Writes

Through the waters of baptism we have received God’s great gift “the pledge of eternal life”. 

To experience that life as God has ordained it that calls us to make our response.  All our lives are watched over by God’s providence, but at the heart of His care is true the Eucharist.  When we hear His word, and to receive the devine nourishment  which brings us to the  assembly of the faithful, where the liturgy of the Eucharist gives life to our journey.  Deacon John made a reference for the need to Volunteer in his contribution to our newsletter last week, and gave examples; welcomers, readers etc.  Helping us to open our eyes, there is a line in the Gospel this Sunday which says “Master I want to see”.

I had a very encouraging experience during the week from Joe Roberts, and I am very grateful to him for it.  He was picking up upon “Good News” and announcing some good news to me.  His came from the Olympics in Japan.  I have asked him to share this with us by a piece for our newsletter.  It is a good idea, so I asked another person hoping that he too would have some good news.  It would be good to encourage each other to share more good news.  There is always a space in the newsletter for this.

This week we celebrate the “Feast of All Saints”.   The fact  we are included in this, is reason for gratitude “thanks be to god”, and the second “to let it really influence our lives”.  More and more mention is being made of Pope Francis to have a Synod, and at the heart of it the role of the laity.  In the weeks to come I really, really ask for your help and your patience.  We really need to develop a way to work that helps one another to share and to work together before the life in our churches come to an end.

CAFOD

A message from CAFOD: Thank you for supporting our Climate Crisis Appeal for our recent Family Fast Day.  Every donation helps us in our work and is gratefully received. cafod.org.uk/climatecrisis

Please pray for the success of the upcoming UN climate talks in Glasgow, COP26, from 31 October to 12 November.  There are prayer cards at the back of church; please do take one and pray that that world leaders will put the needs of marginalised communities around the world, those most affected by climate change, right at the heart of these climate talks. For more information see cafod.org.uk/COP26

May the Holy Spirit inspire all political leaders at COP26 and instill in them the courage and gentleness to implement fairer solutions for the most vulnerable.

St George’s Sales Table

St George’s Table sale will resume in November, there are no marked prices just pay what you feel the item is worth.  Money raised will be used for Children’s Liturgy resources, parish social events and Charitable giving.  If you have any new or nearly new items suited for sale at the table please leave in porch clearly marked Table sale.