TODAY! Harvest Festival at St Andrew's followed by lunch in the Church HallMany thanks to everyone who has contributed towards our Thanksgiving lunch today. Thank you to everyone who helped decorating the church, and to everyone who donated the fresh produce. For £1 a bag, you can take your favourite items home after Mass today. Please speak to Carole who will assist with this. All donations will go towards our Harvest Appeal.Harvest Appeal 2025 till the end of October! We are supporting Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice and Turning Tides. Please use the boxes in the North Aisle for any non-perishable items you might like to donate. As always, thank you for your generosity of spirit.Requiem Mass for Michael HarrisSadly, we have lost another member of our congregation. Mike died very peacefully in hospital on Monday 15th September, just before Dcn Rachel's visit. The funeral will take place on Thursday 9th October, 2025 at 11:30am followed by a refreshments reception in the Church Hall. May he rest in peace! FOR YOUR DIARIES!Get your tickets! 'A Christmas Carol' at St Andrew's on Friday, 21st November 2025 from 7pm -8:30pm. Pease use the link below to buy tickets. If you need help with purchasing a ticket, please speak to the Churchwarden. https://www.thisismytheatre.com/a-christmas-carolPatronal Festival on Saturday, 29th November, 2025 Watch this space for updates.
<b>Safeguarding first!</b>It is wonderful to chat over a hot cup of tea or coffee after Sunday Mass. It is such a pleasure to have our younger members join us for that. As we wouldn't want to introduce disposable lidded cups for hot drinks, please remain vigilant when taking hot drinks to your table. Thank you.<br><b>Our gratitude to Fr Peter for running St Andrew's Bible Study </b>sessions throughout the summer and September. Watch this space for updates on the upcoming <b>Advent Course</b>. <br><b>Requiem Mass for Michael Harris</b>Sadly, we have lost another member of our congregation. Mike died very peacefully in hospital on Monday 15th September, just before Dcn Rachel's visit. The funeral will take place on<b> Thursday 9th October, 2025 at 11:30am </b>followed by a refreshments reception in the Church Hall. <b>May he rest in peace! </b><br><b>FOR YOUR DIARIES!</b><br><b>TODAY 3pm - 4pm at the Chichester Cathedral! Choral Evensong with Installation and Commissioning of the new Archdeacon Revd Dr Tom Carpenter </b>Following the service, refreshments will be served in the South Transept.<br><b>Also TODAY! Creationtide Service 3pm at Ramsay Hall Chapel, Worthing</b>All welcome. The service will be followed by refreshments and a conversation about the future of our planet. For details, please see <b>poster attached</b> or speak to Fr David. <a href="mailto:dmumford@phonecoop.coop">dmumford@phonecoop.coop</a> <br><b>Get your tickets! 'A Christmas Carol' at St Andrew's on Friday, 21st November 2025</b> from 7pm -8:30pm. Pease use the link below to buy tickets. If you need help with purchasing a ticket, please speak to the Churchwarden. <a href="https://www.thisismytheatre.com/a-christmas-carol">https://www.thisismytheatre.com/a-christmas-carol</a><br><b>Patronal Festival on Saturday, 29th November, 2025 </b>Watch this space for updates.<br><b>Harvest Thanksgiving Supper at St John the Divine West Worthing Saturday 4th October Arrive at 6pm for 6:30pm.</b>A minimum donation of £5 will go towards supporting Turning Tides. Tickets are at the back of church. Please talk to one of the Welcomers if you would like a ticket.<br><b>Harvest Festival at St Andrew's on Sunday, 5th October 2025</b> <ul><li><b>Preparing and decorating the church for the festival: </b>Friday 3rd October after Mass from 11am or Saturday 4th October from around 10am.</li><li>There will be a <b>harvest table at the back of church for any non-perishable items you might like to donate. </b>These will be presented to our neighbours, the Turning Tides residents of Evans Court and of the Vicarage. As always, thank you for your generosity of spirit. <b> </b></li><li>On the day of the festival<b>, Sunday Mass will be followed by lunch in the Church Hall.</b> Please add your name to the <b>Harvest List</b> at the back of the church if you are able to attend. We welcome food contributions towards our lunch. Please add your name next to the food items on the Food List at the back of the church.</li></ul>
A very warm welcome to Fr Ian Corbett! On behalf of St Andrew's congregation, the Churchwarden would like to express her gratitude to Fr Ian Corbett who has joined our clergy team. Fr Ian has been worshipping with us for a few months now. This morning, Fr Ian is presiding and celebrating Mass at St Andrew's for the first time. At St Andrew's, we feel blessed to be looked after by such a wonderful team during the interregnum. Our deep gratitude to Fr Tony, Dcn Rachel, Fr Peter, Fr David, Fr Ben and Fr Ian.Gretha Nichols' Requiem MassThank you to Revd David and Dcn Rachel for their love and care on Tuesday when the Requiem Mass for our dear friend Gretha Nichols took place. Thank you to the members of the congregation who attended. A special mention to Carole and Veronica who prepared the church for the funeral and the Hall for the reception afterwards.Gretha will always be in our prayers and thoughts. May she rest in peace!Requiem Mass for Mike Harris on Thursday 9th October, 2025 at 11:30am followed by a refreshments reception in the Church Hall Sadly, we have lost another member of our congregation. Mike died very peacefully in hospital on Monday 15th September, just before Dcn Rachel's visit. May he rest in peace!FOR YOUR DIARIES!Last St Andrew's Bible Study with Fr PeterJoin us this Friday after Said Mass, from 11am for about 45 minutes. Please bring your own Bible. The Readings are also provided.Our gratitude to Fr Peter for running these sessions. We want more, and we might get more in the form of an Advent Course. Watch this space for updates.Choral Evensong with Installation and Commissioning of the new Archdeacon Revd Dr Tom Carpenter on Sunday, 28 September 2025 3 - 4pm at the Chichester Cathedral Following the service, refreshments will be served in the South Transept.Please let Estera know if you wish to attend, and she will book for you.Creationtide Service on Sunday 28th September 2025 3pm at Ramsay Hall Chapel, WorthingAll welcome. The service will be followed by refreshments and a conversation about the future of our planet. For details, please see poster attached or speak to Fr David. dmumford@phonecoop.coop Harvest Thanksgiving Supper at St John the Divine West Worthing Saturday 4th October Arrive at 6pm for 6:30pm.A minimum donation of £5 will go towards supporting Turning Tides. Tickets are at the back of church. Please talk to one of the Welcomers if you would like a ticket.Harvest Festival at St Andrew's on Sunday, 5th October 2025 Preparing and decorating the church for the festival: Friday 3rd October after Mass from 11am or Saturday 4th October from around 10am.There will be a harvest table at the back of church for any non-perishable items you might like to donate. These will be presented to our neighbours, the Turning Tides residents of Evans Court and of the Vicarage. As always, thank you for your generosity of spirit. On the day of the festival, Sunday Mass will be followed by lunch in the Church Hall. Please add your name to the Harvest List at the back of the church if you are able to attend. We welcome food contributions towards our lunch. Please add your name next to the food items on the Food List at the back of the church.Get your tickets! 'A Christmas Carol' at St Andrew's on Friday, 21st November 2025 from 7pm -8:30pm. Pease use the link below to buy tickets. If you need help with purchasing a ticket, please speak to the Churchwarden. https://www.thisismytheatre.com/a-christmas-carolPatronal Festival on Saturday, 29th November, 2025 Watch this space for updates.
A very warm welcome to the Parish of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Worthing Victoria Road/Clifton Road BN11 1XB 17th August 2025 -10:30 am Sung Mass - 20th Sunday in Ordinary TimeThe Order of Service can be found in the white service booklet. Please return this after Mass. Please pray for:the sick: Ian and Jean Grevatt, Michael Harris, Michael Tranter, Andrew Bakerthe recently departed: Gretha Nichols, Michael TurnerSt Andrew’s NoticesIt was wonderful to welcome our friends from St John the Divine for The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Friday, 15th August. We were blessed to have Fr Tony, Deacon Rachel, Fr Ben and Fr Roger concelebrate. Our gratitude to Fr Peter for playing the organ throughout the Sung Mass. The August issue number of St Andrew's magazine has been posted and a digital copy emailed to St Andrew's Friends. If you have articles or news you want to share with our congregation, please speak to Carole S, our magazine editor.St Andrew's Bible Study with Fr Peter Sessions run through to the end of September every Friday after Said Mass, from 11am for about 45 minutes. Please bring your own Bible.Dais and teapoint drawings! These are now displayed in the North Aisle for your perusal. The PCC will discuss these in the next PCC meeting on 7th September. Watch this space!'A Christmas Carol' is coming to town! We are very excited to be hosting the performance on Friday, 21st November 2025 from 7pm. Please use the link and password below to buy tickets. http://www.thisismytheatre.com/worthing Password: CliftonVictoriaUntil then, to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th anniversary of birth, check out the theatre company's website for wonderful productions of Jane Austen's 'Emma' and 'Pride and Prejudice' held in churches and public gardens across the country this summer. https://www.thisismytheatre.com/News from Victoria Lodge Care Home! Our dear friend Gretha Nichols passed peacefully on Tuesday morning. There will be a Requiem Mass in church on Tuesday, 16th September at 11am, followed by a reception in the Church Hall. Please sign the sheet at the back of the church if you are able to attend. The family would also be grateful if you could share your memories of Gretha with them. Please add these to the sheet of condolences at the back of church. May she rest in peace!After Mass today Please join us for tea or coffee and a friendly chat. If you are visiting, please introduce yourself to a member of the Clergy or to one of the Welcomers. The Clergy The Venerable Tony Davies (Retired Associate Priest)Deacon Rachel BennettThe Rev’d Peter KaneThe Rev’d David MumfordLay contacts Churchwarden: Mrs Estera Emmersonchurchwardenstandrewtheapostle@gmail.comParish Safeguarding Officer: Ms Veronica Frisbysafestandrewsworthing@gmail.comwww.achurchnearyou.com/church/5248/www.standrewtheapostle.co.uk email: standrewworthing@gmail.comBible study: today’s readings briefly explained In the 1st reading we find the prophet Jeremiah in prison and his life at risk. His advice to the people - that as they look to the future they should put their trust in God rather than rely on political alliances - had brought him into conflict with the authorities who accused him of undermining the peoples’ morale. Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, speaks to the king on the prophet’s behalf, and his life is spared. We might see this event as a parable, teaching us that as Jeremiah was saved because someone spoke up for him, so the prayers we make for others are heard by God and answered.Having told (in chapter 11) of many heroes of faith who had agreed to play a part in God’s plan of salvation, the writer of the letter to the Hebrews goes on to warn that just as they had faced difficulty and discouragement so we too, as we try to live faithful Christian lives, will find the journey hard. Look to Jesus, he says: he accepted the shame and suffering of the Cross and saw beyond it to the glory of heaven. Look to Jesus - be encouraged to persevere - for it is life with him that will be our reward at the end of the race. The Gospel passage is difficult to understand if we look at it or read it simply from a human or earthly point of view. Jesus is at that point in his ministry when he, the Prince of Peace, would face death at the hand of his enemies (his ‘baptism’ he calls it) in order to bring the ‘fire’ of the new age. This is the choice he must make. His followers, too, must choose: for or against him. Committing ourselves to him, to following his way, may bring us into conflict, even with family and friends - just as walking in God’s way got Jeremiah thrown into a well. True discipleship is costly.
