Midweek Bulletin
MID-WEEK BULLETIN – Wednesday 8 th October 2025
‘Above all these, put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.’ (Colossians 3:15)
DIARY
BUILDING WORK UPDATE: All had been well, but unfortunately on Monday a Timber Treatment Specialist discovered that a main beam at the East End is partly rotten; other roof timbers are also rotten but have additional support. Gilly, Paul Lavington our builder and I are meeting a structural engineer with our architect
tomorrow. Inevitably, this will mean the scaffolding will be up for much longer.
Saturday 11th October
10.00am: Coffee Morning, Jill Pardey’s house (in aid of Church Flower Fund)
Sunday 12th October (17th after Trinity)
11.00am: Matins
4.00pm: Service of Wholeness & Healing
Sunday 19th October (18th after Trinity)
9.45am: Zoom
11.00am: Matins
6.30pm: Evensong
Sunday 26th October (Last /19th Sunday after Trinity)
11.00am: Matins
Saturday 1st November
2.00pm Service of Blessing, Quinten & Sindy Waring
Sunday 2nd November (4th Sunday before Advent/20th after Trinity)
9.45am: Zoom
11.00am: Holy Communion
6.30pm: All Souls Service
Wednesday 5th November
‘The Choir at Chichester’ with Evensong at the Cathedral at 5.30pm.
The coach departs from the Dorset Arms at 11.00am.
To book a seat please contact Judy Eliot on 01892 654581 0r 07766 937062.
The Kings Hall, Withyham
Next Hall Lunch: Thursday 16th October - 12.15 for 12.30pm.
Friday Café Macmillan Coffee Morning This Friday 10.30-12noon
Next Quiz: Saturday 18 th October 7.30 for 8.00pm.
Blackham Village Market: The Hall, First Saturday, 10.00am-12.15pm
For your PRAYERS
The Persecuted Church: Christians in MOZAMBIQUE. The rise of Islamic extremism in the north has had a devastating impact on the lives of believers. Churches have been torched, and pastors abducted and killed.
Those in need of our prayers: Janice YONGE
Bereaved: The family and friends of those known to us.
James
Notices
WITHYHAM CHURCH ESSENTIAL BUILDING WORK
On Monday 15th September, the Chancel (Choir) will be closed and scaffolding erected for the final phase of the repair to the plasterwork on the ceiling, together with additional work above the East Window. As on the previous occasion last autumn, the Nave (the body of the Church) will be protected by plastic sheeting on a timber frame.
The remainder of the building will remain open, and Sunday services continue as normal, centred on a mini altar with accompaniment on a keyboard and the Choir at the back of Church. It won’t be possible to hold funerals during this time.
Whilst the second half of September and whole of October have been set aside for the work – in compliance with the regulations for churches with an active bat population – it is hoped it will be completed more quickly.
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​​PARISH REGISTERS – September 2025​
BAPTISMS
On 6th September the christening of Skye Sara Virginia MORRIS, daughter of Jonathan and Sophie, took place at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Withyham.
On 14th September the christening of Alexander David Rory THOMSON, son of David and Natasha , took place at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Withyham.
MARRIAGE
On 13th September the wedding between James Robert Alexander NEVILLE & Isabel (“Issy’) Florence Jane PERRY took place at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Withyham.
FUNERAL
On 23 rd August, the interment of the ashes of Edmund John Wilfrid OYLER
who died on 28 th April 2024 aged 90 took place in Withyham Churchyard.
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CHURCHWARDEN'S NOTES
As we leave summer behind and gently slide into autumn we have been celebrating the harvest after the long
hot summer of 2025. On Sunday 21st September a delicious Harvest Lunch was enjoyed in the Kings Hall and that evening the Harvest Festival was celebrated at Blackham Church.
Withyham’s Harvest Festival took place on the 28th September, with the Church full of donated tins and produce from our vegetable gardens, which was then distributed to local families in need, via the charity Family Support Work.
St. Michael & All Angels Day took place that same afternoon and included a large embroidery depicting the village made by children from St. Michael’s Primary School, Withyham, with some adult assistance. It was hung over the plastic sheeting hiding the Chancel.
A Bring And Buy Coffee Morning will be held on Saturday 11th October at Smugglers, Hoadleys Lane, Crowborough, TN6 1TH (Jill Pardey's home), to fundraise for the Church flower fund. Gilly Halcrow's cards will be on sale, so do come along and enjoy a cup of coffee in good company and surroundings.
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ALL SAINTS CHURCH, BLACKHAM
All Saints Church, Blackham is open at weekends between Easter and Harvest, and for services.