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Jenny’s accumulated diagram is a summary of our conversation during the Gateway service last Sunday. Thank you Jenny, and thank you everybody who contributed with their personal experiences of and reflections about the presence of God in their lives.

David writes: Team Argent-Smith ….Steve, Oscar and I bagged no less than 9 Churches. We went from SASH to Lindfield URC where we picked up Steve, on to All Saints Lindfield, then up to All Saints Highbrook. Unfortunately Oscar wasn’t feeling at all at this stage so had to go home. After Oscar was safely…

Margaret writes: “We had an excellent team after the Service on Sunday 21 July to complete the churchyard plant survey for this year by surveying the remaining area (the Memorial Garden). The grass had been cut, but fortunately was not too short to enable us to identify a good range of species. We were delighted…

Jenny B writes: “We started off together in the Annex with some uplifting prayer and worship. Our thoughts and prayers focussed on the new government, in particular the NHS, justice, education and the environment. As we sat together we considered the call to prayer and how God helps us to pray and leave our failings…

Here is some information about recycling that we recently added to the Eco Church page: St Augustine’s is an environmentally friendly church and encourages recycling and re-using.The church is open every day between 9 am and 5 pm.Although milk cartons can now be put in the recycling bin with the tops on you can stillleave…

As part of our EcoChurch programme, and in partnership with the Scaynes Hill Sustainability Group, Margaret leads us on a botanical survey of The Common each year. Here in the photo we are all enjoying a beautiful evening looking at wild flowers. Margaret writes: 10 people helped with the botanical survey on Scaynes Hill Common…

On Wednesday evening, 19th June, Sheila Maidment and Kevin Deal were sworn in as our Churchwardens, at a service led by the Archdeacon for Horsham Deaconry, Ven. Angela Martin. (Officially, the service is called a ‘Visitation’, and the Churchwardens are ‘admitted’ to their office for the coming year.) We tend to forget that being a…

We send birthday wishes to Scaynes Hill WI who are 107 this year. Congratulations!

There’s no denying Church wouldn’t run quite as efficiently without the humble cuppa!  We recycle materials to give them a new purpose including composting tea bags and coffee grounds. Gardening I tear the bags open to air dry the used tea leaves which are eco-friendly and biodegradable. The leaves contain various elements that effect plants…

Beverley writes: “Thank you to everyone for such an amazing send-off on Friday evening and Sunday morning. Your kindness is quite overwhelming and the joy in your fellowship, worship and community endeavours is inspiring. Michael, Alfie and I have loved being part of it all for just over 3 years and we wish you every…

Jenny writes: We all wanted to say thank you to the children and the school for such a lot of help when we needed a place to meet while the floor was being mended at our church building.  Every week our church would meet up in the school hall on a Sunday and use the…

Beverly writes: Congratulations to our very own Barbara Hoy, flower arranger extraordinaire! Barbara and her friend from Lindfield triumphed at the Chichester Festival of Flowers with a resplendent display around the font. The theme of the whole festival was Creation and what a tribute to creativity and God’s blessings it was. Barbara’s display around the…