Sunday Bulletin
- St Anne's
- Sep 6
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 12
Sunday 7th September 2025
All are Welcome
Welcome to our services this Sunday, particularly if you are here for the first time. Do make yourself known to the clergy after the service and if it's after the 10am stay for coffee/tea.
8am – Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer): Ben
10am – Sung Eucharist (Common Worship): Bern/Peter HYMNS
465 Take up thy cross 466 Teach me, my God and king
295 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
463 Sweet sacrament divine
73 Brother, sister, let me serve you The Collection is during Hymn 295
(Card donations can be made at “Dona” our electronic payment system on the counter by the door)
We Pray for the Sick: Averil and family, Naomi, Jennifer, Diana and Mike, Imogen, Robert Bell (Priest)
We Remember: Beatrice Leney, Leonard Smith, Marnie Spruce
NO CONTEMPLATIVE COMMUNION: Please note that there will NO SERVICE on Wednesday evening, it will return in October.
BOOK AND CAKE SALE REPORT: A HUGE “THANK YOU!” to everyone who volunteered with making cakes, setting up on Friday, the sale and clear out on Saturday, it simply wouldn’t happen without those dedicated people who all worked so hard, it was very much appreciated. The Sale raised a total of £1852.55 – of which £1627.05 was just from the sale of books, that is a £500 increase over last year’s sale.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Friday 12th September, 7 p.m.: A Service of Anchoring to commence the period of our parishioner living as an Anchorite. During this service, much of the original medieval liturgy will be used and has been adapted to celebrate an Anchorite in the 21st Century. Please join us and pray for our Anchoress and all whom she encounters.
Saturday 13 to Sunday 21 September, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., daily. An Anchoress in residence. St Anne’s has a 13th-century anchorite’s cell. A parishioner has offered to live as an anchoress during this time and be available for conversation, singing, prayer and sponsoring.
Saturday 6th to Sunday 21st September, Fri-Sun 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Anchored in Silence: Artwave exhibition of sculpture and installations.
HARVEST LUNCH, 28th September, 11:30 a.m.: If you would like to take part in the Harvest lunch, please sign your name on the sheet at the back of the Church. If you have any queries, please speak to Jackie.
ST ANNE'S WEBSITE: www.stanneslewes.org.uk - Our website offers resources for our growth in discipleship. On the website you can now find recent sermons collated in one place under the tag sermons. Also, we have a regular slot called Spiritual Reflections which aims to look at questions of faith in a fresh, imaginative way. Contact Ashley or Ben if you can't find the content.
ONLINE AND CARD TRANSACTIONS: Donations can also be made through our website (the DONATE button is in the top right-hand corner of every page).
A MESSAGE FROM BEN
Please feel free to phone me or drop me an email. I'll be delighted to hear from you. My contact details are:
Rev'd Ben Brown, 01273 933357, email: rectorstanneslewes@gmail.com
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TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ChurchStAnnes
If you would like anything added to the Notices, please speak to Ashley. ashley.price@sky.com - 01273 409410
(For items to be on next Sunday's sheet, please supply to me by Thursday)
NOTE In future the Notices will be, if possible, uploaded on the Friday, with any "last minute" amendments added on Saturday.
