Highbrook, West Sussex
Watch Choral Evensong for Candlemas via this link.
Service led by Canon David Tickner.
Music includes Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Hylton Stewart (choir)
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, Sir Hubert Parry (congregation)
Holy, Holy, Holy. Schubert (choir)
Christians Lift up your hearts, Ralph Vaughan Williams.
If you’re in need of a post-Christmas work out (or, whisper it, an escape from your household) join us for our monthly church cleaning session this Thursday. We’ll be focussing on clearing the Chrismas candles and chipping off the wax spots from the floor and wherever else they’ve landed.. We’ll meet at 11am and be there ’til 3pm with a break for lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided. Drop in and join us for a while – all help is much appreciated. Bring your own scrapers, dusters etc.
We’re delighted to have received some very good news from the Diocese at a recent meeting with the Archdeacon. Our parish profile (which will be used to advertise for a vicar) has been received warmly, as has our intention to pay our full parish share for at least the next two years. Consequently the Bishop and Archdeacon have agreed that the lengthy suspension of our parish will now lapse and the Diocese will advertise for a full time priest in 2023.
We enjoyed a wonderful Carols by Candlelight last Sunday led by Canon David Tickner.
If you weren’t able to be with us then you can watch the service here on youtube
Many thanks to our wonderful choir and our terrific team of readers for creating such a special service for us to enjoy.
Music.
– Once in Royal David’s City. Solo, Choir and Congregation. – The Sussex Carol, Choir. Traditional words, Tune heard by Cecil Sharpe and Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1919 sung by a lady at Monk’s Gate c 3 miles south of Horsham – hence its name “The Sussex Carol”.
-Unto us is born a Son, King of Quires supernal.Choir and Congregation.
– O little town of Bethlehem. Choir and Congregation. – There is no Rose. Choir. Medieval words, composer John Joubert (1927-2019).
– See amid the winter’s snow. Choir and Congregation.
– In Dulci Jubilo. Choir. Composer R. Pearsall (1795-1856).
– Hark the Herald Angels Sing. Choir and Congregation.
-The First Nowell. Choir and Congregation. – Carol of the Bells. Choir. Tune – a Ukrainian Folk chant set by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914. Dedicated to all Ukrainians and particularly those staying locally and their families and hosts.
– Good King Wenceslas. Choir and Congregation. king Wenceslas was a legendary Bohemian King who gave to the poor. Composed in 1853 at Sackville College in East Grinstead by then Warden JM Neale.
– We wish you a Merry Christmas. Choir and Congregation. Traditional, West Country.
Readings.
1. Isaiah 9.2, 6-7 The Prophecy of The Messiah’s Birth.
2. Micah 5. 2-4. The Messiah will be born in Bethlehem.
3. Isaiah 11. 1-9. Kingdom of Peace.
4. Luke 1. 26-38. The Annunciation to Mary.
5. Matthew 1. 18-25. St Matthew tells of the Birth of Jesus.
6. Luke 2. 1-7. St Luke tells of the Birth of Jesus.
7. Luke 2. 8-16. The Shepherds go to the Manger.
8. Matthew 2. 1-11.The Magi are led by the star to Jesus.
9. John 1. 1-14. The Incarnation of the Word of God.
This year you’re invited to send your Highbrook friends and neighbours a Christmas message by writing a card and hanging on the tree at the back of All Saints’. A donation towards the cost of the tree can be left, if you like, in the donation box just inside the door.
Many Thank to all who took park in the recent working parties in the Church yard and Church. The shrubs that had got very large have been cut away from the south wall of the Church ready for the Christmas lights. Inside the Church is sparkling and ready for Christmas, there is a lovely smell of wood and brass cleaner. well done everyone
Come and join us for a coffee and cake on the second Tuesday of each month
Starting on 11th October At Highbrook Village Hall
10.00 until 12.30
Open to residents and friends of Highbrook
No agenda, just bringing the community together for a chat with neighbours and friends
Admission free, (donations towards hall running costs will be very welcome)
Next coffee mornings
November 8th
December- no meeting
2023
January 10th
February 14th
Any queries contact Heather
heather.chapman99@googlemail.com
We are planning to meet to clean the Church on the last Thursday of each month
Come for an hour, come for three, every little helps.
We meet at 11am and work through until 3pm with a break for lunch, Refreshments will be provided
The next working party to clean the Church will be on Thursday 27th October
Followed by
Thursday 24th November
Thursday 29th December
Bring dusters, cob web brushes, gloves and anything else you think may be useful.