St
Giles Church
Horsted
Keynes
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St Giles is a Church of England village church at the heart of this rural community. Our historic church has stood as a beacon in the village for over a thousand years ministering to all of the parish with God's love guiding the way.
St Giles Church encompasses all generations, with a strong youth involvement through our Primary school, a committed focus on families and a caring and responsive approach to our more senior members. All of this bonded together by prayer and united worship.
Please take the time to browse our website to find out what we have been doing in the name of God and to see what is yet to come and we look forward to seeing you at our forthcoming worship and activities.
Following our Lord’s teaching of the greatest commandments:
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind”.
“You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” (Matthew 22. 37.39)
Here is the Order of Service for the Parish Eucharist for the Third Sunday of Easter, Sunday April 14th.
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The Annual Meeting of the Friends of Horsted Keynes Church takes place on Tuesday 16th June at 7:00pm in St Giles Church. The speaker this year is Keith Datchler OBE, a retired Sussex farmer, who is an expert on creating new wildflower meadows and encouraging biodiversity. The talk will be followed by wine and nibbles.
The charity collection during March and April is for the Red Cross Israel and Occupied Palestine Territory Appeal. This neutral and impartial charity is working with the Red Crescent and local contacts to bring relief to civilian people in Gaza who are homeless, bereaved, injured, lacking medical care and access to clean water. Almost the entire population is projected to experience food insecurity and the threat of famine is looming. Do look at the display at the front of the church, but you can also find out about the work they do here.
Donations can be made using orange envelopes in the collection plate, the electronic system at the back of the church or posted in the post box at the Martindale. There is a stock of the charity envelopes in the Martindale porch.
The Prayers for the Annex continue on Monday mornings at 11.30am in St Giles Church.
During these difficult, stressful times do remember that HK Help and HK Prayerline exist to help parishioners in a practical or spiritual way. You can find more details here.
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The APCM takes place on Thursday 25th April at 7:30pm at the Martindale Centre. There are hard copies of the Annual Report and Financial Statements and Reports from Groups associated with the Church on the table at the back of the church or you can download them using the links. You can also view the Rector's Annual Report.
The recently revised Electoral Roll will be displayed from the 9th April to the 24th April in St Giles Church and on the Church notice board by the former post office on The Green.
Building on to the church — our once-in-a-generation chance to make a real difference
Our starting point, too many years ago now, was that it is quite shameful not to have accessible, clean, warm, light and safe toilet and kitchen facilities at St Giles. Arriving at the right design from the right architect has meant overcoming set-backs while sharing plans with key users, experts and advisers. The plan for our annex, click here to view all the details, has blossomed into a scheme that will serve not just churchgoers, but our whole community.
Your support, as we enter a year of fundraising, backed up with support from the Friends of Horsted Keynes Church, will prove the scheme’s worth to benefactors and funding bodies. You will see regular updates on progress her and in P&P. and on an annex Facebook page. We will let you know when larger and fuller views of the plans will be on display.
If you have any questions about the project you can email them to: hkchurchannexinfo@gmail.com and one of the group will answer as soon as possible.
Annex Steering Group
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The 2024 APCM takes place on Thursday 25th April 2024.. You can view the relevant reports below
Annual Report and
Financial Statements 2023
Annual
Group Reports for the APCM 2023
Electoral Registration Enrolment/Amendment Form
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St Giles
takes safeguarding very seriously and you can click here to view our Safeguarding Policies or here
to look at the the Diocese's Safeguarding pages.
Duffy Parry is the Parish Safeguarding Officer and you can access his contact details here
Click here for the latest, April 2024, edition of Parish & Parishioner Magazine.
The Welcome Pack for new residents to the village is now available here.
Gifts of money to the Parish are invited here
This takes you to a secure site. It is
designed for one-off donations with options to make a Gift Aid
declaration and have a receipt sent by email. If you are thinking of
committing to regular donations please visit the Giving page.