St
Giles Church
Horsted
Keynes
All
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)
****************************************
On Sunday 2nd February it was announced that Fr David is to retire on
30th June, the 40th anniversary of his ordination as a Priest.
His last Sunday will be 29th June. Fr Peter will continue as Curate at
least into 2026. He, Fr David and the PCC Standing Committee
(Churchwardens, Secretary and Treasurer) are working on arrangements
for the vacancy. There will be a process of discernment about
both future ministry in the parish and Fr Peter's future ministry.
*****************************************
Here is the Order of Service for the Parish Eucharist for the Second Sunday before Lent, Sunday 23rd February. You can still access the Sermon from the 16th February. Lent Course: In the Lent
Course this year we will be exploring the themes
from the Nicene Creed, a statement of Christian
belief formed 1700 years ago at the Council of Nicea.
- Every Wednesday at 7.30pm from 12th March to 9th
April inclusive, in the Giles Moore Room at the Martindale
- Every Thursday at 2.15pm from 13th March to 10th April
inclusive, at 20 Hamsland
All welcome—come and join us
Deanery Morning ‘Uncovering the Nicene Creed’: Saturday 15th March at The Church of the Ascension, Haywards Heath, with Revd Dr Earl Collins from 10am to 1pm.
On Sunday 16th March Bishop Martin will lead and preach at the 10am Eucharist.
As part
of the Chichester Diocese Year of Faith 2025, St
Giles, Horsted Keynes has organised a Pilgrimage to the
Cathedral on Saturday 5th April 2025. The timetable
for the day is as below:
11-30am Arrive. Welcome from the Dean
12 noon Eucharist
Lunch in the Cathedral Refectory or any of
the Pubs and Restaurants in the City Centre
3pm Guided Tour £8 per head (Numbers
needed for this. Names MUST be given to Fr David by Sunday 30th
March – by email or sign list at the back of church)
5-30pm Choral Evensong (Visiting Choir)
Every six years the Electoral Roll process for every parish in the country, in preparation for our APCM in 2025, involves creating a new electoral roll for which everyone in the parish will need to complete a new form, rather than the more usual process of simply revising the current roll. The form is available here, or you can pick up a printed one from the table at the back of the church, and completed forms can be emailed to: fmprice18@gmail.com or posted to 5 Lucas, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, RH17 7BN before the 30th April.
You can view the official notice here.
The charity collection during March
and April is for the UNICEF Sudan Emergency Appeal. You
can find out all about the need for funds and what UNICEF is doing to
help the situation here.
Donations can be made using orange envelopes in the collection plater or posted in the post box at the Martindale. There is a stock of orange 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.
_______________________________
________________________________
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.
Thelma Mason is the Parish Safeguarding Officer and you can access her contact details here
Click here for the latest, March 2025, edition of Parish & Parishioner Magazine.
The Welcome Pack for new residents to the village is 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.
The 2025 APCM will take place on Thursday 15th May at 7:30pm at the Martindale Centre, in the Giles Moore Room. You can still view the relevant reports from last year below and this year's reports will be added as aoon as they are available.
Annual Report and
Financial Statements 2023
Annual
Group Reports for the APCM 2023