For nearly a thousand years families and churches have displayed a Nativity Scene at Christmas. Representations of a stable, crib, the Holy Family, farmyard animals, shepherds and kings are key parts of much-loved family and community “treasures”. Stunning examples of these “cribs” are coming to St Nicholas’ Church Arundel. Thursday...
As two dejected disciples walked to Emmaus, the risen Lord came alongside them. Then, beginning with Moses and all prophets, he interpreted all the things in the Scriptures concerning himself. What did he say? That's the question that this series of talks sets out to answer. Beginning with the books...
St Nicholas' (Arundel) and St Leonard's (South Stoke) will re-open for public worship from 2nd December. Arundel Sunday 8.00 am - Holy Communion (CW Order 2 Traditional) Sunday 10.00 am - Mass Tuesday 6.30 pm - Mass Wednesday 10.00 am - Holy Communion (CW Order 2 Traditional) Friday 12.000 pm...
Are the churches open? The churches are open for public worship and private prayer from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm. The 10.00 am Sunday service is also livestreamed. Please use the link on the Home Page. What about Christenings, Weddings and Funerals? Funerals may still go ahead although certain restrictions...
I was recently asked by a reporter whether in the diocese of Chichester Ash Wednesday has become more popular – like Christmas is. My own experience of offering “ashes to go” outside Brighton station was very informative. Generally, people on their way to work were not very interested and sometimes...
Thanks to your support the Friends were able to donate £28,000 to St. Nicholas in 2019. This brings the total since we started to just over £128,000. In addition, we still have £15,000 ring fenced for the restoration of the West Window and another £6,000 which will contribute to the...
2020 – Don’t Panic! When I wrote this in time for January publication, the General Election campaign was in full swing. Whatever the predictions I might have had about the vote in December. I’m pretty sure that they will, no doubt, now proved to be wrong! Whenever we look forward...
At St Nicholas’ we are working to create a parish garden for the church and wider community. Many of the dead and dying trees have now been removed. Now we need to remove the stumps of the old trees, plant a hedge, sow grass seed and arrange access to the...
On the night of 6th September members of St Nicholas’ Sunday Group spent ‘a night in the church’. This fun evening included a bbq, games, a film and spending the whole night in Arundel’s ancient parish church. The event was rounded off with a delicious breakfast of bacon sandwiches.
Donations requested to support the Parish Garden Project Prior to construction of the new London Road in the early part of the 19th Century, there was no major entrance into St Nicholas Church from the south of the building. Beyond the graveyard boundary wall there were fields with much of...