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)
Diocesan
Intercessions, a message from Chichester Cathedral:
" Each day at the 8am Eucharist and at Evensong we pray for the
parishes of our Diocese, as listed in the Diocesan Intercessions
Rota. Parishes are warmly invited to join us when we pray for
them, if they are able. If you are not able to join us in person,
please know that you are in our prayers."
St Giles, Horsted Keynes will be prayed for on Sunday 22nd
June, the First Sunday of Trinity. Fr David has asked
for prayers about the vacancy and his retirement.
The Vacancy: 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. The Rural Dean, Revd Christopher Powell, shares oversight of the parish with the church wardens during the vacancy and can be contacted on 01444 471783 or vicar.wivelsfield@gmail.com
Fr David's last
Sunday: There will be buffet lunch at
12.30pm at the Martindale Centre on Sunday 29th June to
say farewell to Fr David and Christine and to wish them well and
many blessings on their retirement. If you would like to
join us please enter your name(s) to the lists in the church and the
village shop.
If you would like to make a contribution towards Fr David's leaving
present , please could you place it in an envelope and drop it in the
Donations box on the table at the back of the Church as soon as
possible. Thank you.
The charity
collection during May and June is for Christian Aid. You
can find out all about Christian Aid week here
Donations can be made using orange envelopes in the collection plate 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.
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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.
Thelma Mason is the Parish Safeguarding Officer and you can access her contact details here
Click here for the latest, June 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 took place on Thursday 15th May. You can still view the relevant reports and the agenda below.
Annual Report and
Financial Statements 2024