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)
The Vacancy:
The Church Wardens, Rural Dean, and the PCC have oversight for the
parish during the vacancy. There will be a process of discernment
about the future ministry in the parish. The Revd Christopher Powell,
can be contacted on 01444 471783 or vicar.wivelsfield@gmail.com
Please contact one of the Church Wardens, Barbara Fairweather or John
Whiting, in the first instance with any questions or queries relating
to Church matters or to arrange services.
Lent Services and
events:
Ash Wednesday, 18th February
- 10.00am Ash Wednesday Eucharist
Tuesday 24th February onwards -
7.30pm Diocesan Lent Course at the Martindale
Thursday 26th February onwards
- 2.15pm Diocesan Lent Course at
20, Hamsland
Saturday 28th February onwards
- 5.00pm Stations of the Cross in
St Giles
Monday 23rd to Friday 27th March -
Spring Cleaning Week at St Giles
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The charity
collection during January and February is for St Catherine's
Hospice in Pease Pottage. You
can find out all about what they do and how you could help 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, February 2026, 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