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SERVICES
Sunday 26th October 2025 - Bible Sunday
9:30am Arlington: Holy Communion
11:00am Berwick: Holy Communion
11:00am Wilmington: Holy Communion
3:00pm Alciston: Service of Commemoration of the Departed
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Service of Commemoration Sunday 26th October 3 p.m. Alciston Church –- please make sure that you have written down (printed) names of loved one for the Commemoration Service on 26th October at 3 p.m. at Alciston. Or you can send names by email to me – peter.blee@berwickchurch.org.uk.
Living Crib and Carol Service - 14th December
Arlington will be celebrating Christmas with a 'Living Crib and Carol Service' on 14th December at 3pm. No acting, but if you or someone you know would like to participate by dressing for a particular role, please let Shirley know revshirleym@gmail.com
So far, we have Mary & Joseph and the Archangel Gabriel.
Herod, wise men, innkeeper, etc are still vacant.
Evening Prayers at Wilmington
Evening prayer will be moving from Thursday evenings to Wednesday evenings at 5pm as from 29th October, and will be online until the spring.
Please contact Shirley at revshirleym@gmail.com who will be able to send you the link.
Poetry Launch and New Poet In Residence 2025-2026
Follow the link below or scan the attached QR code to hear Oenone reading her poetry or to download the pdf of ‘Self-portrait as Scallop Shell’. Please make a donation if you do this. Or you can now purchase her book of poems in Berwick church – and copies will be available in the other churches soon. https://www.cuckmerepilgrimpath.org.uk/poetry/self-portrait-as-scallop-shell
The new Poet In Residence 2025-2026 is Judith Shaw. If you would like to be on a mailing list to receive information about events please could you send your email address to the Benefice Administrator at benefice.administrator@berwickchurch.org.uk. Judith wrote in her application I am actively involved in the poetry community in St Leonards and Hastings with connections across the South East and have helped organise a number of events. With a colleague who lives in Rye, I run the Hastings Stanza Group and am a member of the Kent and Sussex Poetry Society. As well as being a poet and having experience of teaching creative writing for the WEA and privately, I am also a visual artist and have experienced the meditative power of writing and drawing. I designed a course for adults called ‘Confidence Building Through Art’ and feel that many of the exercises I used in my teaching would be relevant to this context.
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Poet-in-Residence for the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path
Poetry Writing and Appreciation Workshops
As part of my role as Poet-in-Residence for the Cuckmere Pilgrim Path
(https://www.cuckmerepilgrimpath.org.uk ) I’m going to be running some writing workshops.
These stand-alone writing workshops are free and open to anyone over 18 years of age. Beginners welcome. No experience needed. It would be useful to bring writing materials, but I’ll have some spare paper and pens.
Tuesday 4th November 2025 1pm to 3pm - Berwick Church (St Michael & All Angels Church, Berwick, Near Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 6SR)
Note: If the Tuesday afternoon workshops are popular, I’ll add some more dates.
Monday evening workshops at Berwick church
Monday 17th November 2025 7pm to 9pm
Monday 8th December 2025 7pm to 9pm
Monday 12th January 2026 7pm to 9pm
Monday 9th February 2026 7pm to 9pm
Monday 9th March 2026 7pm to 9pm
Monday 13th April 2026 7pm to 9pm
Monday 11th May 2026 7pm to 9pm
Monday 8th June 2026 7pm to 9pm
Judith Shaw
For more information email: judithshaw33@icloud.com or phone 07909 612564
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