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benefice.administrator@berwickchurch.org.uk
SERVICES
Tuesday 16th December
5:00pm Selmeston - Advent Prayers
Wednesday 17th December
9:30am Berwick - Morning Prayer
3:30pm - 4:30pm Wilmington - Blue Christmas
5:00pm Wilmington - Evening Prayer - online
Please contact Shirley at revshirleym@gmail.com who will be able to send you the link.
Friday 19th December
6:00pm Wilmington - Christmas Carols through the Village
(Starting at The Long Man Pub at 6:00pm and finishing at the church at 7:30pm with mince pies and mulled wine)
Sunday 21st December 2025 - Advent 4
9:30am Arlington - Holy Communion
9:30am Selmeston - Holy Communion
3:00pm Berwick - Carol Service
3:00pm Wilmington - Angel Walk and Christmas Carols
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Richard Durrant Presents Songs of the Solstice
Saturday 20th December
at St Mary and St Peter, Wilmington
Matinee 2.30pm Evening 7.30pm
Tickets from richarddurrant.com or Tim 07771 641856
Richard has been delighting us with his music at Christmas for 20 years now. Unfortunately, this will be his final year. So, please take the opportunity to hear him and his fabulous group one more time!
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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 Judith has some spare paper and pens.
To help give me an idea of numbers for seating and materials, if possible, please let me know if you are planning on coming to any of these workshops a day or two beforehand either by email: judithshaw33@icloud.com or phone 07909 612564.
Monday evening workshops at Berwick Church
(St Michael & All Angels Church, Berwick, Near Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 6SR)
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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