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SERVICES
Sunday 12th October 2025 - Trinity 17
9:30am Arlington: Holy Communion
9:30am Alciston: Holy Communiion
11:00am Berwick: Holy Communion
11:00am Wilmington: Holy Communion
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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
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 workshops.
These stand-alone 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.
We will be focusing on writing in response to all sorts of stimulation including our visual and tactile environment and using some playful and low-tech art methods to add to the work. I’ll be supplying any art materials needed.
Tuesday 7th October 2025 1pm to 3pm - Selmeston Church (St Mary's Church, The Street, Selmeston, Near Polegate, East Sussex, BN26 6UD)
Writing in response to the language in the church and exploring working with visual art using rubbings in the church and in nature (depending on the weather). Bring pen and paper if you can.
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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MEDIEVAL WAYFARING IN ART in SUSSEX at Berwick Church
7th October 2025 at 7pm
An illustrated talk by Emma Rose Barber. The talk will last about 40 minutes, followed by a Q and A, book sale/signing of her latest book Finding the Wayfarer: Physical, Spiritual and Poetic Survival.
All most welcome. Admission is free.
For further details please look at the 'Events' tab.
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