Uncategorised

NEWSLETTER ITEMS FROM THE JUSTICE & PEACE GROUP WEEK COMMENCING 2-10-22

CAFOD Family Fast Day Second Collection Next Sunday 9^th Oct – will go towards the World food crisis appeal. Millions of families are facing a food crisis that could be the worst in living memory. Your donations can help CAFOD’s local experts to provide emergency food supplies to families in the worst affected countries in East Africa and support communities around the world working hard to put food on the table. Please take an envelope today from on the seats and return it next Sunday or you can give via the card readers as from next Sun, otherwise online at cafod.org.uk/giveyou can also give through the  QR code on the envelope & posters.  Please fill in the Gift Aid section on the envelope if a UK taxpayer.  There’s information on the envelope and online how to start a monthly donation to CAFOD.

Season of Creation continues until 4thOct St Francis’s day. To keep updated about what’s happening around the world see https://seasonofcreation.org/

Live Simply Tip of the Week.  Bus passes for pensioners & people with disabilities. Many in this category have yet to apply and now could be the time with the coming rise in fuel bills and the current climate emergency. Passes are free of charged and can be obtained from West Sussex CC.  Apply online at www.westsussex.gov.uk/buses or phone 033 022 26222. Another way to get to church!

The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) has put together an excellent blog with some great practical advice to help you prepare for the winter ahead amid the biggest price rise in energy bills in decades:
https://www.cse.org.uk/news/view/2716

There will be an evening of entertainment at Holy Family on Saturday 8th October at 4.00pm, celebrating the past 70 years with words and music. If you have an item to perform, please contact Margaret Burns at mburnsviolin@hotmail.com by Sunday 18th September.  We would also love to put together a display of groups taking place within the parish. Please contact Margaret if you run a group which could be included in the

Everybody who proclaims the word of God in the liturgy needs to reflect on the importance of what they are doing and to practise their proclamation. To assist with this, there will be a further deanery Ministers of the Word Course on Saturday 1st October from 11.00am – 1.00pm at St Mary of the Angels (in the church). Numbers are limited.

To book please contact Deacon Mark Woods preferably by email mark.woods@abdiocese.org.uk or telephone 01903 877801 and leave a message. A further session, if needed, will be arranged later in the autumn.

INVEST IN A FAIRER WORLD It is a difficult time financially for many people at present but for those in the poorest countries life is a daily struggle for survival. If you are fortunate enough to have, or about to make, investments there is a way of not only making a financial return for yourself but also to have the satisfaction of supporting farmers & producers in poor countries to trade their way out of poverty. ‘Shared Interest‘ has for many years provided finance & created opportunities for individuals & organisations across the globe to make better lives for themselves. If you want to invest in a fairer world do pick up their leaflet from the back of both churches

A WORTHING4REFUGEES APPEAL.  A Ukrainian refugee who came to Worthing from the war zone is struggling with thyroid cancer. Her husband can legally leave Ukraine to come to be with his wife, but there is not enough space for him where she is sponsored. We are looking for a sponsor who can accommodate the husband under the ‘Homes for Ukraine’ programme. He is in his 40s and speaks English. It most likely will be a short stay as he plans to get job ASAP and somewhere for all the family to live together. He used to work in London so he has good prospects for finding a job. The existing sponsor accommodating the lady (and her child) is willing to help a new sponsor with paperwork, etc.  If you can help, please contact krumgoldelena@gmail.com

Live Simply Tip of the Week Careful with your washing You can save around £28 a year from your energy bill just by using your washing machine more carefully: Use your washing machine on a 30-degree cycle instead of higher temperatures and always wait for a full load.

Season of Creation continues until 4^th Oct.  To keep updated about what’s happening around the world see https://seasonofcreation.org/

Our new website has been created to serve our co-joined Parish of Worthing and Lancing. We are gradually migrating content from the old website and creating new content for this, so please have patience as the content on this website grows.

However we hope that you like the new site and find the simplified content and layout easier to use.

Please comment on this post if you have any suggestions, or even if something you’d expect to work doesn’t.