Please come and join us on our Pilgrimage to Chichester to mark the 950th anniversary of our Diocese and Cathedral -please contact Julie Cragg for details.

There is a sign-up sheet in Harting Church on the table by the door with timings for the day. Options are a) all the way from Harting Church starting at 10.30am - approx. 5 hours b) joining the walkers at West Dean - Minibus from Harting Church at 2pm or c) taking the HARTING minibus to meet everyone there at 4pm outside the church

Following the Sunday Taizé Service at Elsted, we will be walking back to Harting where there will be refreshments in the Law Room. All are welcome - in particular children and dogs!

The APCM for Harting PCC will take place in the Law Rom. All who are on the electoral roll are welcome to attend. Further information will be uploaded neraer the date and posted in the Church Porch

Please click here for the Notice of the Meeting

Other documents: Agenda - Minutes APCM 2024; Trustees Report incl financials and other reports

Before the APCM all are invited for drinks in the Malthouse, home of the Liturgical artists (click here for more information). Unfortunately they will be leaving shortly. It is an opportunity to say goodbye to Jim Blackstone who is leaving the area. He created the wonderful Icon which was presented to Harriet.

Harting Church will join bells across the nation in ringing out at 6:30 pm following the service at  5.45pm to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe

2025 will mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

At 6.30pm that evening, churches and cathedrals across the country are being asked to ring their bells in celebration. Our own wonderful bellringers here in Harting will be taking part that evening, and before they do so we shall be holding a short service in church to which you are all warmly invited.  The service will begin at 5.45pm (to conclude by 6.25pm) and will include the singing of ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘I vow to thee my country’.  It will be a good old patriotic celebration!

After the service, while the bells are being rung, we invite you to enjoy fish and chips and a cup of tea (or a glass of wine) in the Law Room.  Winston Churchill famously refused to impose rationing on fish and chips, even during the darkest years of the War.  We will need to order them in advance, so if you’d like to reserve a portion, please sign the list that will be placed at the back of the church.

The APCM for Elsted PCC will take place after the Sunday Service. All who are on the electoral roll are welcome to attend

THE 26th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Law Room, South Harting, on Thursday 24th April 2025 at 7.00 pm     

Click here for the Agenda

Click here for the Minutes for the 2024 AGM

Click here for the Draft Accounts                   

Join us on Fridays in the Law Room during Lent for a simple lunch of soup, rolls and butter

Join us on Fridays in the Law Room during Lent for a simple lunch of soup, rolls and butter

Join us on Fridays in the Law Room during Lent for a simple lunch of soup, rolls and butter

Join us on Fridays in the Law Room during Lent for a simple lunch of soup, rolls and butter

Join us on Fridays in the Law Room during Lent for a simple lunch of soup, rolls and butter

Sung Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes

Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes

We warmly invite you all to this special service at which a new lectern for the church will be dedicated.  It will be an Evensong for the Eve of Candlemas and the Dedication of the New Lectern.  The service will start at 5pm and will be followed by light refreshments in the Law Room.

The lectern was commissioned by our previous Rector, Canon Harriet Neale-Stevens, and we are delighted that Harriet and her husband Simon will be joining us for the service. The lectern is a superb piece of craftsmanship and was made by Alex Jones, the son of the late Sue Jones, who was known to many of you.  It is made of yew and takes the form of an open Bible, with the words, 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth', on its stem. We very much hope that Alex and Julia Holmes (whose late husband Roger bequeathed the funds for the lectern) will also be at the service, together with other friends of the church.

HARTING CHURCH

If children would like to dress up, please come as Shepherds, Angels or Kings

All welcome

Join us at 6pm for Carols by Candlelight in Elsted Church followed by Mulled Wine, sausage rolls and mince pies at Elsted Village Hall

Friends, Family, Children are all are Welcome

Bring a toy for Advent

For our December All Age Service, which is also Advent Sunday, it would be much appreciated if we can all bring a small toy to donate to children who are in need this Christmas, they will be distributed either through the Family Support Workers or local Food Bank.

As Advent will mark the start of Year C (the Year of Luke), Simon will be holding a read-through of St Lukes Gospel in the Law Room on the morning of Saturday 30th November, starting at 9.30am