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First church in Diocese to install this eco-heating system!
St Giles’ new state-of-the-art, eco-friendly, cost effective heating system is now installed and ready to keep visitors to our village church cosy as the autumn and winter chills arrive – after a fund-raising appeal earlier this year irreverently called Rosy Cheeks. Read all about it here!
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You can now raise funds for St Giles by shopping online – at zero extra cost to you!
You can now help safeguard the future of Graffham’s historic St Giles Church whenever you buy virtually anything online – from your weekly shop or one-off purchase to your annual holiday or insurance cover – and all at no additional cost to you.
It works through easyfundraising, the UK’s biggest charity fundraising site. It’s simple to use, and it’s free. Click here to find out how it works and how you can sign up to help.
There are lots of other ways you can help look after our village’s beautiful church and everything it does for the community. Click here to see how easy it is.
And thanks to the many who are already rallying to the cause!
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Parish Eucharist at St Giles Church – Service Booklet
Knock and it shall be opened unto you Matthew 7.7 Click or tap on our West Door for the text of our Parish Eucharist Service.
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‘Graffham Through a Thousand Years’
For a copy of this reprinted book by Frederick Barrett detailing Graffham’s history in exchange for a donation, please contact hello@stgilesgraffham.org
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Celebrating Christmas in Graffham
Recent Special Events
Thank you for coming to the Christmas Fair!!!
Sponsored Walk St Giles Graffham to Chichester Cathedral
A great day in October. We really enjoyed it and raised an amazing sum of almost £4,000!
Confirmation at St Giles
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Weddings at St Giles
We are so pleased couples can marry now in the company of family and friends, and are delighted weddings are taking place at St Giles Church. Congratulations to you all!
If you are considering your own wedding in the not too distant future, Reverend Vivien will be happy to discuss with you. See contact details below and weddings page here.
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To Ukrainian friends in Graffham. May you find our village a place of welcome and sanctuary and know nothing but kindness here.
Can you host a Ukrainian family?
If you have accommodation locally and have been considering whether you can host a Ukrainian individual or family, you likely have lots of questions about what is involved – which this website, set up by local Sussex people, is likely to be able to answer, while providing plenty of good advice.
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Night Prayer
Click on the CANDLE below for a service to use or download.
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Safeguarding
Our safeguarding officer is Sonya Gillespie Click on the link for our safeguarding page https://www.stgilesgraffham.org/policies/safeguarding/
The December edition of our award-winning Graffham Parish News is out for distribution now. If you haven’t got your copy yet and can’t wait, you can read it online here.
It includes full details of all Christmas services and carol singing planned for the village this year and a full preview of St Giles’ Christmas Fair, the church’s biggest fund-raiser of the year, in the Empire Hall on Saturday 3 December. Fair raffle tickets are being distributed with the mag.
An archive of recent back copies of your favourite village read is available here.
We are thankful to be able to deliver our magazine free of charge each month to all parish residents and online here. If you would like to help us continue to produce this first class village resource, please click on this link.
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St Giles’ Church Services
Our Parish Eucharist takes place every Sunday at 10.30am. NB On Third Sundays BCP Matins or Holy Communion at 9am is followed by Family Service at 10.30am. Children are welcome at all our services.
We are delighted when our six bells ring before services. For information about bell ringing please visit our menu.
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All Saints’ Chapel Services
BCP Evensong with piano accompaniment takes place on Second Sundays at 6pm.
Next Sunday Service at All Saints Chapel: Parish Eucharist with carols 18 December 10.30am
Morning Prayer is offered on Tuesdays at 9.30am, followed by our Pilgrim Study Group from 10 to 11am.
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Graffham Archive website
To see Graffham Archive online go to: www.graffhamarchive.co.uk then enter your email address and create your own password
Graffham Archives’ new website enables you to find virtually everything available there is to know about the village’s past from the comfort of your own home, office or school – including every back copy of Graffham Parish News from 1987. With a full search capability, you can see more than a hundred vintage postcards featuring Graffham’s buildings, people and views and read documents and memories of days gone by.
Contact Graffham Archivist Robin Brind at GraffhamArchive@outlook.com
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Graffham w. Woolavington Trustee Annual Report
Click on the link for our Annual Report page https://www.stgilesgraffham.org/donate/annual-report/
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Contact us
Revd Vivien on 01798 867199 or reverendvivien@gmail.com for parish enquiries.
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Defibrillator
A defibrillator is available in St Giles Church during opening hours.
Remember to call 999 first.
