Fun and music at church open day
The Mayor of Haywards Heath, Cllr Sandy Ellis, and her husband, Paul Ellis (right), with Pastor Jacky James of Ruwach Christian Church AWARD-WINNING ARTIST Jahaziel was a highlight at Ruwach…
Can you name the ‘revs’ competition
THESE PHOTOS show 17 men and women who were ordained as deacons during a packed-outceremony held in Chichester Cathedral. HEART OF SUSSEX will award a year’s free subscription to the…
Humbled Vic becomes Worthing Mayor
Rev Andrew Fadoju talked to the new Mayor about his role. _ CLLR VIC WALKER is not your usual estate agent, having combined his day job with missionary projects for…
Young Brighton couple to start church in Amsterdam
A ‘PUMPING CHURCH’ is being planted in the heart of a city famous for drugs and prostitution by a young couple from Brighton this summer. Matt and Jo Simmonds are…
“YOU SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE!”
How one man survived a deadly disease and walked out of hospital THIS SEPTEMBER CHRISTY SMITH FROM BRIGHTON IS ORGANISING THE FIRST-EVER CHURCH FESTIVAL IN HIS AREA WITH ALL FIVE…
FILM CREW BRINGS TOXIC AIR FILM TO CANNES
FLYING CAN MAKE YOU ILL, ACCORDING TO THE MAKERS OF A NEW FILM PROMOTED AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL THIS MAY After a Horsham-based pilot was invalided out of the…
Biggest Ever Church Day Out
They came to sing, worship, play and picnic in the glorious downland setting of Wiston House, which local landowner Harry Goring has lent since 2009. Most of the year the…
Passion play in the heart of Brighton draws 400
ASK ANY newspaper editor which city has been claimed “most godless” in recent years – and more likely than not, the answer will be: “Brighton”. So the sight of “Jesus…
ROC-ing up on a Saturday
Redeeming Our Communities (ROC) and the three village churches in Lindfield have joined forces to launch a new ROC Care project. This new venture began in April with around 40…
Brighton prayer group: “Keep praying for Meriam”
“DON’T STOP PRAYING FOR MERIAM,” is the message of Brighton and Hove’s Open Doors prayer group about the heavily pregnant Christian woman sentenced to flogging and death in Sudan. Meriam…
New Bishop who thought God was having a laugh
DESPITE OWNING UP TO “WIDE-EYED BEMUSEMENT, MIXED WITH NAUSEA” when he heard of his appointment as the new Bishop of Lewes, Richard Jackson submitted to the call and has been…
Four generations celebrate sixtieth wedding anniversary
AFTER SIXTY YEARS OF MARRIAGE Jan and Lucy Van Driel might be hard to surprise, but their diamond wedding was marked by a surprise tea party celebrated with 45 family…
“Well liked and easy to relate to”
Gerald Gresham Cooke welcomes the new Bishop of Lewes The Reverend Richard Jackson DipHE MSc MA is to be the next Bishop of Lewes.
A church near you…?
HEART OF SUSSEX goes to over 400 churches across Sussex and is increasingly being posted around the country. Requests for bulk orders for outreach are increasing. It is all made…
ONE REPENTANT NEO-NAZI, 22 CONVICTIONS AND A THRIVING FAITH
RACIST ORGANISATION COMBAT 18 is well underway with its preparations for the upcoming 125th birthday of Adolf Hitler. But they have certainly lost the support of one reformed Sussex man.…