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St. Mary’s
Horsham, West Sussex
A Warm Welcome to St. Mary's
You may be "checking us out" for one of any number of reasons. Perhaps you're moving into the Horsham area, or maybe you're thinking about getting married, or you're just curious about Christianity.
There’s a lot going on at St. Mary’s, so I hope you find what you're looking for quickly and easily - and that these pages give you a good flavour of our vision, and of the many exciting aspects of our Church life.
This is our welcome mat on the internet but, as the saying goes "there comes a time when you have to put skin on it !" So I do hope you will have a chance to come & experience St. Mary’s in person soon - to enjoy a sense of God’s own presence, His welcome to community and invitation to belong ...
We look forward to meeting you!
Guy Bridgewater (Vicar & Rural Dean of Horsham)
LISTEN AGAIN
Revd. Jo Elvidge's sermon of
13th May 2012
This week at St Mary’s :
For our Prayers
In 2012 St Mary's is supporting in the wider world :
The Condor Vision Trust Peru; Christian Aid; & the A Rocha Christian environmental movement;
and in Sussex we are supporting:
Diocesan Family Support Work; St Cuthman's Light Centre on the Whitehawk estate, Brighton; and the Horsham Churches Together Projects.
Saturday 26th May:
St. Mary’s Pentecost Church Family fun day is for all our Church family, young and old.
We are holding it at Pennthorpe School in Rudgwick, with a wide range of creative worship, fun activities & workshops for all ages – preparing drama, art, crafts, music that will enliven our Pentecost Sunday services.
PROPOSAL TO REDEFINE “MARRIAGE”
Dick Ansell recently asked our MP Francis Maude about the government’s proposal to change the definition of “marriage”. MP Maude wrote, “I believe that society is strengthened when people in a loving relationship commit to one another. And that this applies whether the couple in question is a man & a woman, a woman & a woman, or a man & a man. Same-sex couples currently have the option of forming civil partnerships but the Government proposes to allow them to enter into civil marriages equal in status to those between a man & a woman...I personally favour such a change but will listen to the views expressed in the consultation…The Government will be listening carefully to the responses of the consultation & I urge you to make your views clear with a response. The consultation document is available from the Home Office website at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/about-us/consultations/equal-civil-marriage/ The consultation will close on 14 June 2012 and responses can be made online.”
The web address is rather long and Dick found it easier to Google “equal-civil-marriage”. Dick will happily share the whole letter if anyone would like to see it:
Dick Ansell, Tel 241883 or email william.ansell1@btinternet.com
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