{"id":2605,"date":"2013-11-21T08:07:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T08:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1063197155.n126084.test.prositehosting.co.uk\/?page_id=2605"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:45:30","slug":"pastoral-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/help-and-support\/pastoral-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5lm2l9-218e61a57b18f971e72be3bd218b5416\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5lm2l9-218e61a57b18f971e72be3bd218b5416 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5lm2l9-218e61a57b18f971e72be3bd218b5416 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5lm2l9-218e61a57b18f971e72be3bd218b5416 av-styling- avia_animated_image av-animated-when-visible-95 right-to-left avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"100\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-2710 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2710 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/internal_view.jpg\" alt='' title='internal_view'   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/internal_view.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/internal_view-300x33.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/internal_view-450x49.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-gx70t-ce34e96eeb21967712f3aba8b8a7f5dd\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-gx70t-ce34e96eeb21967712f3aba8b8a7f5dd{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-gx70t-ce34e96eeb21967712f3aba8b8a7f5dd .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-gx70t-ce34e96eeb21967712f3aba8b8a7f5dd .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-gx70t-ce34e96eeb21967712f3aba8b8a7f5dd av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Sources of Pastoral Care at St. Mary\u2019s<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2jut7x-f5d422cbf3dd193e4d96c248fe24babd '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>We do our best to be a <strong>church family<\/strong> who care for one another, so please do reach out to other church members if you find yourself facing a particularly difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>We have a <strong>pastoral care team<\/strong> of about 30 trained members, who especially visit the housebound and take Holy Communion to those who aren&#8217;t able to attend church in person. The pastoral care team is overseen by Morag Davies, who can be contacted on: 01403 240854 or 07974 679399.<\/p>\n<p>Please let Morag know if you go into<strong> hospital<\/strong>. We would be pleased to ensure that you are visited either by a member of our church or by the hospital chaplain, but we can&#8217;t do this unless you tell us.<\/p>\n<p>Our <strong>live-streamed church services<\/strong> are watched on youtube by many people who are housebound, in a nursing home, or in hospital, and can be found by searching youtube for St Mary&#8217;s, Horsham. Our techie team would be pleased to help you to access them if you would value that.<\/p>\n<p>All our <strong>clergy<\/strong> can be contacted to arrange an appointment; they will be pleased to meet with you and pray with you. They can also help you to access longer term support if it&#8217;s needed, such as through a counsellor or Spiritual Director.<\/p>\n<p>We run an informal <strong>Thursday Coffee Morning<\/strong> once a month, to which all are welcome. For those who live on their own, we also offer a <strong>3 Course Sunday lunch<\/strong> once a month in our Church Centre. Tickets for this are bought in advance, as it is very popular!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer ministry<\/strong> is offered with the laying on of hands in a side-chapel during all 10am services, where a trained team is available to pray for individual needs, for yourself or a loved one. Regular Sunday evening <strong>Healing Services<\/strong> are held at our sister church of Holy Trinity, and <strong>Confession<\/strong> (the ministry of reconciliation) can be arranged with the clergy. There is an active \u201c<a title=\"The Prayer Chain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/help-and-support\/the-prayer-chain\/\">Prayer Chain<\/a>\u201d which ensures emergency requests are prayed for by a large number of the congregation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2413,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2605","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15878,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2605\/revisions\/15878"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmaryshorsham.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}