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Old Town Church Leaders are inviting our community to gather for a Vigil for Peace in St Mary’s Church grounds on Saturday 7th December from 4 to 4.30 pm … Bring a torch or lantern and stand together for peace in our world … Just turn up …

All welcome to join another three united Eastbourne Prayer Walks …

Town Centre

On Saturday 14th December we pray for our Town Centre, Street Pastors, Hope into Action and Sanctuary Cafe … praying for the cafes, shops, businesses and churches … Meet at the War Memorial Roundabout by Cornfield Law pavement at 10.30 am … finishing in a coffee shop …

Langney

On Thursday 19th December meet at 10 am at St Barnabas Church near Langney Shopping Centre … pray for the Shopping Centre Chaplains doing such a fabulous job there the Management has asked them to come more often … all welcome to walk and pray with east-side churches …

Sea Front

On New Year’s Day, 1st January, meet at 2 pm … we start at the Wish Tower slopes and walk eastwards along the prom, praying for 2025 … children welcome. Prayer guidelines will be supplied along with flags for children … just turn up …

Kingdom Way Trust has a mission to provide comprehensive support, resources, and opportunities that empower individuals to overcome homelessness and rebuild their lives.

We are looking for someone to join the team to provide practical support for the various projects of the charity, ensuring a good quality and safe delivery of the services.

This will be a varied role including: Basic maintenance, coordinating other routine checks and maintenance across the current five properties, managing supplies, moving furniture, collecting other donations.

You will need to be someone who can take initiative, be flexible and respond to a variety of situations and tasks.

A full job description and application form is available at in the Get Involved section at www.kingdomwaytrust.org

A full, clean driving licence is required to drive the charity’s van. DBS check required.

16 hours per week (these could be across fixed days or flexible depending on the applicant). Salary £10,400 per annum (£26,000 pro rata)

Closing date: 22nd December 2024

For any further information please contact roland@kingdomwaytrust.org

www.kingdomwaytrust.org

Coming up in December at Crowhurst Christmas Healing Centre:

• Christmas Lunches on Monday 16th & Wednesday 18th December 12noon – 2pm. Three courses plus coffee and mints for just £25 per person!  The menu can be adapted for gluten free and dairy free diners. Book by calling 01424 830204 with your menu choices and a £5 deposit.
• A Prisoner of Shame? A Weekend for Women 6^th – 8^th December: Shame is an emotion we all experience which keeps us in captivity. It is the fear of what others might think that prevents us from opening up about it. The experiences that result in shame can also distort our understanding of our true identity as God sees us.  How securely is your identity rooted in Jesus? The Bible reminds us that we are children of God and God has lavished his love on us (1 John 3 v 1), but we also know that `shame is the most powerful master emotion – the fear that we are not good enough` (Brene Brown), and so it can feel very difficult to accept God loves us.

If you are living with shame, or its consequences, you are welcome to join us at Crowhurst Christian Healing Centre for a weekend especially aimed at women. We are limiting the number of places, in order to provide a safe space to explore how identity may be shaped by experiences, both good and bad.  The weekend will include teaching and worship, as well as offering time for personal reflection. We hope you will also have fun! There will be opportunity to receive personal prayer, if you wish, and time to share personal stories, as we acknowledge that shame derives its power from being unspeakable. £270 per person for an ensuite room/£250 per person for a non ensuite room.  Book 01424 830204/https://www.crowhursthealing.org.uk/retreat.php?retreat=874

PARCHE (The Church in Care Homes) is a Christian charity operating in the Eastbourne area. We need an office manager to deal with all administrative tasks. This is a small part-time paid position covering 18 hours per calendar month, working from home. Details of pay and job description supplied on application.

Ideally we would like to appoint the successful person in January 2025 or soon after.
Please contact the PARCHE office by email:

info@parche.org.uk
or phone 01323 438529

Dear MU members and Supporters,

I have important information to share with you and am looking forward to your support and attendance, please. Do share more widely with your friends and family too.

Thursday 28th November: All welcome to join us for coffee in All Saints’ Church Hall, Grange Road, after 11am Communion in All Saints’ Church, and attend the screened ‘Bystander Webinar’ from 12.30pm till 1.15pm. Attending this is part of our Silver ‘Rise Up’ Award. The ‘Bystander Webinar’ is part of raising awareness against domestic abuse and looks into how we can be active bystanders whilst at the same time ensuring that we keep ourselves safe.  When we are aware that someone’s behaviour is inappropriate, we can choose to challenge it using the 5 D’s which are Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, Direct – all explained during the webinar.

The webinar will take no more than 45 minutes. It might be a good idea to bring a packed lunch too because we will be assembling our MU Christmas Tree in Church, based on the Carol ‘It came upon the Midnight clear’ afterwards, please.

Global Day – Saturday 30th November: as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence which is from 25th November to 10th December Mothers’ Union members invite all to our annual Global Day Service at 11.30am on Saturday 30th November in All Saints’ Church Hall. Refreshments available from 11am. There will be a retiring collection for the East Sussex Refuges. At 12.40pm we will assemble and walk to Bankers’ Corner, in Terminus Road to have our Silence for ‘No more 1 in 3’ at 1.03pm.

Please disperse home from here or come back to All Saints’ and have further refreshments and your own packed lunch in the Hall till 2pm. Please encourage friends and family to join us.  I am using the Service template from Mothers’ Union and will be asking for volunteers to take part. Thank you.

Please get in touch with any questions, comments or offers of help.Kathryn.Anderson@mothersunion.org

This winter, Eastbourne Salvation Army, in partnership with Eastbourne Council, is running the SWEP (Severe Weather Emergency Protocol) program. When SWEP is activated, we’ll be providing overnight shelter for low-risk homeless individuals in our building.

We’re reaching out for your support in three specific ways:

1 Night Shift Volunteers – We need volunteers willing to help us staff night shifts.
2 Breakfast Support – Volunteers, teams, or churches to prepare and serve a hot breakfast.
3 Evening Meal Support – Volunteers, teams, or churches to provide a hot evening meal.

As SWEP activation depends on the weather, there may be little notice before we need to set up.

If you’re able to assist, or would like more information please contact Pauline at paulinepeagam@hotmail.com or call her at 07907 680076.

All volunteers will simply need to fill out a short Salvation Army volunteer form.

Thank you so much for considering how you might help us make a difference this winter!

God bless
Major Ralph Walker