Our Midnight Mass starts at 1130pm and will be taken by Canon David Nason.
On Christmas Day there is no 8am service. The 10am Family Communion service will be led by Reverend Andrew Stamp. Do join us.
Our Midnight Mass starts at 1130pm and will be taken by Canon David Nason.
On Christmas Day there is no 8am service. The 10am Family Communion service will be led by Reverend Andrew Stamp. Do join us.
Children coming along are invited to dress as shepherds, kings or angels to join in the fun. This is a great start to Christmas and all are welcome. The service lasts about 40 minutes.
A South Sea Island evening and a showing of Kevin Costner’s film ‘Rapa Nui’. see poster. Before the film, John Wingrove will give a short introduction using his photos taken on Easter Island last year, explaining some of the artistic licence taken by the film makers with the history of this most mysterious of islands. see trailer
The Barleycorn will have a themed menu – here. Normally the “2 for 1” deal only applies to main courses, however on this occasion it will apply to however many courses you choose, provided you buy your tickets for the film at the same time as you pay for your meals in the pub. Make an evening of it.
The children’s play area on Broad Road, Hambrook will be closed for approximately two weeks as new picnic benches and seating benches will be installed which will improve the area considerably.
Early next year the Parish Council has a project to improve some of the play equipment and the rubber matting surfaces as well as to remove some of the tired old signs and cut back the foliage.
Chichester Singers under the baton of Jonathan Willcocks will perform Britten’s Saint Nicholas; Haydn’s Little Organ Mass and Insanae et Vanae Curae with Southern Pro Musica playing Mozart’s Divertimemto in D at 7.30 pm in The Cathedral on Saturday 18th January 2020. Tickets from http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-chichester-singers or The Novium 01243 816525.
The Garden Recycling Service will stop over Christmas and New Year from Friday 20 December and will start again on Monday 6 January.
See also Christmas recycling www.chichester.gov.uk/christmasrecycling
Christmas Tree recycling: see stwh.co.uk/support-us/events/christmastrees
Raffle, Tombola, Choir, Gift stalls, Santa’s Grotto.
Santa arriving on a sleigh!
And Carols
There will be no Village Calendar this year (ie no Calendar for 2020). The website team apologises, pleading that we have been otherwise engaged. We hope to have a Village Calendar again next year (ie for 2021.)
We are pleased to say that the Post Office has presented Hambrook Post Office and General Store with a ‘Community Service Award’. Congratulations to Phil, Karen, Tracy and Chris who always give customers a warm and cheery welcome.