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Living Worshipfully  
  Living Contentedly   
Living Together       
Living for Others 
  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 

Welcome

Welcome to the website for the churches of

St Mary’s Clymping,
St Mary’s Yapton
and St Andrews Ford.
 

Messy Church - This Saturday!

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It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas.... !!

Help with the Christmas Fair:
Our Benefice Christmas Fair is on Saturday November 23rd, 12 till 2.00pm at Yapton Village Hall and we need your help!

We are looking for volunteers who can help  to run stalls, serve food and drinks, help on the door, and other general helping tasks.
Please get in touch with Richard if you'd like to get involved.

We also need lots of donations. There will be boxes/table at the back of both churches for you donations. We need:
BOTTLE TOMBOLA - Bottles with any type of content.
GIFT STALL- donations of nice things that could be gifts. New things like smellies, etc or quality used stuff. Think - could it be given as a gift?
CHOCOLATE TOMBOLA - chocolate of any size or type!
PRODUCE - homemade ANYTHING, cakes, biscuits, preserves, crafts etc. BUT especially cakes!
TOYS - not broken!
CHRISTMAS STALL - gifts and decorations that are Christmassy!

Watch this space for more requests to be added!

Would you like to join our Christmas Choir?

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And finally, please share our Fair poster!

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VACANCIES: PCC SECRETARIES
We are in need of Secretaries for both Clymping PCC and Yapton & Ford PCC (Parochial Church Council).
They each meet about 5 times a year. The Secretary takes the minutes, emails them out and produces the agenda for each meeting. They also compile the Annual Report for the AGM.
The new Secretaries will be given whatever support they need.
A job description will be provided and there will be an initial 6 month probationary period. 
These are significant support roles in the life of the Benefice. 
For more details, please contact the Rector.

Online Triangle magazine
Open the latest edition and scroll through it online using the link below. 
The latest online issue of Triangle is now available!

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Safeguarding in our Benefice
You can view all our Safeguarding and other Benefice Policies on our Safeguarding page.

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Everyday Prayers
Start the day looking for God in your everyday life. The Church of England website has a selection of Everyday Prayers to use in the morning, first thing after waking with a cup of tea, taking time over breakfast, walking to school, waiting for a bus to work or wherever your day is about to take you.
Click here to find your Everyday Prayer.

A Prayer For Peace
Twelve months on from the events of October 7 and the continuing war in Gaza and the wider region, here is a prayer for peace.