May 11

Pondtail Wood Stop Notice

As you may be aware, the new owners of Pondtail Wood, opposite Singing Hills Golf Club, have had a temporary Stop notice placed on them by the South Downs National Park due to the felling of trees and laying of hardcore. The notice has been placed on the gates to the woodland and the landowner made aware.

Please can you refrain from entering the site to take photos etc., the SDNPA will be monitoring the site and you may be putting yourselves at risk.

If you see any activity please report this immediately to:

Mike Airey on 07884 165 867
Poynings Parish Council Chair

For felling of trees ring Dave Rogers 07768 694 263
The Forestry Commission

Thank you

May 10

Local County Councillors

Do you wish to meet you local County Councillors. You can on

Tuesday 17 May 2016 7pm

Albourne Village Hall, The Street, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DJ

 

For more information Click Here

 

May 05

Poynings Parish Council Meeting

POYNINGS PARISH COUNCIL

Clerk to the Council
Mr Colin Warburton
Hideaway Cottage
6 Poynings Road
Poynings
BN45 7AP
01273 857024

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

The next meeting of Poynings Parish Council is to be held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 10th May 2016 at 7pm.

Agenda

  1. Apologies for absence
  2. Minutes
  3. Matters Arising
    Football pitch Mowing
    Roundabout letterbox
  4. Expenditure for March and April
  5. Insurance
    1. Operation Watershed
    2. 2015 election costs
    3. Queens Birthday
    4. Pondtail Wood
  6. Dates of Next Meetings

This meeting will be followed at 7.30pm by the AGM

May 05

Poynings Parish Council AGM

POYNINGS PARISH COUNCIL

Clerk to the Council
Mr Colin Warburton
Hideaway Cottage
Poynings Road
Poynings
BN45 7AP
Tel: 01273 857024
 colin@poynings.net

    

Dear Parishioner

Annual Parish Meeting 10th May 2016 – 7.30pm – in the Village Hall.
This follows the Parish Council meeting which starts at 7pm

I am writing to invite you to our Annual Parish Meeting to be held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 10th May at 7.30pm.

We will have a presentation by Tony Steer, Chair of Bolney Parish Council, who will advise us on the works that Bolney have carried out with footpath safety and flooding, as well as representatives from District and County Council and National Trust to answer any questions you may have about local issues.

I hope that you will join us, and also encourage your neighbours to come along.

The Council will serve refreshments after the formal part of the evening, so please join us for a glass of wine


Yours sincerely

Mike Airey
Chairman

May 04

Downland Villages Recipe Book

recipies

The four parishes in the Downland Benefice are joining together to produce a recipe book to raise funds for maintaining the churches in Edburton, Newtimber, Poynings and Pyecombe. The book will feature seasonal recipes, using local produce when possible.

We would love to hear from anyone who can help us in any way, such as typing, editing, marketing and organising a book launch.

And of course we need lots of recipes to choose from!

What is your favourite recipe, using local, seasonal ingredients? Please share it with us, using this form. Downland recipe Form

Email your recipe to downlandrecipes@icloud.com

or drop it into Westend Cottage, The Street, Poynings by 30th June.

May 03

Downland Churches May 2016

The Downland Benefice

Holy Trinity Poynings, St Andrew’s, Edburton

St John the Evangelist, Newtimber

The Transfiguration, Pyecombe

www.downlandchurches.co.uk

 

May 2016

 

There is a united Benefice service every Sunday morning at 10 am in one of our churches.

 

On most Sundays, this is a service of Holy Communion.

On the first Sunday of each month, it is an all age worship service, followed at 11.15 am by a short Communion service.

Location varies according to the pattern below:

    First Sunday     (1st May)             Poynings

    Second Sunday    (8th May)            Newtimber    

    Third Sunday     (15th May)            Poynings    

    Fourth Sunday    (22nd May)            Pyecombe

    Fifth Sunday    (29th May)            Newtimber

 

There is also a Benefice Evening Service at 6pm

every second Sunday (8th May) at Pyecombe.

 

In addition, at Edburton Church there is:


A service of Family Communion every first and third Sunday at 11 am. (1st and 15th May)

 

Morning and Evening Prayer each week

Mondays: Edburton at 6 pm; Tuesdays: Newtimber at 5 pm

Wednesdays: Poynings at 9 am; Pyecombe at 6 pm

 

Evergreens (for the over 60’s)

Monday, 9th May, 3.30 – 5 pm at Downside, Fulking

(home of Charmayne and Harry Diamond)

Special events and dates this month

 

  • Edburton PCC will meet at 7.30pm on Tuesday 3rd May.
  • There will be NO service in the Benefice on Ascension Day (May 5th). In past years, this has been very poorly attended.
  • Deanery Synod will meet on Thursday 12th May at Ditchling.
  • The week leading up to Pentecost has been designated a week of prayer for Church growth. This theme will be evident in all our weekday services. Please make this a theme for your private prayers too and look out for events being held by other churches in the area.
  • On Saturday 14th May at 7.30pm, Brighton Chamber Choir, conducted by Jane Money (Cullen) of Pyecombe is performing a programme of music by Grieg, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and others entitled ‘Northern Lights’. This will be at St Barnabas Church, Sackville Road, Hove. See fliers.
  • Weds 18th May is the date for the Licensing of Fr James Foley in our neighbouring parish of Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham (ASCAT). Please remember him and the people of that parish in your prayers.
  • Messy Church meets this month on Friday 20th May, from 4.30 pm – 6 pm at Fulking Village Hall. Do come along!
  • Pyecombe PCC: 7.30pm Monday 23rd May in the Church.
  • Newtimber PCC: 5.30pm Tuesday 24th May in the Church.
  • Don’t forget the Plant Sale at Pyecombe to be held on Saturday 28th May from 2-4pm in aid of church funds.
  • Hymns and Pimms at Edburton will take place on Sunday 29th May at 6pm. Do come along to sing your heart out.
  • Please collect unwanted items and pass them to Lucy Dalrymple for her Verge Sale in aid of Newtimber Church funds –happy to collect: tel 01273 832009

 

Clergy contact details:

Revd Dr Caroline Currer, Priest-in-Charge

Tel 01273 857456         c.currer@btinternet.com

Revd Graham Jeffery (Edburton)     01273 494559

May 02

Jake Richards

Amber would like to thank all of you for your generosity at Jake’s recent funeral.

£365.35 was raised for the church Funds and £833 for the British Heart Foundation a total of £1,198.35.

These were very generous amounts and show the warmth and esteem that Jake was held in.

Apr 27

Fulking Seedling Sunday

COME TO SEEDLING SUNDAY!

 

SUNDAY MAY 1st IN FULKING VILLAGE HALL, FULKING

 

SWAP OR BUY YOUNG PLANTS

 

TEA, COFFEE AND CAKE

Apr 26

Concert – Newtimber Church

A CONCERT will be held at St. John the Evangelist church, Newtimber, BN6 9BT.

Saturday afternoon June 11th. 2016 at 2.30 pm.

The Midsummer Strings are returning this year to play a Mozart Quartet followed by Mozart’s clarinet Quintet. Do come to enjoy the professional musicians and fine acoustics of our church again. Then we will then move to wander in Newtimber Place Gardens with a Punch and have a Strawberry and cream tea.

Parking will be in The Old Rectory’s field and the field by Newtimber Place. Tickets at £20 each, £10 for under 18’s, includes refreshments.

From: Lucy Dalrymple 01273 831877 lucy.dalrymple@icloud.com

Gill Keith 01273 835013 gillian.bedlam@googlemail.com

Stephanie Anderson steph.newtimber@icloud.com

Proceeds will be for “Newtimber PCC”.

Apr 26

Holy Trinity Church AGM

Poynings
Holy Trinity Church are holding their Annual Meeting at 7pm on Wednesday at 27th April

Everyone is welcome to find out about our plans for the future and review our progress to develop the Chapel and recent restoration around the Church.

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