Who can I contact? The Beacon Parish Vicar of the Beacon Parish There are three churches in the Beacon Parish. Welcome to (Ditchling, Streat & Westmeston)  St Margaret’s Church, Ditchling Reverend David Wallis  St Martin’s church, Westmeston St Margaret’s The Vicarage, 2 Charlton Gardens  Streat church Lewes Road, Ditchling, BN6 8JS The Beacon Parish was formed in October 2007 Church, Parish Office and is in the Hurst Deanery in the Diocese of Tel: 01273 843165 Chichester. It is located in East Sussex, east of the A23 and north of the A27. At the northern Ditchling [email protected] end of the Parish is the town of Burgess Hill. To The office is manned from 9.30 am to 12 the south is the newly created South Downs Na- noon, Monday to Thursday each week. tional Park, which includes Ditchling. Further At the spiritual heart south is the coastal resort of Brighton. Please of Ditchling for 1,000 years The Beacon Community see the map below for the Beacon Parish and its We are a welcoming community so come along location in Sussex. and introduce yourself to the Vicar, the Church Wardens or Sidesmen. Young and old are wel- come at ALL our church services.  St Margaret’s Church has an All-Age Eucharist on the first Sunday of every month.  There is a Eucharist at Streat Church on the third Sunday of each month at 9.45 am.  A Beacon Eucharist is held in St Margaret’s Church on the fourth Sunday of every month and also on the fifth Sunday, rotating be- tween the three churches.  St Margaret’s Choir rehearses on Thursdays

twice a month at 6.15 pm and sings at all main services in Ditchling. in the Beacon Parish of  The Jubilee Choir sings on special occasions. Ditchling, Streat & Westmeston  There is a close affiliation between the Church and Ditchling (St Margaret’s) CE Pri- mary School. www.BeaconParishes.org  Other church activities include bell ringing, The Beacon Parish is a registered flower arranging, social and fund-raising events and home groups for learning, fellow- charity, number 1132488 ship and support. Updated 27 July 2012

Welcome to St Margaret’s Church, Ditchling Services in the Beacon Parish First Sunday: Introduction 8.00 am Eucharist BCP Ditchling A major restoration was carried out in 1863 For over 900 years people have been 9.45 am All Age Eucharist Ditchling coming to this sacred place to worship when three windows were pierced in the north wall of the nave. The carved oak door and 9.45 am Morning Prayer Westmeston God and meet one another. I hope that screen of the south porch were installed in 1929. you will enjoy your visit to this church The east window was designed in 1947 by Second Sunday: and find a moment to offer a prayer to Charles Knight, a leading member of Ditchling’s 9.45 am Sung Eucharist Ditchling our creator as so many have done before artistic community. 9.45 am Morning Prayer Streat you. The Abergavenny Chapel was built in the 14th Almighty Father, I thank you for century. It has a wall monument to Henry Poole Third Sunday the peace and beauty of this who owned Wings Place and died in 1580. The 8.00 am Eucharist (BCP) Ditchling house of prayer. I pray that as I carved oak screen was designed by John Denman 9.45 am Morning Prayer Ditchling and carved by Joseph Cribb in memory of the go from here I may share this 9.45 am Eucharist Streat artist Louis Ginnett. The font and the lettering of peace with those I meet. Amen. 6 pm Eucharist Westmeston the 10 Commandments tablet were by Joseph (winter: 4pm) Cribb. Fourth Sunday: The churchyard contains a number of significant Short History of the Church graves, gravestones and carvings by nationally 9.45 am Beacon Eucharist Ditchling The Church of St Margaret of Antioch is the cen- known artists, particularly those associated with Fifth Sunday: tre piece of the ancient and historic village of arts and crafts, a movement for which Ditchling 9.45 am Beacon Eucharist* Ditchling. The present building dates from the is nationally known. late 12th century, sited on the sandy knoll over- *Rotating between Ditchling, looking the village. It is built on top of the earlier Streat and Westmeston Saxon church referred to in the Domesday Book. Remains of the Saxon church are to be found in the lower walls of the nave. The south aisle, displaying fine foliated capitals Weekday Services in Ditchling to its columns, is the earliest part of the present Monday to Friday: 9.00 am Morning Prayer church, built by the Cluniac monks from Lewes in Wednesday: 9.30 am Eucharist the 12th century. The chancel was built in the Special Services and the weekly pattern 1260s. The tower dates from the late 13th cen- of worship are displayed on the church tury and has a ring of eight bells. notice boards and our website: www.BeaconParishes.org