COVID-19 UPDATE - MARCH 2021

On 17th March, St Denys’ PCC agreed to the Ministry Team’s proposal to re-open the church for live services, starting on Good Friday afternoon. The same system of booking will be required initially and will be reviewed regularly as national restrictions are relaxed. The number of people being able to attend church will also be increased. To attend church services, please book by emailing James Rogers at warden1@stdenysrotherfield.org.uk or 01892 853871 (for Denys’) or with Heather Child on 01892 852148 (for St Mark’s). Forthcoming services are:

Sun 18th Apr - Parish Communion BOOKING REQUIRED & LIVE STREAMED @ St Denys’ 10:00 
Sun 25th Apr - St Mark’s Day Parish Communion BOOKING REQUIRED & ONLINE @ St Mark’s 10:00 &
ONLINE ONLY Morning Worship via YouTube

Unfortunately, the church is not currently open for visitors.

LINKS TO OUR 'SERVICE AT HOME' SHEET, NOTICE SHEET AND ONLINE SERVICE ARE LISTED BELOW

If you would like to receive the above information and up-to-date news via email, please fill in a consent form and email a photo or scanned copy to stdenysrotherfield.gmail.com

“We are committed to being a church that is centred on Christ, expects great things of God, allows the Holy Spirit to be at work within our lives, looks forward to all God wants to give us, and reaches out to the people around us. We know that God will expect great things from us within his love for us."

St Denys' Mission Action Plan

 St Denys' Church,
Rotherfield

CURRENTLY NOT OPEN

Before COVID-19 Restrictions:
Open for visitors generally from 8.30am - dusk in the winter months (Oct to Mar) and 8.30am - 5pm in the summer (Apr to Sept)

St Mark's Church, 
Mark Cross

CURRENTLY NOT OPEN

Before COVID-19 Restrictions:
St Mark's Church is part of Mark Cross Community Centre which is not left open, unless individuals or groups have made a booking. You are most welcome to join us and visit, when there is a Sunday Service. 

DONATE FUNDS ONLINE TO
ST DENYS' CHURCH, CLICK HERE 

As a Christian  community,  we seek to proclaim Jesus  Christ and his teaching in all that we  do:  in  our worship and by the lives that  we live. We  try  to encourage  and support people in their lives  through  service, prayer,   Bible study and worship.

We are delighted to be part of the wider community and many people in our congregations are involved in the various clubs and groups that are part of our life here.  We aspire to be a means of good for the life of our community of Rotherfield, Mark Cross and the surrounding area.

We are blessed with two beautiful buildings.  They are uplifting places to worship God.  We appreciate that the buildings do not belong to us.  We are entrusted with them and whilst the local congregation help to maintain and finance the Christian ministry at St Denys' and St Mark's, we feel it is for the whole of Rotherfield and Mark Cross.  They can come and be part of us as much as they feel able.

A warm welcome awaits all who visit into St Denys’ or St Mark's Church.

To find out more and to keep up-to-date with services and events, 'like' our Facebook page.

NEW HEATING AT ST DENYS 
The PCC wish to give a huge Thank You to the Rotherfield Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation and Allchurches Trust Ltd for their very generous grants towards the cost of installing a brand new radiator based heating system at St Denys' to replace our old, worn out and inefficient fan based system. 

Work will still be continuing for some months in order to meet all the requirements of the faculty granted to the Church to enable the new heating to be installed and further fund raising will still be required. However these three grants, along with all the fundraising which has taken place by The Friends of St Denys' and by individual members of the church in the past few years, has meant that when church services are eventually allowed to resume in a normal unrestricted way we will be able to welcome everyone back to a comfortably warm church. 

SAFEGUARDING

To view the 
St Denys' Data Privacy Notice

St Denys' Consent Form

Electoral Roll Forms

Gift Aid Forms

Bankers Order Form

and other resources

go to our RESOURCE PAGE

We have now raised over £1000 through Easy fundraising! If you purchase goods online but have not yet joined, please do so as this is a good way of raising funds at no additional expense. Register and select St Denys’ Church, Rotherfield as your cause to support at 

https:/www.easyfundraising.org.uk/

TRACING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY? 

Go to our FAMILY HISTORY page or email the Historian for more information on how to trace your ancestors at St Denys', including downloadable files listing graves, inscriptions and location of burial.

   APRIL MAGAZINE

We are currently making our magazine available free online until we can print our full quota, providing again to all our usual outlets. To download, click on the image below. If you would like to receive the next issue via email, please give us permission to do so at parishmagazine1@gmail.com  

 

 The closing date for the May Magazine is 17th and is due to be available on 25th April

THIS WEEK

Our services are available on our YouTube Channel

SUNDAY 18th APRIL

LIVE STREAMED
Parish Communion
The 'Service at Home' and Notice Sheet can be downloaded here:
and the ONLINE service
is available at 10am here:

MONDAY 19th APRIL
Prayer Meeting
@ 7:30pm via Zoom
(see notice sheet for details)

WEDNESDAY 21st APRIL
Benefice Afternoon Tea
@ 3pm via Zoom
(see notice sheet for details)

St Denys' PCC Meeting
@ 7:30pm via Zoom

FRIDAY 23rd APRIL
Melody Makers
@ 10am via LIVE Facebook

SUNDAY 25th April
St Mark's Patronal Festival
Parish Communion
@ 10am St Mark's
BOOKING REQUIRED
&
ONLINE ONLY
Morning Worship via YouTube

PREVIOUS WEEK

SUNDAY 11th APRIL

LIVE STREAMED
Parish Communion
The 'Service at Home' and Notice Sheet can be downloaded here:
and the ONLINE service
is available at 10am here: