Welcome

COVID-19 UPDATE - NOVEMBER 2020
Sadly, in order to comply with the latest Covid restrictions, St Denys' church will once again have to close for services from Thursday 5th November and so there will be no Sunday services in church until at least 2nd December. However the Ministry Team will be pre-recording a Remembrance Sunday service which will be uploaded to YouTube at 10.45am on Sunday so that we can watch a service which will have been recorded in St Denys prior to the new Lockdown regulations coming into force. Rest assured that just as soon as the restrictions are relaxed and Church services are possible once again we will revert to live services in Church (and on Livestream), but in the meantime there will be pre-recorded services each Sunday in the same way as there were during the first period of lockdown.

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

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“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
EXCEPT PRIVATE PRAYER
10am-12noon ON WEDNESDAYS

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.

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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.

ST DENYS' CRAFT GROUP
More stock has been added to our online sales pages - including Christmas cards and gifts. We invite you to visit our website to see what cards, gift items and church souvenirs we have in stock, or to email us with enquiries about a specific item you would like. Over the coming weeks, we will be adding further items, so please check regularly to see what else is on offer. The Craft Group is continuing to operate virtually at the moment, sending out activities and information to members on a regular basis. Some of the items we have made can be seen on the “Our Projects” page and information about membership can be found on the “About us” page.

Website: https://stdcrafts.wixsite.com/craft-group
Email: stdcrafts@gmail.com

Craft Group QR Code

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

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.

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FAMILY SUPPORT WORK

This year we will not be able to have the usual Toy Service at St Denys', but we are still having a collection. Please see the Notice Sheet for further details.

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.

THIS WEEK

Our services are available on our YouTube Channel

SUNDAY 29th NOVEMBER

Advent Sunday
The 'Service at Home' and Notice Sheet can be downloaded here:

and the pre-recorded service is available at 10am here:

WEDNESDAY 2nd DECEMBER 2020
Benefice Afternoon Tea
3pm via Zoom
(see Notice Sheet for Link)

FRIDAY 4th DECEMBER 2020
Melody Makers
10am via Facebook

LAST WEEK

SUNDAY 22nd NOVEMBER
CHRIST THE KING
The 'Service at Home' and Notice Sheet can be downloaded here:

and the pre-recorded service is available here:

DECEMBER 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 January Magazine
is due to be available by the end of December