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Church Services

Church services are generally every Sunday, but can be on other days as well. They are the times when people can come together for music, for learning from the Bible, and for prayer. Not to mention meeting with friends!

  • Satisfactory finances, 1958

    Reviewing the past year, Mr Moorey said the church officers had managed the services very well in the absence of ...
  • Disappointing attendances, 1959

    Finally, the Rector said there was room for much improvement in the number of parishioners attending St John’s Church – ...
  • Choir surplices, 1960

    Interest was expressed at the cost of £7 10s (about £160 today) for washing surplices. The Rector replied: “ If they took their ...
  • Growing the church, 1966

    The Rector, in his report, said that during the year the number of communicants had more than doubled; Evensong attendances ...
  • A large congregation, 1968

    The Rector said the parish had progressed in many ways during the past year. Their numbers were still increasing, although ...
  • Growing congregations, 1969

    In his report, the Rector said that he had had 7,027 communicants during the year, an increase of 305. (Extract from ...
  • Rector's Report, April 1969

    During the last year the parish has continued to make steady progress. Our number of communicants have again risen but ...
  • Seating in the Church, April 1969

    It was asked whether anything could be done with regards to members of the congregation sitting nearer the front as ...
  • Choir pay, Mar 1970

    The Rector said he had had a letter from the organist about choir pay. He suggested changing the rate of pay ...
  • Church Choir, April 1970

    At the end of September, Dennis Miller resigned his post, and vacancy was filled temporarily by Peter Jackson. Subsequently Donald ...
  • St John's Altar Flowers, April 1970

    There was a wonderful response last year to the appeal for contributions towards lilies and other flowers at Easter as ...
  • Sunday School, April 1970

    The number of children attending Sunday School has now increased to 35. Summer activities included an outing to Southsea for ...
  • Sound amplification, Dec 1970

    A microphone and a loud speaker had been installed as an experiment, and some of the congregation had been asked ...
  • Children and Church, March 1971

    There seemed to be no solution to this problem. Facilities were inadequate and the large age gap could not be ...
  • Church Choir, Nov 1971

    The question of payment to the choir was raised because a revised scale had been requested. It was thought that it ...
  • Choir pay, Feb 1972

    New rates of pay per week had now been agreed, and were as follows: a) Up to 10 years:            ...
  • Friday Night Group, April 1972

    This is for the ladies of the Parish and meets on alternate Friday nights at the Rectory at 7:45 pm. ...
  • Junior Church, April 1972

    The new name ‘Junior Church’ was adopted last September (it was previously called Sunday School) and with it, we hope, ...
  • Report on Choir, April 1972

    This year marked the introduction of the Royal School of Church Music’s Chorister Training Scheme. This provides for a chorister’s ...
  • Sound amplification, April 1972

    Two contractors had installed their equipment temporarily, and although the official cost was not yet known, it would probably be ...
  • Choir Robes, May 1972

    It was reported that new robes will cost approximately £110 (about £ 1,500 today). It was noted that the servers were ...
  • Church Readers, May 1972

    A recommendation by the Rector was put before the PCC, namely to find out if a Church Reader could celebrate ...
  • Resolution to Synod, July 1972

    The proposed resolution had been circulated to PCC members, and read as follows: In the light of the falling number of ...
  • St John's School

    An extract from ‘The Schools of Lewes C13 – C21st’ by Brigid Chapman: On 23 January 1871 a plot of land ...
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