THE HAVEN BENEFICE
of
Seaview, St Helens, Brading & Yaverland
Providing a Spiritual Harbour for ALL
PEW NEWS
Sunday 15th March 2026
Upcoming Worship
Sunday 15th March 2026 - Mothering Sunday
St John’s8.00am Said BCP Eucharist
St Mary’s9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Helen's9.30am Sung Eucharist with Baptism
St Peter’s10.00am Sung Eucharist
Tuesday 17th March 2026
St Catherine's10.00am Morning Worship
Wednesday 18th March 2026
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship
Sunday 22nd March 2026
St Mary’s9.30am Service of the Word
St Helen's9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Peter's10.00am Sung Eucharist
St John’s11.00am Sung Eucharist
St Helen's3.30pm Eco Church
Wednesday 25th March 2026
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship
Holy Week and Easter Services
There will be Stations of the Cross set up in St Mary’s,Brading before Easter. The church is open during the day.
Sunday 29th March 2026 - Palm Sunday (BST begins)
St John’s8.00am Said BCP Eucharist
St Helen's9.30am Sung Eucharist
St Mary’s10.00am Sung Eucharist
(Starting at Brading Methodist church and walking to St Mary’s)
St Peter’s10.00am Sung Eucharist
St Catherine’s6.00pm Holy Week Compline
Wednesday 1st April 2026
St Mary's10.00am Morning Worship
St Peter's11.00am Prayer Circle
St Helen's6.00pm Tenebrae Service
Thursday 2nd April 2026 - Maundy Thursday
St Mary's6.00pm Sung Eucharist with
stripping of the altar
St Helen's6.00pm Sung Eucharist with
stripping of the altar
St Peter's6.00pm Agape meal with informal Eucharist in the Church Hall
The altars will also be stripped in St Catherine’s and St John’s without accompanying services.
Friday 3rd April 2026 - Good Friday
St John's2.00pm Stations of the Cross
St Helen's3.00pm The Last Hour at the Cross
St Mary's3.00pm The Last Hour at the Cross
St Peter's3.00pm Witness of the Passion
Saturday 4th April 2026 - Easter Saturday
St Peter’s11.00am Sheep Treasure Hunt
3:00pm finish
Beachgrove Park3.00pm Easter Egg Hunt
St Catherine’s6.00pm Lectio Divina Easter Vigil
Sunday 5th April 2026 - Easter Day
St Helen's Old Church6.00am Easter
Sunrise Service
on the Duver
St Mary's9.30am Sung Eucharist
Preceded by Breakfast at 8:00am
St Helen's9.30am Sung Eucharist
Followed by Easter Egg Hunt and Decorated Easter Basket Competition
St Peter's10.00am Sung Eucharist
St John's11.00am Sung Eucharist
St Catherine's6.00pm Sung Evensong
Haven Benefice Church Contacts:
Priest-in-Charge (Day off: Tuesday)
St Peter's Seaview and Safeguarding
Revd Karen Wilson on 07591 240640
or email: revdkarenwilson(at)outlook(dot)com
St Helen's and St Catherine's, St Helens
Sue Whitewck on 01983 568761
St Mary’s Brading
Nigel Elton Walters on 01983 406817
St Mary's Safeguarding
Catherine Davis on 07940 826034
St John’s Yaverland
Kevin Norton on 07951 407423
Curate at Haven Benefice
Rev Bevaly Rackett on 01983 407432
Email; revbevrackett(at)gmail(dot)com.
A very special welcome to everyone who has come to our Mothering Sunday Services today (15th March), and especially to the family of Jasmine Sumner who will be baptised at St Helen’s.
St Helen’s and St Peter’s Churches are looking to form New Social Events and Fundraising Teams to work alongside the PCC. Please let Revd Karen know if you are interested.
The PCC of St John’s church in Yaverland is seeking new members of the PCC, including a Secretary and Treasurer. Please contact Revd Karen or Kev Norton if you would like more information.
The Friends of St Helen’s Church are seeking a new Trustee to join them. The Trustees raise funds for St Helen’s Church. They focus on raising funds for capital works, such as the roof repairs. If you feel that you are able to consider this position please contact Revd Karen.
Lent Lunches at St Peter’s church will be held on 18th and 25th March12.00noon - 2.00pm in the Church hall. Homemade soup with rolls, cheese and biscuits, Tea/Coffee all served from noon. Everyone is welcome. NB There will be no ‘Prayer Circle’ whilst the Lent Lunches are going on.
Our Lent Course: ‘Draw Near’ - reflections for Lent concludes in St Mary’s church hall from 6.00pm on Wednesday 18th March. Refreshments will be provided and everyone is invited to come along.
Revd Bevaly is looking for donations of small boxed Easter Eggs of around £1.50 in value for the Messy Church Egg Hunt on Easter Saturday in Beechgrove park.
If you would like to donate towards the Easter flowers to decorate St Mary’s Church this Easter please leave your donation in a marked envelope in the collection or see Jan or Vanessa. You can also have flowers in memory of a loved one if you like.
Palm Sunday in Brading: We will begin our service at 10.00am (noting that the clocks have sprung forward 1 hour!) outside Brading Methodist church. We will walk (following Gary the donkey) up the High Street to St Mary’s waving our Palms and singing as we go. We will then be joined by those unable or unwilling to walk that far at St Mary’s where a joint Eucharist will take place. If you can help ‘ferry’ people in cars up to St Mary’s before the service please see Revd Bevaly, and if you can donate some large palm like leaves to wave that would be great.
Copies of our parish magazine, 'What's On', are now available for March, price 60p, from the back of each church. If you don't have a subscription, do consider taking one out (by contacting Paul and Mary Jackson on 01983 872326)- it's only £6.00 for the next eleven issues, and if you live in the benefice, your copy will be delivered to your door each month. And you might want to act fast! Due to a rise in printing costs, the cover price may have to increase from 60p soon, but that won't affect subscriptions already taken out for this year.
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