St Leodegar’s Church, Hunston

Our services on 8 March 2026

St Stephen's Church

Rev Roger Pullen shared an insightful message around the Samaritan woman at the well, filling in some background information to enhance the meaningfulness of her encounter with Jesus. Revd Anne Holderness led prayer based on the Psalms, very relevant for the current world situation, with time for quiet reflection and personal prayers.

As usual, many stayed for refreshments and a social catchup in St Stephen’s Room.

St Leodegar's Church

Revd Roger Pullen preached on the story of the Samaritan woman (John 4) which teaches that Jesus offers salvation to everyone, regardless of past sins, social status, or cultural barriers. We were reminded how Jesus is the source of “living water” that provides eternal satisfaction, the importance of honest worship in spirit and truth, and the transformation that leads to sharing one’s testimony.

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Forthcoming Electoral Roll Annual Check

In preparation for the Benefice Annual Parochial Church Meeting, which is due to be held at St Stephen’s Church on Sunday 17th May 2026, a check of those listed on the Electoral Rolls* will take place over the fortnight period from Sunday 5th to Sunday 19th April 2026. Appropriate Diocese notices will be displayed at the churches of St Stephen and St Leodegar beside the lists as at that time. The finalised lists will be available at the meeting for voting purposes.

If you are interested in being added to the Electoral Roll and meet the eligibility criteria, application forms are available from the Electoral Roll Officers David Coward and Jo Williams who would be pleased to provide more information if required.

If, on the other hand, you wish your name to be removed from the list please let the appropriate officer know as soon as convenient.

*Please note that this listing is in no way connected to the Electoral Rolls appropriate to the Civil Parishes.

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Our services on 1 March 2026

St Stephen's Church

Canon David Nason took the service this morning, preaching on Faith. We are thankful for his time with us.

St Leodegar's Church

Revd Anne Holderness took the Morning Service – 2nd Sunday of Lent, at St Leodegar’s Church today. Today is also St David’s Day, who is the patron saint of Wales. While Lent focuses on a collective, sombre preparation for the suffering and resurrection of Jesus, St David’s Day is a feast day that highlights the life of a saint whose legacy encourages a simple, purposeful life of service.

Notice

There will be two ‘Joint Services’ this month, in March – both of which will be at 9:30am at St Stephen’s Church (hence NO service at St Leodegar’s on these Sundays):

  • Sunday 15th March (Mothering Sunday)

  • Sunday 29th March (5th service of month – Palm Sunday – Holy Communion)

Joan Duberley & Barry Hutchinson
St Leodegar’s Church, Hunston Churchwardens

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Our services on 22 February 2026

St Leodegar's Church

Revd Wyn Jones took the Holy Communion service this morning.

We are very grateful for his service.

St Stephen's Church

Revd Anne Holderness and Clare Leppard jointly led today’s All Age Morning Praise. The reading was the temptation of Jesus, beautifully read with the assistance of two young ones. A Lego video recaptured the story. Clare’s talk about temptation in our lives involved a plate of biscuits with a “do not touch” sign and a bag that ‘catches thoughts’, making the message interesting and understandable for all.

It was lovely to see people chatting together after church, some also partaking of the refreshments in St Stephen’s Room – and some of the biscuits which were made available by this time!

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Our services on 15 February 2026

St Stephen's Church

Revd David Nason talked enthusiastically about the transfiguration (where Jesus is transformed and revealed in divine glory, accompanied by Moses and Elijah, to strengthen the faith of His disciples). Transfiguration means to be seen in a new light. When we become Christians, our loves should be changed. Our real, true faith shows in the quality of our lives – if it life changing! He challenged us that when he concludes the service with “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord”. Do our lives really reflect this?

St Leodegar's Church

Revd Phillip Meader took the Morning Praise service. In his sermon he explained how, in Jesus’ day, owners of corn used to stamp it with their name (with a wooden seal) so no one could steal the grain they had just purchased from market. Phillip went on to explain how  this is a metaphor for God stamping us Christians with the Holy Spirit, marking us as his own people for eternity. It was a fascinating and engaging sermon, where Phillip preached the good news of the gospel. Many thanked him afterwards and commented on how good it was.

We had 13 people today in total.

Naomi kindly offered to perform music/organ for us today, which was lovely and much appreciated (first time we’ve had a keyboardist in over 3 years!).

Jo Hutchinson did both the readings and the intercessions.

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Village Lunch Clubs

Hunston and Mundham lunch clubs are for the community open to anybody not just over 60s.

Both Lunch clubs continued to serve their communities as they have for over 20 years.

With a two-course meal followed by tea or coffee, and a Raffle.

We are entitle run by volunteers who give their time to help their community.

The lunch clubs run for 11 months of the year:
There is no meeting in January at Hunston.
There is no meeting in August at North Mundham.

We served 302 meals throughout the year of 2025, an average of 27 people each month at Hunston.
We served 241 meals throughout the year of 2025, an average of 22 people a month at North Mundham.

In December we are able to give a free Christmas lunch to those that had attended more than 6 lunches throughout the year.

The meals are mainly cooked from scratch, homemade, with a vegetarian choice and a diabetic pudding option. 

We have the capacity at each lunch club to provide up to 40 lunches per meeting. It would be good if we could recruit more diners to join, as a way of spreading the fixed cost of the hall hire.

We are also in need of some able-bodied volunteers, to help with setting out tables and chairs, serving the meals, and clearing away.

For 2026 both lunch clubs will still run as it has always done and still cost £4.00 a meal.

We look forward to continuing the lunch clubs on into 2026.

Hunston Village Lunch

Dates for 2026

North Mundham Village Lunch

Dates for 2026

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News on 8 February 2026

St Leodegar's Church

Revd John-Henry Bowden gave a powerful and engaging sermon on How Much God Loves Us… and gives us hope in a world where many have turned their back on him.

St Stephen's Church

Canon Keith Richards talked about Getting Ready for Lent. What is it that we need to do in preparing for Lent? “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God” from today’s Gospel reading. The image of God is within us. God made us, values us and wants us to be more faithful disciples.

Today is also the Church of England’s Racial Justice Sunday and Revd Anne Holderness said a prayer.

Bishop Martin announced his retirement

The Bishop of Chichester, The Right Revd Marin Warner, announced that he will retire from the end of May. You can read more in this announcement.

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Our services on 1 February 2026

St Stephen's Church

Canon David Nason, from Chichester Cathedral, led today’s Holy Communion Service. He shared many anecdotes and illuminated Candlemas very well.

  • Candles remind us of Jesus Christ, Light of the World.

  • Traditionally all the candles to be used in church were blessed on this day, hence the name Candlemas.

  • Snowdrops, reminding us that Spring is near, are known as Candlemas Bells..

  • The Greek word for Thanksgiving is Eucharist. Our Eucharist or Holy Communion embodies the spirit of thanksgiving.

Canon David also shared a link with the writer of one of worship songs “Lord Jesus Christ”, Patrick Appleford to the Chichester Cathedral. Revd Patrick studied ministry at the Cathedral at the time that Canon David was also residing there.

The Sunday School prepared for Valentine’s day today. They coloured hearts, made gift boxes containing various coupons in lieu of service and decorated heart-shaped biscuits.

During Holy Communion, Revd Nason knelt down with each child and blessed them by name.

St Leodegar's Church

Today Revd Ann lead a lovely morning praise service at St Leodegar’s, reminding us of Candlemas (also known as the Feast of the Presentation). This marks the end of the 40-day Christmas and Epiphany season, with us celebrating Jesus’ presentation in the Temple. It centres on the biblical story in Luke 2, where Simeon calls Jesus “a light to lighten the Gentiles,” focusing on themes of light, prophecy, and the fulfilment of Christmas. We even sung Joy to the World, which although known as a Christmas carol, truly fits with this theme.

Jo Hutchinson gave us an engaging talk on the meaning of piety (sourced from Ely diocese), which linked in with today’s readings.

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