BRBC Art Group Meeting
The next meeting will be on the 19 June, in the Main Hall 10-12pm.
All welcome. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.
BRBC Lunch Club
The next Church Lunch Club is on Thursday 12th June. The 2 course lunch will be served at 12.45. We ask for a small contribution of £4. All are welcome .
If you wish to attend please put your name on the list at Reception, or email me on valeriej.hardwick@yahoo.com or ring the Church office on 01403 211150 to book your place.
Please let us know if you have any dietary or allergy requirements.
Any requiring lifts to or from the church , Please contact Chris Gargano Phone - 01403 266229 or email - kcgargano@gmail.com
Val Hardwick and Chris Gargano
Newcomers’ BBQ
Anyone new to Brighton Road within the last year is invited to attend the Newcomers’ BBQ to be held at 12.30pm on June 22nd at 18, Parsonage Road Horsham, RH12 4AN. Flyers giving more information are available at Reception. (Note change of location.)
Holiday at Home
For three days during August – Tuesday 19th, Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd - BRBC will be hosting a ‘Holiday at Home’. Particularly those who are no longer able to go away for a holiday are welcome to join in the morning activities, the afternoon entertainment and the lunch that will be provided each day. Further details and application forms are available at Reception.
For the Beauty of the Earth - Flower Festival at St. Mary's Church
‘For the Beauty of the Earth - Flower Festival’ at St. Mary's Church Horsham will take place from Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st June 10am to 5pm and Sunday 22nd June 12pm to 4pm. Flower arrangers from Churches and local organisations from across Horsham will be providing the displays.
Why not book in for a Vintage Afternoon Tea when you visit the Flower Festival – £ 20 per person. Prior booking is advised. To book you can scan the QR code on the poster which is on the BRBC noticeboard by the entrance to the main hall, opposite the New Street entrance.
Free entry with donations towards the Parish Fabric Fund. 10% of the money raised will go to Horsham Matters.
Summer Prayer and Praise
The Horsham Churches Together summer Prayer & Praise in the Park will be on 22nd June at 5pm in the Human Nature Garden, Horsham Park. It will be an evening of worship to Jesus and prayer for our community.
Message from Ken Carter, Church Secretary
Many of you will remember Nancy Mwangi who worshipped with us as part of the BRBC family and sadly passed away recently in Nairobi. We have become aware that Nancy's daughter Janet Green is having difficulty with all the expenses associated with the funeral and particularly Nancy's end of life medical costs which are a significant burden, and we have learned that she has set up a go-fund-me page to help raise funds from amongst family and friends.
As a church we wish to do our best to support Janet at this very difficult time and so a donation will be made from our Pastoral Fund to assist her. However, we are equally aware that those within our fellowship who knew Nancy well may also wish to make a personal contribution. If you would wish to support Janet in this way, then please contact the church office and Karry can provide details of the go-fund-me page to enable you to make a contribution to Janet and the family. They will be most grateful for your support.
Ken Carter, Church Secretary
Life Issues Sessions
We have been invited to attend a session entitled 'Pastoral Care In Challenging Times' at Godalming Baptist Church on Saturday 14th June 9.30am-1.00pm (coffee from 9.00am). It will be led by Andy Peck who is a freelance speaker who has led some great sessions at Waverley Abbey in the past years. It promises to be a very worthwhile morning and is open to everyone and the morning will have a faith perspective. Andy will look at topics such as 'What is pastoral care according to the Bible? What role might you play ? How do we understand the suffering that God allows? The cost is £8 per person To book a place, contact Sally Pollard-01483-428646 or e-mail-pollard3@hotmail.co.uk
Also Doctor Martin Brunet is leading a series of free evenings on 6 consecutive Wednesdays beginning on Wednesday 11th June - 'Making Sense of Worry and Burnout' at Guildford Baptist Church. There is no charge and folk can choose to attend individual sessions or all.
Horsham Churches Together new Website
Please check out the brand-new Horsham Churches Together website, with a new design and fresh content. Take a moment to look around the site www.horshamct.org.uk as there may be activities and events that you will be interested in. If you have any feedback please do share it with HCT admin admin@horshamct.org.uk to let them know what you think or whether there are improvements that can be made. Our thanks goes to Pete Dibdin and Timothy Giacomelli for all their hard work on the design and entering in the content. A number of BRBC activities are listed there, so if you check out any that you are responsible for and notice that they are either incorrect, or not featured, please inform HCT admin. And because HCT has drawn the info from our BRBC website, it may be that our BRBC website also needs correcting - so please inform our BRBC admins at office@brbc-horsham.org.uk On the HCT website Notices page, you will still find the links to the PDF and Microsoft Word formats, which you can download: https://horshamct.org.uk/notices/
Turning Tides – Roffey Place update
Turning Tides is thankful to the Brighton Road Baptist Church community for the support shown to the people they’ve helped at Roffey Place. They report:
Roffey Place has supported 174 homeless people and enabled 65 positive planned move-ons since opening in 2022. We’re deeply proud of these outcomes at a time when homelessness is on the rise and we’re very grateful to everyone who made that possible.
However, after a long period of review, we’ve made the decision not to continue using Roffey Place as part of our long-term services. The size of the building and location, while helpful in the short term, have presented significant challenges — particularly around accessibility and suitability for those we support.
We are now actively looking for a new provision that will better meet people’s needs — somewhere more accessible and integrated into the local community, with the facilities and layout to support individuals more effectively. In the meantime, we remain committed to running Roffey Place as usual.
Your support makes Roffey Place possible — and it will continue to play a vital role as we move forward.
Funeral of Anne Dickson
Anne's funeral will be on Wednesday June 11th at 12.30pm at Muntham Chapel, Worthing Crematorium. Donations can be made to Olive Tree Cancer Support. Attendees are asked to wear purple if possible. Anne was a member of WF.
BMS Birthday Scheme
Celebrating birthdays this week are Jan Bird on Tuesday 10th, Joshua Mukherjee on Wednesday 11th and Paul Cherriman and Rosemary King on Friday 13th June.