Celebrating Faith

Pilgrimages, concerts, exhibitions, services - there's a lot going on this year to mark 950 years of Christianity in Chichester.

For information about the Diocesan Year of Faith, go to the Coming Up page.

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Celebrating Faith – Chichester Diocese 2025 Year of Faith

St Margaret’s is a friendly church, built around a shared loyalty to Jesus Christ and a desire to be made new people in him. Worship is central to everything we do, and we enjoy it. As the only church in the village, we try to provide something for everyone, and are proud to be able to offer a wide range of services, from the quiet dignity of early morning Communion to Messy Church, from the exuberant celebration of All-age worship to traditional Evensong (we are one of the few villages locally still able to offer this). Whatever the style of worship, we expect to encounter the living Jesus through the words of scripture and in his sacramental presence. We have a strong musical tradition, with both a robed choir and a worship band: you might hear anything, from Tallis to Tim Hughes, with most stops in between.

We have an active, successful bellringing band and we are very proud of our work with children and young people. The Church's year is fully celebrated with many moving and well-attended special services at festivals. Our congregation expect intelligent, relevant preaching and we are beginning to discover the value of home fellowship groups and other less formal ways of being in church together.

We want to be a church which serves the community, and we encourage our members to volunteer for a wide range of civic, local and charitable roles. In serving others, we see the face of Jesus.