News & Events
Performance of Devil in the Detail.
The Shades will be performing a spooky Halloween themed comedy, The Devil in the Detail by Hilary Mackelden.The performance will start at 7pm with tickets available on the door for £5.00 which includes refreshments in the interval (free entry for children).
Blacklands Harvest Festival
Blacklands Harvest Festival service at 10.30 am - all welcome
Blacklands MacMillan Coffee morning
Please join us for tea and cake and support this worthy cause at 11.30 am after the usual Sunday Communion service.
Sussex Historic Churches Trust - Ride and Stride
The church will be open from 10am for all as part of the Sussex Historic Churches Trust Ride and Stride Event. Please come and see our beautiful church (Tea and biscuits available of course!)
Blacklands Summer BBQ
Please join us for our summer BBQ at Blacklands Church. All are welcome so tell your friends and neighbours and bring a bit of cash to pay for your sausages or burgers! (No doubt there will be plenty of healthy salad available as well.).The event starts at 12pm outside the Church.
Kianus Robeson Guitar Recital
Back by popular demand in the beautiful main church of Christ Church Blacklands, Kianush will perform a short afternoon recital.Kianush has participated in many international competitions and won a gold award in the IFA International Classical Guitar Competiton in 2020 placed as finalist in the Houston International Guitar Competition 2021 and semi-finalist in the London Guitar Competition 2020.
The event starts at 3pm, entry Free, refreshments provided, cash and card donations requested to support the concert series.
Sierra Leone Quiz
As in previous years Blacklands Church put forward a team for a fantastically well attended Quiz Night in aid of Sierra Leone.After waiting until the last round to play their ‘joker‘ card the team surged ahead to win the event by 3 points. All in all the event raised £1500 for the charity so was a successful evening all round.
Easter Quiz
On March 24th we will be having a very easy Easter Quiz in the Church Hall followed by the usual raffle, tea/coffee and cake.If you've not been before, why not come and give us a try. we are a friendly group, that enjoy nothing more than a cuppa and a natter along with whatever activity is occurring.
We look forward to seeing you all with more fun and friendship in Fellowship.
Christmas Carol Service
Thanks to everyone who came to the church on the Sunday before Christmas to celebrate and sing along at our carol service. It was a beautiful service with mince pies and mulled wine enjoyed by all afterwards.
Biffa Award - Church Roof
With many thanks to Biffa Award for their generous award of a grant for the cost, we now have a new roof for our hall. A big thank you also to LALCO Property Maintenance for all their work on the roof and the new hall ceiling.
Remembrance Day
This year‘s Remembrance day at Blacklands Church saw a full congregation including members of the 6th Hastings scouts, beavers, cubs and squirrels in remembrance and observing a silence at 11am. Wreaths were laid by the scouts in the Babtistry as well as at the memorial in the grounds as well as the scout group laying Poppies on the lawn at the corner of Laton Road and St. Helen‘s Park Rd.
Confirmations and Christenings
Blacklands Church hosted the Bishop of Chichester and 11 members of our congregation and other local churches for their Confirmations and, in some cases, Christenings.After the service the Church hosted drinks and snacks in the Church Hall for all of those being celebrated and their families.
Ride & Stride
The Church took a very active role in the Sussex Historic Churches Trust ‘Ride & Stride‘ event this year after recieveing a generous grant for repairs to the Church this year.With parishioners welcoming participants at the Church to provide sustinence as well as others being sponsored to visit as many Churches as possible by foot and cycle, the Church raised over £2200 for the Trust.
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