Social Action & Wider Mission

The parish is committed to support charities and agencies engaged in social action locally and throughout UK and in wider mission around the world. We aim to encourage parishioners to engage more deeply with our partners, through informed prayer, and, where achievable, through active involvement.

We have champions for each charity, who liaise to bring regular news and to arrange visits by charity representatives. We have a Mission of the Month calendar to assist our champions to arrange these visits and also events such as conferences.                             

Bible Society

Please pray for the staff at The Bible Society in the countries of the Near & Middle East

March 2026 - Bible Society Teams

Tearfund

Conflict is raging across the Middle East.  Lift your voice and pray for people living through this fear and uncertainty.  Prayer requests from Tearfund Staff & partners:

• Please pray for the weapons to fall silent
• Pray for a softening of leaders' hearts to bring an end to the violence that threatens the lives and welfare of millions of people
• Please pray for protection for our staff and partners in the area

Jamaican Disaster

On your behalf the Parish Social Action and Wider Mission team have allocated £500 from the emergency response element of our budget to be used by the Christian relief organisation Barnabas Aid to assist project partners to clean up and rebuild churches on the island and elsewhere in the Caribbean region where Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc.

Please also pray for the witness and service of the churches in their communities.

Bible Society

Please read the latest Newsletter from our partners at The Bible Society.

A Rocha

Our donation of £750.00 to A Rocha will help restore declining habitats and reconnect people with nature as we care for God’s creation together. 

Wild Christian and Eco Church communities are growing rapidly as more Christians than ever recognise creation care as an integral part of Christian mission.  

The A Rocha network of conservation Partners in Action is also expanding with partners caring for species on their land that are in decline through the Target 25 project. The newly formed Moth Recording Group at the Steyning Downland Scheme has already found an astonishing 85 species of moth and 39 species of butterfly and, last summer, the four-acre wildflower meadow at Blacknest Forest School was teeming with an estimated 500,000 grasshoppers.

Church Mission Society

Please read the latest Link Letter from our CMS Partners Marcio and Noemi in Brazil.