Lindfield's All Saints Church commemoration service
Sunday 28th April at 3pm
A time for remembering loved ones, seeking comfort and finding hope.
For more details please visit www.allsaintslindfield.org/thanksgiving
All Saints and Ensemble Reza present a music treat
By Hannah Carter
Join Ensemble Reza in Lindfield for a magical family concert and ‘wish’ away those January blues on Saturday 13th January at 3pm at All Saints Church. This concert is perfect for all ages and will feature the brilliant musical story the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, composed by Paul Dukas, (which was used in the film Fantasia), arranged and narrated for our group by Ensemble Reza musician, Anna Cooper. Accompanied by our Ensemble Reza quartet, plus a few extra instruments (double bass, bouzouki, accordion) this magical musical story will include plenty of audience participation and will have you on the edge of your seat!
We are passionate about giving young people the opportunity to experience live music and here are a few words from our younger fans … ‘Music connects people.’ Radin, aged 11. ‘The music makes me feel open and happy.’ Zysha, aged 11. ‘It made me feel relaxed and free in a cloud of song.’ Nora, aged 11.
And here are a few words from our very special Patron, Dame Judi Dench: “I’m a real fan of Ensemble Reza, having attended several concerts over the last year. The passion and virtuosity of the musicians is evident in every note they play, and their shared sense of musicianship results in outstanding performances which leave audiences cheering for more! We hope you will be free to join us for this special concert in January, which has been made possible with the support raised by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery and awarded by Postcode Society Trust. Tickets are available from: www.ensemblereza.com/events
Lindfield churches at Christmas - 2023
All Saints Church
www.allsaintslindfield.org/Christmas
allsaints@lindfield.info
Sunday 10th December
8am - Communion
9.30am - Morning service with children’s groups
3.30pm - Traditional carol service (1)
5.30pm - Traditional carol service (2)
Tuesday 12th December
10am - Tiger@Ten Christmas special (fortnightly group for over 65s)
Sunday 17th December
9.30am - All Saints Kids Nativity – The children can come dressed up as a nativity character as we retell the Christmas story in this enchanting, fun and slightly chaotic service
11.15am - Communion Service
4.30pm - Big Band Carols (1)
7pm - Big Band Carols (2)
Christmas Eve
10.30am - Morning Worship (no children’s groups)
2pm - Christingle - This Christingle is an accessible service for all, including SEN families and those with very young children
3.15pm - Christingle
4.30pm - Christingle
5.45pm - Christingle
11.15pm - Midnight Communion
Christmas Day
8am - Christmas communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10am - Christmas celebration
Sunday 31st December
10am - Morning Worship (children will stay in for whole service)
6pm - Cornerstone – our informal band-led service for all ages
Please visit our YouTube channel to watch some of these services broadcast live.
Lindfield United Reformed Church
www.lindfieldurc.org.uk/Christmas
Sunday 17th December
10am - Family Worship
5pm - Carols by Candlelight - A candlelight traditional service of lessons and carols
Thursday 21st December
7.30pm - Christmas Concert - Join us in the church or online a light hearted Christmas concert with music from the Perdido Players, and more as we celebrate together the meaning and message of Christmas
Christmas Eve
10am - Family Worship
4pm - Crib Service – A retelling of the first Christmas, appropriate to and performed by the very youngest. Suitable for all ages
Christmas Day
10am - Family Service - We celebrate the birth of Jesus
Sunday 31st December
10am - Songs of Praise – We close 2023 together with a time of worship and reflection
All services and events can also be watched live or on demand from our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/LindfieldURC
Lindfield Evangelical Free Church
Christmas Eve
4pm - Carols by Candlelight Service
Christmas Day
10.30am - Christmas Day service
No need to book for either of these services – all welcome.
St Augustine’s Church, Scaynes Hill
Sunday 3rd December
5pm - Lighting of Scaynes Hill’s Christmas Tree with Carols around the tree and followed by mulled wine and mince pies
Monday 4th December
4pm - Christingle Service
Sunday 17th December
6pm - Carols by Candlelight
Christmas Eve
4pm - Crib Service
11.30pm - Midnight Communion
Christmas Day
10am - Christmas Morning Communion
Remembrance Day in Lindfield 2023
As Remembrance Day approaches, members of the Lindfield branch of the Royal British Legion are busy preparing for the annual Poppy Appeal and memorial services.
From Saturday 4th – 11th November, poppies will be on sale daily at the gazebo on the High Street. On 11th November RBL members will meet at the War Memorial at All Saints Church, to remember those who died in the world wars.
On Sunday 12th November, wreaths will be laid at the memorial at 2.45pm followed by a Remembrance Service at All Saints Church, starting at 3pm.
Refreshments will be available after the service and all residents are invited to attend. Lindfield will also be represented at the national Festival of Remembrance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, when standard bearer Paul Buckland will join the parade.
A plaque in memory of young Lindfield soldier Alan MacDonald Leeney will be dedicated at the United Reformed Church on 6th November at 7pm. Alan, a member of the URC Boys Brigade, was just 19 when was killed while serving in the army in Germany, on 8th May 1979.
Lindfield's connection to WW2 submarine mystery - HM Triumph
HM Triumph
By Richard Bryant, Lindfield History Project Group
You may have seen newspaper articles and television news pieces in mid-June, reporting a 25-year search has finally brought to the end an 81 year old World War II submarine mystery, without realising the story had a connection with Lindfield. In All Saints church, there is a brass plaque mounted on the southern wall that reads:
Remember in Love
JOHN SYMONS HUDDART LIEUTENANT ROYAL NAVY H.M. SUBMARINE TRIUMPH WHO WITH HIS OFFICERS AND MEN WAS KILLED IN ACTION JANUARY 1942
The Lord of Hosts is with us
Lt. John Symons Huddart, known as Tommy, was 31 years old, living with his parents George and Clare Huddart at Froyls in the High Street. He joined the Royal Navy, Submarine Service in January 1934, completing his Commanding Officers course in April 1940. The command of several submarines followed before joining HMS Triumph in November 1940; a T-class 1,300 tonne submarine, 275ft long with a company of about 60 men that had been in the Mediterranean for 12 months patrolling and undertaking special covert operations.
On 20th November 1940, the submarine departed from Alexandria, Egypt for her 20th war patrol in the Aegean, which included special operational executive missions, returning to port on 11th December 1941. The crew were greeted with the news that the Triumph was to return home for crew leave and a refit. Joy was short lived as Triumph, being the only available operational submarine, was ordered to undertake her 21st mission. She was tasked with urgently landing 5,000 kilos of supplies including radios, weapons and possibly money for the Greek Resistance. The drop was to be made at Antipros, an isolated location where the supplies could be rowed ashore in a small boat. The few remaining Commonwealth servicemen that had evaded capture and were waiting at Antipros had expected to be evacuated after the unloading.
However, Triumph had only just started her patrol and it appears that this had not been advised to the servicemen. Lt. Huddart decided not to have a debate on the beach about air consumption and food and water supplies, all of which were limited and restricted operational capabilities. Instead he simply quoted a change of orders preventing him from taking on board passengers, but promised he would return in 10 days to pick them up on his return to Alexandria. Triumph signalled Naval Command confirming successful completion of the deliveries and this was the last communication.
Triumph departed and was not seen or heard from again. She failed to show up at the promised rendezvous at Antipros on 9th January. On 21st January 1942, C & C Mediterranean reported to the Admiralty ‘Regret in absence of further news HMS Triumph must now be considered lost’. The circumstances and location of the disappearance of the submarine and what happened to the crew have remained a mystery ever since, but it was assumed that all crew perished. There is no German record of a submarine having been engaged.
In June 2023, it was announced that following years of searching Triumph had now been found in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece, lying 660ft below the surface. Images from a remotely operated submersible show her hull almost intact, although some damage to the stern is visible, possibly caused by an underwater explosion. Importantly, the images reveal that all the escape hatches and gun hatches were sealed closed indicating the crew are entombed inside. In that depth of water, crew were doomed as escape would have been impossible. Triumph was probably at a deep dive depth when the disaster struck.
The exact location of the submarine has yet to be disclosed as it must be treated with the respect of a maritime war grave. Protected by the strict archaeology laws of Greece.
This discovery brings to a close the 81 year old mystery and the location of the men’s grave. You can see a video clip of the submarine lying on the seabed here.
Contact via www.lindfieldhistory.org.uk or 01444 482136.
Easter Services in and around Lindfield 2023
All Saints Lindfield
www.allsaintslindfield.org
Maundy Thursday – 6th April (at URC)
7.30pm – Maundy Thursday Communion service at URC church We are joining with the other two churches in the village to celebrate Communion together.
Good Friday – 7th April
10am – A service for all ages as we explore the meaning of Good Friday followed by an opportunity to make your own Easter garden and enjoy hot cross buns.
12noon – An hour’s service of music, prayer, Bible readings and short reflective talks around the Cross.
7pm – REQUIEM Concert: An evening of beautiful music for Good Friday. New Sussex Singers perform the Rutter and Faure Requiems, joined by additional local singers for the second half. Tickets available at www.allsaintslindfield.org/requiem or via the church office.
Easter Sunday – 9th April
8am – Holy Communion
9.30am – Easter All Age Celebration with Communion ‘followed by an egg hunt for the children in the vicarage garden’
11.15am - Easter Communion Service
6pm – Lively Easter Celebration led by young people and wind band, also including Communion Some of our services will be livestreamed: www.allsaintslindfield.org/live
Lindfield Evangelical Free Church
www.lefc.co.uk
Maundy Thursday – 6th April
12noon – An Agape lunch including Holy Communion. If you wish to attend, please contact the Church Office on 01444 483576 by the latest Monday 3rd April as we’ve limited spaces.
7.30pm – Three Churches Holy Communion Service at URC.
Good Friday – 7th April
10.30am – Around the cross.
Easter Sunday – 9th April
10.30am – Family Easter Celebration Service.
Please note we will not be holding an Easter Sunday Evening meeting.
Lindfield United Reformed Church
www.lindfieldurc.org.uk
Palm Sunday – 2nd April
10am – Led by Rev Simon Franklin. The triumphant entry into Jerusalem
Wednesday 5th April
11.30am – Wednesday Worship, led by Rev Keith Morrison. Refreshments served before the service from 11am. Jesus is Blessed and Betrayed by his friends
Maundy Thursday – 6th April
7.30pm – Communion service. A combined service with the three other churches in Lindfield. Held at the Lindfield United Reformed Church.
Good Friday – 7th April
10am – Good Friday service, led by Rev Keith Morrison. Remembering the Cross
Easter Sunday – 9th April
10am – Easter Day service, led by Rev Keith Morrison. Celebrating new life through the resurrection
St Augustine’s Church, Scaynes Hill
www.sash.org.uk
Palm Sunday – 2nd April
10am – Worship for all. To be live streamed on YouTube
6pm – Holy Communion
Monday – 3rd April
10am-12noon – Easter Fun Morning
Tuesday – 4th April
8pm – Compline
Wednesday – 5th April
8pm – Compline
Maundy Thursday – 6th April
7.30pm – Agape meal, followed by The Watch
Good Friday – 7th April
10am – Walk of Witness
3pm – Hour at the Cross
Easter Sunday – 8th April
6am – Sunrise Service, followed by breakfast
10am – Easter Morning Holy Communion. To be live streamed on YouTube
Lindfield's Christmas services - Dec 22/Jan 23
Lindfield Evangelical Free Church
www.lefc.co.uk
Sunday 18th December
- 10.30am, Morning Worship
- 4.30pm, Carols by Candlelight followed by tea.
Sunday 25th December
- 10.30am, Christmas Morning Celebration
Sunday 1st January
- 10.30am, Morning Worship
All Saints Church
www.allsaintslindfield.org/christmas
Sunday 11th December
- 8am, Communion
- 9.30am, Communion Service with children’s groups
- 3.30pm, Traditional Carol Service 1
- 5.30pm, Traditional Carol Service 2
Tuesday 13th December
- 10am, Tiger@Ten Christmas Special - Daytime Choir as special guests
Saturday 17th December
- 4.30pm, Big Band Carols 1
- 7.30pm, Big Band Carols 2
Sunday 18th December
- 9.30am, All Saints Kids Nativity - Children are invited to attend dressed as a shepherd, sheep, or angel.
- 11.15am, Communion Service
- 7pm, Carols in the Round
Christmas Eve
- 2pm, Pre-school Christingle
- 3.15pm, Christingle
- 4.30pm, Christingle
- 5.45pm, Christingle
- 11.15pm, Midnight Communion
Christmas Day
- 8am, Christmas Communion
- 10am, Christmas Celebration
Sunday 1st Jan
- 8am, Communion
- 10am, Morning Worship
- 6pm, Cornerstone
Lindfield United Reformed Church
www.lindfieldurc.org.uk
Sunday 11th December
- 5pm, Carols by Candlelight
Sunday 18th December
- 10am, 4th Sunday Advent with Communion
Thursday 22nd December
- 7.30pm, Christmas Concert
Saturday 24th December
- 4pm, Crib Service - Nativity costumes welcome.
Sunday 25th December
- 10am, Christmas Family Service