Did you know a hearty chuckle is good for your health? Apparently a study by an American University has found that humour and laughter can lower blood pressure, protect the heart, burn calories, increase attentiveness, as well as bring much joy to our lives. Read more

Click here for the latest pew sheet:pew sheet: 21/09/08

Click here to download the Spring 2008 edition of the parish magazine: Outlook Spring 2008

Some years ago now, a priest was caught up in the preparations for Christmas. One day he went on an expedition to do two things: to make his Christmas confession, and to pick up something a tradesman had promised many times to have ready by Christmas. The priest made his confession, received absolution, and on his way home popped into the tradesman’s shop to pick up the article. It wasn’t ready, the tradesman had not only broken his promise but had lied; and the priest lost his temper. He told the tradesman in a few choice words exactly what he thought of him, stalked righteously out of the shop, and was half-way home before he realised to his horror what he had done. He had just re-lived the parable of the Unmerciful Servant. I find this story rather painful because that priest happened to be me. Read more

Click here for the latest pew sheet:pew sheet: 14/09/08

Welcome to the Vatican. More precisely, to the Sistine Chapel, and to Michelangelo’s masterpieces in it. Michelangelo painted the ceiling of this chapel in the early 16th C. Down the centre are narratives from the book of Genesis - the creation stories and the story of Noah and around them he painted the prophets and sibyls as well as representations of Christ’s ancestors.
Why are we here? To look at the prophet Ezekiel who is one of the seven OT prophets depicted around the edges of the ceiling. The others are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Zechariah, Jonah, and Joel. Read more

Click here for the latest pew sheet:pew sheet: 07/09/08

Over the last few weeks the children at St Alban’s have been getting themselves ready for our Parish Mission Day, including making bookmarks and decorating crosses. On the day (31 August) the children helped with a coin trail and sold the items they had made. In total they raised more than $500 towards the project we support in Fiji!

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Photos of the Sunday Clubs in action.

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You have to admire those first Anglicans who settled here in Eastbourne. The first recorded Anglican service of worship was in a disused store in 1902, and within ten years they had raised enough money to build the church we are worshipping in today. Their effort was a remarkable feat. It required vision and commitment; and because of their faithfulness, their foresight and their generosity, they were able to achieve what they set out to do. Read more