St Giles Church, Graffham

02/09/2026

Congratulations 🍾 goes to
Sue Wickham who guessed the name of our Cockerel ‘William’ at the Graffham village fete. Raising funds for the village Recreation ground.
She wins a bottle of English Sparkling Petworth Classic Cuvée w**e from Cradlers Barn Vineyard kindly sponsored by The Foresters Arms Inn Graffham.

Pictured here our stall helpers
Janet Wakeford & Liz Jenkins with William. Would also like to thank everyone else who stepped in throughout the day.
Name chosen by our eldest Graffhamite the lovely
Betty Bradley who has contributed so much to St.Giles church and our community over the years 🙏

01/09/2026

HAPPY ST.GILES DAY 🦌

08/08/2026

A successful District bell ringing gathering was held at St. Giles Graffham today. Our lead John Prescott welcomed the large company of ringers, all of varying abilities to practice rounds, calls method and skills and building community across our neighbouring towers 🔔

02/08/2026

🌾 August brings Lammastide
The first Sunday in August
Lammas Sunday a traditional Thanksgiving celebration of the first-fruits of the wheat harvests.

A fresh homemade Lammas loaf baked by Mrs Susan Hill was presented to the alter to Thank God for the harvest and for our daily bread. During the gathering of communion rite, the loaf is broken and shared together 🥖

🎂 With a special hospitality offering today by Churchwarden Liz Jenkins after the service we celebrated Rev. Vivien Turner’s Birthday and also her 8th Year Anniversary - being our Priest in Charge here at St.Giles Graffham with Woolavington.
Serving as our key anchor for both spiritual and social life at the heart of our village community.
We Thank her for everything she does with Many Happy Returns and lots of love 💖

Pictured here with Mrs Barbara Edge, it has become a St.Giles tradition that Barbara makes her delicious layered ‘celebration’ sponge cake filled with fresh strawberries raspberries & cream 🎊 Enjoyed by all.

30/07/2026

Schools with nursery facilities some parents and guardians may want to sign this petition.
Reports that some classrooms in the area with no air conditioning facilities were reaching 38* degrees in the first heatwave of this summer.
Forcing them to close.

💒 St.Giles is a cool place in this heat, a place to rest and spend some quiet time, over the summer holidays, find a shaded seat in the churchyard amongst the wildflowers and butterflies.
We have children’s books, colouring and a few toys for toddlers. Hang a dove on our ‘Prayer Tree’ for someone special.
Everyone Welcome.

Andy Burnham: protect our kids from deadly heatwave temperatures

29/07/2026

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29/07/2026

Today we are thanking God for the life and legacy of
William Wilberforce, a Great British Politician who died today 29th July in 1833 - a patient and persistent hero of justice whose faith fuelled him to fight the evil of slavery.

We rejoice today with words from a psalm 119:10-16 (NVUK) so loved by William Wilberforce that he would recite it daily from memory on his walks from London’s Parliament to Hyde Park.

20/07/2026

We had a lovely end of term Infant School Service today.

We sang 'one more step along the world I go' and talked about big steps we take, like going to a new school.
We gave each child a holding cross to remember the Christian values of kindness, friendship, respect, responsibility and hope which they are taking with them.
These will help them to be the best person they can be, on every big step they take.

20/07/2026

❤️Beautiful striking light captured this morning in church through the stained glass windows
by Rev Vivien

People are like stained-glass windows they sparkle and shine when the sun is out but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Dr. Elizabeth Kübker-Ross