Union Church, Heathfield

23/02/2026

We’re looking forward to seeing you later for lots of fun 🤩

18/02/2026

From our friends at Holy Rood House

Wise words from Jan Richardson as we enter into Lent …

‘In a time when so much is crumbling, is burning, I don’t want to romanticize the ashes that come with destruction and devastation. As we approach Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent, I do want to keep asking what the Holy One can do with dust, and to keep looking for how I can be part of that.’

BLESSING THE DUST

All those days
you felt like dust,
like dirt,
as if all you had to do
was turn your face
toward the wind
and be scattered
to the four corners

or swept away
by the smallest breath
as insubstantial—

did you not know
what the Holy One
can do with dust?

This is the day
we freely say
we are scorched.

This is the hour
we are marked
by what has made it
through the burning.

This is the moment
we ask for the blessing
that lives within
the ancient ashes,
that makes its home
inside the soil of
this sacred earth.

So let us be marked
not for sorrow.
And let us be marked
not for shame.
Let us be marked
not for false humility
or for thinking
we are less
than we are

but for claiming
what God can do
within the dust,
within the dirt,
within the stuff
of which the world
is made
and the stars that blaze
in our bones
and the galaxies that spiral
inside the smudge
we bear.

—Jan Richardson
from Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons
janrichardson.com/books

Photo of the first Holy Rood daffodil of the year.

16/02/2026

Who can believe that Lent starts on Wednesday?
You are very welcome to join us on Sundays during the season. We will be following the Church of England’Draw near’ book. Or at any of our services below.

06/02/2026

Night night Ronnie! See you soon x

19/01/2026

Good morning! Less than a month since Christmas week was promising us merriness and brightness, and the 31st of December was holding out hope of a New Year, New You, we have reached what has become known in some circles as Blue Monday. This is the day that is said to be the most depressing of the whole year, combining factors such as poor weather conditions, high debt levels, and the disheartening effect of broken resolutions and hopes.

It's debatable how wise it is to label one particular day as being depressive, especially given how much of a struggle life can be for so many of us throughout the year. In a counter to the idea of ‘Blue Monday’, the Samaritans have pioneered what they call ‘Brew Monday’, this very day in January to intentionally reach out to others, put the kettle on and have good conversations. I don’t know about you, but ‘Brew Monday’ sounds like the better option to me, helping us to find agency for ourselves and empathy for others when the going is tough.

The book of Lamentations is one of the darkest spots in the whole Bible, with a distraught prophet pouring his heart out about the hardship he and his contemporaries have faced. In the middle of this bluesy book, there is an affirmation that there is mercy available from God every morning, even when things are bleak. Jeremiah’s boast is that God’s faithfulness is great and steadfast, and therefore he can hope, even when his heart is broken. That’s a promise to cling to even on our darkest of days.

God of compassion and grace, we bless you for your new mercies that are available to us each day. Thank you that you love us when we feel at our best and when we are at our lowest. This morning, we pray for your strength to carry on and to help carry the burdens of others. May this be a day of mutual hope and shared burdens, a day when we know new and sweet mercy from you and from each other. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Courtesy of https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002q29d

15/01/2026

Everyone is welcome to come to our social Tuesdays! Why not give us a go?

11/01/2026

Some of us have had a lovely weekend decorating our Main Hall! Finished photos to follow but here are some of the team doing the business!! 😂 Always something to keep us busy at Union Church!

04/01/2026

Happy New Year. Looking forward to seeing you at Toddler and baby group tomorrow 😀

22/12/2025

You are very welcome to come and join us on Christmas Eve for our informal, ‘pop-up’ (aka unrehearsed) nativity retelling. What better way to start your Christmas?

17/12/2025

These are some of the photos from our Christingle party last year! Why not come and join in at this year’s celebration? It’s this Sunday at 3pm

17/12/2025

Christingle party on Sunday for you and your little ones? Don’t mind if I do!