Events
Raising the Roof at Pagham Pram Race
Every year Pagham Church enters a team in the legendary Boxing Day Pagham Pram Race. Usually our novelty entry depicts a Bible story, such as Noah’s Ark or The Garden of Eden, but this year our theme was the fate of the church roof. The pram chassis...
Youth Christmas Party 2016
As is the custom, to gain entry to the youth Christmas party guests have to wear festive gear. This year the array of Rudolph jumpers, decorated antlers, elf costumes and sparkles was most impressive. We kicked off our celebrations with a pizza building session and of...
Christmas Market and Craft Fair
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! This was certainly so for everyone who came along our Christmas Market and Craft Fair on November 26th. There were gorgeous gifts and goodies to purchase, competitions to enter and delicious bacon butties to consume....
Advent and Christmas Events
This next year is for us in the Diocese of Chichester – and in this parish – the Year of the Bible. This year follows logically from the Year of Mercy, so that as we return afresh to the Scriptures we will find again and again that God is merciful. The...
Remembrance Sunday 2016
‘At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.’ And so on a bright and fresh Remembrance Sunday morning, we in Pagham gathered to honour the war-dead and to pray for peace. From servers’ cassocks and clerical vestments to...
Away Day at the Bishop’s Palace
Seventeen church members enjoyed a day at The Bishop’s Palace last Saturday, hopefully channelling some of Bishop Martin’s vision for the forthcoming Year of the Bible. You might think that we should all already have known all there is to know about the...
Harvest Supper 2016 – with Just William and the Auction of Promises
On Saturday 24th September our Harvest celebrations began with our annual supper. This year’s guests dined on delicious homemade beef stew served with crusty bread, followed by trifle and cheese and biscuits. With two kinds of pasta dish and traffic light...
Last Night of the Proms – September 2016
On Saturday 18th September flag-waving Promenaders filled the pews of Pagham Church for a night of patriotic classics plus songs from the music hall. True to this year’s theme, our ladies choir and gentlemen songsters dazzled us with flamboyant headgear, cheeky...
Barbecue and Pagham Olympics
On September 4th we gathered at Copyhold Farm for our annual end-of-summer-back-to-school barbecue. This year we upped the ante with our very own Pagham Olympics, village green style. After a delicious lunch, 5 teams made their way round a course of 5 traditional...
Chichester Voices, The Way of Love – by Shirley Witcomb
A celebration of love through music – 30th June 2016 – Accompanied by Richard Allum – Directed by Andrew Naylor – Proceeds to St Wilfrid’s Hospice The lion is king of the jungle, the organ is the king of instruments, but the human voice is the...