Come to enjoy Sunday service

Welcome to St Thomas à Becket Church, a place of Christian worship to Almighty God since at least the 12th century.

Whether at our weekly Sunday sung Eucharist service at 9.45am, or during the week, St Thomas’ is always open to welcome you to the presence of God. Take a little time amid the busyness of daily life – be refreshed and renewed in peace.

Church scaffolded again?
We’re keeping the weather out – constant maintenance, this time renewing the lead tray behind the south aisle’s parapet, and the Horsham stone roof.

The Great Fifty Days of Eastertide
Dear Friends,
Eastertide urges us to live out our faith, encouraged by those followers of Jesus who have gone before us following that first Easter morning. Within the great fifty days we remember:
St. Mark the Evangelist on 29th April.
On 1st May we have St. Philip and St. James.
The 6th May is St. John the Evangelist.
And on 14th May is St. Matthias the apostle.
All these bear witness to Christ risen.
In our diocese 2025 is the Year of Faith so let us all seek to bear witness to the risen Christ in our lives, as did those disciples and apostles following that first Easter Day. Every day is a new resurrection day in the hope of eternal glory through Christ. The first epistle of St. Peter puts this rather well:
‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time’ (1 Peter 1 vs3-5).
Christ yesterday and today, the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega, all time belongs to him and all ages. To him be glory and honour for ever and ever.
With every good wish and love, Fr. Herbert, Associate Vicar

• For private prayer, and to visit, the church is open every day. From October to end March we open at 8.30am and close at 3pm; from April to October 2025 we shall open at 8.30am and close at 5pm.
• We have a range of worship and social activities – see What’s On. Or pick up our free monthly Parish News.

Enjoy this oasis of calm and tranquillity, whether for a service, a visit, meditation, or private prayer.