Thank you for visiting the Heathfield Benefice website. We are ‘The Church of England in Your Community’, covering the town of Heathfield and the neighbouring villages of Old Heathfield and Broad Oak. We have three buildings in our parish, but we are one Church family. As such, we seek to respond to God’s love by walking alongside one another in all aspects of life’s journey: In life | In love | In loss.
We hope you find our website useful, whether you’re new to the area, interested in exploring your faith, or have an important life event such as a child to be baptised, a wedding to be planned, or a funeral for a loved one. Everyone is welcome to attend our services and events so please do just come along, we also live-stream most of our Sunday morning worship so if you aren't able to come in person you can still be part of our church community.
We are currently without a vicar however we continue with our services, activities and support, so please do join us or get in touch and if you think you might be our new prospective vicar why not take a look at our Parish Profile!
Click here to view our regular service schedule
Visit our YouTube Channel to view previous services
On the odd occasion we can have an issue with the internet connection in church which may result in us being unable to live-stream. If you are waiting for a service and we don't appear then you will always find a live or recently recorded service on the Church of England and Chichester Cathderal websites. Of course we hope ours work and that you stay with us!
Sunday 13th April - Palm Sunday
10.00am Holy Communion with Passion reading at St Richard's Church, Heathfield.
This will be live-streamed, please click on the link from 9.45am Sunday, also available on Facebook Live
3.00pm Holy Communion with Passion reading at St George's Church, Broad Oak.
Thursday 17th April - Maundy Thursday
7.30pm Eucharist of Last Supper at St Richard's Church, Heathfield
This will be live-streamed, please click on the link from 7.15pm Thursday. Also available on Facebook Live
Friday 18th April - Good Friday
2.00pm Liturgy of Good Friday at St George's Church, Broad Oak.
Saturday 19th April - Easter Vigil Eve
8.30pm Easter Vigil with Easter fire and first communion of Easter at All Saints' Church, Old Heathfield.
Sunday 20th April - Easter Day
10.00am Holy Communion at All Saints' Church, Old Heathfield.
This will be live-streamed, please click on the link from 9.45am Sunday, also available on Facebook Live
Missed a service?
You can catch up on all our live-streamed services on the Heathfield Benefice YouTube channel
Grapevine weekly e-news
The best way to keep up to date with what's on in Heathfield Benefice is to receive our e-newsletter The Grapevine straight to your inbox. It includes all the latest news and information from the Benefice, and updates on all our regular Church Services.
To sign up just fill in this simple form. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Read the latest edition - 11/04/2025
Saturday morning prayers
Each Saturday at 9am, a group of parishioners meets for half an hour of prayer together. Prayers are led by different members of the group each week and offer a quiet and reflective time to join together to pray for both local and wider subjects. Everyone is welcome to join.
On the first Saturday of each month we meet in person at St.Richard's Hall, all other Saturdays are on zoom. If you would like to find out more and receive these weekly prayers, please contact us.
Baby and Toddler Groups in the Benefice
Our Monday Baby and Toddler group at St. George's, Broad Oak starts at 10am except on Bank Holidays.
Our Tuesday Baby and Toddler group at St. Richard's Church Hall runs during term-time at 1.30pm
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Celebrating Faith 2025
2025 is the year of celebration of the Christian faith across Sussex.
It marks the 950th anniversary of the formation of the Diocese of Chichester and Chichester Cathedral and 1700 years since the Nicene Creed first emerged.
Click to view a short introductory video
There is a dedicated website where you will find information about, and links to, the events and celebrations which will form part of this special year for both diocese and cathedral.
Heathfield magazine out now
Download your March copy now or pick up a hard copy in our churches or around town.
Mission Action Plan
Take a look at our published Mission Action Plan. Download a copy by clicking on the link below.
Find and follow us on social media
We have an active and up to date Heathfield Benefice Facebook page so if you would like to keep up to date find, like and follow us! We also live stream our Sunday morning services from our page.
We also have a YouTube channel with all our live-streamed and recorded services, if you subscribe you can get notifications any time a new video or premier is uploaded.
Making a donation
Heathfield Benefice has an exciting vision for growth, both in bringing more people to know God’s love for them, and responding to that love through service within our local community. We simply could not fulfil that vision without the generosity of so many people who provide their time, talents and financial support to the life and ministry of the Benefice.
Regular giving helps us to plan our mission and ministry. If you would like to support our church by giving regularly or making a one-off donation you can find the different ways to do this here.