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 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 as Revd Mitch has moved on to a fresh venture 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 our Parish Profile!
Click here to view our regular service schedule
Visit our YouTube Channel to view previous services
Sunday 3rd December, 2023 - Advent Sunday
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) at All Saints Church, Old Heathfield
10.00am Holy Communion at All Saints Church, Old Heathfield - this service will be live-streamed, please click on the link below from 9.45am on Sunday morning, also available on Facebook Live)
6.00pm Advent Carol Service at St Richard's Church, Heathfield - this service will be live-streamed, please click on the link below from 5.45pm on Sunday, also available on Facebook Live)
Sunday 10th December, 2023
10.00am Holy Communion at St Richard’s Church, Heathfield (this service will be live-streamed)
3.00pm Afternoon Praise at St George’s Church, Broad Oak
4.00pm Christingle service at St Richard’s Church, Heathfield
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, some interesting local articles, 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 - 01/12/23
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 continues through the summer holidays starting at 10am except on Bank Holidays.
Our Tuesday Baby and Toddler group at St. Richard's Church Hall continues during term-time at 1.30pm
Heathfield Magazine November edition out now!
The November edition of the Heathfield Magazine is now available in various outlets in Heathfield, and in our churches. You can also download a copy to view online!
Download the online version - November 2023
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.