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Bishop Hannington Church
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 7NH
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Who we are
Bishop Hannington is a Christian, Evangelical, Anglican Church in Hove, East Sussex
We work in partnership with our sister churches; Holy Cross Church and Goldstone Church, together with others in the Sussex Gospel Partnership and the Diocese of Chichester.
What We Believe
CHRISTIAN
We believe in one God who has revealed himself supremely through his Son, the Lord Jesus.
To know God the Father, we must put our trust in his Son and his death for our sins.
The chief work of God the Holy Spirit is to draw people to faith in Christ.
EVANGELICAL
We believe that the Bible is God’s word and is therefore our authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
In all our activities we seek to listen to and obey God’s word in Scripture.
We also aim to proclaim the Bible’s wonderful message of salvation through Christ to as many people as possible.
ANGLICAN
We stand in the tradition of the Anglican Reformers of the 16th Century, affirming with them the great truths which were rediscovered at the time of the Reformation, such as the sovereignty of God in salvation, justification by faith alone, and salvation in Christ alone – the 39 Articles of the Church of England explain these beliefs more fully.
All Christians from any denomination are warmly welcome at Bishop Hannington Church.
We unite in Christ and not under any one denominational banner.
We work in partnership with our sister churches; Holy Cross Church and Goldstone Church, together with others in the Sussex Gospel Partnership and the Diocese of Chichester.
What We Believe
CHRISTIAN
We believe in one God who has revealed himself supremely through his Son, the Lord Jesus.
To know God the Father, we must put our trust in his Son and his death for our sins.
The chief work of God the Holy Spirit is to draw people to faith in Christ.
EVANGELICAL
We believe that the Bible is God’s word and is therefore our authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
In all our activities we seek to listen to and obey God’s word in Scripture.
We also aim to proclaim the Bible’s wonderful message of salvation through Christ to as many people as possible.
ANGLICAN
We stand in the tradition of the Anglican Reformers of the 16th Century, affirming with them the great truths which were rediscovered at the time of the Reformation, such as the sovereignty of God in salvation, justification by faith alone, and salvation in Christ alone – the 39 Articles of the Church of England explain these beliefs more fully.
All Christians from any denomination are warmly welcome at Bishop Hannington Church.
We unite in Christ and not under any one denominational banner.
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Church Pastor
Rev Phil Moon
Vicar
Nevill Avenue
Hove,
East Sussex
BN3 7NH
United Kingdom
Phone: 01273 732965
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Quote of the Day
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Bishop Hannington Church Hove Service Times
We meet three times on a Sunday:
a small communion service at 8am, and our two main services at 10am + 6.30pm.
8AM Traditional communion service
This is a small, reflective service – including a hymn, Holy Communion and a short sermon.
10am Great for families with children and young people’s Groups for ages 3 to 14 + creche facilities.
Includes hymns, songs, children’s song, a short interactive talk for the children and a longer sermon.
We often preach a series through a whole book of the Bible. Our largest service, around 250 people attend. Usually runs for 70 to 75 minutes. Tea and coffee served afterwards.
“The Mix”.
First Sunday of the month @10am Something for everyone
Includes a special parallel service for under 7s and their families. Songs, crafts and loads of fun as we celebrate and learn more about Jesus. Runs for about one hour. Tea and coffee afterwards.
6.30pm Our more informal service.
Tea, coffee and cake are served from six onwards and many people like to come early to chat.
We sing more contemporary songs (along with the classic hymns that never get old)
Sermon preached from the Bible. Normally about 110 people attend. Our 14-18s group (KO) meets in the Youth & Community Centre after the service, Likewise FEAST meet after the service for those aged 18-25 as does a group of slighter older adults (After Hours) who gather socially after the service.
Service Times last updated on the 21st of June, 2019
a small communion service at 8am, and our two main services at 10am + 6.30pm.
8AM Traditional communion service
This is a small, reflective service – including a hymn, Holy Communion and a short sermon.
10am Great for families with children and young people’s Groups for ages 3 to 14 + creche facilities.
Includes hymns, songs, children’s song, a short interactive talk for the children and a longer sermon.
We often preach a series through a whole book of the Bible. Our largest service, around 250 people attend. Usually runs for 70 to 75 minutes. Tea and coffee served afterwards.
“The Mix”.
First Sunday of the month @10am Something for everyone
Includes a special parallel service for under 7s and their families. Songs, crafts and loads of fun as we celebrate and learn more about Jesus. Runs for about one hour. Tea and coffee afterwards.
6.30pm Our more informal service.
Tea, coffee and cake are served from six onwards and many people like to come early to chat.
We sing more contemporary songs (along with the classic hymns that never get old)
Sermon preached from the Bible. Normally about 110 people attend. Our 14-18s group (KO) meets in the Youth & Community Centre after the service, Likewise FEAST meet after the service for those aged 18-25 as does a group of slighter older adults (After Hours) who gather socially after the service.
Service Times last updated on the 21st of June, 2019
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Bishop Hannington Church History
During the early 1930s Hove Corporation decided to create a large residential area to the North of the Old Shoreham Road and to the West of Nevill Avenue. At this time the land was mostly farmland up to the Downs, with the odd remote farm labourer’s cottage. This huge area was served by St Helen’s Church, Hangleton and St Peters, West Blatchington and it was decided that another Church was needed and that St Peter’s would be re-built to cope with the large number of families that were expected to occupy this enormous area.
Around the same time this part of Hove was being developed for housing it was decided to build a new Cathedral in Guildford and a team led by Edward Maufe were commissioned by the Church Authorities, but to help with the ‘buildability’ of the design it was proposed to try it out on a smaller Parish Church first, the new Church in Hove (Bishop Hannington Memorial Church) was selected for the trial. Bishop Hannington Church was also a product of the Bishop of Chichester’s Sussex Church Builders Scheme running at this time.
Bishop Hannington Church was to initially operate from a new building in Holmes Avenue, this is now the Church Hall, until the new, conventional Church was built. A site for this was reserved at the junction of Holmes and Nevill Avenues and building began in 1938, just before the outbreak of WW2. The church was completed and consecrated on November 2nd 1941. In 1981 work started on construction of a new Church Centre which was added to the North side of the original structure. This consists of 3 teaching rooms (to build upon work that up till then had been done at the old Hall), a Parish Office and a large kitchen. Around the same time the original Hall was re-ordered; primarily conversion of the original raised platform/stage at the West end into a self contained meeting and teaching room and new enlarged kitchen and toilet facilities. At the Church the Chancel was re-ordered, the choir stalls were removed and the Travertine marble carpeted over (the marble didn’t extend to the Choir stalls!). In the Nave the original pew seats were replaced by more comfortable upholstered ones.
Past Vicars
Gordon Guinness: 1934 – 1943
Dick Rees: 1943 – 1951
Alan Cook: 1951 – 1965
Kenneth Prior: 1965 – 1970
William Filby: 1971 – 1979
Brian Lea: 1979 – 1986
Alex Ross: 1986 – 1993
Tony Baker: 1994 – 2003
Phil Moon: 2004 – present
Further historical information about Bishop Hannington Memorial Church can be found in ‘The First Forty Years’ by Evelyn Jackson, ‘One Body in Christ’ by George Turner and ‘Aldrington School Centenary’ by Daphne Barrow.
Around the same time this part of Hove was being developed for housing it was decided to build a new Cathedral in Guildford and a team led by Edward Maufe were commissioned by the Church Authorities, but to help with the ‘buildability’ of the design it was proposed to try it out on a smaller Parish Church first, the new Church in Hove (Bishop Hannington Memorial Church) was selected for the trial. Bishop Hannington Church was also a product of the Bishop of Chichester’s Sussex Church Builders Scheme running at this time.
Bishop Hannington Church was to initially operate from a new building in Holmes Avenue, this is now the Church Hall, until the new, conventional Church was built. A site for this was reserved at the junction of Holmes and Nevill Avenues and building began in 1938, just before the outbreak of WW2. The church was completed and consecrated on November 2nd 1941. In 1981 work started on construction of a new Church Centre which was added to the North side of the original structure. This consists of 3 teaching rooms (to build upon work that up till then had been done at the old Hall), a Parish Office and a large kitchen. Around the same time the original Hall was re-ordered; primarily conversion of the original raised platform/stage at the West end into a self contained meeting and teaching room and new enlarged kitchen and toilet facilities. At the Church the Chancel was re-ordered, the choir stalls were removed and the Travertine marble carpeted over (the marble didn’t extend to the Choir stalls!). In the Nave the original pew seats were replaced by more comfortable upholstered ones.
Past Vicars
Gordon Guinness: 1934 – 1943
Dick Rees: 1943 – 1951
Alan Cook: 1951 – 1965
Kenneth Prior: 1965 – 1970
William Filby: 1971 – 1979
Brian Lea: 1979 – 1986
Alex Ross: 1986 – 1993
Tony Baker: 1994 – 2003
Phil Moon: 2004 – present
Further historical information about Bishop Hannington Memorial Church can be found in ‘The First Forty Years’ by Evelyn Jackson, ‘One Body in Christ’ by George Turner and ‘Aldrington School Centenary’ by Daphne Barrow.
Bishop Hannington Church Historical Photos
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