Worship at St Giles

Join us for worship at St Giles Church. Parish Eucharist takes place each Sunday at 10.30am followed by refreshments. Children are always welcome and we particularly encourage families to attend at 10.30am on the Third Sunday of each month, following BCP Holy Communion at 9am that day.

We are also delighted to be offering Messy Church and Messy Church Goes Wild for families six times a year at the pavilion in Graffham and Lavington Estate, on Thursdays from 3.30 to 6pm.

BCP Evensong with piano accompaniment takes place at All Saints Chapel opposite the village shop every second Sunday at 6pm. Taize Prayer also takes place at the Chapel on alternate months, and Morning Prayer at 9.30am on Tuesdays before the Pilgrim study group.

See link to the Graffham Parish News on this homepage for dates of all Services and other social activities every month.

150 year celebrations

This year we celebrate the 150th birthday of our beloved St Giles – the building as we see it today. There will be a special service on 2 November, exactly a century and a half after the church was formally rededicated.

Back in 1875, that ceremony was led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, accompanied by the Bishops of Chichester, Winchester, Rochester and Ely.  Today’s Bishop of Chichester says he will join us for our celebration event.

While the oldest parts of St Giles date back to the 12^th Century, it was substantially rebuilt in the 1800s  as a tribute to Bishop Samuel Wilberforce, son of the anti-slavery campaigner. He married the eldest daughter of the former rector of Graffham with Woolavington, and went on to become Bishop of Oxford and then Winchester. 

This logo has been designed by village graphic designer Karin Skanberg as part of the parish celebrations to mark the 150^th anniversary of the rebuilding of the St Giles church building. 

Church Weddings

Let the confetti fly! Get married in Graffham! 

Throughout the year, couples chose to be married at our beautiful and historic St Giles Church, an idyllic setting nestled in the lee of the South Downs at the quiet end of Graffham village.

Read more about St Giles Church as a venue for your wedding here.

Raise funds for St Giles

Help safeguard Graffham’s historic St Giles Church whenever you buy almost anything online – from your weekly shop to your car insurance – at no additional cost to you.

Click here to find out how it works and how you can sign up to help.

Click here to go to St Giles Graffham’s online giving page – every gift helps look after our village’s beautiful church and everything it does for the community.

Graffham Archive

To see Graffham Archive go to: www.graffhamarchive.co.uk enter your email address and create a password  

You can find virtually everything there is to know about the village’s past – including every back copy of Graffham Parish News from 1987. There are more than a hundred vintage postcards featuring Graffham’s buildings and people, as well as fascinating documents and memories of days gone by.

Contact Graffham Archivist Robin Brind at graffhamarchive@outlook.com

Bellringing

Our church has a wonderful band of ringers. Practice night is on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm. If you already ring, or are interested in ringing, you will be most welcome. Come along and give it a try. Read more here.