Welcome to our latest update on news from St Andrew’s, Tangmere

We held our APCM on 11 May 2025, where Emma Jackson and Helen Thompson were (re)elected churchwardens. We are also pleased that all of our PCC members have agreed to continue.

Our thanks to Alice, Alison, Jackie, Jan, Margaret, Paul, Penny and Ros for their ongoing support to the Church.

We also could not deliver what we are doing without the help of others who sit on the various informal committees, so thanks also to Bob, Jayne, Matt, Penny, Richard, Will and Simon who give up their time to sit in the occasional meeting.

The APCM was a great opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved in our first year of Vacancy and to thank everyone who gets involved in the many rotas and unsung roles in the Church.

We held two events in June:

On June 13th, it was lucky for one team who won the quiz, although there were only around 5 points separating four of the teams. There were some fiendishly difficult questions about Tangmere which generated some discussion, and the Noughties music section posed some challenges for many of us ! We raised over £650 after costs, so it was both a fun, and a successful, evening. Congratulations also to the winners of the raffle prizes, and our thanks to Matt Jackson for pulling the questions together.

The following week we came together on Sunday 22nd June to sing the top 10 hymns chosen from hymns put forward by the congregation. It turns out we have a wide range of favourite hymns, with initially 10 hymns all receiving 4 votes each. After a bit of further analysis ‘Lord of the Dance’ topped the poll, followed by ‘Be Still, for the Presence of the Lord’.