An open garden and summer celebration will take place on Sunday 12 June in the beautiful grounds of Great Ote Hall, Janes Lane, Burgess Hill the former home of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. There will be tea and cake on the lawn / marquee from 2 o'clock in aid of the St Peter & St James Hospice and at 6pm there will be a summer songs of praise led by Wivelsfield Parish Church in celebration of her life and also to recognise the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.
The special event will include a feast of rousing songs, readings from the King James Bible and a talk by Rev Richard Jackson, Chichester Diocesan advisor for Mission and Renewal.
Selina was a religious leader who lived locally and played a prominent role in the religious revival and Methodist movement, and she founded a number of chapels and congregations across England and Sierra Leone including the one in Wivelsfield.
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