Welcome to
Haywards Heath United Reformed Church
Haywards Heath United Reformed Church is a warm and welcoming church in the heart of town.
Part of the Mid Sussex Joint Pastorate, we meet for worship on Sundays at 10.45am.
Upcoming Events
01
Mar
Cafe Church & Communion at Haywards Heath URC 2nd Sunday in Lent
10.30am
Revd D Cumbers
08
Mar
Morning Worship at Haywards Heath URC 3rd Sunday in Lent
10.45am
Dr G Campling
15
Mar
Morning Worship at Haywards Heath URC 4th Sunday in Lent
​10.45am
Revd D Cumbers
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Thought for the Month -
February 2026
by
Rev Michael Powell
‘THAT’S THE WAY THE MONEY GOES’
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A few years ago I enjoyed looking through a church account book for the years 1783-1864 – Baddow Lane Independent Church in Chelmsford, later Congregational and URC. Here is a random selection of items:
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New Trust Deed £2.10s.6d. Bible for pulpit 12s.6d
Repairs to window 11s. Candles for a year £1.15s.9d
Mrs Brooks 1s6d for Communion bread and 6d for washing [Communion Table] cloth
19 bottles (one year’s supply) of wine for Communion @ 1s10d each (Probably Port or Sherry – those were pre-nonalcoholic times)
Shoemaker with smallpox – 10 gifts of 1s
Mary at the workhouse – regular gifts of 1s
Coals for poor members Some via Chelmsford Coals Committee
Balance of cost of Mr Warwicker’s coffin Possibly a pauper
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I think it’s good to learn some details of how our predecessors faithfully and generously did their job of being church.