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Lancing College & Electric Storm Youth Celebrate 3rd Year of Young Carer Gift Donation
We are incredibly proud to continue our partnership with Electric Storm Youth (ESY) as we celebrate the third consecutive year of supporting the amazing Young Carers in our local community. This year, our Year 9 pupils and their families generously donated and assembled gift bags filled with thoughtful and high-quality treats — from luxury toiletries […]
9 December 2025
A Visit from Revd Canon Dr Catherine Okoronkwo
In recognition of the start of Black History Month, we were delighted to welcome the Revd Canon Dr Catherine Okoronkwo as our preacher at the College Whole School Eucharist on Wednesday 1 October. We are pleased to be able to share the transcript of Dr Okoronkwo’s sermon below. Dr Okoronkwo is a priest in the […]
3 October 2025
Lancing College Chapel Updates: Summer 2025
Conservation Last term’s Quad outlined the range of conservation works which arise from the Architect’s 2024 Quinquennial Inspection. This summer, Vitruvius, our brave and brilliant rope-access team, will replace finials on the south pinnacles, repair lead flashings and slates on the high roof and continue repointing exposed stonework with lime mortar. Some of this sounds […]
28 July 2025
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Lord Williams of Oystermouth Visits Lancing College
The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Lord Williams of Oystermouth, former Archbishop of Canterbury, renowned theologian, and acclaimed poet, visited Lancing College on Wednesday 26 February. Throughout his time on campus, Bishop Rowan invited our community to explore themes of faith, creativity, and the evolving role of artificial intelligence through a series of talks, which […]
28 February 2025
Britten’s Ceremony of Carols 2024
The singing of Britten’s Ceremony of Carols has become something of a fixture in the Lancing calendar and on Advent Sunday, 1 December 2024, a congregation of over 400 gathered in a candle-lit Chapel for a service of vespers to hear this enchanting work once again. The service began with a simple service of plainsong […]
5 December 2024
Chapel Maintenance and Restoration in 2024
The Friends of Lancing Chapel dedicate themselves to the preservation and restoration of our Chapel, a commitment that has garnered significant recognition over the years. In keeping with this legacy, the Chapel was selected to host the prestigious 2024 Sussex Heritage Trust Awards Ceremony, where for the first time ever, guests were treated to a […]
12 November 2024
Reflecting on the Friends of Lancing Chapel Festival 2024
On 28 September, the Friends of Lancing Chapel held their annual festival. This began with the Annual General Meeting at which His Honour Peter Birts KC OL stood down after nine years as Chairman during which the Chapel was completed against all the odds. The Provost, Bishop Jonathan Meyrick OL was elected in his place. […]
11 November 2024
Lancing College Choir Performs at St Paul’s Cathedral
Our talented choir had the privilege of performing at the iconic St Paul’s Cathedral, renowned for its remarkable 10-second acoustic. The choir delivered an impressive performance, featuring music by Stanford and Fauré, under the direction of Mr Alexander Mason, our Director of Music. Mr Mason praised the choir for their outstanding performance, noting, “Solos were […]
14 October 2024
Lancing College Community Unites for Lancing and Sompting Churches Foodbank
The spirit of community generosity shone brightly at the College as faculty, staff, and students joined forces to support the local Foodbank. The latest collection, showcases a remarkable increase in donations. Since the initiative began in 2022, the College’s food drives have demonstrated significant growth in participation and contributions. Representatives from the College […]
7 October 2024
Students Confirmed at Eucharist
The Eucharistic community at Lancing creates an opportunity for our pupils to experience and learn from the richness of the Christian tradition. On Sunday 21 April, 21 pupils were confirmed in the Lancing College Chapel at a whole school Eucharist. Pupils have been attending weekly meetings last term to prepare for the confirmation thinking about […]
23 April 2024
World Heritage Day at Lancing College
The meaning of Heritage World Heritage Day provides an opportunity to pause and reflect on the history, traditions, buildings and objects that we, as a society, consider an important part of our character and identity. From the Forth Bridge in Scotland to Blenheim Palace in Oxford, our green Albion never falls short of awe-inspiring architecture […]
18 April 2024
Friends of Lancing Chapel Annual Festival 2023
Members of the Friends of Lancing Chapel came together on Saturday, 30 September for their annual festival. Falling on Michaelmas Day, the festival welcomed in a lovely autumnal afternoon. Festal Evensong was led by the Chaplain, Fr Justin Pottinger. The choir was on fine form and gave an excellent account of one of the joyful […]
6 October 2023
Lancing Choir sings evensong in Salisbury
Just before the February half term break the Lancing Choir travelled to Salisbury Cathedral to sing choral evensong attended by a large congregation of locals and Lancing parents. The Choir sang music by Byrd and a little-known setting of the canticles by Harold Darke with excellent bass solos sung by Theo A. The anthem was S S […]
9 February 2023
St John Restored
The painting of St John the Evangelist by Gaspar de Crayer (1582–1669) which hangs in the south aisle of Lancing Chapel has recently been beautifully restored. The picture was given to the College in 1930 by Prince Vladimir Galitzine. The Galitzine family escaped from the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and came to live as refugees […]
8 February 2023
Stonemasonry Prize awarded to Lancing Chapel
The Friends of Lancing Chapel are delighted to have been awarded the ‘New Build in Traditional Style Stonemasonry’ award at the Natural Stone Awards held in London last December. The award, given by the Stone Federation of Great Britain, recognised ‘the addition of an elegant arcaded porch and extended buttresses’ to Lancing Chapel. The citation […]
14 January 2023
Teaching with the Chapel
The Chapel occupies a central place in our lives at Lancing College in many ways. Spiritually, it serves as a place of worship and reflection. It stands guard to the cultural landscape of the Adur Valley. It is the meeting place central to our community. The Chapel fulfils these and many other tasks for the […]
20 December 2022
Spectacular Flower Festival attracts many visitors to Lancing Chapel
In August 2022, we hosted the first Lancing flower festival for 19 years; it was the perfect way to celebrate the completion of the west end and the reopening of the Chapel to visitors. The ‘Sense of Place’ Flower Festival, arranged by the Sussex Area of NAFAS (National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) in aid […]
21 September 2022
Lancing Rocks!
This summer’s Rock Concert took place on the evening of Friday 24 June on the Chapel Lawn. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Chapel’s gothic arches, the concert was enjoyed by the audience in the late summer sun as the shadows began to lengthen. The bands, under Mr Worley’s expert guidance, had put together […]
24 June 2022
The Earth is the Lord’s
I first contacted Matthew Martin in January 2020 about writing an anthem for the Choir to sing at the Dedication Service for the new porch. There have been some historic musical commissions for Lancing, not least St Nicolas by Benjamin Britten and Triodion by Arvo Pärt. I felt Matthew Martin, as an established composer with […]
30 May 2022
Evensong marks the Completion of Lancing Chapel
On Saturday 23 April 2022 a Choral Evensong marked the dedication of the new porch and the completion of Lancing College Chapel, 154 years after the laying of the foundation stone. After the opening from Fr Richard Harrison, Chaplain of Lancing College, The Right Reverend Jonathan Meyrick, The Provost of Lancing led the prayers during […]
29 April 2022
Exciting Workshop for Lancing Choir
Last week the Choir enjoyed a choral workshop with Nigel Short, Artistic Director of the award-winning professional choir Tenebrae. After a warm-up and singing games the Choir rehearsed several anthems including No small wonder by Paul Edwards, Whence is that goodly fragrance by Sumsion and There shall a star by Mendelssohn. Nigel was delighted with the sound of the […]
24 January 2022