A SPECIAL service to mark the start of the link between the churches in Fernhurst, Lynchmere and Camelsdale is being held early next month.

The Bishop of Horsham the Right Rev Mark Sowerby will be attended by at St Peter’s Church, Lynchmere on Tuesday, October 4 at 7.30pm.

The bishop will license Rev Nick Haigh, vicar of St Margaret’s Church, Fernhurst as priest-in-charge of St Peter’s in Lynchmer and of St Paul’s in Camelsdale.