Three trees for this year's Lights of Love

Supporters of the annual campaign on behalf of St Michael's Hospice who had earlier attended a service of remembrance and thanksgiving at St Peter's Church gathered outside of Bexhill Hospital to see their messages in memory of lost loved ones symbolically illuminated,.

The service was conducted by the Rector, the Rev Canon Dr Edward Bryant, with the address being given by the Rev David Frost, Vicar of St Stephen's and Rural Dean.

The service included the hymns Amazing Grace, The Lord's My Shepherd, Abide With Me and Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven.

The poem The Divine Weaver was read by Stuart Earl, chairman of the League of Friends of Bexhill Hospital,

The Old Testament reading was by Maxine Clist, registered manager of St Michael's Hospice and St Augustine's Nursing Unit, The New Testament reading was by Dr Paul Wright.

After the Act of Remembrance, hospice community fund-raiser Jenny Tyrrell presented Canon Bryant with a list of the dedications and a candle was lit in memory of those named.

The theme of the Rev Frost's address was the comfort that God's love could bring to those who mourn.