The parish of Funtington now includes West Stoke, and the villages of East and West Ashling.        Funtington itself, which lies some four miles to the west of Chichester is a busy village with a church, dating from the 12^th Century.  Unlike many larger West Sussex villages, it has a post office and village store, a farm produce shop, a pub at its centre and there is a school in  West Ashling. The principal church, St. Mary’s  has become busier too, particularly among the young. There is a fast growing choir (from nil to 20) and a local school holds special choir services. The building has been extended to provide a church room, generously funded by local benefactors and parish money-raising events. The PCC hopes this will be a springboard for a new round of extra activities – a “magnet” drawing people to the church.  The congregation is very active and volunteers can quickly be found for new tasks –  Bible Studies, a Prayer Group, a Lay Reader, and six Lay Ministers of Communion to meet the growing numbers of communicants, are examples of the current growing lay engagement. The chapel of St. Mary’s at Sennicotts lies about two miles to the east, off the Chichester road.
         At Funtington the modernized (20^th Century) Common Worship is used for all services except Matins, for which it resorts to the Book of  Common Prayer. This treasure of the Anglican church  and of English literature and history has its roots in the 16th century and is used  for all services at Sennicotts and St. Andrew’s with the exception of the Family Service.