The
Parish Church of St. Mildred, Tenterden
(Tenterden
Benefice - with St John's, Smallhythe and St Michael & All Angels,
Tenterden)
Weekly
Notices
SUNDAY
29th JANUARY 2012
EPIPHANY
4
Candlemas
For Notice sheet (*.pdf file) – click here
(With apologies that no full text is here this week)
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SUNDAY
22nd JANUARY 2012
EPIPHANY
3
WELCOME
We wish you a very warm welcome to our services today,
especially if you are a newcomer or a visitor.
TODAY'S READINGS
In our worship today we use one or more of the following
passages.
Genesis 14: 1 7 - 2 0 (p.15)
Revelations 19: 6 - 10 (p. 1247)
John 2: 1-11 (p. 1064)
Page numbers refer to the pew bibles in St Mildred's
SERVICE TONIGHT
6.00pm Service at Zion Baptist Church to start the
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
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SERVICES
NEXT SUNDAY
At St
Mildred, Tenterden
8.00am Holy Communion
9.30am Parish Eucharist
At St
Michael and All Angels
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Eucharist
At St John
the Baptist, Smallhythe
11.15am Holy Comminion
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THANK YOU! The Clergy through the Churchwardens wish to pass on
their grateful thanks to all members of the congregation who contributed to
their Christmas gifts, which were very much appreciated.
Benefice
Sunday Lunch. The first of these will take place on Sunday 5th
February. If you would normally spend Sunday on your own and would like to join
others for some delicious home-cooked hot food, please sign the sheet in your
church by the end of the month. The cost will be £5 for a two-course meal and
will be held in St Mildred's Church Hall.
Children's
Breakfast. There will
be a Children's Breakfast on Saturday 18th February between 8.30am-10.30am in
St Mildred's Church Hall. Our theme
is 'Love'. The cost will be £2 to include
breakfast and crafts. If you would like to come please contact Shirley Docker 762492 or email: shirleydocker@aol.com
Women's
Breakfast - Saturday 25 Feb. The
first Tenterden Women's Breakfast for 2012 will be held from 8.30 - 10.00am on
Saturday 25 February at The Rare Breed Centre, Woodchurch. Guest speaker is
Wendy Billington who will talk about 'Growing a
Caring Church'. Places are £10 each and can be booked in advance by contacting
Stephanie Marshall (07866 146464) or Eleanor Bliss (01233 7 70082). Printed
copies of the full 2012 programme are now available.
Welcome:
Lent 2012. This year's Lent course
will focus on the theme of welcome
and how we demonstrate God's hospitality.
The statistics tell us that less than ten
per cent of the people who try us out will
actually join us. In an attempt to do something about that, we shall be following a course entitled 'Everybody Welcome'. It's a course that will remind us that we all have a part to play in growing our churches. The four sessions of the course will be held in St
Mildred's Church Hall on the
following Wednesday evenings at
7.30pm: 29th February; 7thMarch; 14th March; 21st March. So put the dates in
your diary.
Homewood
Christian School Worker. We're
pleased to announce that there have been
nine applicants for the post and that five
will be interviewed this week. We shall let you know the outcome as soon as we hear.
Free
Valuation Day. Zion Baptist Church,
High Street, Tenterden are hosting
Folkestone based auction house, Grand
Auctions who will be holding a free valuation
day on Saturday 28th January. After
the success of their previous event in May
last year, Grand Auctions are returning to offer free auction valuations to anyone attending on the day. Grand Auctions holds four major sales a year and specialises in paintings, jewellery, watches, gold and silver, quality glass, ceramics, and Asian artefacts. There is no need to pre-book for this event -
simply turn up on the day between
10am and 2pm with your items!! For further information, or to book a
personal appointment for another
time, please call Simon Rufus at
their offices on 01303 220440.
Away With The Manger? Why is
the crib still in place in St Mildred's?
We've not forgotten to put it away. Traditionally
the Christmas season is celebrated for
twelve days, ending with the Epiphany. But
there is an alternative, contemporary, practice, in which Christmas lasts for a full forty days, embracing the season of Epiphany, and
ending with the Feast of the Presentation
of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
on the 2nd February. The presence of
the crib reflects this latter practice.
The Feast of Candlemas is thus a 'hinge'
in the Christian year - through the words
of Simeon, we take one last look back at
Christmas, and then look forward to Holy
Week and Easter.
Smallhythe
Foundation Trust. The Smallhythe
Foundation Trust, a local educational
charity, is seeking a secretary. The post
is unpaid and far from onerous, but very
necessary to enable the charity to do its work. Please let Lindsay know if you can help.
Church
pews for sale. Sometime in
the New Year, St. Michael's expects
to have 4 redundant pews to dispose of. They are pine and of traditional design and about 3 metres long. Any offers to Raymond Crawfurd (762967) or Lindsay Roberts (762326)
Real Easter
Eggs! It's hard to believe that, out
of the whopping 80 million Easter
Eggs sold each year, not one of them
mentions Jesus on the box. Until now, that
is. The Real Easter Egg is the first and only Fairtrade chocolate Easter Egg to explain the Christian
understanding of Easter on the box. It also
supports charity and development projects. The good news is that you have to do
almost nothing to get hold of a Real
Easter Egg. That's because we've
ordered 108 Real Easter Eggs (a funny
number, but they come in boxes of a dozen)
for you to buy in church. Each Real Easter
Egg will cost £3.99 and this will include
a free eight-page story book for children to keep and parents to share. We'll
let you know when the Real Easter Eggs arrive.
This is a great idea and something that we
can all support. And because we're going
to sell every single Real Easter Egg, next year we shall be able to increase our order! Fantastic! Annette
Parkin & Lindsay Hammond
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WHO TO CONTACT
Vicar. Lindsay Hammond 01580 761591 lindsay57@uwclub.net
Associate Vicar. Margaret Roylance 01580 762332
Church Administrator Mike Boughton 07815 660307 michael.boughton101@btinternet.com
Youth
Minister Annette Parkin 01580 766245 youthminister.stmildreds@btinternet.com
Children’s
Minister. Shirley Docker 01580 762492 shirleydocker@aol.com.
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SUNDAY 15th JANUARY
2012
EPIPHANY
2
WELCOME
We wish you a very warm welcome to our
services today, especially if you are a newcomer or a visitor.
TODAY'S READINGS
In our worship today we use one or more of the
f o l l o w i n g passages.
Samuel 3: 1 - 10 (p.274)
Revelations 5: 1 - 1 0 (p. 1237)
John 1: 4 3 - 5 1 (p. 1064)
Page nos. refer to the pew bibles in St
Mildred's
SERVICE TONIGHT
At St Mildred, Tenterden 6.00pm Choral
Evensong
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SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY
At St
Mildred, Tenterden
8.00am Holy Communion
9.30am Parish Eucharist
At St
Michael and All Angels
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Eucharist
At St John
the Baptist, Smallhythe
11.15am Mattins
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Service
Tonight (15th) - Choral Evensong. This evening led by the Choir.
Do come.
Congratulations! To the Choir who sang Choral Evensong in Guildford
Cathedral yesterday afternoon.
Lunch Club - Wednesday 18th January. If it's the
third Wednesday of the month, it must be Lunch Club! Come along to St.
Mildred's Church Hall on the 18th January at 12.30pm and enjoy very
pleasant company and a warming lunch. Contact Mary Monckton (01580 240767).
Men's
Breakfast - Saturday 21st
January. The next Men's Breakfast will be in Zion Baptist Church at 8.30am on
Saturday, January 21st when our speaker will be Simon Springett, a
naval chaplain, recently returned from Afghanistan. He has entitled his talk
"Convoys and Conversations - a Navy Chaplain in Afghanistan". All men
are welcome. Tickets or reservations via Chris Cheesman after the 9.30am
Service at St Mildred's or telephone 01580 762573. Cost now only £6 including
full English breakfast kindly provided by members of Zion Baptist's
congregation.
Benefice
Sunday Lunch - The first of these
will take place on Sunday 5th
February. If you would normally spend
Sunday on your own and would like to join others for some delicious home-cooked hot food, please sign the sheet in your church bythe
end of the month. The cost will be £5 for
a two-course meal and will be held in St
Mildred's Church Hall
Week of
Prayer for Christian Unity - This year's service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, bringing together the
churches of Tenterden, will be held
in Zion Baptist Church on Sunday 22nd
January at 6pm. The theme - We Will
All Be Changed - has been suggested by the Christian Church in Poland. Jerry Newson is very keen to hear from anybody who would like to take part in
the service, perhaps by doing a
reading. So please do let Lindsay know if you would like to volunteer! And even if you don't want to be a reader, please support this important event if you can.
Women's
Breakfast - Saturday 25th
Feb. The first Tenterden Women's Breakfast for 2012 will be held from 8.30 -
10.00 am on Saturday 25th February at The Rare Breeds Centre,
Woodchurch. Guest speaker is Wendy Billington who
will talk about Growing a Caring Church. Places are £10 each and can be booked
in advance by contacting Stephanie Marshall (07866 146464) or Eleanor Bliss (01233 770082).
Printed copies of the full 2012 programme will be available later this month
Welcome:
Lent 2012. This year's Lent course
will focus on the theme of welcome and how we demonstrate God's hospitality.
The statistics tell us that less than ten per cent of the people who try us out
will actually join us. In an attempt to do something about that, we shall be
following a course entitled “Everybody Welcome”. It's a course that will remind
us that we all have a part to play in growing our churches. The four sessions
of the course will be held in St Mildred's Church Hall on the following
Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm: 29th February; 7th March;
14th March; 21st March. So put the dates in y o u r
diary.
Free
Valuation Day. Zion Baptist Church,
High Street, Tenterden are hosting
Folkestone based auction house, Grand
Auctions who will be holding a free valuation
day on Saturday 28th January.
After the success of their previous event in May last year, Grand Auctions are returning to offer free auction valuations to anyone
attending on the day. Grand Auctions
holds four major sales a year and
specialises in paintings, jewellery,
watches, gold and silver, quality glass,
ceramics, and Asian artefacts. There is no
need to pre-book for this event - simply turn up on the day between 10am and 2pm with your items!! For
further information, or to book a personal
appointment for another time, please call Simon Rufus at their offices on 01303 220440.
Church
pews for sale. Sometime in
the New Year, St. Michael's expects
to have 4 redundant pews to dispose of.
They are pine and of traditional Victorian
design and about 3 metres long. Any offers
to Raymond Crawfurd (762967) or Lindsay
Roberts (762326)
Real Easter
Eggs! It's hard to believe that, out
of the whopping 80 million Easter
Eggs sold each year, not one of them
mentions Jesus on the box. Until now, that
is. The Real Easter Egg is the first and only Fairtrade chocolate Easter Egg to explain the Christian
understanding of Easter on the box. It also
supports charity and development projects.
The good news is that you have to do almost nothing to get hold of a Real
Easter Egg. That's because we've ordered 108 Real
Easter Eggs (a funny number, but
they come in boxes of a dozen) for
you to buy in church. Each Real Easter
Egg will cost £3.99 and this will include
a free eight-page story book for children to keep and parents to share. We'll
let you know when the Real Easter Eggs arrive.
This is a great idea and something that we
can all support. And because we're going
to sell every single Real Easter Egg, next year we shall be able to increase our order! Fantastic! Annette Parkin & Lindsay Hammond.
WHO TO CONTACT
Vicar. Lindsay Hammond 01580 761591 lindsay57@uwclub.net
Associate Vicar. Margaret Roylance 01580 762332
Church Administrator Mike Boughton 07815 660307 michael.boughton101@btinternet.com
Youth
Minister Annette Parkin 01580 766245 youthminister.stmildreds@btinternet.com
Children’s
Minister. Shirley Docker 01580 762492 shirleydocker@aol.com.
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SUNDAY
8TH JANUARY 2012
THE
EPIPHANY
WELCOME
We wish you a very warm welcome to our services today,
especially if you are a newcomer or a visitor.
TODAY’S READINGS
In our worship today we use one or more of the following passages.
Isaiah 60: 1 - 6 (p.746)
Ephesians 3: 1 - 12 (p.1174)
Matthew 2: 1 – 12 (p.966)
Page no’s refer to the pew bibles in St Mildred’s
SERVICE TONIGHT
At St Mildred,
Tenterden
6.00pm Create Space
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SERVICES NEXT
SUNDAY
At St Mildred,
Tenterden
8.00am Holy
Communion
9.30am Parish
Eucharist
6.00pm Choral
Evensong
At St Michael and All Angels
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Family Service
At
St John the Baptist, Smallhythe
11.15am Holy Communion
*
THANK YOU! I would like to say a huge thank you
to the many people who helped to plan and lead our Christmas services and
events. I have really enjoyed my first Christmas in Tenterden, St Michael’s and
Smallhythe, and been delighted to have been able to share the celebrations with
such a great team of people. So thank you for what you have done and may I wish
each and every one of you a very Happy New Year. Lindsay
Traidcraft - Today! There will be a sale of fairly-traded products this Sunday 8th January in St. Mildred's Church Hall after the 9.30 am service. Why not try using fair-trade rubber gloves and cotton tea towels? After washing up, treat yourself to some delicious chocolate or biscuits. Jill de Villiers.
Create Space - Tonight at 6pm. The theme for tonight's informal service is 'God the Father' and we will be looking at the Lord's Prayer and our daily relationship with God. Please come and join us in St Mildred’s Church Hall. The service lasts approximately one hour with refreshments and time to chat at the end.
The
Big Christmas Cards. Thank you to all who
contributed to the 'Big Christmas Cards' this year. St Mildred’s raised £349
which will be sent to Maidstone Christian Care and St Michael’s raised £78
which will be sent in support of The Roy Lancaster Lung Cancer Foundation.
Mother’s Union – Tuesday 10th January. We have our Annual Meeting in St Mildred’s Church Hall on Tuesday January 10th at 10.30am. All welcome. Come earlier for coffee.
Lunch Club – Wednesday 18th January. If it’s the third Wednesday of the month, it must be Lunch Club! Come along to St Mildred’s Church Hall on the 18th January at 12.30pm and enjoy very pleasant company and a warming lunch. Contact Mary Monckton (01580 240767).
Men’s Breakfast –
Saturday 21st January. The
next Men's Breakfast will be in Zion Baptist Church at 8.30am on Saturday,
January 21st when our speaker will be Simon Springett, a naval chaplain,
recently returned from active service. He has entitled his talk "Convoys
and Conversations - a Navy Chaplain in Afghanistan". All men are
welcome. Tickets or reservations via Chris Cheesman after the 9.30am Service at
St Mildred's or telephone 762573. Cost now only £6 including full English
breakfast kindly provided by members of Zion Baptist's congregation.
Sunday lunch for people on their own. Thanks to those who have offered to help get this venture going. The first lunch will be on February 5th in St Mildred’s Church hall and a meeting of all who would like to assist in any way will take place on Thursday 12th January at 7.30pm in the Church hall to discuss the details. Please book this in your diary now! If you can't attend but would still like to help please contact Chris Teesdale: 01797 270366
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. This year’s service
for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, bringing together the churches of
Tenterden, will be held in Zion Baptist Church on Sunday 22nd January at 6pm.
The theme – We Will All Be Changed – has been suggested by the Christian Church
in Poland. Jerry Newson is very keen to hear from anybody who would like to
take part in the service, perhaps by doing a reading. So please do let Lindsay
know if you would like to volunteer! And even if you don’t want to be a reader,
please support this important event if you can.
Women’s Breakfast
– Saturday 25 Feb. The first Tenterden Women's Breakfast for 2012 will be held from 8.30 -
10.00 am on Saturday 25 February at The Rare Breeds Centre,
Woodchurch. Guest speaker is Wendy Billington
who will talk about Growing a
Caring Church. Places are £10 each and can be booked in
advance by contacting Stephanie Marshall (07866 146464) or Eleanor Bliss (01233
770082). Printed copies of the full 2012 programme will be available
later this month
Welcome: Lent 2012. This
year’s Lent course will focus on the theme of welcome and how we demonstrate
God’s hospitality. The statistics tell us that less than ten per cent of the
people who try us out will actually join us. In an attempt to do something
about that, we shall be following a course entitled Everybody Welcome. It’s a
course that will remind us that we all have a part to play in growing our
churches. The four sessions of the course will be held in St Mildred’s Church
Hall on the following Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm: 29th February; 7thMarch; 14th March;
21st March. So put the dates in your diary.
Real Easter Eggs! It’s hard to believe that, out of the whopping 80 million Easter Eggs sold each year, not one of them mentions Jesus on the box. Until now, that is. The Real Easter Egg is the first and only Fairtrade chocolate Easter Egg to explain the Christian understanding of Easter on the box. It also supports charity and development projects. The good news is that you have to do almost nothing to get hold of a Real Easter Egg. That’s because we’ve ordered 108 Real Easter Eggs (a funny number, but they come in boxes of a dozen) for you to buy in church. Each Real Easter Egg will cost £3.99 and this will include a free eight-page story book for children to keep and parents to share.
We’ll let you know when the Real Easter Eggs arrive. This is a great idea and something that we can all support. And because we’re going to sell every single Real Easter Egg, next year we shall be able to increase our order! Fantastic! Annette Parkin & Lindsay Hammond
Church pews for sale. Sometime in the New Year, St.
Michael's expects to have 4 redundant pews to dispose of. They are pine and of
traditional Victorian design and about 3 metres long. Any offers to Raymond
Crawfurd (762967) or Lindsay Roberts (762326)
*
WHO TO CONTACT
Vicar. Lindsay Hammond 01580 761591 lindsay57@uwclub.net
Associate Vicar. Margaret Roylance 01580 762332
Church Administrator Mike Boughton 07815 660307 michael.boughton101@btinternet.com
Youth
Minister Annette Parkin 01580 766245 youthminister.stmildreds@btinternet.com
Children’s
Minister. Shirley Docker 01580 762492 shirleydocker@aol.com.
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SUNDAY
1st JANUARY 2012
THE
NAMING OF JESUS
WELCOME. We wish you a very warm welcome to our services today,
especially if you are a newcomer or a visitor.
TODAY’S READINGS
In our worship today we use one or more of the following passages.
Numbers 6: 22 - end (p.141)
Galatians 4: 4 – 7 (p.1170)
Luke 2: 15 – 21
(p.1028)
Page no’s refer to the pew bibles in St Mildred’s
SERVICE
TONIGHT
There
will be no Evening service at St Mildred’s tonight
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SERVICES NEXT
SUNDAY
At St Mildred,
Tenterden
8.00am Holy
Communion
9.30am Parish
Eucharist
6.00pm Create
Space
At St Michael and All Angels
10.00am Parish Communion
At
St John the Baptist, Smallhythe
11.15am Matins
*
THANK YOU!
I would like to say a huge thank you to the many people who helped to plan and lead our Christmas services and events. I have really enjoyed my first Christmas in Tenterden, St Michael’s and Smallhythe, and been delighted to have been able to share the celebrations with such a great team of people. So thank you for what you have done and may I wish each and every one of you a very Happy New Year. Lindsay
*
Church pews for sale. Sometime in
the New Year, St. Michael's expects to have 4 redundant pews to dispose of.
They are pine and of traditional
Victorian design and about 3 metres long. Any offers to Raymond Crawfurd
(762967) or Lindsay Roberts (762326)
Traidcraft. Sale of fairly-traded products next Sunday 8th January in St. Mildred's Church Hall after the 9.30 am service. Why not try using fair-trade rubber gloves and cotton tea towels? After washing up, treat yourself to some delicious chocolate or biscuits. Jill de Villiers.
Sunday lunch for people on
their own. Thanks to
those who have offered to help get this venture going. The first lunch
will be on February 5th in St Mildred’s Church hall and a meeting of all who
would like to assist in any way will take place on Thursday 12th January at
7.30pm in the Church hall to discuss the details. Please book this in your
diary now! If you can't attend but would still like to help please contact
Chris Teesdale: 01797 270366
*
WHO TO CONTACT
Vicar. Lindsay Hammond 01580 761591 lindsay57@uwclub.net
Associate Vicar. Margaret Roylance 01580 762332
Church Administrator Mike Boughton 07815 660307 michael.boughton101@btinternet.com
Youth
Minister Annette Parkin 01580 766245 youthminister.stmildreds@btinternet.com
Children’s
Minister. Shirley Docker 01580 762492 shirleydocker@aol.com.
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