CHURCH NEWSLETTER SUNDAY 15TH MARCH, 2026 MOTHERING SUNDAY

On Sunday 8am Communion -  Rev Simon Whiteside, 10.30am Mothering Sunday Family Service

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May God's peace be with you      

NEWSLETTER SUNDAY 8TH MARCH, 2026 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

On Sunday Rev Richard Arding will be taking 8.00am Communion and the 10.30 Parish Communion..

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May God's peace be with you         

CHURCH NEWSLETTER SUNDAY 1st MARCH, 2026 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT

On Sunday Rev Simon Whiteside will be taking 8am Communion  and the 10.30 service is a family Service in the Centre.

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Collections

As you know, Dave White, among the many other duties that he held for the Church, was responsible for managing the money that is collected in the form of weekly envelopes, Gift Aid envelopes and cash. This money is left by the sidespeople in the safe. We need a find a volunteer happy to take on Dave’s role - please see newsletter for further details. 

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May God's peace be with you         

CHURCH NEWSLETTER SUNDAY 22ND FEBRUARY, 2026 FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

On Sunday Rev Simon Whiteside will be taking 8am Communion and Rev Richard Arding will be taking 10.30  Parish Communion.

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May God's peace be with you         

 

CHURCH NEWSLETTER SUNDAY 15TH FEBRUARY, 2026 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT

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On Sunday 8am Communion will be taken by Rev Simon Whiteside. 10. 30 Matins will be lead by Sue Shepherd. The talk will be given by Ian Gillham.

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CHURCH NEWSLETTER SUNDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2026 SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

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On Sunday The Rev Adie McCall is taking 8am communion and the Rev Richard Arding, the 10.30 Parish Communion.

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May God's peace be with you

 

CHURCH NEWSLETTER SUNDAY 1ST FEBRUARY, 2026

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On Sunday Rev Angus Macleay is taking our 8am communion service.

The 10.30am service is our family service in the Centre.

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CHURCH NEWSLETTER:  Sunday 25th January 2026 

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Our Services: On Sunday 25th January Rev Simon Whiteside will be taking the 8am Communion Service  and the Arch Deacon Rev Nick Cornell will be taking the 10.30 Parish Communion.

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May God's peace be with you

CHURCH NEWSLETTER:  Sunday 18th January 2026 

CHURCH NEWSLETTER:  Sunday 18th January 2026 

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Our Services:
Sunday 18th January 8am Communion is being taken by Rev Simon Whiteside and 10.30am Matins by Sue Shepherd with a Reflection by Pamela Baker, a retired vicar from Oxford.

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May God's peace be with you

11th January 2026 - First Sunday of Epiphany

CHURCH NEWSLETTER:  Sunday 11th January 2026 

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Our Services:
Sunday 11th January Rev Adie McCall will be taking 8am Communion and Rev Richard Arding 10.30am Parish Communion.

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May God's peace be with you

CHURCH NEWSLETTER : 28TH DECEMBER 2025 : FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS

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Our Services:
Wednesday 24th December 3pm Nativity Service.

Wednesday 24th December 11.30 pm Midnight Communion taken by Rev Simon Whiteside.

Thursday 25th December 10.30am  Family Service in Church.

Sunday 28th December  8.00am Communion and 10.30am Communion. Rev Richard Arding is presiding.

Sunday 4th January  8am Communion, led by Rev Simon Whiteside  10.30am Family Service in the Centre

Newletter notices

The next newsletter will be 8th January 2026 if you have any notices for the newsletter, please email them to Helen, no later than Tuesday 6th, via the office email:  office@stmaryssevenoaks.org. Thank you.

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21st DECEMBER 2025  FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT 

CHURCH NEWSLETTER : 21ST DECEMBER 2025 : FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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Our Sunday Services:
Rev Adie McCall will be taking the 8.00 Communion Service, followed at 10.30am by Matins, led by Sue Shepherd.

Coffee Rota
Please, please can we have more volunteers coming forward to serve tea and coffee after the service.

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Giving to the church

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14th DECEMBER 2025  THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 

CHURCH NEWSLETTER : 14th DECEMBER 2025 : THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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NEW NOTICES THIS WEEK

Our Sunday Services:
Rev Richard Arding will be taking our 8.00am Communion Service and the 10.30am Parish Communuion on Sunday 14th December

Coffee Rota
Please, please can we have more volunteers coming forward to serve tea and coffee after the service.

A Service of Nine lessons and Carols

Our first Christmas Celebration will be our lovely Nine Lessons and Carols followed by mulled wine and mince pies in the Centre on Sunday 14th December at 6pm.

Carol Singing at Sevenoaks Station Tuesday 16th December 2025 – from 6pm - 7pm

Do you enjoy singing Christmas Carols?  If so there will soon be an opportunity to join a singing group.  There has been a tradition for a number of years for the churches of Sevenoaks to join together to sing carols at Sevenoaks Station.  The total session is three hours and we have been allocated the 6.00-7.00pm slot.

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7th DECEMBER 2025  SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT 

CHURCH NEWSLETTER : 7th DECEMBER 2025 : SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

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NEW NOTICES THIS WEEK

Our Sunday Services:
Rev Simon Whiteside will be taking our 8.00am BCP Holy Communion service. Followed by our Family Service in the Centre at 10.30am 

Coffee Rota
Please, please can we have more volunteers coming forward to serve tea and coffee after the service.

A Service of Nine lessons and Carols

Our first Christmas Celebration will be our lovely Nine Lessons and Carols followed by mulled wine and mince pies in the Centre on Sunday 14th December at 6pm.

 Carol Singing at Sevenoaks Station Tuesday 16th December 2025 – from 6pm - 7pm

Do you enjoy singing Christmas Carols?  If so there will soon be an opportunity to join a singing group.  There has been a tradition for a number of years for the churches of Sevenoaks to join together to sing carols at Sevenoaks Station.  The total session is three hours and we have been allocated the 6.00-7.00pm slot.

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30th November First Sunday of Advent

CHURCH NEWSLETTER   :   FIRST SUNDAY of ADVENT  :  30th NOVEMBER, 2025

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NEWSLETTER

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NEW NOTICES THIS WEEK

Our Sunday Services:

Rev Richard Arding will be leading our 10.30am  Communion Service.

Coffee Rota
Please, please can we have more volunteers coming forward to serve tea and coffee after the service.

Christmas Fair.

The Christmas Fair was a great success last Saturday with great stalls and lots of visitors. .  We raised around  £1600 to be divided between our chosen charity PORCHLIGHT and our Church Development Fund

Carol Singing at Sevenoaks Station Tuesday 16th December 2025 – from 6pm - 7pm

In aid of Christian Aid. Do you enjoy singing Christmas Carols?  If so there will soon be an opportunity to join a singing group.

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23rd November 2025 - First Sunday before Advent

CHURCH NEWSLETTER   :   FIRST SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT  :  23rd NOVEMBER, 2025

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NEW NOTICES THIS WEEK

Our Sunday Services:

Rev Richard Arding will be taking our 8.00am BCP Holy Communion service and will be leading our 10.30am  Communion Service.

 

Coffee Rota
Please, please can we have more volunteers coming forward to serve tea and coffee after the service.
 

Christmas Fair.

Thank you all so much for the donations already gratefully received.  However, with the Fair on Saturday, we welcome more donations for all the stalls.  If you have not yet donated to any stalls, please continue to leave offers in the Quiet Corner or on Friday afternoon in the Centre after 2.30pm or Saturday Morning in the Centre from  9.30am onwards. 

Church Administrator
Sue Shepherd and Kate O’Gram have now handed over their roles to Helen Brown, who will be your point of contact in the Office and for hiring the Centre.  Please join us in wishing Helen well in her new role.  Please see the newsletter for further details. 

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16th November 2025 - Second Sunday before Advent

CHURCH NEWSLETTER   :   SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT  :  16TH NOVEMBER, 2025

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NEW NOTICES THIS WEEK

Our Sunday Services:
Rev Simon Whiteside will be presiding at our 8.00am service of BCP Holy Communion and Sue Shepherd will be leading our service of Matins at 10.30am. 

 

Coffee Rota
Please, please can we have more volunteers coming forward to serve tea and coffee after the service.
 

Christmas Fair
This is now only two weeks away, so please remember to bring any donations to Church with you on Sundays.  If you are stuck for ideas as to what to donate, please have a look in the newsletter for inspiration.

 

Church Administrator
Sue Shepherd and Kate O’Gram have now handed over their roles to Helen Brown, who will be your point of contact in the Office and for hiring the Centre.  Please join us in wishing Helen well in her new role.  Please see the newsletter for further details. 

 

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If you have any notices for next week's newsletter, please email them to Sue, no later than Tuesday, via the office email:  office@stmaryssevenoaks.org. Thank you.


May God's peace be with you


9th November 2025 - Remembrance Sunday - Third Sunday before Advent

CHURCH NEWSLETTER   :   THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT   :   REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY  :  9TH NOVEMBER, 2025

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NEWSLETTER

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NEW NOTICES THIS WEEK

Our Sunday Services:
Rev Adie McCall will be presiding at our 8.00am service of BCP Holy Communion and Rev Richard Howlett will be leading our Remembrance Sunday service at 10.30am.  Please note this service does not include Holy Communion.  As usual, we will be concluding the service around the War Memorial, so please wrap up warm.

 

Coffee Rota
Please, please can we have more volunteers coming forward to serve tea and coffee after the service.

 

Loaves N Fishes
Thank you to all of you for your kind generosity again this year.  You have managed to donate enough money to give each child connected to the Foodbank, an advent calendar.   More details about this in the newsletter.

 

Christmas Fair
We need more donations of everything, so please remember to bring them to Church with you on Sundays.  If you are stuck for ideas as to what to donate, please have a look in the newsletter for inspiration.
 

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May God's peace be with you

2nd November 2025 - Fourth Sunday before Advent

CHURCH NEWSLETTER   :   FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT   :   2ND NOVEMBER, 2025

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NEWSLETTER

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NEW NOTICES THIS WEEK

Our Sunday Services:
There will be no 8.00am Holy Communion this week and our 10.30am Family Service will be in the Centre.

 

Thanksgiving Service
Rev Anne Bourne will be holding a Thanksgiving service at St Luke's Church, starting at 4.00pm.  We won't be having a service at St Mary, so if you would like to attend St Luke's service instead, you would be very welcome.  Thank you Rev Anne for kindly extending an invitation to us.

 

Christmas Fair
We need more donations of everything, so please remember to bring them to Church with you on Sundays.  
 

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If you have any notices for next week's newsletter, please email them to Sue, no later than Tuesday, via the office email:  office@stmaryssevenoaks.org. Thank you.


May God's peace be with you


26th October 2025 - Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity

CHURCH NEWSLETTER   :   Nineteenth SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY   :   26TH OCTOBER 2025

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NEWSLETTER

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NEW NOTICES THIS WEEK

Our Sunday Services:
Rev Richard Arding will be presiding at our 8.00am BCP Holy Communion service this Sunday, as well as our 10.30am Parish Communion.  We are extremely grateful to him for his ongoing support during our interregnum.

Refreshments after the Service
Another cry for help - there is currently no one to serve hot drinks again this week.  Please volunteer if you can.

New Role of Parish Administrator
The application process for this position has now closed, although any late entries will be considered.

Derek Smith
Just a reminder that Derek Smith's funeral is next Wednesday at Bluebell Cemetery, at 11.15am.  If you are intending to go, please arrive 15 minutes early.

Thanksgiving Service
Rev Anne Bourne will be holding a Thanksgiving service at St Luke's Church, starting at 4.00pm.  We won't be having a service at St Mary, so if you would like to attend St Luke's service instead, you would be very welcome.  Thank you Rev Anne for kindly extending an invitation to us.
 

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If you have any notices for next week's newsletter, please email them to Sue, no later than Tuesday, via the office email:  office@stmaryssevenoaks.org. Thank you.


May God's peace be with you