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Mothering Sunday

This All Age Service will take place at Holy Cross Church on Sunday 15th March at 9.30am. For more details please click here

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Car Park

Bearsted Parish Council have informed us that the Church Lane Car Park will be closed from Monday 2nd March to Friday 6th March. The car park will be partially closed from Saturday 7th March until the work is completed.

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Bangers and Beers

This is a fundraiser by the Bearsted Friends of Holy Cross Church 

Saturday 25th April from 5:00pm - 9:30pm at Holy Cross Church

For more information please click here

 

Love Your Church

Huge thanks to those who were able to attend our recent 'love your church' stewardship services.  Please do take time to read through the information sent out by email earlier this week and hold the theme prayerfully over the weeks ahead.  An update on overall giving at Holy Cross will be shared at the APCM.

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Lent Lunches

Bearsted Area Churches Together invite you to join them for this year's Lent lunches.  The schedule is as follows: 

 Friday 27 February - Holy Cross, Bearsted

 Friday  6 March - Methodist Church, Bearsted

 Friday 13 March - St Mary's Langley

 Friday 20 March - St Mary’s, Thurnham

 Friday 27 March - St Peter’s, Bearsted

All lunches start at 12.15pm and we look forward to sharing food and fellowship as we journey together through Lent.

 

Churchyard Working Party

There will be a short Working party morning on Saturday 28th February, just to continue clearing up the old wreaths, old flowers etc.  If you can spare an hour, we start at 9.30 am, and you will be most welcome to

join in. Please wear appropriate footwear, bring gloves, secateurs, a bucket for rubbish, a bottle of water and a fully charged mobile.  As in January when all that was seasonally needed was clearingup, we will only need an hour of our time.  Please note that if there is torrential we will NOT be meeting. Our April meeting will be 11th April.

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Woman’s World Day of Prayer

We are invited to join this event on Friday 6th March 2026 2pm at St Nicholas Church, Poplar Grove, Maidstone ME16 0DE. Refreshments served afterwards.

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Calling all Budding Flower Arrangers
The church flower team are looking for budding arrangers who might be interested in joining our friendly group. We will be running a short 4 week course on Monday evenings from  9th March to 30 March 7-8:30 in the church room, introducing novices/intermediates to key principles and practise.  Materials provided except the flowers, but we will advise what is needed for each week. All are very welcome. A commitment to join the Team is Not required. Contact Kym at kym@lowder.co.uk 

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BACT Easter Egg Trail

The Bearsted Area Churches Easter Egg Trail will take place on Saturday 4 April.  This is really valuable outreach to our community - we think last year about 1000 people participated. In order to be able to do the event though we do need Easter Eggs to give out to the children when they complete the trail. All the churches are being asked to contribute, so if you are able to donate an egg or two that would be much appreciated. Please leave them in the tower at Holy Cross Church. Thank you.

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Prayer Visiting in April

As the days get longer we look to recommence our prayer visiting activity after Easter, week commencing 20th April. This is such a wonderful outreach to the community.  Please prayerfully consider your involvement, and as an inspiration why not read Luke 10:1-12. It would be great to have 72 of us on the streets engaging with the Word. Please let Andy Haines know if you can help - andrewhaines247@icloud.com

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Cobtree Family Trust

The Trust are looking for a Secretary to work for the charity.  It’s very flexible position time wise and there are 4 meetings per year.  For more information regarding the job and pay, please contact sandra@knatchbull.uk

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​​​​​​​​​​​​Bearsted Fayre - Sunday 27th June

The Fayre committee have asked if we could help at the Fayre to make it a successful day.  They rely solely on

volunteers and if people don’t come forward they will have to bring in paid help, which will mean that less money will be available to give to local charities. The following help is required: Friday to set

up, including fencing off the green bunting around the green, building marquees. Road Marshals: this can either be walking with the floats or standing on the street assisting the smooth passing of the floats. Clearing up after the Fayre and litter picking.  If you have any questions or can help, please contact sandra@knatchbulls.uk

 

School Pastors

If you are not sure what School Pastors do, how they help young people, schools and the community, please visit the school pastor site here. Seven training sessions and uniform provided at no cost to you. Can you give 2-8 hours a month to help our youngsters? Please contact: maidstone@schoolpastors.org.uk​

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Support Neema Crafts

Hannah and Joseph Adams are part of the management team at Neema Crafts, equipping and empowering people with disabilities in Tanzania through training and employment.   Can you support them through prayer or financially to cover costs?  Sign up to their newsletter here.  Financial support details here.​​​

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Giving at Holy Cross

Most parishioners give to Holy Cross through the Planned Giving Scheme which we can reclaim the tax back on. However you can also give and make a donation to Holy Cross using your smart phone. Details on the various ways to support us can be found on our Give page  but you can also use this QR code to make a single payment. Thank you.

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Volunteering in our Church Community

If you have a moment to spare there are always opportunities to volunteer, to help our community.   If you can, please contact the Church office here, and they will connect you with the opportunities!

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Bearsted CAN Events

See the latest events taking place here.

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Support Holy Cross through your on line purchases using Easy Funding

At no extra cost to you we can earn a small percentage of the purchase price through Easy Funding. So the next time you make an on line purchase give it a try.  They have links with most major online outlets, including Amazon, John Lewis, Next and many more. Simply register your support for Holy Cross by clicking here, which will guide you to registration and then the store you select. You must however, do this through the Easy Funding portal link.  Save our page in your favourites... and, without over encouraging you - get shopping! 

​To ensure your giving remains anonymous follow the simple instructions here.​​​

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Holy Cross Email Address

This has changed with immediate effect to: office@holycrossbearsted.co.uk

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