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​​​Christmas Fayre - Saturday 6th December (see flyer here)
As in previous years, the Raise the Roof committee is asking you to contribute items that we can sell on the day. For now, we are looking for items for the tombola stall (sweets and biscuits, beers, wines and spirits, toiletries, new gift items, …) as well as jams and marmalades (no chutney this year!) to sell on the produce stall - please put these in the boxes at the back of the church or in the Memorial Hall. 

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Do you have houseplants or cacti that you can propagate, or some culinary herbs? If yes, would you consider growing some for us, please? For delivery the week before the Fayre.  We will also be having a Bric a Brac stall, and would invite you to start looking in those cupboards etc to see if you have any nice object that you don't use anymore.  Nearer the time, we will be asking for volunteers to help on the day.

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Thank you, as always, for all your help in making the Christmas Fayre a success. 

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Holy Cross Christingle Service - Sunday 7th December

A magical way to start Christmas - details here.

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Holy Cross Christmas Services

You will find all the dates of our Christmas Services listed here.

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Maidstone Carols - Saturday 13th December

’The Greatest Story Ever Told’ - taking place at 4 and 7 pm at All Saints Church Maidstone - save the date! Further details here.

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Harvest Thank You

Dear all, a huge thank you to everyone who donated items to our Harvest Festival collection. It was so encouraging to see people respond so positively. After emailing the Salvation Army reps to 'come and collect the items before the mice find them!' they arrived on Monday morning to take the donations back to their premises for storing. Feedback from David, church leader, was that they were 'blown away' by the amount collected and also hugely appreciative of the fact that items had been sorted by type, making work at the storage facility that much easier!

 

In addition we also raised £400 to contribute to the Food Bank.

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Thank you all again for your super response to a very worthwhile cause. Let's continue to look for ways of supporting the most vulnerable in our community. Rev Rob 

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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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Pews for sale

We have two Holy Cross pews for sale, one being approximately 254cm and the other approximately 203cm. Both are at the back of church amongst the toys. Unfortunately they can’t be altered as our carpenter Bob
has now retired. Best offer please and contact Sandra or Andrew if interested.

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Our School needs your support

Our Church School has some spaces on the Governing Board.  Are you able to:

• attend seven or eight meetings from 4.30pm to 6.30pm, spread throughout the school year?

• access and read documents and papers online?

• visit the school with other governors during the school day a couple of times a year?

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You don’t need to know about or have worked in education. In fact we have found that those who haven’t ask the best questions!!  Interested to find out more? If so, please contact me.

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Sue Jackson, Chair of the Governing Board, Thurnham C. of E. Infant School.​​ suemjackson@me.com.

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Bearsted CAN Events

See the latest events taking place here.  

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Are you interested in home energy efficiency?  Bearsted Climate Action Network has teamed up with Kent County Council to host Green Homes: Bearsted 2025 taking place on Saturday 18th October at 2pm at Madginford Hall.

 

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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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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