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Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE is Archbishop designate and you can read all about her here.

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Holy Cross Churchyard working party

The next working party will take place on Saturday 11th October.  Do join us for an hour of weeding, cutting back etc from 9.30 am on Saturday.​

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Ecumenical Ladies Lunch

The next Ecumenical Ladies Lunch will take place on Monday 13th October at Bearsted Tennis Club. The speaker will be Vicki Withnall. Please contact Valerie (vkp093@aol.com) asap if you would like to attend the lunch.

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Home Groups Connection Lunch - Sat 18th October 12 noon-2pm

The Home groups team are organising a bring and share lunch at Holy Cross on Saturday 18th October 12noon -2pm. If you are not currently in a home group but would like to find out more you are very welcome to attend. Please contact Sandra Brabyn here for more information and to reserve a place. 

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Emergency First Aider training- Sat 18th October 8.45am-4.30pm St Peter's Church, Boughton Monchelsea

A certificated, one-day, Emergency First Aider training, suitable for parish church teams/groups/ congregation members who wish to become first aiders or renew their certificate. The training will take place on Saturday 18th October 2025. Participants should be willing to commit to a full day, from 08.45am to approx. 4.30pm.

The venue is The Vine Church, Boughton Lane, Maidstone ME15 9QF. Please bring your own packed lunch on the day. Refreshments will be provided. The day includes basic signs and symptoms of common conditions, recognising shock, resuscitation and recovery position practice, use of a defibrillator as well as basic wound dressings. Participants should be prepared to work in pairs and be able to assess a "casualty" lying on the floor. Please contact Alison Moore, PCC secretary, at your earliest convenience to register your interest or if you have any questions. Contact details: (M) 07891 737482 or (E) flynney@hotmail.com

A registration form and joining instructions will be forwarded upon enquiry.

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PAT Testing

We have arranged PAT testing for 23rd October for all church electrical items. If you have any item used for church activitieswhich needs testing, please bring it to the church office by 22nd October latest!Peter Richardson​​​​​​​

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Learn to Repair, Refashion & (re)Make your own clothes   

Give new life to existing clothing/soft furnishings and help reduce waste. Join a six week, two hour course in the Church Room, Holy Cross Church, starting on Wednesday 29th October 2025 at 9.45 am. For further information, please contact Diane Sergeant here.​​​​​​​

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Christmas Fayre - Saturday 6th December
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. 

 

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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BearstedCAN Events

See the latest events taking place here.  

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Are you interested in home energy efficienty?  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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