Newsletter - 04-11
Dear Beloved Parishioners,
Following my note last week regarding the full and busy season we’ve been navigating together, I wanted to let you know that I am taking a few days of rest and quiet in preparation for the sacred journey of Holy Week.
It has been a deeply meaningful time in our parish life, and I am grateful for your ongoing prayers and support. These few days away offer a chance to pause, reflect, and renew — something I encourage each of us to find time for, even amidst the busyness of life.
You will hear more from me early next week as we prepare our hearts and minds for the solemnity and joy of Easter.
Until then, please know that you remain in my prayers.
With every blessing for the week ahead,
Lisa
In this edition:
Ø Services
Ø Electoral Roll
Ø Bells project at St John the Baptist
Services:
Sunday April 13th: Palm Sunday
08:00 St John the Baptist, Penshurst: Holy Communion
10:00 St Peters, Fordcombe: Holy Communion
10:00 St Luke’s, Chiddingstone Causeway, Holly Communion
Readings and lections for March and April can be found if you Click Here.
Sunday April 20th: Easter Sunday
08:00 St Peter’s, Fordcombe: Holy Communion
10:00 St John the Baptist, Penshurst: Holy Communion and Family Service
10:00 St Mary’s , Chiddingstone: Holy Communion
Sunday April 27th: Low Sunday
10:00 St Peter’s, Fordcombe
Sunday May 04th
10:00 St John the Baptist, Penshurst: Holy Communion
Life Events:
Ø In our prayers we hold those coming through our doors this month to mark their life events:
And we remember those whose anniversary falls at this time of year, they shall be prayed for in church on Sunday.
Electoral Roll:
Ø The High Weald Churches electoral roll is still open for applications ahead of the 2025 Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) – Click Here to read the full notice from the Diocese. Please note that every six years the electoral roll must undergo complete revision, which is taking place this year, therefore everyone who would like to be included should fill out and return an application form - Click Here to download. Forms can be printed, or collected from church, and returned to a churchwarden, or filled in electronically and returned via email to the office. The roll will be finalised by 14 April ahead of the next APCM.
Ø Learning and growing:
Don’t forget the new National Safeguarding Standards. There is a link to the new leaflet on our website, and you’ll see posters going up in our churches soon. And following the appointment of our new benefice Safeguarding Officer, Wendy Ellis, we now have a contact email established – please direct any safeguarding queries or issues to safeguarding@highwealdchurches.org.uk
Ø Mailing:
If you know anyone who would like to be added to our weekly mailing, do let us know (and similarly let us know if you’d like to come off, though we’d be sad to see you go). If you’d like to contribute to the work of the benefice, you can go to our parish giving page via the www.parishgiving.org.uk website (we’d be very grateful). Alternatively, you can always find it on our benefice website: https://www.highwealdchurches.org.uk/news
