Newsletter -08 - 15
Greetings, friends,
Our Rector has been away this past week in York and is expected to be back with us shortly but fully back in action from Tuesday, 16th August 2025. While we look forward to hearing stories and reflections from the trip, I thought I’d share a little update for the week ahead.
May the coming days bring you encouragement, peace, and joy, whatever you are facing. Let us continue to hold one another in prayer, and be ready to welcome the Rector home with warmth and interest in all that has been experienced.
With every blessing for the week ahead,
The Benefice Administrator
In this edition:
Ø Services
Services:
Sunday 17 August
1000 Holy Communion at St John the Baptist, Penshurst
Sunday 24 August
1000 Holy Communion at St John the Baptist, Penshurst
1000 Holy Communion at St Mary’s at Chiddingstone
Sunday 31 August
1000 Holy Communion at St John the Baptist, Penshurst
Life Events:
Ø We remember those whose anniversary falls at this time of year, they shall be prayed for in church on Sunday.
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)
