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Service details and readings for March 2024
3rd Sunday of Lent |
Exodus 20.1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1.18-25; John 2.13-22 |
8am BCP Communion, St Mary’s, Nackington
10am Songs of Praise, St Peter’s Bekesbourne
6pm Choral Evensong (Come and Sing from 4pm), St Peter’s Bridge
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9th March |
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4-6pm Messy Church at Bridge School
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10th March |
Mothering Sunday |
Exodus 2:1-10 Colossians 3:12-17 Luke 2:33-35 |
10am Family Communion at St Peter’s Bridge with Bridge School Choir
11am Tea and Cake with posy making followed by a short Mothering Sunday Service at Lower Hardres
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17th March |
5th Sunday of Lent |
Jeremiah 31.31-34; Hebrews 5.5-10; John 12.20-33 |
9.30 Morning Prayer at St Mary’s Nackington
10am Traditional Sung Holy Communion at St Mary’s Patrixbourne
4pm All Age Family Service at St Peter’s Bridge
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24th March |
Palm Sunday |
Liturgy of the Palms Mark 11:1-11 Liturgy of the Passion Mark 14 & 15 |
9.30am Procession with Donkey from Bridge School
10am Parish Communion, St Peter’s Bridge
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28th March |
Maundy Thursday
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7.30pm Tenebrae Service, St Peter’s Bridge Music and readings for the Last Supper |
29th March |
Good Friday
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10.30-12 Messy Church Easter at Bridge School
2-3pm Last hour at the Cross, St Mary’s Patrixbourne Hymns and readings for Good Friday |
31st March |
Easter Sunday |
Acts 10.34-43; Corinthians 15.1-11; Mark 16.1-8 |
8am Communion St Mary’s Nackington
10am Parish Communion, St Mary’s Lower Hardres
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7th April |
2nd Sunday of Easter |
Acts 4.32-35; Psalm 133; 1 John 1.1-2.2; John 20.19-31 |
8am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington
10am Songs of Praise Easter Celebration with Communion and Easter Egg Hunt, St Peter’s Bekesbourne
6pm Choral Evensong (Come and Sing from 4pm), St Peter’s Bridge
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As a Parish we take Safeguarding our community very seriously. Safeguarding issues can be raised by speaking to the following people:
Safeguarding Co-ordinator: Rev. Estella Last 01227 206272 email: estellalast@gmail.com
Safeguarding Officer: Rosemary Whatley via the office on 01227 206272 email: bridgeoffice23@gmail.com
Churchwardens: Evelyn Andrews, Laurence Dunderdale, Carol Day, Sue Isard, Nicola Fry, Andrea Nicholson, Pauline Pritchard, Scilla Wright, Daphne Reece.
The Parish Safeguarding Policy can be found by clicking the link above.
Our churches rely heavily on donations made each week via our collections and through our regular giving. You can set up a regular payment through our Parish Giving Scheme.
Or You can now donate buy clicking on the link to our giving page https://givealittle.co/campaigns/50a9529f-4dc5-4e6e-a429-ce51883d637b
Thank you.
Prior to Christmas, everyone has been generously giving to Foodbank. During January donations tend to drop off a bit - just when demand increases. Please continue to give what you can throughout January (and 2024) . Any donations of (in date - 3months hence) of tins/packets/toiletries etc can be left in the Foodbank Bins in both St. Peter's Bridge or St. Mary's Patrixbourne.
Waterstones have arranged for Geoffrey Nice and Konrad Shiemann to have a public conversation at Waterstones in Canterbury based on Konrad's book "A Dual Perspective: The German in an English Judge'' on 7 February 2024. The event begins at 6.30pm and is expected to end at 8. You can book your place to attend using this link.