The Bridge Group Parish

THE BRIDGE GROUP PARISH

Nackington   Lower Hardres   Bridge   Patrixbourne   Bekesbourne

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Welcome to the Bridge Group Parish

We are a group of five rural church congregations joined as one single parish. All churches are within a few miles south of Canterbury and are overseen by our Vicar, Reverend Estella Last.

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Parish Diary

You can now view our digital diary online by clicking on the link above.


 

Service details and readings for October 2025

 

5th October

16th Sunday after Trinity

 

Habakkuk 1.1-4; 2.1-4;

2 Timothy 1.1-14;

Luke 17.5-10

9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington

 

10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne

 

Saturday 11th October

 

 

4-6pm Messy Church at Bridge and & Patrixbourne School

12th October

17th Sunday after Trinity

2 Kings 5.1-3,7-15c; 

2 Timothy 2.8-15;

Luke 17.11 19

10 am Communion at St Peter’s Bridge

 

19th October

18th Sunday after Trinity

Genesis 32.22-31;

2 Timothy 3.14–4.5;

Luke 18.1-8

10am Traditional Sung Holy Communion at St Peter’s Bekesbourne in place of St Mary’s Patrixbourne

 

26th October

Last Sunday after Trinity

(Bible Sunday)

Jeremiah 14.7-10,19-22;

Timothy 4.6-8,16-18;

Luke 18.9-14

10am Communion at St Mary’s Lower Hardres

 

 

Service details and readings for November – December 2025

2nd  November

4th Sunday before Advent

 

 

All Saints (1st Nov) 

 

 

All Souls (2nd Nov)

Isaiah 1.10-18; 

2 Thessalonians 1

Luke 19.1-10

 

Daniel 7:1-3,15-18

Ephesians 1:11-23

Luke 6: 20-31

 

Wisdom 3: 1-9

Psalm 130

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

John 5: 24-27

9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington

 

10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne

 

 

 

6pm Choral Evensong for All Souls at St Peter’s Bridge

 

9th November

Remembrance Sunday

Job 19.23-27a; 2 Thessalonians 2.1-5,13-17;

Luke 20.27-38

10 am Communion at St Peter’s Bridge (Parade Service with Act of Remembrance at 10.50)

 

10am Remembrance Service at St Mary’s Nackington followed by Wreath laying at the War Memorial

 

10.45 Wreath Laying at the War Memorial in Lower Hardres

 

 

Tuesday  11th November

 

 

11am Remembrance Service with Year 6 from Bridge School at St Mary’s Patrixbourne

 

10.50 for 11am Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial at St Peter’s Bekesbourne

 

 

16th November

2nd Sunday before Advent

(Safeguarding Sunday)

 

Malachi 4.1-2a;

2 Thessalonians 3.6-13;

Luke 21.5-19

10am Traditional Sung Holy Communion at St Mary’s Nackington

 

 

23th November

Christ the King / Sunday next before Advent

Jeremiah 23.1-6; 

Colossians 1.11-20;

Luke 23.33-43

 

10am Parish Communion at St Mary’s Lower Hardres

 

 

30th November

Advent Sunday

Isaiah 2.1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13.11-14; Matthew 24.36-44

9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington

 

10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne

 

4pm Advent Family Service – getting ready for Christmas

 

7th December

2nd Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 11.1-10; Romans 15.4-13; Matthew 3.1-12

10am Celebration Service at St Mary’s Patrixbourne – reopening of the building and dedication of the new extension and facilities. With the Archdeacon of Canterbury.

 

Friday 12th December

 

 

6pm Community Carols at St Mary’s Lower Hardres

 

 

14th December

3rd Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 35.1-10; Luke 1.46b-55 (Magnificat); James 5.7-10; Matthew 11.2-11

10 am Parish Communion at St Peter’s Bridge

 

 

4pm Instant Nativity (Family Service)

 

 

Friday 19th  December

 

 

7pm Carol Service St Mary’s Patrixbourne

 

 

21st  December

4th Sunday of Advent

Isaiah 7.10-16; Romans 1.1-7; 

Matthew 1.18-25

10am Traditional Sung Holy Communion at St Mary’s Patrixbourne

 

7pm Carol Service at St Peter’s Bridge

 

 

Wednesday  24th December

Christmas Eve

Isaiah 52:7-10

Hebrews 1:1-12

John 1:1-14

 

 

3pm Christingle Service at Bridge

5pm Christingle Service at Bridge

 

10pm Christmas Eucharist Nackington

 

 

Thursday 25th December

Christmas Day

 

Isaiah 9.2-7;

Titus 2.11-14;

Luke 2.1-14,(15-20)

9.30am Christmas Communion St Peter’s Bridge

 

11am Christmas Carol Service St Peter’s Bekesbourne

 

 

28th  December

1st Sunday of Christmas

Jeremiah 31: 15-17

1 Corinthians 1: 26-29

Matthew 2: 13-18

10am Parish Communion at St Mary’s Lower Hardres

 

 

 

4th January

 

Epiphany

Isaiah 60:1-6

Ephesians 3:1-12

Matthew 2: 1-12

10am Benefice Communion Service at St Peter’s Bekesbourne

 

 

 

11th January

 

Baptism of Christ / Epiphany 1

 

Isaiah 42:1-9

Acts 10:34-43

Matthew 3: 13-17

10am Benefice Communion at St Peter’s Bridge – Revd Estella’s last Sunday in the Parish

 

 

 


Safeguarding 

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.


Online Giving

 

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. 

 

 

 


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Notices

 

Budgeting for 2025

As a New Year begins the PCC and Finance Team have been looking at our financial situation and our budget for the year ahead. The cost of everything has gone up so all the bills we have to pay - utilities, insurance, ministry costs etc have increased.

We do appreciate that this is true for everyone but if you are able to increase your giving, make an additional one-off donation or (if you haven’t done so already) are set up a regular monthly gift (of any amount!) using the Parish Giving Scheme this would make such a difference.
Every little helps as they say. Thank you for your support.