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Service details and readings for October 2025
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16th Sunday after Trinity
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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
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Saturday 11th October |
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4-6pm Messy Church at Bridge and & Patrixbourne School |
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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
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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
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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
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Service details and readings for November – December 2025
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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 |
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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
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Tuesday 11th November |
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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
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16th November |
2nd Sunday before Advent (Safeguarding Sunday)
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Malachi 4.1-2a; 2 Thessalonians 3.6-13; Luke 21.5-19 |
10am Traditional Sung Holy Communion at St Mary’s Nackington
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23th November |
Christ the King / Sunday next before Advent |
Jeremiah 23.1-6; Colossians 1.11-20; Luke 23.33-43
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10am Parish Communion at St Mary’s Lower Hardres
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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 |
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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. |
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Friday 12th December |
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6pm Community Carols at St Mary’s Lower Hardres
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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)
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Friday 19th December |
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7pm Carol Service St Mary’s Patrixbourne
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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
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Wednesday 24th December |
Christmas Eve |
Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-12 John 1:1-14
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3pm Christingle Service at Bridge 5pm Christingle Service at Bridge
10pm Christmas Eucharist Nackington
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Thursday 25th December |
Christmas Day
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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
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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
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4th January
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Epiphany |
Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2: 1-12 |
10am Benefice Communion Service at St Peter’s Bekesbourne
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11th January
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Baptism of Christ / Epiphany 1
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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
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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. 
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.






