THE BRIDGE GROUP PARISH

Nackington Lower Hardres Bridge Patrixbourne Bekesbourne

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.

Upcoming Services

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Upcoming Services

19^th November

2^nd Sunday before Advent (Safeguarding Sunday)

Zephaniah 1.7,12-18; 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11;

Matthew 25.14-30

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

4pm All Age Family Service at St Peter’s Bridge

26^th November

Christ the King (Sunday next before Advent

Ezekiel 34.11-16,20-24;

Ephesians 1.15-23;

Matthew 25.31-46

10am Parish Communion

St Mary’s Lower Hardres

Service details and readings for December 2023

3^rd December	Advent Sunday		Isaiah 64.1-9; Psalm 80.1-7,17-19; 1 Corinthians 1.3-9; Mark 13.24-37	8am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington 10am Songs of Praise at St Peter’s Bekesbourne (Advent Carols) 6pm Choral Evensong at St Peter’s, Bridge
9^th December	Messy Church			4pm Bridge and Patrixbourne CEP
10^th December	2^nd Sunday of Advent		Isaiah 40.1-11; 2 Peter 3.8-15a; Mark 1.1-8	10 am Communion at St Peter’s Bridge
17^th December	3^rd Sunday of Advent		Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11; Psalm 126; 1 Thessalonians 5.16-24; John 1.6-28	9.30am Morning Prayer at St Mary’s Nackington 10am Traditional Sung Holy Communion at St Mary’s Patrixbourne 7pm Bridge Carol Service at Bridge
Friday 22^nd December				7pm Carol Service St Mary’s Patrixbourne
24^th December	4^th Sunday of Advent Christmas Eve		2 Samuel 7.1-11,16; Romans 16.25-27; Luke 1.26-38 Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-12 John 1:1-14	10am Parish Communion St Mary’s Lower Hardres 3pm Christingle Service at Bridge 5pm Christingle Service at Bridge 10pm Christmas Eucharist Nackington
25^th December	Christmas Day		Isaiah 52:7-10 Hebrews 1:1-12 John 1:1-14	9.30am Christmas Communion St Peter’s Bridge 11am Christmas Carol Service St Peter’s Bekesbourne
31^st December	1^st Sunday of Christmas		Isaiah 61:10-62:3 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2: 15-21	10am Benefice Communion St Mary’s Nackington
Service details and readings for January 2024
7^th January	Epiphany	Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72: [1-9] 10-15 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12		10am Benefice Communion Service at St Peter’s Bekesbourne 6pm Choral Evensong (Come and sing)
13^th January				4-6pm Messy Church at Bridge School
14^th January	Epiphany 2	1 Samuel 3.1-10, (11-20); Revelation 5:1-10; John 1.43-51		10am Benefice Communion at St Peter’s Bridge
21^st January	3^rd Sunday of Epiphany	Genesis 14:17-20; Revelation 19:6-10; John 2:1-11		10am Benefice Communion Service at St Mary’s Patrixbourne 4pm Family Service at St Peter’s Bridge
28^th January	4^th Sunday after Epiphany	Deuteronomy 18.15-20; Revelation 12:1-5a; Mark 1.21-28		10am Benefice Communion at St Mary’s Lower Hardres
4^th February	2^nd Sunday before Lent			8am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington 10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne 6pm Choral Evensong (Come and sing)

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

Advent Study Programme for The Bridge Group Parish 2023

‘The Songs of Advent’

studies based on materials written by Ed Rowell ©2008 Christianity Today International As familiar as we are with the songs of Christmas, there are four songs
recorded in the Bible to celebrate the birth of Jesus that we might not be as familiar with. Zechariah, an elderly priest sang after being visited by an angel.
The angels sang a song to the shepherds (we know part of their song: “And on earth peace and goodwill toward men”). Mary sang a song to God after she
had time to get over the shocking news that she was going to be the mother of the Savior. Simeon also had a song.

Join us for some time to study and pray together in the busy weeks in the run up to Christmas, taking some time to deepen our faith as we prepare for the
celebration of Christmas. The Sessions run on Friday mornings throughout December and each one stands alone so you don’t have to come to all of themif you aren’t able to.

Date	Theme
Friday 1^st December 10-11.30am	Zechariah: A Song of Faith
Friday 8^th December 10-11.30am	The Angels: A Song of Peace
Friday 15^th December 10-11.30am	Mary: A song of Trust
Friday 22^nd December 10-11.30am	Simeon: A Song of Hope

Simeon: A Song of Hope MW

Upcoming Dates

Thursday 7^th December, time tbc Senior Citizens Tea Party at Bridge and Patrixbourne CEP

Saturday 9^th December 10.15-11.30am Advent Coffee, Cake and Concert

Sunday 10^th December 5.30pm St Nicholas Family Service at Canterbury Cathedral featuring children from Bridge School.