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.

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Upcoming Services

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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 March 2025

2^nd March	Sunday next before Lent	Exodus 34.29-35; 2 Corinthians 3.12-4.2; Luke 9.28-36, (37-43)	9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington 10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne
Wednesday 5^th March	Ash Wednesday	Isaiah 58:1–12; 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21	10am Communion with imposition of Ashes at St Peter’s Bridge
9^th March	1^st Sunday of Lent	Deuteronomy 26.1-11; Romans 10.8-13; Luke 4.1-13	10 am Communion at St Peter’s Bridge
Saturday 15^th March			4-6pm Messy Church at Bridge School
16^th March	2^nd Sunday of Lent	Genesis 15.1-12,17-18; Philippians 3.17-4.1; Luke 13.31-35	10am Traditional Sung Holy Communion at St Mary’s Nackington
23^rd March	3^rd Sunday of Lent	Isaiah 55.1-9; 1 Corinthians 10.1-13; Luke 13.1-9	10am Communion at St Mary’s Lower Hardres
30^th March	Mothering Sunday	Exodus 2:1–10; 2 Corinthians 1:3–7; John 19:25b–27	10am Benefice Communion Service St Peter’s Bridge with School choir celebrating Mothering Sunday (5^th Sunday)
6^th April	5^th Sunday of Lent	Isaiah 43.16-21; Philippians 3.4b-14; John 12.1-8	9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington 10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne

Service details and readings for April 2025

March Building works commence at St Mary’s Patrixbourne

Services relocated to other churches until completion of works

30^th March

Mothering Sunday

Exodus 2:1–10; 2 Corinthians 1:3–7;

John 19:25b–27

10am Benefice Communion Service St Peter’s Bridge with School choir celebrating Mothering Sunday (5^th Sunday)

6^th April

5^th Sunday of Lent

Isaiah 43.16-21;

Philippians 3.4b-14;

John 12.1-8

9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington

10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne

13^th April

Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50.4-9a; Luke 19.28-40;

Luke 22.14-23.56

9.30am Procession with Donkey from Bridge School

Followed by

10am Parish Communion, St Peter’s Bridge

17^th April

Maundy Thursday

7.30pm Tenebrae Service, St Peter’s Bridge

Music and readings for the Last Supper

18^th April

Good Friday

10.30-12 Messy Church Easter at Bridge School

2-3pm Last hour at the Cross at St Mary’s Nackington

Hymns and readings for Good Friday

20^th April

Easter Sunday

Acts 10.34-43;

1 Corinthians 15.19-26;

John 20.1-18;

8am BCP Communion at St Mary’s Nackington

10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne

10am Parish Communion location St Peter’s Bridge

27^th April

Easter 2

Acts 5.27-32; Revelation 1.4-8;

John 20.19-31

10am Parish Communion St Mary’s Lower Hardres

Works to commence at St Mary’s Nackington lasting approx. 6-8 weeks.

4^th May

Easter 3

Acts 9.1-6,(7-20);

Revelation 5.11-14;

John 21.1-19

9.15am Said Communion St Peter’s Bekesbourne followed by

10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne

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.