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 July - August 2025

6^th July	3^rd Sunday after Trinity	Isaiah 66.10-14; Galatians 6.(1-6),7-16; Luke 10.1-11,16-20	9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington 10am Songs of Praise Pet Service St Peter’s Bekesbourne
13^th July	4^th Sunday after Trinity	Deuteronomy 30.9-14; Colossians 1.1-14; Luke 10.25-37	10 am Parish Communion at St Peter’s Bridge
20^th July	5^th Sunday after Trinity	Genesis 18.1-10a; Colossians 1.15-28; Luke 10.38-42	10am Traditional Sung Holy Communion at St Peter’s Bekesbourne 6pm Hymns and Pimms at St Peter’s Bridge
27^th July	6^th Sunday after Trinity	Genesis 18.20-32; Colossians 2.6-15,(16-19); Luke 11.1-13	10am Benefice Communion St Mary’s Lower Hardres
3^rd August	7^th Sunday after Trinity	Ecclesiastes 1.2,12-14; 2.18-23; Colossians 3.1-11; Luke 12.13-21	10am Benefice Communion St Peter’s Bekesbourne
10^th August	8^th Sunday after Trinity	Genesis 15.1-6; Hebrews 11.1-3,8-16; Luke 12.32-40	10am Benefice Communion St Peter’s Bridge
17^th August	9^th Sunday after Trinity	Jeremiah 23.23-29; Hebrews 11.29 – 12.2; Luke 12.32-40	10am Benefice Communion St Mary’s Nackington
24^th August	10^th Sunday after Trinity	Isaiah 58.9b-14; Hebrews 12.18-29; Luke 13.10-17	10am Benefice Communion St Mary’s Lower Hardres
31^st August	11^th Sunday after Trinity	Proverbs 25.6-7; Hebrews 13.1-8,15-16; Luke 14.1,7-14	10am Benefice Service at St Peter’s Bridge

Service details and readings for September 2025

7^th September

12^th Sunday after Trinity (Creation Season starts)

Deuteronomy 30.15-20;

Philemon 1-21;

Luke 14.25-33

9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington

10am Songs of Praise St Peter’s Bekesbourne

14^th September

Education Sunday

13^th Sunday after Trinity

Exodus 32.7-14;

1 Timothy 1.12-17;

Luke 15.1-10

10 am Communion at St Peter’s Bridge

Back to School Service with school bag blessings for children and singing from Bridge School Choir

21^st September

14^th Sunday after Trinity

Harvest Festival

Harvest readings to be confirmed

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

28^th September

15^th Sunday after Trinity

Amos 8.4-7;

1 Timothy 2.1-7;

Luke 16.1-13

10am Communion at St Mary’s Lower Hardres

5^th October

16^th Sunday after Trinity

Amos 6.1a, 4-7;

1 Timothy 6.6-19;

Luke 16.19-31

9am BCP Communion St Mary’s, Nackington

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.

Service details and readings for October 2025

5^th October	16^th 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 11^th October			4-6pm Messy Church at Bridge and & Patrixbourne School
12^th October	17^th 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
19^th October	18^th 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
26^th 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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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.