25th May & 1st June 2025
News Letter6th Sunday of Easter
25th May
Sunday's readings:-
Acts 16: 9 - 15
John 14: 23 - 29
25th MAY SERVICES
9:00am Morning Prayer live on Facebook
10:30am Lynsted, Family Holy Communion
10:30am Newnham, Morning Worship
10:30am Oare, Morning Worship
10:30am Throwley, Holy Communion
4:00pm Teynham, Evensong
Thursday
29th May
7:30pm Doddington, Ascension Service
7th Sunday of Easter
1st June
Sunday's readings:-
Acts 16: 16 - 34
John 17: 20 - 26
1st JUNE SERVICES
9:00am Morning Prayer live on Facebook
10:30am Eastling, Holy Communion
10:30am Newnham, Holy Communion
10:30am Norton, Morning Worship
10:30am Teynham, Morning Worship
Parish Events
Food Donations Family FoodbankIf you are looking to donate food, below is a list of food which we are currently short of:- Tinned Meat (Curry, Chilli, Meat Balls, Hot Dogs, Pies, etc.)
- Tinned Veg (Peas, Carrots, Potatoes, etc.)
- Tinned Fish
- Tinned Desserts (Fruit, Custard, Rice Pudding, etc.)
- Soups (Tinned & Packets)
- Tinned Potatoes
- Dried Rice/Pasta
- Sauces (Jars - Pasta, Curry, Chilli, etc)
- Long Life Milk
- Tea/Coffee
- Cereal
- Biscuits
- Preservatives
- Hygiene & Baby Products
FAMILY FOODBANK
Collection boxes can be found in each church
& Doddington Vicarage
more information can be found
www.familyfoodbank.org
Foodbank Donations
All donations of food, you can now take to Teynham School
Monday to Friday in school term hours
Prayer is a hugely important part of our relationship with God, as individuals and also as his Church together in each of our villages, in our two Parishes and as a Benefice. In fact, how can we be about God's Church without prayer? Prayer is our sustenance; prayer through speaking and listening to God. Let us pray!
Each day's prayer request is available on the first page of the Benefice website at www.kc-hd.org.uk and will be published on our Facebook page @kingsdowncreekside.
May 25th
We pray for Jim, Paula and for all the clergy in our deanery that they might be continually nurtured by the Spirit to balance work, rest and play.
May 26th
Bless all those who wait.....for appointments, for treatment, for results, for reconciliation, for news of some kind. Hold them gently and gift them with trust.
May 27th
Giving thanks for the flowers that colour our lives and cheer us from the humble daisy to the exotic lily and everything in between.
May 28th
Bless the Gatehouse Café at Lynsted this morning, giving thanks for those who undertake this responsibility as an expression of your care for others.
May 29th
Giving thanks for Christ our King and praying for the deserted, downtrodden & destitute and all who need lifting up this day.
May 30th
We pray for those people we find difficult, who are not like us and who we just don't understand, both personally and on the world stage. Help us to see opportunity for learning rather than threat that needs defending.
May 31st
Thank you for birdsong in the morning, for freshly cut grass, for sunshine, for chatting with neighbours, for evening walks.
June 1st
We pray for Christians throughout the world gathering in tiny churches, great cathedrals, warehouses, beaches, in public and in secret, that our worship may inspire each community to seek justice and peace in the world together.
June 2nd
As term 6 begins in our schools we pray for those involved in exams and end of year tests, remembering that the value of a person is not reckoned in numbers and grades.
June 3rd
Remembering those who have died and those who mourn. Hold them tenderly in your loving hands O God, and reassure them that you honour their every tear
June 4th
Giving thanks for the new prayer group meeting for the first time at Doddington Vicarage today, that it would bring blessing and healing to those attending and to all for whom prayer is offered.
June 5th
We give thanks for families being reached by Growbaby as the word spreads, and pray for families and volunteers coming to today's session as our church reaches out to those in need.
June 6th
Praying for countries at war and in conflict, especially for frightened civilians, unwilling soldiers, arrogant leaders. May an overriding desire for your peace take up residence in the hearts of all
June 7th
We pray for the Jazz evening taking place in Lynsted this evening, giving thanks for the pleasure and energy that music brings to our lives, and it's ability to speak to our mood & emotions
Church Events
WeddingOur Congratulations and Blessings on the
Marriage of :-
Sophia Savage &
Connaugh Stevens
24th May
St Mary, Norton
Keeley Kramer &
Stuart Sapsed
24th May
St Mary, Teynham
Baptism
We welcome into
God's Family
Lily Whitaker
25th May
St Peter & St Paul
Lynsted
Funerals
Our Prayers for the family and friends of :-
Jennifer Jocelyn Pay
Newnham Church
4th June
12:00
Charles TAH Wheeler
Stalisfield Church
5th June
12:00
Lynsted Church
7pm Saturday
7th June
Live Jazz band
£7.00 p.p.
Stalisfield Youth club
All young people in secondary school years 7-13 welcome!
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month 7-8.30pm @ Stalisfield Village Hall ME13 0HY.
It's FREE Entry, but what's on?
Table tennis, X-box gaming, table football, craft, games, music, chill-out area, outside games in good weather, free cake and squash, and a tuck shop selling sweets, crisps, cans ice lollies in the summer for 5p to 50p!
We may have a short activity or theme for the evening, e.g. Christmas party, Summer BBQ but also like to be a place where we can relax, catch up with friends and make new ones too.
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Have you ever thought "I could do that" or "it could be made more interesting"
Would you be interested in producing the newsletter every two weeks??
Maybe you and another person could share this.
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ask questions, come and see what is involved.
contact Joyce 01795 521831 (Tues & Wed)
email [email protected]
We are starting a Prayer Group
It will be held on a Wednesday
Vicarage Doddington
10:30am
Interested? Call Robert Done 07743 807550
Let's stay connected
The Ministry Leadership Team would be pleased to pray for you or someone close to you.
Contact any of the following:-
Rev Paula Jardine-Rose
Rest Day FRIDAY
07516 411269
[email protected]
Rev Jim Pye: 07851 680612
Working day Wednesday & Thursday
[email protected]
Mary Gollop: 01795 522165
Les & Barbara Roberts: 07944 284173
Pim Baxter: 07710 116269
Sue Baldry: 01795 522975
Caroline Ramshaw - Anna Chaplaincy
[email protected]
07799 538809
Benefice Administrator Joyce Warren
[email protected]
Office = Tuesday & Wednesday 01795 521831
Website www.kc-hd.org.uk
Church Warden Details
Doddington - Les Roberts - 07944 284173
Eastling - Andrew Baxter - 07749 403727
Lynsted - David Willis - 07889 584571
Newnham - Bruce Leckie - 01795 890550
Norton - Sophia Steel - 01795 522941
Oare - Charlotte Relf - 01795 530576
Stalisfield - Jenny King - 01795 890366
Teynham - Bob Prichard - 01795 522168
Throwley - David Elvin - 07973 837122
Wychling - Robbie Jardine - 01795 886165